What do you say when Sid from South Australian powerhouse Ecdysis asks you to review their latest single? Well, I’m going to tell you what you say. You give him a healthy and hearty, “FUCK YES I WILL!” And that’s what I’m here to do Read More …
Tag: Australian heavy music
Segression Celebrate 30 Years With Inaugural SEG FEST 2027 In Wollongong
Thirty years is a long time in heavy music. Scenes change, trends come and go, venues disappear, bands form, implode, reform and sometimes disappear all over again. Somehow, through all of that, Segression are still here. Formed in Wollongong in 1996, Segression have spent three Read More …
Stabbitha and the Knifey Wifeys Unleash Their Most Human Record Yet: Disgust
Stabbitha and the Knifey Wifeys return with Disgust, an explosive new album shaped by twelve years of songwriting, live shows, anger, mortality and musical evolution. Read More …
LYNCHMADA Resurrect “The Other Mexico” With Crushing 20th Anniversary Re-Recording
Australian metalcore pioneers Lynchmada are back with a crushing new recording of their classic track “The Other Mexico,” celebrating 20 years of one of the band’s defining releases ahead of a rare live return at Necrosonic Festival. Read More …
GOPHER’s Ned Smelly Talks Tunnel Buddies, Chiko Rolls & 236 Years of Metal
Some bands spend years carefully constructing their origin story. Gopher have had more than two centuries to get theirs straight and still appear to be making it up as they go. Originally formed in Fanny Barks, UK, in 1790, Gopher arrived in Australia with the Read More …
Segression Celebrate 30 Years Of Riffs, Grit And Australian Metal Legacy
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 …
Slomosa Bring Heavy Desert Rock Grooves to Max Watts Melbourne | Crannk Gallery
Slomosa Live at Max Watts Melbourne May 22nd With Skin Thief and Khan Presented by The Phoenix AU Photos by Outback Bob for Crannk Melbourne got a heavy dose of fuzz, groove and desert rock weight on Friday May 22 as Slomosa rolled into Max Read More …
Necrosonic Festival Returns For Year Three With Rivers Of Nihil, Psycroptic And 30 Bands Across Three Stages
Necrosonic Festival is back for year three, and this one already feels like it is shaping up to be something seriously unmissable for the Australian heavy scene. On Saturday 22 August 2026, the gates reopen at Mansfield Tavern in Brisbane as Necrosonic returns bigger, darker Read More …
Of Mice & Men, Crystal Lake and Patient Sixty-Seven Bring Metalcore Fire to Lion Arts Factory Adelaide : Crannk Live Review & Photo Gallery
Adelaide showed up in force on Thursday May 7 as Of Mice & Men rolled into Lion Arts Factory with Crystal Lake and Perth metalcore crew Patient Sixty-Seven for a huge night of modern metalcore, emotion, chaos and pure live energy. Presented by The Phoenix Read More …
Inside the Madness: Froth & Fury Pulls Back the Curtain
There’s a certain kind of electricity that crackles around Froth & Fury Fest — part chaos, part community, part “holy hell, how did they pull that off?” It’s the kind of festival that feels like it was born in a back-alley brewery and raised on Read More …
Pincer+ Drop Scorching New Single “Yours To Erase” Ahead of Debut Album
Perth hardcore outfit Pincer+ have returned with a scorcher—“Yours To Erase”—the newest cut from their upcoming debut full-length Who Are You When No One’s Around, dropping Friday, 12 December through Greyscale Records and 1126 Records. And if you thought the earlier singles hit hard, this Read More …
Anggrath Erupts: Adelaide’s Freshest Heavy Beast Goes for the Throat
Adelaide’s underground spat up something loud, raw, and writhing recently, and I had the pleasure of letting it crawl across my desk — Anggrath, the newest death-metal creature stalking South Australia. You might’ve heard their debut single “Turn You Into Taxidermy” ripping through the digital Read More …