Every now and then, I get to sit across from someone who helped build the modern sound of brutality. Despised Icon aren’t just another deathcore band — they’re the reason half the scene even exists. Before the breakdown arms race and the guttural Olympics, there Read More …
The walls are shaking again. Switzerland’s deathcore juggernaut Paleface Swiss just dropped a bomb with hardcore icons Stick To Your Guns, and it’s not just another heavy track—it’s a declaration. “Instrument of War” is a Picasso-inspired rallying cry that turns art into ammunition, fury into Read More …
I usually spend my days knee-deep in distortion and blast beats — chasing the thunder of heavy music, the guttural roars and riff-laden chaos that define our world. But before there was death, doom, or distortion pedals, there was The Animals. They laid the blueprint Read More …
There’s something otherworldly about V/HAZE MIASMA — like a fever dream caught between beauty and rot. Their sound doesn’t just fill a room; it crawls through it, slow and deliberate, until it finds a nerve and starts to pull. On the verge of releasing their Read More …
Photos @djsedick The air inside Lion Arts Center was thick with history, ghosts, and that old Adelaide sweat that seeps into the floorboards after two decades of breakdowns and feedback. You could almost taste the nostalgia — the faint tang of beer-soaked memories, the hum Read More …
The ghosts of Ocean Avenue never really left — they just waited for the right chord to ring out again. And now, in 2025, Yellowcard have come roaring back, dragging a generation’s heartstrings through time and memory with every note of their new album. I Read More …
I didn’t just watch DEVILOOF’s new track “INSHU.”I got dragged into it — face first, screaming, and loving every second of it. This isn’t your average “guy watches video” moment. This is me sitting in front of my screen and witnessing a sonic exorcism — Read More …
There’s something beautifully paradoxical about Shelter. A band that preaches detachment through the most intense form of attachment — hardcore punk. I hit record for this one not knowing I’d be slammed headfirst into a wave of spiritual fury and devotional groove that only Shelter Read More …
The well’s poisoned again. After fifteen long years of silence, the Florida titans of post‑hardcore chaos, Poison the Well, have clawed their way back into the bloodstream with their first new track since 2009: “Trembling Level.” It’s jagged, it’s haunting, and it bleeds the DNA Read More …
Metal isn’t meant to be polite. It’s not supposed to sit in the corner with its hands folded — it’s supposed to rip the walls down and leave you staring at the wreckage, wondering what the hell just happened. Enter Behind Starvation, a gang of Read More …
On September 13, 2025, Adelaide’s Lion Arts Factory transformed into a battleground of sonic warfare as the Southern Death Fest returned for its second installment. Organized by Ironjaw Bookings, this all-ages event featured an explosive lineup of 21 metal acts, including headliners Gravemind, Ashen, Nicolas Read More …
The streets are twitching again, the gutters coughing up riffs and paranoia, because Mike Muir — the eternal cyco in a bandana — has cracked open the vault and muttered the sacred words: a new Suicidal Tendencies record is coming. Not tomorrow, not today, but Read More …
