AVATAR frontman Johannes Eckerström talks Don’t Go In The Forest, Australian tour plans, stage transformation, literature, fear, ritual and why the scariest thing in the forest might be yourself. Read More …
Tag: alternative metal
Sunk Loto Bridge Past And Future On New Single Dead Shadows
Australian metal pioneers Sunk Loto have returned with a brand new single, Dead Shadows, ushering in another powerful chapter for one of the country’s most important alternative metal bands. Arriving as their first new material since 2024’s God Complex, Dead Shadows lands with a fresh Read More …
Dream Beard On Church, Chaos, Creed, And The Story Behind HIGH LIFE
The first thing that hits about Dream Beard is not just the collision of sounds. There is heavy rock in there. Metalcore. Hip hop. Massive hooks. Modern sheen. But underneath all of it there is something that feels far more important than a genre tag. Read More …
Of Mice & Men On Another Miracle, Live Shows & Australia 2026 Tour | Aaron & Tino Interview
When Of Mice & Men return to Australia this May with Crystal Lake, they will not be stepping back onto our stages as a band living off reputation alone. They are arriving with momentum, with clarity, and with the kind of creative confidence that only Read More …
Napalm Records Roundup April 9 2026 Sevendust Dominum Nervosa And Lord Of The Lost Deliver Massive New Releases
Napalm Records are absolutely firing on all cylinders right now, dropping a stacked lineup of releases that show just how wide the modern heavy landscape has become. From veteran heavyweights still pushing their sound forward to rising theatrical forces and genre defining extremes, this latest Read More …
Joel Hokka Opens A Powerful New Chapter With HOKKA And Via Miseria IV
There is something fitting about Via Miseria IV arriving wrapped in shadow, melancholy, and myth. For all the talk around HOKKA being a new band, this does not feel like a fresh start built from nothing. It feels more like the aftermath of fire. It Read More …
Moodring Death Fetish Review: Emotional and Experimental
Moodring and Their New Album of Bliss The alternative legends strike again with their new album Death Fetish, leading the way deeper into metal while still holding onto their signature sound. Moodring have definitely let their true alternative identity shine through each and every individual Read More …
Rich Nguyen on Meant To Be, Inanimate and the Next Era of Breaking In A Sequence
A lot can change in a few years, and for Breaking In A Sequence that time has clearly been spent sharpening identity, chemistry, and purpose. When I last caught up with Rich Nguyen and Joe Taback back around the Defy The Algorithm era, the conversation Read More …
Moodring Transform Pain Into Power on New Album Death Fetish
There is something deeply personal about Moodring. Not just in the sound.Not just in the atmosphere.But in the intent behind it. What began as a bedroom project for frontman Hunter Young has evolved into something far more complex. Not just a band, but a vessel Read More …
Eva Under Fire and Maria Brink Unite on Defiant New Single “Villainous”
For some artists, music is escape. For Eva Under Fire, it is confrontation, healing, and empowerment all at once. Led by vocalist and licensed therapist Amanda Lyberg, the Detroit outfit have built their identity around turning emotional scars into strength, crafting songs that do not Read More …
Adeline Gray Interview: Inside Portrait of Our Descent and the Rise of Italy’s New Groove Metal Force
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 …
Lyric Noel Interview: Shades of Black, viral covers, Blood in the Water, mental health, and the upcoming album.
There are artists who use music as escapism, and then there are artists who use it as confrontation. For Lyric Noel, the project has become a vehicle for the latter, turning deeply personal experiences with mental illness into something raw, visible, and emotionally honest. With Read More …