There are some interviews that hit differently before you even press record. Sitting down with Andy La Rocque was absolutely one of those moments for me. For so many of us, Andy’s guitar work is woven deep into the DNA of King Diamond. Those riffs. Read More …
There are farewell tours, there are final releases, and then there are moments like this that feel bigger than either of those things on their own. As Sepultura bring one of heavy music’s most important journeys toward its final chapter, The Cloud of Unknowing does Read More …
Australian metal has always had its own kind of unhinged energy, and Frankenbok have been one of the bands flying that flag for decades. Now they’re back, louder, sharper and ready to stir things up all over again with a brand new album on the Read More …
My Own Will’s Max dives into the production and intent behind Misery, breaking down how the EP was built and what’s next for the band. Read More …
Andreas Kisser opens up on Sepultura’s final tour, creative evolution, and why the band is ending on their own terms. Read More …
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 …
Have you ever held your breath for so long it felt like your lungs were aflame? Southern sludge group LungBurner have ripped this album straight out of their hearts… or maybe straight out of hell. Dogma is a forty-minute journey that feels like a wild Read More …
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 …
Some records feel like a debut in name only. By the time you get to the end of Scream into the Void, it does not sound like the work of someone dipping a toe into a side lane just to see what happens. It sounds Read More …
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 …
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 …
Three decades in, Aurora Borealis still sound like a band answering to nobody but themselves. That has always been part of the appeal. Across the years, Ron Vento has built Aurora Borealis into something that feels fierce, atmospheric, and deeply personal, never settling into one Read More …
