Articles by Andrew Massie

70s rockers UMBILICUS first surfaced late last year with a teaser of a song.  Last month we heard the band’s first single “Hello Future”.  Today we get to hear the group’s second single, “I, Human” […]

Global phenomenon Bring Me The Horizon resume the next chapter of their hugely successful journey with the release of a new single entitled sTraNgeRs out now via RCA / Sony Music Australia. The track is the second to be released […]

They are Sweden’s premiere purveyors of thrash metal meets sleaze rock; they are HARDCORE SUPERSTAR and due to popular demand they are bringing the party back to Australia in November thanks to Silverback Touring for […]

Silverback Touring is stoked to finally announce the rescheduled dates for the long-awaited tour by THE IRON MAIDENS in May 2023. The Iron Maidens will be back to satisfy the craving for all things Maiden on their second […]

‘From Womb To Tomb‘ by Lillian Axe is released on CD on 19 August 2022 by Global Rock Records [GRRCD119]. This is the band’s first new album in ten years and it comes ahead of their first UK headline dates […]

Legendary rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers have today announced their return to Australia for 4 massive stadium shows in early 2023. The tour will commence in Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium on January 29 before heading to […]

Los Angeles quartet Volumes are set to bring their twisted melodies and bone-shattering grooves to Australia for the first time in almost a decade on the back of their latest opus ‘Happier?’ Selling out countless shows, amassing […]

The members of THE HALO EFFECT are masters of their domain, pioneers of the Gothenburg melodeath scene. Lead guitarists and melodic death-slingers Niclas Engelin and Jesper Strömblad, lead singer and lyricist Mikael Stanne, supported by […]

Even after four steamy, liver-destroying, gut-stretching decades in the name of heavy metal, there’s no stopping the TANKARD beer crew. Just in time for the celebrations surrounding their fortieth birthday, TANKARD will release their new full-length, Pavlov’s Dawgs, on September […]

Fresh off their previous album release, Fading Cinders, Fall and Resist are back with a 4 track EP called ‘Darkness of Now‘ that expands their musical horizons with their latest release. Fusing post-metal, thrash and melo-death elements, Fall and […]

Hailing from Helsinki, Finland, melodic death metal force BRYMIR take a stand with their most commanding full-length yet and Napalm Records debut, entitled Voices In The Sky, set for release on August 26, 2022. Formed in 2006, the […]

Sydney alt-rockers Wicked Envy unveil the official music video for ‘Fragile Wings‘ taken from their debut EP ‘What The Hell Am I Doing?‘. Bursting with the groups signature modern rock flavour, ‘Fragile Wings’ treats listeners to exhilarating […]

Bad Wolves, the critically acclaimed and multi-platinum band, released their new single “The Body” today via Better Noise Music, along with a lyric video for the song. The track haunts the listener, talking about how far one must […]

Today, GRAMMY® Award nominated, multi-platinum-selling band Goo Goo Dolls have announced their brand new thirteenth studio LP Chaos in Bloom, arriving August 12th 2022 via Warner Records. Marking the first album of their career to be produced by […]

1990’s band Fridge have come out of deep thaw to play a run of shows across the country. After a few shows with Tumbleweed in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide, the band plays it’s first headline […]

Ballarat, Australia’s Nicolas Cage Fighter is back with their latest single “Compound and Fracture” streaming now everywhere, including a brand new official video.. The band says of the Compound And Fracture, which is taken from their upcoming release The Bones That […]

“‘Earth Shaker‘ is our self-description on the ones who are motivated to get themselves out of the ‘mayhem’ they are experiencing. Everyone out there has reached the breaking point where enough is enough and the time […]

With a debut show sharing stages with Redhook & The Dead Love under their belt, Brisbane progressive-metal prodigies Citadel have today unveiled their second single, ‘Parasyte‘. A cathartic and stirring track, detailing the harrowing slew of emotions guitarist Nat Patterson dealt with during the […]

Gippsland heavy hitters, Ocean Sleeper are back with new single, Your Love I’ll Never Need, which is out now! Stream it here: ocean-sleeper.lnk.to/YLINN Vocalist Karl Spiessl says of the song “Lyrically, I wanted to articulate […]

Terror Parade have returned from the wastelands to unveil their latest offering their new single Revolution. While most within heavy music constantly look for ways to remain innovative and relevant in a stale, uninspired landscape, Terror Parade […]

“Music that should be played during every Patrick Swayze bar-fight ever” just might be the most accurate description one could ever come up with to describe a band like BEASTWOOD. BEASTWOOD have just dropped their new single […]

It’s time for another deep dive into the horrors of mortality and the foul side of the supernatural – It’s time for “Survival Of The Sickest“! The sixth full-length album from BLOODBATH, Sweden’s undisputed masters of old […]

Tobias Sammet is back , with passion, magnificient energy and a musical monument with epical deepness. A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society marks AVANTASIA‘s ninth album and will be released on October 21st, 2022 via Nuclear Blast. Pure […]

BEAST MACHINE‘s single “FROZEN” was released early this year to a very warm reception from critics and fans alike. Now the band have released another single “Now Look What You’ve Done“. “Our new single “Now Look […]