Articles by Andrew Massie

Melbourne metal outfit HEAVENSGATE share new single VIOLENT JOY ahead of their sold out headline show this weekend in Melbourne. VIOLENT JOY is out now via Greyscale Records in partnership with 1126 Records. Listeners who resonated with the […]

For more than 20 years, vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen has been spearheading Danish rock and roll machine Volbeat, releasing eight full-lengths, selling millions of albums, and filling stadiums worldwide. Before fronting Volbeat, however, Poulsen formed death […]

“Mistland” is the new song from the Danish/Faroese metal band IOTUNN that is now available on all digital platforms! Check out the video that has been animated by Costin Chioreanu below. In 2022 – while working […]

KINGS OF THRASH “The MEGA Years” features GRAMMY® Award winning bassist David Ellefson, along with guitarist Jeff Young, reuniting to perform the early Thrash classics upon which the genre was built and defined in the […]

Melodic death metallers Voidfallen have unleashed an intense new single, “Starved Of Martyrs“, a first taste of the upcoming album the band is currently working on. The track is accompanied by a brand new and […]

Hailing from New Hampshire in the US, blackened melodic death metal act BEGAT THE NEPHILIM have long been a force to be reckoned with when it comes to delivering high energy and complex riffing backed by harsh […]

Massively influential death metal legend and ATHEIST vocalist Kelly Shaefer has returned with a new band, TILL THE DIRT, and joined forces with Nuclear Blast Records for the band’s debut record, Outside The Spiral, due out August 25th. Shaefer comments on the signing to Nuclear […]

A colossal storm is brewing! Brace yourselves for an unforgettable night of mind-bending music as three titans of progressive metal unite for a tour of epic proportions! Picture this: the air crackles with electric anticipation […]

Edenfall, the trailblazing pioneers of folk horror metal, are thrilled to announce the upcoming release of their highly anticipated third studio album, To Gaze Longer at the Earth. This self-released masterpiece is set to captivate […]

Following the success of their first two single releases “Save Your Breath” and “Robin The Hood”, GLASSHAWK release a brand new single titled “Never Wanna Wait” in the lead up to their debut EP “Kolorblind” […]

Following their latest, self-titled studio album in 2020, hard rock power metal titans FIREWIND have announced the release of an upcoming live album/BluRay, titled “Still Raging“! The release, that comes as a special BluRay and 2CD edition, will […]

For almost three decades, the US/French Canadian-based melodic death metal syndicate KATAKLYSM has delivered unapologetic waves of powerful sound across the entire globe. On August 11th, 2023 the band’s fifteenth full-length studio album Goliath will be unleashed unto the […]

On the blazing heels of their highly-lauded 2021 debut album, Sermons Of The Sinner – which debuted within the Top 20 on charts in the United States, the UK, Germany, Sweden, Finland and more – KK’S PRIEST return to […]

Austrian symphonic metal force SERENITY have released their new single, “Ritter, Tod und Teufel (Knightfall)“, featuring the band’s first interweaving of German lyrics into their music! The standalone single follows their previous studio album, The Last Knight (2020), […]

Napalm Records is more than proud to welcome DragonForce frontman MARC HUDSON to its growing roster, who has just signed a worldwide contract with the premier rock and metal empire. Along with the signing and after 12 years with DragonForce, MARC […]

The fantastic Indi Bar in Scarborough  on the beaches of Perth played host to the heavy stoner rock festival Spliffs N Riffs this past Saturday as part of Swedish rock act Deville’s first ever Australia […]

Time for the second single and video from the upcoming EP of the Portuguese progressive/alternative metal band ALLAMEDAH. “The Great Unknown” is a song showing the Lisbon-based band’s ability to write seemingly simple tunes, yet […]

The Danish hard rock quartet Black Oak County is back with their second single from the band’s coming third album. “It’s On You” is a follow-up to the band’s previous single release “Back For Blood” […]

METALITE have announced the release of their forthcoming studio album. Expedition One has been scheduled for release via AFM Records in January 2024, the album pre-sale is now available here: https://shop.afm-records.de/de/metalite/ In order to translate the vision […]

NSW prog metal act Hence Confetti have released a single along with a video for the track “Buttons“. In this rare example of an isolation that spawned connection, experimental tentacles sent out by lead writer […]

“Hot off the back of their single ‘This Too Shall Pass’, Innasanatorium have just dropped their second single from their upcoming EP. “Statement of Intense” Is a barnstorming thrasher that incorporates their signature melodic guitars, […]

Brazilian death metal band CRYPTA have revealed another furious new single, entitled “Trial of Traitors“. After smashing in with the relentless “Lord of Ruins”, the first single to debut from the outfit’s sophomore album, Shades of Sorrow (out […]

With the band in the middle of an extensive European tour and their debut single “Another Celebration at the End of the World” in the Top 10 at Active Rock radio in the US, Mammoth […]

One of the world’s most exhilarating and esteemed creative forces, Grammy-winning Swedish theatrical rock band GHOST are delighted to announce due to huge demand, they will be upgrading all venues on their upcoming first Australian headline tour. […]