Some musicians split their creativity between projects. Aidan de Maria splits his between precision and provocation. On one end, you have Impetus, progressive, technical, emotionally driven extreme metal built from years of bedroom refinement and sharpened into a live force across Adelaide stages. On the Read More …
There are tours that feel routine, and then there are tours that feel like a line being drawn in fire.BEHEMOTH’s Chant of the Eastern Lands Australian run is firmly the latter. Descending on Australia next week, the Polish extreme metal titans have made it clear Read More …
Emerging from Kathmandu’s underground in the early 2000s, Antim Grahan stand as one of Nepal’s most enduring and influential extreme metal bands. Across more than two decades, shifting line-ups, and a discography that charts the evolution from symphonic black metal into ferocious blackened death, grind, Read More …
Scottish progressive metal force Dvne continue their ascent with the release of Live at Hellfest, a blistering document of their 2023 Hellfest Open Air performance and a timely statement of intent as the band prepares to tour Europe supporting Igorrr. Drawn exclusively from their acclaimed Read More …
For more than two decades, 12 Stones have occupied a rare space in heavy music, the kind of band that never truly disappears. Even when they aren’t in the spotlight, their songs keep resurfacing. WWE. Video games. Movie soundtracks. Sports broadcasts. Early‑2000s rock radio staples Read More …
Metal Blade Records has just pulled off one of their sharpest global signings in recent memory, welcoming Tokyo’s Broken by the Scream into the fold. Equal parts extreme metal assault and idol-pop chaos, BBTS have spent nearly a decade smashing genre walls with a volatile Read More …
Bay Area thrash legends HEATHEN aren’t easing into their next chapter. They’ve signed with Napalm Records, released a fierce new single and video, and announced a 12‑inch maxi single that lands April 23. All while a new album is still in the works. This is Read More …
MUNT don’t just play extreme music, they drag you through an urban hellscape and dare you to feel something. On their long-gestating debut full-length The World Is Not Yours, the Melbourne outfit weaponise black metal, death metal, grindcore, hardcore and sludge into a dense, precision-engineered Read More …
Froth & Fury Fest’s story is, at its core, the story of Adelaide’s heavy scene levelling up. What began in 2021 as a DIY brewery weekender at Pirate Life Brewing has grown into a two-city, Showgrounds-sized beast, and on January 31st, 2026, that journey reached Read More …
Brazilian-born thrash institution Nervosa return with Slave Machine, a record that cements the Prika Amaral-fronted era as more than a transitional phase. With the title track now unleashed ahead of the album’s April 3 release via Napalm Records, Nervosa sharpen their attack into their most Read More …
Marianas Rest and the Weight of What Remains Marianas Rest have never felt like a band in a hurry. Since forming in Kotka in 2013, the Finnish death doom outfit have worked at their own pace, allowing songs to breathe, moods to deepen, and ideas Read More …
Blackened Rose have quietly carved out a unique space in Australia’s heavy underground, one where gothic melancholy, romantic tragedy, and hard rock swagger coexist without compromise. Led by vocalist and songwriter Aleksei Iagunkov, the Sydney-based project has evolved rapidly since its late-2022 inception, growing from Read More …
