Articles by Andrew Massie

Local supports are announced for California’s DESPISE YOU (USA), on their first Australian tour this May. Innovators of the power-violence scene creating some of the hardest and most engaging music in the genre, DESPISE YOU’s […]

Hardcore’s most punishing supergroup END have announced their debut Australian tour, set to smash faces along the East Coast in June. END is a collection of musicians from various corners of extreme music, including current […]

On the heels of a whirlwind debut that included a GRAMMY® Award nomination for his first-ever single, #1 debuts on multiple charts, television performances, and sold out shows over a two-year span, Mammoth WVH is back with […]

MEZZROW are back after 30 years! The Swedish Thrash Metal force will release their second and new studio album “Summon Thy Demons” on April 21st on their new label Fireflash Records. Today the band reveals […]

Progressive metal outfit NE OBLIVISCARIS is now premiering the new song, “Misericorde I – As The Flesh Falls” in anticipation of the release of the band’s new album, ‘Exul,’ which is due this Friday, March […]

IMMORTAL have completed work on their upcoming new studio album, War Against All, due to be released on May 26th via Nuclear Blast Records. The band’s 10th studio album will feature 8 new songs in the classic, frostbitten IMMORTAL style. Today, IMMORTAL release their […]

From the moment Wisconsin Death Trip was released to an unsuspecting world, Static-X stood above. Their industrial alt-rock hybrid “Evil Disco” shook metal from its stagnant state and redefined what can be done with heavy music. Each subsequent album enhanced and […]

Unleashing their fourth album “Det Österbottniska Mörkret” this coming May 2023 on Black Lion Records, Finnish black metallers ONDFODT want you to find out “Where Death Roams” with the latest video for their single featuring guest vocals from Mathias “Vreth” […]

After recently revealing details for their brand new album “State Of Disaster” and dropping the first single “High Society“, Melbourne hard rock act Torrential Thrill return for seconds with their latest single/video “Breathe“. Premiering on […]

With “I Got A Line On You” we get a glimpse into one of the most spectacular live shows of the last years. The new single is the prelude to the first live album by Hollywood […]

Ukrainian metal band Arhat has dropped their latest single “The Great Unknown“. The track comes off their upcoming new album which the band are currently completing. “The Great Unknown” continues the cycle of mysteries of […]

Bulgarian Black/Folk metal band Цар Стангра (Tsar Stangra) have released a new single titled “Черна песен” which means “Black/Dark song” in Bulgarian. The tracks lyrics are from Bulgarian poet Dimcho Debelyanov with the band using […]

Death thrash force DIETH – featuring the iconic line-up of Grammy Award winning bassist David Ellefson (ex-Megadeth), Swedish Grammy nominated guitarist/vocalist Guilherme Miranda (ex-Entombed A.D.) and drummer Michał Łysejko (ex-Decapitated) – finally make their highly anticipated return with […]

Modern metal pioneers SYLOSIS, helmed by Josh Middleton who also plays guitar for metalcore giants ARCHITECTS, have revealed the video for their vicious new single ‘Deadwood‘. The band’s first new music of 2023 is a snarling cut of holistic savagery. SYLOSIS […]

In 2023, Melbourne’s THORNHILL aren’t merely dressing for sonic success; they’re dressed to kill, and they’ll be travelling in style this May and June for their Dressed To Kill Tour, set to visit 13 regional towns across […]

Iced Earth have released a new video and digital single for the 2007 re-recorded version of “Prophecy” featuring Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming EP “Hellrider” that will be released […]

Melbourne hard rockers Ablaze are BACK and bringing their high-energy, big-riffed, beer-soaked brand of rock straight to your eagerly-awaiting eardrums with the release of their new single ‘Gasoline‘, which is 2 minutes and 58 seconds of pure […]

FROM ASHES TO NEW are ready to break boundaries with their hybrid, high-energy mix of hard rock, nu-metal/hip-hop, electronic and alternative that’s underlined throughout their new album, Blackout, due mid year via Better Noise Music (exact date TBA). BLACKOUT’s […]

The Devil Wears Prada – Mike Hranica (vocals), Jeremy DePoyster (vocals, guitar), Mason Nagy (bass), Kyle Sipress (guitar), Jonathan Gering (keys, synthesizers), and Giuseppe Capolupo (drums) – are thrilled to announce a deluxe edition of […]

Anyone who only knows Gianni Pontillo as the shouter of the German hard rock legend VICTORY will be surprised which side he lives out on his upcoming blues album “For The Love Of Blues“. The […]

British/Danish rock singer MICHAEL CATTON (ex-Tainted Lady) has teamed up with guitar virtuoso Soren Andersen, for the release Catton’s debut solo album. Immersing themselves in their common love of 70’s and 80’s hard rock, they […]

With a constant intensity from start to finish, the new AVARICE track and official video “Between The Trenches” captures the ferocity and brutality of war in both sound and lyrics. The violent expression of the […]

The wait is almost over! This Friday, March 17, modern heavy symphonic metal leaders KAMELOT will finally unveil their most introspective, uplifting, vital release to date – their first full-length in five years, The Awakening. The album enters the KAMELOT legacy as […]

Wildeornes release Under Oak – an epic slab of blackened doom metal – as their second official single from the upcoming album “…On the Earth, Under the Sky” due for 30 April 2023 release. At nearly […]