Interviews with some of your all time favourites as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
“Grab your tickets now, get ready to chip your teeth in the pit and bring me some pies!“ Encouraging words from Trevor Strnad, frontman of The Black Dahlia Murder who return to Australia this […]
The Magpie Salute is the continuing story-line of The Black Crowes with Rich Robinson, Marc Ford and Sven Pipien. A group that represents a musical union of swaggering rock ‘n’ roll, psychedelic blues, and campfire-worthy […]
Anthrax guitarist and a legendary metal icon in his own right, Scott Ian is returning to Australia for a series of spoken word shows as well as some exclusive appearances at this year’s Comic […]
Satyr is a post-hardcore band that began as a bedroom project in Atlanta, Georgia between two friends in college who wanted to create music that blended technical proficiency with strong melodies and structure. After […]
Chocolate Starfish have had a busy 2018… and 2019’s ‘Fish Diary looks to be filling up pretty quickly too, with another Red Hot Summer Tour lined up & possibly a bit of studio time […]
One of the greatest tribute acts going around at the moment, The Dire Straits Experience, is returning to Australia this September for another run of shows, this time expanding out to a few places […]
Renowned Testament guitarist Eric Peterson recently announced the release of his highly-anticipated new Dragonlord album, entitled Dominion, out September 21, 2018 via Spinefarm Records. The symphonic black/death metal album serves as the long-awaited follow-up […]
One of the best live acts you will ever see is Living Colour – a band who just know how to get their music across to an audience and a band of immense talent too. […]
It’s been 9 years since Icelandic rock trio The Vintage Caravan unleashed their self-titled 2009 debut album on the world and are now due to release their 4th album “Gateways” on 31st August through Nuclear […]
Japanese Virtuoso Metal Guitarist, Nozomu Wakai released his brand-new studio album, Metal Souls under the moniker of Destinia via Golden Robot Records on July 13. Featuring world class musicianship courtesy of vocalist Ronnie Romero […]
The supegroup tag may be worn a little thin these days but when you have a group like Metal Allegiance that features the likes of Dave Ellefson (Megadeth), Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater, The Winery […]
Germany has had some great Rock bands over the years. But for every towering neon-lit behemoth like Scorpions, there are a hundred lesser-known bands with equally impressive catalogues who somehow never seemed to gain momentum […]
Hailing from the small town of Warrnambool in remote Victoria, The Ascended blend traditional groove elements and new-age, break-neck speeds to achieve a sound that is not only powerful but memorable modern metal classic. […]
The Hard Rocking Days of the 70’s and 80’s might be a distant memory for some, looking back from a time like today when there seem to be almost as many genres as their are […]
Initially starting out as a Psychedelic Doom quartet; reconfiguring and transforming to become a trio, Germany psych blues rock act Samara Blues Experiment have thus journeyed into the land of Progressive Riffs and Psychedelic […]
Dutch retro-rockers DeWolff are currently in the middle of a mammoth tour around Europe, supporting their fantastic 2018 “Thrust” album, which was released earlier this year. Influences from the rock n roll days of Led […]
Enuff Z’Nuff have long been one of my favourite bands and I’ve been on that long journey with them since their very first record way back in 1989. Twenty-nine years on things have changed considerably, […]
Like a bulldozer ramming down a rollercoaster, Aborted return to Australia to smash bodies without remorse, warning, or regret. Emerging from Belgium in 1995, Aborted have crunched their way through nine full length albums […]
It’s been 28 years since The Quireboys burst onto the scene with their debut release “A Bit of What You Fancy”, reaching number 2 in the UK album charts. 11 studio albums are now firmly […]
2018 has been a big year for Kenny Wayne Shepherd so far. For an artist who lives to play in front of an audience, he has been out on tour for much of the […]
Fozzy are out to have some fun – not just for themselves, but for anyone who is lucky to catch one of their live shows. The band are currently one third of the way […]
Since their inception in 2010, Hadal Maw have fast procured a stature as a benchmark for creating new perspectives on heavy music. Having been described by Metal Hammer as very much the contemporary and […]
TNT officially unveiled their new vocalist, Baol Bardot Bulsara, onstage opening for Scorpions at Oslo Spektrum on November 22, 2017. Just six months later the band’s thirteenth studio album, cunningly titled ‘XIII’ was released in […]
Continuing a trend started with their 2013 release, “No More Hell To Pay”, Stryper’s 10th studio album, “God Damn Evil” sees the band offering up their heaviest release yet! As soon as you hit ‘play’ you […]
Satyricon are a band that need very little introduction to those who follow the black metal world. As the core members of the Norwegian act, Satyr and Frost, who initially started out as a […]
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