Interviews with some of your favorite as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
Romantic and honest, gloomy and curious, melodic and melancholic, Plastic Barricades chronicle life in the troubled yet fascinating XXI century with painstaking sincerity, asking questions and trying to find the answers. Inspired and influenced […]
Australia’s foremost Kings of progressive, extreme heavy music, Ne Obliviscaris will be touring across Australia and New Zealand in February 2018 in support of their new album Urn. Ne Obliviscaris are one of those […]
Sydney five piece hardcore act Endless Heights are giving the music scene some buzz as they continue to blow away audiences across the country as well as internationally, having toured with the likes of […]
This year marks the 40th Anniversary of Magnum’s debut album ‘Kingdom of Madness’ and the 30th anniversary of the majestic ‘Wings of Heaven’ the wonderful follow-up to the seemingly impossible to match creative tour-de-force that was […]
Veruca Salt’s signature hit Seether remains one of the most-loved rock tunes of the ’90s. Not surprisingly, the band experienced a meteoric rise, doing everything a young band coming of age in the grunge […]
Prophets of the rampant 90’s Modern Rock movement SALIVA will be bringing their show to Australian stages for the first time ever. Fans can expect a crushing cross-section of the bands entire catalogue guaranteed to […]
Arch Enemy return to Australia in 2018 as part of the Download Festival in Melbourne as well as a run of headline shows. This will be the first time the band perform in the […]
Perth melodic folk metal veterans Claim The Throne are on a wave of buzzing activity right now. The band recently celebrated 10 years together, went off on a tour to Japan, joined Finnish symphonic […]
California’s melodic death metal force Once Human will be making their debut visit to Australian shores in early 2018 with an extensive tour of both capital and regional cities in support of their latest […]
One of the most brutal, relentless and vital forces in extreme music, Cattle Decapitation will return to Australia in February! They will be joined by one of Australia’s most successful heavy acts, Psycroptic, to […]
The Bad Flowers are just about to release what might well be a contender for the album of the year 2018! We caught up with Tom Leighton to get the lowdown on ‘Starting Gun’… Thank […]
US thrashers Lich King tour Australia for the first time belting out grade-A, unapologetically straight-forward thrash metal in the vein of the 80’s Bay Area bands such as Exodus, Slayer, and Vio-lence. To date, […]
Swedish metal heroes Sabaton are set to return to Australia in 2018 with an appearance at the first ever Download Festival in Melbourne, a much welcome return to the country since their debut tour […]
US heavy rockers Corrosion Of Conformity return with a massive new album titled “No Cross No Crown” which picks up where 2005’s “In The Arms Of God” left off, bringing back one of the […]
Speaking to Bobby ‘Blitz’ from Overkill back in January of 2017 ahead of their latest album release “The Grinding Wheel“, there was a sense that the band were clearly not ready to throw in […]
Geoff Tate needs no introduction – the man, the artist, the voice who fronted Queensryche for so many years set out on his own back in 2012 after, shall we say, a rather acrimonious split […]
KING KING is one of the UK’s most essential hard rock bands and in their latest album ‘Exile and Grace’ they’ve produced a masterpiece. We caught up with vocalist/guitarist Alan Nimmo ahead of their 2018 […]
Brazilian melodic hard rock band Leatherjacks are set to release their new single ‘I Hate To Fall In Love‘ in time for Christmas this year, the follow up to their debut album “The Lost […]
“It’s Christmas. As much as it doesn’t sound it, this is a good old fashioned play off song, lyrically and musically. Kirsty / Pogues, Bing and Bowie, now Kim and Lawnmower. It’s a beautiful […]
Sepultura have long been a staple among the metal elite, forging their own sound and style along the way while helping thrash metal reach the top of the musical food chain in the world […]
Stepping out of the shadows, Leprous have come into their own this year, performing to packed crowds on their European tour with Devin Townsend and becoming the ‘must see’ act of the Euro summer […]
Finnish rockers Von Hertzen Brothers are riding high on a string of success, signing to Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group on the back of awards and a growing fanbase. Featuring guitarist-vocalist Kie […]
It’s impossible to measure the influence of Frank Zappa on today’s musical landscape and incredible to think that he’s been gone now for 24 years. His huge body of work is as varied as it […]
Heavy rockers Of Mice & Men are set to release their much anticipated new album ‘Defy’ which comes out January 19th 2018, a return to roots of sort where the band capture their live […]
South Florida based musician and songwriter Barry Weinberg is set to launch his Prog Rock influenced album Samsarana in January 2018. The first single, “Beyond the Astral Sky,” is an anthem, gorgeous track with […]
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