Audio Reign Return With “Right Wrong Love Hate” Ahead Of New Album Resurgam

Adelaide hard rockers Audio Reign are pushing further into the next chapter of their career with new single “Right Wrong Love Hate”, the second taste of forthcoming album Resurgam, due in 2027. For a band that has spent more than a decade building its music Read More …

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BEHERIT: Nuclear Holocausto Vengeance on Portal, Live Chaos and What Comes Next

More than three decades after helping shape the early Finnish black metal underground, Beherit are finally preparing to unleash their music on Australian stages this December. But for founder Nuclear Holocausto Vengeance, bringing the band back to life was never simply about recreating the past. Read More …

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Beaten To Death: Vntrve Album Review: Grindcore Without a Rulebook

Beaten To Death – Vntrve Album Review Upon opening the email from Jai that contained the Dropbox link for this review, I noted that in his summary was a sentence I couldn’t ignore: “These guys definitely don’t seem interested in playing grindcore by the usual Read More …

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Kav Temperley on Celebrating David Bowie, Eskimo Joe & Reinvention

David Bowie has been called a chameleon so many times that the word almost feels permanently attached to him. Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, the Thin White Duke, the Berlin years and the huge pop reinvention of Let’s Dance all became different pieces of an artist Read More …

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FORGOTTEN SHRINE: Sofia Frasz on Nox Aeterna, Apathy and Keeping Wonder Alive

When I first spoke with Sofia Frasz and Josh Alexander from Forgotten Shrine back in 2024, “Where Shadows Lie” had literally just landed as their debut single. There was no debut album yet. Forgotten Shrine itself was still taking shape, with a handful of songs Read More …

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Voyager Return With New Single “Secret” Ahead Of Australian Shows

There are some band returns that feel bigger than just new music, and for Voyager, this is definitely one of them. After everything the Perth progressive pop metal favourites have been through since 2023, hearing that the band are back, playing shows again and now Read More …

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Napalm Records Round Up October 26: DELAIN, DOMINUM, IGNEA, EVIL INVADERS And VINDICTA

Another stack of new music has landed from the Napalm Records camp, and this one covers a ridiculous amount of ground. DELAIN are tearing up the rulebook and entering a new collaborative era with a cast that includes some enormous names from across symphonic and Read More …

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One World (R)evolution: Astrum Lux Lucis on Reflections Of Resilience, Identity and the Revolution Within

Sometimes an album tells you exactly what it means while you are making it. Other times, you finish the bloody thing, live a little more life and realise the songs understood where you were heading before you did. That is pretty close to what happened Read More …

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Enslaved’s Iver Sandøy on Mið: The Pressure Cooker, Human Rhythm and Finding the Centre

Thirty-five years and seventeen albums into a career built on refusing to stand still, Enslaved are still finding new ways to challenge not only what the band can sound like, but how they actually get there. Their forthcoming album, Mið, arrives October 30 through Nuclear Read More …

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Iver Sandøy: AC/DC, Studio Secrets and the Art of Leaving the Fucking Thing Alone

Enslaved drummer, vocalist and producer Iver Sandøy discusses AC/DC’s songwriting magic, making Mið under pressure and why you don’t need expensive studio gear to make a great record. Read More …

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