Some records capture a moment. Others only really begin to make sense once enough time has passed to understand the person who survived it. From Under Concrete Kings’ Impulse Tension feels very much like the latter. I’ve known Joseph Izayea for a few years now. Read More …
Escape The Fate vocalist Craig Mabbitt reflects on the rise of the MySpace-era scene, discovering heavy music through Linkin Park, the mental toll of social media, Sleep Token, and surviving more than 20 years in heavy music. Read More …
Six years is a long time to wait. When Nonpoint finally return to Australia in February 2026 alongside long time comrades (hed) P.E., it will not just mark a long overdue reunion with Australian fans. It will close a circle that began more than two Read More …
There’s a certain kind of electricity that only exists when a band survives its own mythology — and Saosin are standing right in the middle of it. Two decades deep, scars earned, legacy intact, and somehow still swinging. Ahead of Saosin’s Australian self-titled 20th anniversary Read More …
The lights flicker, the amps hum, and somewhere in the back of Melbourne a keg of dynamite called Ablaze has just been cracked open. Their new record, Sink Ya Teeth In, doesn’t so much “drop” as it does leap from a bar stool, smash a Read More …
Some interviews hit you like a freight train at full speed. This one was different—it was more like getting hit by the wreckage left after the freight train derailed, then finding a note in the rubble that says, “You’re not alone.” That’s the vibe I Read More …
“JOIN THE RITUAL“ In the shadows of Melbourne’s ever-evolving heavy music scene lurks a new force drawing from the past – PendleHill. Formed in 2022 and named after the notorious English witch trial site, the band weaves historical darkness with crushing melodic death metal. Their Read More …
