Its twenty years since Britpop, which was probably the last great musical onslaught Britain or any other nation will unleash on the world, exploded as a scene. Oasis, Blur and their like may well […]
Progressive juggernauts Between The Buried And Me kicked off their Australian tour in style on Thursday night in Perth with a massively insane showcase of the weird and the wonderful. Joining the band were […]
The Black Queen is the latest project from Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato which also features sometime Nine Inch Nails and Puscifer member Joshua Eustis and former Dillinger Escape Plan, Nine Inch Nails […]
Entombed A.D. return with their 2nd album since their reformation under the new name although as we find out with the new album “Dead Dawn”, the sound is still there. Love it or leave it? […]
German metalcore act Caliban have a new album coming out on March 25th called “Gravity”, their latest in a long line of albums that go back to the late 90’s when the band first […]
KENTUCKY is BLACK STONE CHERRY’s Best album so far, the band went all the way back to their roots to put together a searing slab of Southern-tinged rock. It may just be the album […]
A night of pure extreme metal was to be had on the first show of The Chaos Raids tour with Norweigian black metallers 1349 making their debut on Australian soil. The show was also […]
From Ashes To New are about to release their debut album “Day One” on February 26th after exploding unexpectedly onto the music scene with a couple of EP’s that have gotten the band some […]
Texas rockers The Sword have been to Australia a few times now but never as a headliner, opening for Metallica in 2010 and taking part in the Soundwave Festival over the last few years. […]
Coheed And Cambria surprised fans last year with the release of their latest album “The Color Before The Sun” where the band took a new direction away from the concept of the Amory wars […]
For years Tony Clarkin has guided Magnum to become one of the great British Rock bands. We caught up with him to talk about the new album ‘Sacred Blood, ‘Divine’ Lies’ – an album […]
Born out of legendary doom band Sleep, High On Fire are a highly energetic rock n’ roll band with metal tendencies. While their albums are chock full of memorable riffs, it’s their live show […]
The new single “Allegiance” from W.A. rockers Valdaway was launched Saturday night at Amplifier Bar with a party vibe in mind and a mixed bag of bands that represented part of the current music […]
After many years of absence from the Perth music scene and in various incarnations, Melbourne based Full Scale Revolution were in town to show the Rosemount Hotel how and why they destroy stages on […]
Thrash metal veterans Anvil have had quite a career in their 35 plus years of existence, a lot of highs and a whole lot of lows but ever since their documentary “Anvil: The Story […]
Last year we spoke to guitarist Paul Waggoner about the concept of the latest album from Between The Buried And Me, “Coma Ecliptic” which conceptualizes a story weaved into the music. Come end of […]
Soilwork are no strangers to Australia, having toured the country 6 times now as singer Bjorn “Speed” Strid pointed out during the show. The fans certainly don’t mind that one bit as we caught […]
Drowning Pool return in 2016 with a brand new record called “Hellelujah” which captures the vibe and sound of this collection of songs. With Jason Moreno settling in as their singer since 2012, the […]
Three albums in and two years in the making ‘Bloodless’ could well be the best we’ve heard from Australia’s riff heavy blues infused ‘The Fumes’ yet. If you like it hot and sweaty with big […]
Joey Belladonna is one of those guys that seems to have a ton of fun when playing a live show, his interaction with the crowd and general stage presence is one of the great […]
If you are already familiar with the Dutch psych rockers then you should know that they are right up there in terms of quality and pure sonic cohesiveness with the likes of latter-day genre slayers […]
New York doom laden brethren’s Kings Destroy are heading to New Zealand and Australia for the first time, touring alongside psych rockers Radio Moscow in what should be a brilliant tour combination. With only […]
I must admit I was never a huge fan of Warrant as a band back in the day (Ironically I revisited the back catalogue after Lane’s death and wished I had been) but like everyone […]
Now Or Never was founded in 2012 by guitarist Ricky Marx (ex-Pretty Maids) and drummer Ranzo, who were joined soon after by vocalist Jo Amore (ex-Nightmare), and bass player Kenn Jackson (also a veteran ex-Pretty […]
There is a vaguely eastern sounding opening to the opening track of Starchase’s ‘Brand New Day’ that is completely redundant when what the album offers is so simple and so assured – a stack of […]
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