Month: January 2019

28 January 2019 at Qudos Bank Area Hot off the back of the gargantuan Guns ‘n’ Roses tour, Slash has brought his personal rock show to Australia and Qudos Bank arena was their latest stop. […]

26 January 2019 at Crowbar Sci-fi thrash metal prog-punks VOIVOD are celebrating thirty-five years on the warpath, and are rrröööaaarrring into 2019 in the best possible way for Australian fans with 4 big East Coast […]

25 January 2019 at Crowbar This January we are burning 100 times hotter than the hottest 100 with psychedelic rock and roll occultists The Neptune Power Federation. Witness the Imperial Priestess, screaming with colossal power […]

Beast in Black are back with 11 fresh tracks that hold their high standard of song-writing. They have smashed it out of the ark with their new release From Hell With Love, with catchy hooks […]

19 January 2019 at Crowbar Young Henry’s present an absolute sludge master fest as Oz riff giants Sumeru launch their new album ‘Summon Destroyer’ alongside fellow Sydney sledgehammer’s Lo! & Brisbane grind merchants Descent. Line-up: […]

Funeral death/doom act Illimitable Dolor is coming in strong with their sophomore release Leaden Light from the metal-loving label Transcending Obscurity Records. Having not heard of these guys before, I thought I would try out […]

Swelling with emotional discord while destroying any musical boundaries we might have had is the line that Ewigkeit’s latest release Disclose treads. This release is nothing short of epically huge. An interesting blend of themes, […]

The EP release Echoes of Aberration by Summit is one of the best examples of metalcore I have seen come out of NT of Australia. Cut You Open, a favourite track of mine, is the […]

There has started to be a shift in the way melodic metal carries itself of late; a sort of Darwinian evolution of the genre that is permeating elements of groove and intensity only hinted at […]

18 January 2019 at Tomcat Wow what an amazing night. I was invited to go see a show at Brisbane’s Tomcat. A colourfully decorated venue that I hadn’t been to yet. This place was decked […]

My old school psyche was triggered with a nod to the NWOBHM (namely Iron Maiden) in some of the riffs of Convent Guilt’s release Diamond Cut Diamond, but ‘uneven’ is probably the best and most […]

There are some releases you listen to that give you a sense the musicians in the band aren’t concerned about rules. They’re happy to tread the line between genres and just make music that makes […]

There are bands out there that will break barriers of what is expected of a genre, and other bands that will work to perfect a genre that already exists – delving deeper into what made […]

Surgery are a death metal band formed in 2002 in Poprad, Slovakia. After working their asses off for years, they have produced their second full-length album Absorbing Roots. Now, as a reviewer, I try to […]

12 January 2019 at Crowbar First off the rank were local lads Consumed, their third gig to date. They warmed up the punters ears with their black metal inspired grindcore. A wall of noise and […]

The Book of Ecclesiastes would have you believe there is nothing new under the sun, but the author of that book never heard OnO’s new release Cloaked Climax Concealed. When you have to start putting […]

11 January 2019 at The Zoo Psychedelic Reggae Ska Doom Metal Punk Rock From Hell – The Bennies! Line-up: The Bennies, Hemingway, Something Something ExplosionPhotocredits: Just Ignore The Camera

The momentum around Alestorm is undeniable. A UK rock chart number 1 album Sunset of the Golden Age, touring relentlessly through Europe and the US, drawing unmatched crowds at the world’s biggest festivals… and most […]

While there will be robust discussion around genres of metal, with half of metal-heads sitting in the ‘it doesn’t matter’ camp and the other half claiming identity is important, I would like to weigh in […]

Avantasia have been at the forefront of bombastic metal/rock opera for many years. It has forged its name as a one of a kind super-project, with many legendary names contributing to their sound. Releasing their […]

Meshing elements from other bands seem to be the way to go these days. Since most of what can be done has been done, To An End’s latest offering Redefine is a ballsy aptly named […]

Dawn of the Five Suns is the latest release from German band Kambrium, and let’s just say, it is epically grand. Most of the tracks are like a movie score, weaving, melodic and powerful. It’s […]

As The Kingdom Drowns is the seventh studio album for Australian Technical Death Metal band Psycroptic and the follow up to 2015’s self-titled full-length release. The album opens in ferocious fashion with We Were The […]

This album by progressive Brazilian metal band Piah Mater is a beast! It is a long album in minutes but the journey is more than worth it. The obvious nod to Blackwater Park Opeth means […]