Four decades after Candlemass helped shape the foundations of epic doom metal, Australian audiences are finally about to experience that monumental sound live. This September and October, the Swedish legends will make their long awaited Australian debut with two nights in Melbourne, followed by Sydney Read More …
Mongolian Hunnu Rock pioneers THE HU have opened another chapter in their remarkable journey with the release of their third full length album, HUN. Released on July 24 through Better Noise Music, the 11 track album expands the band’s collision of traditional Mongolian instrumentation, throat Read More …
From The Hollies to Kill ’Em All Vince’s earliest core musical memory does not begin with distorted guitars or a screaming metal crowd. It begins at around four years old with a Walkman belonging to his uncle Vincent and a cassette featuring The Hollies’ “Bus Read More …
Melbourne alternative rock outfit DAY DREAMERS are heading into a defining new chapter with their self-titled EP, a seven-track release that captures a band becoming heavier, more confident and increasingly comfortable pushing beyond the habits that brought them this far. Ahead of its arrival on Read More …
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 …
When I first caught up with Sonny Lanegan from Noir Addiction, the band were right on the edge of unleashing Decadent Desire, a dark, dirty industrial rock record loaded with big guitars, synth-soaked atmosphere, massive drums and that real cinematic sense of danger that runs Read More …
There are some albums that arrive, hit hard, and then slowly fade into nostalgia. Then there are albums like Drowning Pool’s Sinner, a record that didn’t just belong to a moment, it became part of people’s lives. Twenty five years on from its release, Sinner Read More …
Matty Mullins talks sold out chaos, unfinished business, and why this April 2026 tour has to mean everything When Memphis May Fire last hit Australia, it was chaos in the best possible way. Five sold out shows. Huge reactions. Glowing reviews. And more than 1600 Read More …
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 …
For more than two decades Obscura have remained one of the most technically ambitious forces in extreme metal. Blending progressive songwriting, precision musicianship and philosophical depth, the German outfit led by guitarist and vocalist Steffen Kummerer continues to push the boundaries of modern death metal. Read More …
Some bands write heavy songs. Dissentience wrote a monster movie. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania’s progressive death thrash unit have been quietly sharpening their claws since forming as high school mates in 2013. Over the years they have evolved from riff hungry teenagers into a tight, intentional unit Read More …
Emerging from Kathmandu’s underground in the early 2000s, Antim Grahan stand as one of Nepal’s most enduring and influential extreme metal bands. Across more than two decades, shifting line-ups, and a discography that charts the evolution from symphonic black metal into ferocious blackened death, grind, Read More …
