UK progressive rockers Tesseract are returning to Australia for a headlining tour in support of their newest album “Polaris” which continues the band’s evolution with a stronger melodic sound than ever before. With the […]
Soilwork are one of the top melodic death metal bands around and their ability to blend aggressive heavy music with melody is one of their strongest aspects. The band’s last album “The Living Infnite”, […]
Watain’s brand of black metal mixed with an element of thrash not far removed from the pioneering influences of early Venom is something that is not always easily digestible for the common mainstream fan. […]
As far as musicians go there are some you love, some you hate and then there are those that you admire and those that you are in awe of. Over the years John McLaughlin […]
Finland melodic metallers Children Of Bodom have been pretty consistent with quality albums over the years, “Follow The Reaper” and “Blooddrunk” are widely considered some of the best metal albums in history and their […]
Pulled Apart by Horses creates music that makes you feel alive, pure and simple and they’re coming back to the land downunder to treat us to another sonic battering in October. If you haven’t […]
Nucleust have been on the local Perth metal scene actively for just under 2 years now and in that time the band have made great progress releasing an E.P.(Fractured Equilibrium), gaining opening slots for […]
Anathema having been pushing the boundaries of progressive rock for 25 years now ever since the doom days of their first album release “Serenades” all the way to their latest album “Distant Satellites” which […]
Formed out of a passion to keep playing music, Saint Asonia is a brand new band that features Adam Gontier (Three Days Grace), Mike Mushok (Staind), Corey Lowery (Eye Empire) and Rich Beddoe (Finger […]
No time for the weary for metalcore band Miss May I who after having only just released “Rise Of The Lion” in 2014, are now set to return with another new album in “Deathless” […]
After hearing the single ‘Re-inventing the Future’ I was suddenly excited again by the Tate/Queensryche saga. Whilst as far as recordings had gone to date the Geoff Tate vs Queensryche split had been somewhat underwhelming […]
Battlecross are one of those bands that I came across a couple of years ago and which I took an interest in based on a couple of tracks that I had heard in passing. […]
One of the worst aspects of running a website is that folder that says ‘listen to later’ – it’s usually thick, full and sadly the one you only get to dip into occasionally as the […]
The Sword have risen prominently in the 10 or so years that they have been around and deservedly so with a catalogue of albums that have enthralled fans worldwide and a live show that […]
We caught Fear Factory at Soundwave Festival earlier this year while at the same time, the band were putting together new songs for the next album which is now about to drop to the […]
Michael Monroe may just have released his best album as a solo artist, and as a long-time fan who has been there since the early days of the eighties that is a huge call. After […]
It only seems like a few seconds ago George Lynch released his solo album ‘Shadow Train’ and that itself came so soon after the debut from Sweet and Lynch earlier this year: add to that […]
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