There are few names in heavy metal that carry the kind of weight John Ricci does. As a driving force behind speed metal’s early evolution, his legacy is already cemented. But with PowerRage, Ricci isn’t looking backwards. He’s tearing it all down and starting again. Read More …
For a band that has spent years carving out its own lane in Australian heavy music, Witchgrinder still feels hard to pin down in the best possible way. The Melbourne outfit has long carried the industrial tag, but that only tells part of the story. Read More …
Pip from Devil Electric opens up about Tahlia, the band’s long-awaited return. From honest songwriting to the emotional weight behind the album, this is their most revealing interview yet. Read More …
For over two decades, Ulcerate have existed in a space that few bands can truly claim as their own. Their music has never been about easy categorisation. Instead, it has always felt like something to be experienced, something that unfolds over time rather than reveals Read More …
Coming out of Portugal, BUZARATE is not just another heavy project — it is a fully self driven creative outlet built from the ground up by one person, pushing through isolation, frustration, and personal upheaval to create something raw and uncompromising. The debut release GRAVITAS Read More …
There’s no off-switch inside Nervosa right now—only momentum. With Slave Machine, Prika Amaral steps fully into the fire, transforming from reluctant frontwoman into the driving force of a band that’s no longer rebuilding—but evolving into something sharper, faster, and far more dangerous. Read More …
After more than three decades in death metal, Six Feet Under aren’t slowing down, they’re sharpening their edge. With their 15th studio album Next To Die arriving April 24 via Metal Blade Records, the band return with a record that doesn’t just revisit their past, Read More …
Evergrey have built a legacy on darkness—but now something’s shifting. In this raw interview, Tom S. Englund opens up about their most “positive” album yet, the risks of evolving their sound, and what Australian fans can expect when the storm hits. Read More …
I still remember it clear as day. Big Day Out. Adelaide. January 31, 2003. A sea of bodies moving as one, dust in the air, the sound of Australian punk at full volume. And right in the middle of it all, 28 Days bringing that Read More …
Australian metal fans are about to be hit with one of the most ferocious live packages of the year as Cradle of Filth and DevilDriver join forces for a long-awaited co-headline tour this July. Fresh off a hugely successful North American run, the pairing of Read More …
Emerging out of central Italy, Adeline Gray arrive as a fresh voice in the alternative and groove metal landscape, blending atmosphere, aggression and introspection into something that feels both familiar and distinctly their own. Their debut EP Portrait of Our Descent is exactly what the Read More …
Fun fact — it would have been my grandad’s 100th birthday on this very day. Yep, that’s right! And I got to celebrate it at the best metal festival in the northern suburbs of Adelaide: Metal on Murray. Now, as I’ve said before, I’ve been Read More …
