Articles by Andrew Massie

Sweden’s melodic death metal veterans SOILWORK are back with big news! After their EP release back in December of 2021, it is time for the first studio album in three years. Proudly SOILWORK announce their […]

Founded by bassist Mat Sinner and vocalist Ralf Scheepers, and completed by guitarist Tom Naumann and drummer Klaus Sperling shortly after, German metal commandos PRIMAL FEAR started to pave their way to the top as one of the most consistent acts of the scene […]

Friday 13th, a date clouded in mystery and superstition. The day that 12 gods dined at Valhalla only for their party to be gatecrashed by a 13th guest that would cause a chaos that Scandinavian Mythology […]

My Chemical Romance have returned with a brand new track “The Foundations of Decay“. The new song marks My Chemical Romance’s first new release since 2014’s “Fake Your Death”. The band are heading to Australia […]

Swedish power metal veterans CIVIL WAR – featuring former members of Sabaton – drop another martial power-anthem with their newest single “Battle Of Life“, beginning with synthesizer elements that lead into the band’s epic power metal trademark with a catchy […]

Untamed as the seven seas, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS are set to release their anticipated and most honest studio album to date, Pirates, this Friday, May 13, via Napalm Records! Today, the band has released the majestic and energetic third […]

In February of this year, Allegaeon released their latest album, DAMNUM. The title means “loss” in Latin and consequently, the lyrical themes mark a deviation from the band’s previous sci-fi/science-based output. Track number six from […]

BEHEMOTH, the high priests of extreme metal, have announced their 12th studio album, Opvs Contra Natvram, their most thought-provoking and arresting collection to date. The album is set for release on September 16 via Nuclear […]

‘Strange Desires‘ is the second single lifted from the upcoming L.A. Cobra album titled Superstition, and is now available on all digital platforms via Crusader Records. The song, which features Slade Sleaze – L.A. Cobra’s guitarist – on vocals in the verses, encourages the sharing of […]

UNDERTOW have released the cover artwork and track listing of their new album “BIPOLAR” which will be released on July 8th, 2022. Artwork is again by Björn Gooßes at Killustrations “BIPOLAR”: Nine new songs on […]

Melbourne hard rock act King’s Vengeance have delievered a monstrously huge new track called Lie. The 6 minute plus epic has all the hallmarks of classic hard rock and metal. A huge intro followed by […]

Hailing from Adelaide, South Australia Dirty Pagans are a stoner doom metal band formed in 2016. Prior to last year’s debut album “The Family”, Dirty Pagans have released two EP’s “Dirty Pagans” (2017) and “Volume […]

The single isn’t even released yet, and the hype is R E A L. Brisbane’s Babirusa, touted as one of the world’s rising stars in Deathcore by Revolver Mag, is today announcing their Mandatory Malevolence Single release […]

Multi-platinum UK rock icons The Darkness will be returning to Australia & New Zealand this October, playing shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland & Wellington. Fans can access early bird tickets by signing […]

Gothenburg’s finest export of darkness, EVERGREY, enters an astonishing new chapter in the band’s history with their thirteenth studio album and Napalm Records debut, A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament), to be released on May […]

Celebrating the imminent release of their debut album, Charlotte & The Harlots are heading out on a national tour in June. Playing 8 dates from Brisbane to Adelaide with a list of notable supports, this […]

THE VENDETTAS stay true to their classic rock roots with their latest single, ‘6 Ft Under‘ which is out now on all digital platforms, through Golden Robot Records ‘6 Ft Under’ captures every essence of a […]

Halestorm will make their highly anticipated return Down Under for the first time since 2019. “After years of keepin’ the faith, we are finally returning to Australia and New Zealand to bring the Rock!” says frontwoman extraordinaire […]

Trivium singer and guitarist Matthew Kiichi Heafy has released Rashomon, the long-awaited and much-anticipated album from his IBARAKI project today, May 6, via Nuclear Blast. Ibaraki have also shared the “Kagutsuchi” video. Watch it below. The song is a very important one in the project’s […]

Today, German hard rockers SINNER are pleased to present ‘Bulletproof,’ the powerful first single off their forthcoming new full-length, »Brotherhood«. Scheduled for release on July 15th, 2022 via Atomic Fire Records, ‘Bulletproof’ serves as the […]

With over 100+ million streams and a tremendously successful album released just a year ago, symphonic metal titans THERION have not been idle and continue their epic “Leviathan” trilogy with striking new single ‘Litany of the Fallen‘. […]

On May 6th, 2021, the world of Japanese manga lost Kentaro Miura, one of their most important artists and the creator of the epic manga “Berserk”. “Berserk” has sold over 50 million books worldwide, making […]

On July 22nd, Canada’s WAKE will release their sixth full-length, Thought Form Descent, via Metal Blade Records. For a first preview of the album, a new video for the single “Swallow the Light” (directed by […]

For more than two decades, Cult Of Luna has forged a sound that has grown incomparable to that of others. Ambitious, epic, visceral, drenched in emotion, and long regarded as one of Sweden’s premiere metal […]