Andrew Hudson talks Exsequiis, creative freedom and the strength of Australian thrash Twenty years ago, four teenagers from Melbourne’s eastern suburbs came together for a high school thrash metal performance. They chose the name Harlott largely because they thought it would look good on a Read More …
Rock does not always need to be reinvented. Sometimes it just needs to be plugged in, cranked up and played with enough conviction to remind people why they fell in love with it in the first place. That spirit drives Generection, the forthcoming fourth studio Read More …
Some deathcore records are violent because brutality sounds good. TO THE GRAVE’s new album, Liberation Front, is violent because the reality it reflects is worse. I had already spent plenty of time absolutely hammering this album before speaking with vocalist Dane Evans. It is a Read More …
When Edwin Premberg begins creating a new METALITE album, he does not sit down with every planet, character and destination already mapped out. He starts with the music, captures whatever melodies and riffs arrive, experiments with the sounds and allows the story to reveal itself Read More …
Some gigs stay with you because of the bands on the bill. Others stay with you because the entire room feels like it is one bad decision away from descending into absolute chaos. New Dead Metalfest at Fowlers Live in Adelaide in October 2017 gave Read More …
Toschie talks Achilles, Iron Maiden, Espen stealing his fucking job, and why Audrey Horne still believe in making actual albums in 2026. Read More …
KillerTube catches up with Thirteen Days to talk about the band’s evolution, Paul’s arrival, their new album and what’s next. The band reveal how their songwriting process has changed, how everyone is finding their strengths, and what fans can expect from the new record. Thirteen Days launch the album **26 September at the Ed Castle** with dedicated lighting and sound production.
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Nearly forty years after Doomsday for the Deceiver first tore its way into the metal world, Flotsam and Jetsam are not interested in surviving on history alone. Their sixteenth studio album, Rats in the Temple, arrives on August 28 through Napalm Records, carrying the precision, Read More …
KillerTube catches up with Brujeria’s El Criminal ahead of the band’s Putrefying Down Under Australian and New Zealand tour with CARCASS. Read More …
METALITE mastermind Edwin Premberg talks DISCOVERY, the band’s evolving sci-fi universe, heavier production, songwriting, Jacob Hansen and new drummer Erik Junttila. Read More …
Nyctalor arrived without names, roles or a trail of individual personalities to follow. Formed in the Australian Capital Territory in 2025, the anonymous collective have deliberately pushed attention towards the music, artwork and atmosphere surrounding their debut EP, I: The Collapse. Across two extended compositions Read More …
The Alberta quartet open up about the long road to their self titled debut, creative freedom and the seven songs that finally brought their story together. Famous Strangers may be a relatively new name in heavy music, but there is nothing inexperienced about the four Read More …
