There are some bands you simply cannot talk about Australian heavy metal history without mentioning, and Mortal Sin are absolutely one of them. From those early Sydney thrash days and the impact of Mayhemic Destruction through Face of Despair, international touring, breakups, reunions and later Read More …
There are albums that introduce you to a band, and then there are albums that immediately make you stop what you’re doing and pay attention. For me, Sarcator’s Alkahest was absolutely the latter. I first came across the Swedish band properly when that record landed Read More …
Pittsburgh atmospheric metalcore powerhouse 156/Silence have released their new album From A Distance, out now via Pure Noise Records. The album is the band’s sixth full length and follows their critically acclaimed 2024 release People Watching. To mark the release, 156/Silence have also dropped the Read More …
Some records capture a moment. Others only really begin to make sense once enough time has passed to understand the person who survived it. From Under Concrete Kings’ Impulse Tension feels very much like the latter. I’ve known Joseph Izayea for a few years now. Read More …
There are some interviews that are work, and then there are the ones where you sit there thinking, fuck, sixteen year old me would never have believed this. Catching up with Chris Rand from Segression definitely sat in that second camp for me. I first Read More …
Some conversations hit you before the official interview even begins. Before I rolled into the formal intro for my latest Crannk chat with Beautiful Skeletons, drummer Huwy Williams and I were already comparing the strange reality of life after cancer. I have now been in Read More …
Five years can disappear bloody fast. When I last caught up with Joey Arena in March 2021, we spoke about his ARENA synthwave project, Sammy Hagar giving his blessing to Joey’s version of Van Halen’s “Dreams,” and an Outlier catalogue already holding enough material for Read More …
The first time I heard Bloodstain, I had to go and find out more about them. These guys were playing with a confidence that made it hard to believe how recently they had come together. Finding out the band had formed in Stockholm in late Read More …
Green Lung have always felt like more than a collection of massive riffs. Every album opens a doorway into a world of folklore, horror, forgotten history and the overwhelming power of nature. Their music can hit immediately as traditional British heavy metal and hard rock, 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 …
When you talk about Australian heavy music, especially that late 90s and early 2000s era when bands were grinding it out the hard way, loading vans, playing everywhere they could and helping build the foundations of the scene we still love today, Segression have to Read More …
Smoke & Ruins Tour Wrap Guest Feature by Benny McGee, Iron Triangle Bookings It all came together late last year when Brandon from Greedy Bunch of Parasites and Robert from Ceduna’s KNAW approached me with an idea they had about teaming up for some shows. Read More …
