After bursting back on the scene with a killer set at Download’s packed main stage which culminated in frontman Loz Taylor clambering to the top of the sound tower, Sheffield metallic hardcore heroes WHILE SHE SLEEPS will release their eagerly anticipated second album ’Brainwashed’ on March 27th Perfectly poised to enable their cult success to […]
Blind Guardian, a name that redefined a genre and made it their own. It is a name that continues to have legendary and mystical qualities attached to it by encapsulating, engrossing and breeding loyalty from a tremendous cross section of fans from all genres. In 2015, Blind Guardian returns to Australia for two exclusive shows […]
Australia’s foremost progressive metal act, Voyager are busting out of their home city of Perth for a national tour this May and June to launch their new video of Seasons Of Age taken from their critically acclaimed album, 2014’s V. V landed in the Top Ten of practically every media outlets Years End list for […]
SCENEzine: Firstly thank you for talking to SCENEzine. How has 2015 been for you so far? Tobin: Fucking awesome I mean really the best ever I couldn’t be more excited and stoked. The tour we just did in the states was amazing the reception for the new record has been amazing. I really couldn’t ask […]
Blind Guardian, a name that redefined a genre and made it their own. It is a name that continues to have legendary and mystical qualities attached to it by encapsulating, engrossing and breeding loyalty from a tremendous cross section of fans from all genres. In 2015, Blind Guardian returns to Australia, for what may be […]
Hailing from Oakland, California, Machine Head are one of the biggest names in Metal. Every worthwhile musical subculture needs its heroes and Machine Head have been just that for the past 20 years. Starting with the earth-shattering prescience of 1994’s “Burn My Eyes” and continuing up to 2014’s “Bloodstone & Diamonds”, they have constantly redefined […]
How does one gauge the success of a band pushing the envelope of a genre that receives little to no credit by the mainstream media? In the case of A WILHELM SCREAM, the answer is “Who cares?” – As a band playing punk rock for over a decade, members Trevor Reilly, Nuno Pereira, Nick Angelini, […]
Legendary rock icons MÖTLEY CRÜE have, at last, confirmed dates for the highly anticipated Australian leg of their Final Tour, bringing along shock-rocker ALICE COOPER as very special guest. The Final Tour marks the end of an era for the band. In January 2014, all four original members gathered to sign a binding ‘Cessation Of […]
Having dropped five genre-defining albums since forming in 2001 The Black Dahlia Murder have made it impossible to discuss melodic death metal without the mention of their name. They are hands down (or horns up?) one of the most popular bands in the extreme metal realm, TBDM will close off their touring cycle for their […]
When ANIMALS AS LEADERS burst onto the scene in 2009, few would have predicted the band’s meteoric rise to the pinnacle of the progressive rock/metal world. ANIMALS AS LEADERS is revered worldwide as a trailblazing pioneer of modern heavy music and the group’s genre-defying compositions have earned extensive praise as true innovators. This hard hitting, […]