Having risen through the ranks of the local live circuit, Melbourne’s Have/Hold are now set to step into the national spotlight with their brilliant debut album, ‘King Salt’ – out August 18 via Never Home Records. After the release of their debut 7″ earned them a ’20 Bands To Watch’ tag from Blunt Magazine, Have/Hold’s […]
Signed to Universal Records last year (and released via Caroline in Australia), The Riptide Movement are riding a wave of success from Ireland into Europe, the USA and now Australia. For a nation of just four million inhabitants Ireland punches way above its musical weight on the world stage. Hot on the heels of U2, […]
Described as “the first and best, most authoritative source on Australian metal”, The Encyclopaedia Of Australian Heavy Metal presents pictures, biographies and discographical information on more than 2000 bands from all parts of Australia. From the early 70’s pioneers like AC/DC, Buffalo and Rose Tattoo to the current breed: Psycroptic, Parkway Drive, Ne Obliviscaris and […]
CANCER BATS have come to destroy. Fuelled by a burning desire to rage harder, play louder and have more fun than any other band, CANCER BATS mix hardcore, southern metal and punk rock into a lethal rock and roll explosion. They’ve been ripping shows, banging their heads and partying to the new tunes of Searching […]
Melding the forthright intensity of rock with the skill and inventiveness of progressive metal, Brisbane’s CALIGULA’S HORSE have announced the October 16 release of their 3rd record ‘Bloom’, as well as extensive Australian and European tour dates. ‘Bloom’ follows 2011’s colourful and dynamic debut ‘Moments From Ephemeral City’, and 2013’s critically acclaimed dark narrative concept […]
Resist Records welcomes Born Free to its roster. Their debut album “Sorrow” will be released on October 2. In 2015, the idea of “hardcore” has been stretched, pulled, abused, marketed and dissected far beyond anything its forefathers could have imagined. Melbourne’s Born Free are the antithesis of this corporate arms race. The young quintet are […]
Pegged by many as the must-hear album of the year, Chicago’s Meat Wave is set to release their new full-length Delusion Moon on September 18 vis sideOnedummy Records. Today, the band shares a frenetic new music video for the album’s title track, containing more energy in its tiny >2 minute package than the sun itself. […]
Following the release of the highly anticipated album Node, Northlane have announced their first Australian headline tour in 18 months. Running throughout November, 2015, the ‘Node’ tour will also feature heavyweights August Burns Red (USA), with further support from Like Moths To Flames (USA), Buried In Verona and Ocean Grove. Last embarking on Australian performances […]
West Coast neo-punk twins, moonlighting models and provocateurs, The Garden are heading to Australia for an East Coast tour and Sounds of The Suburbs appearance! (oops… LEAK!) The Garden represent a new, youthful punk scene of the West Coast, with their DIY principles, thrift store – come glam – come 50s housewife fashion style and […]
Parkway Drive has spent the past decade at the forefront of heavy music worldwide with a sound so uncompromisingly ferocious and intense. The video for the first single Vice Grip is the most intense video to date. The Vice Grip video features the band members risking their lives by committing themselves to jumping out of […]