JD Fortune Returns To Australia To Celebrate The Songs, Spirit And Legacy Of INXS

There are some songs that do not just live on radio playlists or greatest hits collections. They live in people. They become part of the fabric of a place, stitched into memories, family moments, road trips, pubs, heartbreaks, late nights, dance floors and the kind Read More …

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The Guitar That Wrote Bodies Still Hangs On C.J. Pierce’s Wall

The riff that became Bodies wasn’t written on a priceless custom guitar. In this exclusive interview, Drowning Pool’s C.J. Pierce reveals the surprising instrument behind one of nu metal’s most iconic songs and reflects on 25 years of Sinner. Read More …

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Frusen Sorg: The Sound of Frozen Grief Finally Breaking

Sweden’s Frusen Sorg are turning trauma, instinct and emotional honesty into some of the most compelling extreme music of 2026. We sat down with Kalle Mattsson to discuss Smärtpunkter and the philosophy behind the chaos. Read More …

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EXHUMED Turn The Highway Into A Killing Floor On New Album Red Asphalt

EXHUMED frontman Matt Harvey discusses Red Asphalt, highway horror, death metal songwriting, touring life, guitar gear and comic books ahead of the band’s Australian tour. Read More …

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Fallujah Return To Australia For SHRED FEST 2026 With Xenotaph Ready To Crush Live

Fallujah are heading back down under this September as part of SHRED FEST 2026, and for fans of technical, progressive and atmospheric extreme metal, this one is an absolute weapon of a lineup. The US progressive death metal force will join German tech death masters Read More …

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Matt Harvey Talks Red Asphalt, Road Carnage And Exhumed’s Return To Australia And New Zealand

There is something beautifully twisted about Exhumed turning the open road into their latest blood soaked playground. For decades now, the San Jose gore metal legends have dragged listeners through graveyards, operating theatres, splatter films, morgues, death, decay and every other rotten corner of extreme Read More …

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Dwarves Will Never Let You Down: Blag Dahlia Talks JENKEM, Chaos And Punk Rock Freedom

There are bands that grow old gracefully, soften the edges, polish the mythology and try to become respectable. Then there are Dwarves. For decades, Dwarves have been one of punk rock’s most infamous and impossible to neatly define forces. Punk, hardcore, garage rock, dirty pop, Read More …

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AVATAR’s Johannes Eckerström On Forbidden Knowledge, The Forest & Why We Crave Chaos

AVATAR frontman Johannes Eckerström talks Don’t Go In The Forest, Australian tour plans, stage transformation, literature, fear, ritual and why the scariest thing in the forest might be yourself. Read More …

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The Flatliners Face The Cold World

The Flatliners’ Chris Cresswell joins Killer from Crannk to talk Cold World, existential dread, creativity, songwriting, punk rock longevity, and surviving 24 years together as a band. Read More …

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Descendents Made Punk Feel Like Home for the Outsiders

Milo Aukerman talks punk outsiders, nerd culture, stage intensity, coffee obsession and the lasting legacy of Descendents ahead of the band’s 2026 Australian tour. Read More …

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Avatar’s Johannes Eckerström On Returning Down Under And Why The Music Must Come First

Avatar have never felt like a band that simply turn up, plug in and play. They arrive with worlds attached. The music, the visuals, the clothes, the stage show, the darkness, the humour, the hooks and the strange theatrical madness all feel like they are Read More …

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Escape The Fate’s Craig Mabbitt On Surviving The Scene Era, Social Media Burnout & Why Heavy Music Still Matters

Escape The Fate vocalist Craig Mabbitt reflects on the rise of the MySpace-era scene, discovering heavy music through Linkin Park, the mental toll of social media, Sleep Token, and surviving more than 20 years in heavy music. Read More …

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