Italian symphonic death metal force Nefastis have thrown open the gates to their next era with Shadow Spell, the opening salvo from their forthcoming full length Shadows At The Light Of Dawn, due out March 6, 2026 via Rockshots Records. More than a standalone single, Read More …
Melbourne crust death agitators KÜNTSQUÄD return with a new video from Satans Cock, twisting one of horror cinema’s most infamous lines into a savage critique of censorship, prohibition, and control. Melbourne’s most gleefully offensive export KÜNTSQUÄD have never been interested in subtlety, but with their Read More …
Scottish atmospheric black metal entity Fuath has returned from the frostbitten wilds with its third full length album III, a cold, immersive slab of black metal that feels less like a new release and more like a winter rite finally completed. Out now via Northern Read More …
Bands don’t last this long by accident. They last because someone in the room refuses to let the thing die. CKY’s story is one of endurance — fractured eras, long gaps, reinvention by necessity rather than choice. What’s left now isn’t a band coasting on Read More …
There’s a particular kind of honesty that only industrial music can deliver, the kind that doesn’t flinch, doesn’t soften the edges, and doesn’t look away when the mirror starts cracking. On his latest single “Disgusting”, UK industrial and dark electronic artist j:dead leans straight into 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 …
After a long, soul-crushing four years of silence, Hooded Menace have finally returned from the shadows with their brand new album, Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration — and dude, let’s be real, it’s an absolute masterpiece. This isn’t just a comeback; it’s a full-blown, doom-soaked resurrection. 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 …
STRUCK A NERVE STRIKES THEIR FIRST BLOW There is a talking point going around at the moment asking the question: who will step into “The Big 4’s” massively thrashed high-top shoes once they all call it a day? Slayer occasionally comes out of retirement to Read More …
