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 …
With their third studio album DREAMCRUSH set to land on January 30 via Nuclear Blast Records, Danish blackgaze visionaries MØL aren’t just returning — they’re arriving with purpose. Across eleven expansive tracks, the Aarhus outfit step fully into the uneasy space between dreams and reality, Read More …
For a band like Blessthefall, absence was never about disappearing. It was about survival. Nearly a decade has passed since the Phoenix metalcore outfit last set foot on Australian soil, and in that time the genre has fractured, reformed, and redefined itself more times than Read More …
Swedish masters of shadowed melody KATATONIA return to Australia and New Zealand in October 2026, carrying the weight of reinvention, resilience, and one of the most quietly powerful albums of their career. Touring in support of Nightmares As Extensions of the Waking State, the band Read More …
There are interviews you do because they matter in the moment, and then there are interviews that feel like chapters in an ongoing history. Sitting down with Max Cavalera again felt like the latter. This was our third conversation, and somehow it landed at another Read More …
There is something quietly powerful about a band that understands exactly why it exists from the very beginning. For UK metalcore newcomers Past Damnation, that purpose is baked into the name itself, forged long before a full lineup ever shared a room, and rooted in Read More …
Six years is a long time to wait. When Nonpoint finally return to Australia in February 2026 alongside long time comrades (hed) P.E., it will not just mark a long overdue reunion with Australian fans. It will close a circle that began more than two Read More …
There are artists who survive eras, and then there are artists who shape‑shift through them. Dave Graney belongs firmly in the latter camp. From Mount Gambier to London’s post‑punk pressure cooker with The Moodists, through the golden Coral Snakes years and into his current sharp, Read More …
There’s something special about watching a band break orbit in real time — that moment where the hard work, the late-night writing sessions, the relentless touring, and the sheer stubborn belief in the music finally begins to catch fire. Horizon Theory are right in the Read More …
There’s a particular electricity you feel when a band isn’t just releasing music — they’re building a world. A sound. A vision.Breathe In are doing exactly that. Hailing from the tri-state crucible of New Jersey, New York, and Philadelphia, Breathe In have stepped into the Read More …
There are artists who simply make music — and then there are the ones who build entire worlds, carving out a mythos that feels lived in, scarred, and defiantly alive. Adam “Nergal” Darski has always belonged to the latter. Whether commanding the blackened force of Read More …
