Interview & feature by Jai “That Aussie Metal Guy” There are bands who influence heavy music… and then there are bands who reshape the entire landscape. German thrash legends KREATOR have been the latter since the day they first spat fire from the gutter and Read More …
Cryptopsy aren’t just coming back to Australia — they’re dropping in like a meteor made of blastbeats and bad intentions. With Matt McGachy at the helm since 2007, the band has carved a new era of brutality, sharpening their sound into something violent, technical, and Read More …
Tribal Gaze arose from the arid and treacherous land of Texas, U.S.A. Inveighing Brilliance is their follow-up album to their 2021 release Godless Voyage and firmly establishes the bone-grinding ancient nature of their death metal. Out through Nuclear Blast Records, Inveighing Brilliance immediately brutalises the Read More …
Cleveland death metal powerhouse 200 Stab Wounds are set to make their long-awaited Australian and New Zealand debut this December as direct support for Dying Fetus — and guitarist Ray MacDonald joined Jai That Aussie Metal Guy to talk all things touring, setlists, and sonic Read More …
Formed in 2022, Gorotica are a cannibalistic delicacy from Sydney, Australia. Daily Grind of the Medieval Age is their second full-length release, following on from their debut album Morbid Menagerie in 2022. Gorotica have unleashed a veritable feast of deathgrind, serving up 18 tracks clocking Read More …
Belgian death metal juggernauts Aborted have been slicing their name into the flesh of the extreme metal world since the mid-’90s. From the raw chaos of The Purity of Perversion through to the surgical precision of Goremageddon, the gore-grind-meets-death-metal brutality of Retrogore, and their latest Read More …
Few bands in extreme metal history have scorched their legacy into the earth as fiercely as BEHEMOTH. Now, as they mark three relentless decades of sonic and spiritual warfare, the Polish blackened death metal titans are bringing their most ambitious and unholy live experience to Read More …
On September 13, 2025, Adelaide’s Lion Arts Factory transformed into a battleground of sonic warfare as the Southern Death Fest returned for its second installment. Organized by Ironjaw Bookings, this all-ages event featured an explosive lineup of 21 metal acts, including headliners Gravemind, Ashen, Nicolas Read More …
