Ecdysis bring brutal riffs, blackened tech-death chaos and Troma-style horror to their new single, “Dawn Of The Smegmadon.” Read More …
Tag: technical death metal
Gene Hoglan on Death’s Legacy, Dark Angel’s Return and a Double Dose of Metal Down Under
There aren’t too many musicians who can lay claim to having helped shape the sound of extreme metal across multiple generations, but Gene Hoglan is certainly one of them. From the ferocious thrash of Dark Angel and the technical evolution of Death through to his Read More …
I Asked Two South Aussie Metalheads 11 Stupid Questions. Somehow It Made Me Want To Go To This Gig Even More.
Before Necropolis takes over Adelaide on August 8, we asked Ekosa’s Rory and Ecdysis’ Sid eleven completely ridiculous questions. The result? A hilarious look behind the bands, and another reminder why this stacked local lineup deserves a packed room. Read More …
London Technical Metalcore Outfit Perpetual Paradox Unleash Ferocious New Single “Smell the Rot”
Perpetual Paradox have dropped their crushing new single “Smell the Rot”, showcasing the technical precision and devastating riffs that define their upcoming EP May Misery Befall You, arriving August 28 via Bleeding Art Collective. Read More …
Psycroptic: Still Finding New Ways to Be Brutal After 25 Years
Psycroptic frontman Jason Peppiatt discusses the making of The Pulse Of Annihilation, working with Jason Keyser, recording with Joe Haley and why Australia’s technical death metal pioneers are still pushing themselves after more than two decades. Read More …
Dave Haley Talks Psycroptic’s The Pulse Of Annihilation, Faustian, Werewolves And Australian Heavy Metal
Some musicians become part of a scene. Others help build the bloody thing from the ground up. Dave Haley is one of those names that sits deep in the foundations of Australian extreme metal. As one of the founding forces behind Psycroptic alongside his brother Read More …
Fallujah Return To Australia For SHRED FEST 2026 With Xenotaph Ready To Crush Live
Fallujah are heading back down under this September as part of SHRED FEST 2026, and for fans of technical, progressive and atmospheric extreme metal, this one is an absolute weapon of a lineup. The US progressive death metal force will join German tech death masters Read More …
Necrosonic Festival Returns For Year Three With Rivers Of Nihil, Psycroptic And 30 Bands Across Three Stages
Necrosonic Festival is back for year three, and this one already feels like it is shaping up to be something seriously unmissable for the Australian heavy scene. On Saturday 22 August 2026, the gates reopen at Mansfield Tavern in Brisbane as Necrosonic returns bigger, darker Read More …
Rivers Of Nihil’s Adam Biggs On Australia, Psycroptic, Saxophone And The Band Finding Its Footing Again
Rivers Of Nihil are heading back to Australia this August for a massive co headline run with Tasmania’s own technical death metal legends Psycroptic, and this is one of those bills that just makes sense the second you see it. Psycroptic and Rivers Of Nihil Read More …
Faster. Brutal. Unhinged. Nights of Malice Enter a New Era
Nights of Malice are evolving fast—and Chaos Exordium proves it. In this interview, Brendan McGrath breaks down how “Ex-Mortis” reshaped the album, pushing the band into a sharper, more technical, and brutally refined era. Read More …
Tasmanian Tech Death Terrorists The Absolution Sequence Unleash “Ghost Mantra”
The Absolution Sequence unleash Ghost Mantra, the first single from their debut album Dread Cycle. Dark, precise, and technically brutal, the Tasmanian band deliver a spectral journey through ancestral hauntings and extreme metal mastery. Read More …
ULCERATE: THE SONIC APOCALYPSE APPROACHING AUSTRALIA
Ulcerate are coming for Australia — and they’re bringing total sonic annihilation. We sat down with the band ahead of their 2026 Aussie tour to talk their seventh album, Cutting the Throat of God, life in extreme metal, and the man behind the chaos on the drums, Jamie Saint Merat. Read More …