Year: 2013

8 August 2013 at Valve Bar Heading out to Valve in Tempe for the few last times… On a Thursday everything was a bit quiet and we mostly made it to Tempe to see Chud […]

3 August 2013 at Agincourt Hotel Before Venom closes down, we really had to go there. Good opportunity for us last Saturday with some bands we haven't seen before – including Miazma, a band from […]

Based out of Melbourne, Naberus is a four-piece melodic thrashcore outfit who have graced us in the past with EPs 2009s ‘Ruins of Society’ and 2011s ‘The Fallen’, have dropped us a huge one with […]

From Texas, this 5 piece metal core outfit have produced a very solid and accessible debut album. This is their first album, called ‘Things that make you Scream’ and has 12 songs on it. From […]

Slow burners Weeping Silence are finally gaining some attention outside their home country of Malta and outside of Europe. Their fourth album in eight (or so) years and their heaviest to date, For The Unsung […]

Formed in Sydney in the late 90s, Lycanthia is a Gothic/Doom band and one of the jewels in the crown of a metal style that has been lacking of recent years to produce genuine heavy […]

I feel like I’ve been bludgeoned with a sledgehammer. From the outset, this album is relentless in pursuit of thrash metal bliss. With Tynan Reid on vocals and rhythm guitar, Cameron Turner lead bass, Matt […]

Does anything weak come out of Texas? The opening track ‘Gone for Now’ kind of eases you in, to begin with before you get to hear the real anger and precision these guys possess. And […]

WHEN YOU FIRST SET EYES ON GOREFIELDS ALBUM COVER ARTWORK AND SLEEVE THERES A FEELING THAT THERES GONNA BE A WALL TO WALL MOSHING GOOD TIME, AND YOU DON’T GET ANYTHING LESS FROM THESE SUNSHINE […]

IN THE SETTING OF THE ADELAIDE HILLS IS SMALL TOWNSHIP OF STRATHALBYN WHERE YOU COULD QUITE HAPPILY PACK THE KIDS UP WITH THE MISSUS AND A PICNIC AND KICK BACK WITH YOUR FAVOURITE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN […]

If you want heavy guitar riffage plus melody then you’re going to love the debut album from these guys. They have a classic metal sound without sounding dated plus there are some great shred guitar […]

This four-piece from New Zealand have produced a killer debut album. The opening track, Damn the sky pulls you in with it’s opening discordant riff before the chugging epic riffing starts. The distorted bass hammers […]

Forging the sword straight out of the metal god handbooks of the early eighties, Metals’ debut LP ‘Proving Our Mettle’ takes you through a musical journey back to the days when the battleground between NWOBHM […]

YOU DON’T OFTEN THINK OF LOW LYING MIST AND BONE-CHILLING FROSTS ON A WINTERS DAY, MEDIEVAL CASTLES AND BLACK FORESTS WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE SUNSHINE STATE OF QUEENSLAND, BUT THAT THE VISIONS I GOT […]

HAILING FROM THE SCORCHING RED SANDS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AND AFTER IMPRESSING IN 2010 WITH THERE EP ‘LORD OF WOE’ THIS DYNAMIC DEATHCORE OUTFIT MAKE THEM SUFFER SIGNED WITH ROADRUNNER RECORDS TO RELEASE THERE DEBUT […]

Danger Angel is a band that broke out in the Greek hard rock/metal scene with their 2010 self-titled debut album bringing with them the 80’s LA cock rock/metal sound into the here & now. Since […]

Who wants a smack in the side of the head? I didn’t particularly, but I stood there like a man, gained my exposure then let this Sydney 3 piece riff machine take their best shots, […]

THE SECOND YOU PICK UP THE ALBUM AND NOTICE THE BAND NAME ‘VICIOUS BASTARD’, YOU KNOW SOMETHING CRAZY IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN! AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT YOU GET FROM THIS MIDLANDS (UK) BASED GRINDCORE OUTFIT. […]

Herratik has been in the music scene since the late ’90s. The Sydney band was formerly known as Abortus and this is the band’s fourth studio album. The bands line up has Gooch on lead […]

Disarm the Descent is the latest album from the guys out of Westfield Massachusetts, Killswitch Engage. It is also their first release with returning frontman Jesse Leach after an eleven-year absence. Their last offering Killswitch […]

Track 1 ‘intro’ starts with a beautiful piece of guitar work, unusual for such a heavy band as an instrumental song to start an album. Track 2 ‘ascension’ also starts with a combination of clean […]

Hailing from Brisbane, Continuum play a no-nonsense brand of modern rock with heavy guitars and a solid rhythm section. Despite playing together since 2005, the bands’ new EP, ‘A Better Way’, represents their first recorded […]

Tassie band Blood Luxury is not a bad bunch of guys and is doing their best for the death metal scene. Track one ‘trance’ starts of with some cool intricate guitar melodies with just as […]

I don’t go much on power metal but Avarin is quite good. The first 2 tracks ‘The unwilling’ and ‘Turn of the tides’ sound very Iron Maiden but with a bit more style and ferocity. […]