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INTERVIEW: Crypitus
Crypitus is a Vermont metal band originally formed in 2015 and revamped in 2016 with a new line up. The founding member Doug Friend in collaboration with Zach Patch and Peter Snee have reworked […]
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EP REVIEW: The Reed Effect – A Strange Curiosity
Hailing from Toronto, and having spent the last several years proudly cutting their teeth in the scummiest venues north of the border, The Reed Effect have been warping minds with their lyrics, shaking hips […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Pale Horseman – The Fourth Seal
Sludge and doom metal are always a favorite genre to get into when looking for that combination of Sabbath inspired classic metal combined with the grooves and heaviness of modern metal. While Chicago 4 […]
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EP REVIEW: Eightball Junkies – Vaudeville Show
Eightball Junkies is a four-piece rock band from Sydney, Australia that originally formed back in 2005. After a break-up only a few years later following the release of their debut EP, the band returned […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Shrapnel – Raised On Decay
Thrash metal has been pumping our veins full of hot adrenalin for the last three decades and regardless of commercial peaks and troughs, it continues to be the true fire that burns within heavy […]
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EP REVIEW: Primacy – III
5 piece New Zealand rock outfit Primacy have returned with a follow up to their debut EP release “Failure And Sacrifice” released last year, with a new 3 track mini-EP simply titled “III”.The combination […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Hypergiant – Father Sky
Sydney doom rockers Hypergiant have released a cracker of an album with “Father Sky”, their debut full length release which combines many of their influences from doom, stoner rock and progressive sludge. All wonderful […]
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INTERVIEW: Verity White
Based in the UK, Verity White is an award-winning singer with an exciting and powerful voice, who expresses a vast range of emotion in her lyrics. She takes inspiration from various places – 90s […]
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INTERVIEW: Patrick Miranda – Movements
Southern California melodic rockers Movements have had a whirlwind of a career in such a short span of time. They signed to Fearless Rcords in 2015 after just one local gig and their singles […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Electric Wizard – Wizard Bloody Wizard
UK doom rockers Electric Wizard return for another wave of blues infused doom rock in the form of their latest album “Wizard Bloody Wizard”, an album that gives a nice throwback to vintage guitar […]
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LIVE REVIEW: Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress – Perth, November 20th 2017
When news rolled out that Mike Portnoy had performed the entire 12 Step Suite from Dream Theater’s back catalogue earlier this year during Yes’s Cruise To The Edge as part of his 50th birthday, […]
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INTERVIEW: Tarah, Mathew & Coralie – Tarah Who?
Tarah Who? you say? To find out more we get in-depth with the members of these Los Angeles rockers as they discuss their latest release “Half Middle Child Syndrome” but before that, let’s put […]
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LIVE REVIEW: Anvil – Perth, November 14th 2017
The legend that is Anvil, a band that has truly seen the ups and downs of a career in the music industry returned to Perth on not only the final show of the Australian […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: F.K.U. – 1981
Swedish thrashers F.K.U. return with another set of horror inspired thrash metal tracks in the form of “1981”, a bloodbath of speed metal that pays homage to the year of classic horror movies, 1981. […]
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INTERVIEW: Brett Scallions – Fuel
American alternative rockers Fuel finally return to Australia this December as part of the “The Sunburn 20th Celebration Tour”. Two decades since the debut album “Sunburn” was released which contains such hit songs as […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Annihilator – For The Demented
It’s a shame that not more people have discovered Canadian thrash legends Annihilator over the years and those that have, tend to be the more hardcore old school thrash metal fans who only know […]
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INTERVIEW: Whitfield Crane – Ugly Kid Joe
It was 1992 and a young band named Ugly Kid Joe featuring a bunch of snotty nosed kids dancing around the beach singing about hating everything exploded on TV. It was a stark contrast […]
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INTERVIEW: Rita Haney – Dimevision 2 (Dimebag Darrell)
Dimebag Darrell was more than just the guitar player in Pantera and Damageplan, so much more. He was larger than life and in many ways, he was the life. At any party, at any […]
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DVD REVIEW: Dimebag Darrell – Dimevision Vol 2: Roll With It Or Get Rolled Over
Dimebag Darrell (aka Darrell Abbott), best known as the axeman for the legendary Pantera was truly a unique character. That term gets thrown around a lot when describing someone who passed away but Dimebag […]
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INTERVIEW: Rob Nassif – Gyroscope
Perth band Gyroscope recently announced their first studio recordings since 2010, with the release of their double A-side single, ‘Crooked Thought’ / ‘DABS’ which is currently out now. This is the first studio recordings […]
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INTERVIEW: Stu McGill – Silent Knight
Following the success of their recent tour of Germany, including a well received performance at the Headbangers Open Air Festival and to promote the release of their re recorded debut album The Masterplan, Perth […]
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INTERVIEW: Steve “Lips” Ludlow – Anvil
Classic metal act Anvil return to Australia in November for a headline tour on the back of their latest release “Anvil Is Anvil” which came out last year. During this run of shows that […]
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INTERVIEW: Brian Vodinh – 10 Years
Sometimes when band members reunite, it’s as if no time has passed and nothing has changed. That couldn’t be further from the truth for 10 Years. And, that’s a good thing. When guitarist/drummer Brian […]
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INTERVIEW: Fletcher Dragge – Pennywise
2017 sees the 20th anniversary of the exhilarating, inspiring and brilliant album “Full Circle” by punk rock veterans Pennwise that helped define a genre. ‘Full Circle’ is the emotional and pivotal album that followed […]
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LIVE REVIEW: The Dillinger Escape Plan – Perth, October 15th 2017
We knew it was coming for some time now but you can never really prepare yourself for such a thing. The final time we will ever get to see The Dillinger Escape Plan (pending […]