Articles by Andrew Massie

  Heavy metallers SPIRITS OF FIRE have announced their return with new vocalist Fabio Lione (Angra, ex-Rhapsody Of Fire), who joins original members Chris Caffery, Steve DiGiorgio, and Mark Zonder on their second album, “Embrace […]

  Perth’s premier electro power prog sensation VOYAGER have the distinct honour of taking part in the prestigious song contest, Eurovision – Australia Decides! A very special announcement from the band can be found HERE. For several years, VOYAGER […]

  Switzerland’s industrial black metal force SAMAEL are back with a brand new music video for their cover version of The Beatles “Helter Skelter”. On the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the release of […]

  On December 24th, in the tragic year of 1914, in the middle of a cold night: After 6 months in the muddy trenches, the war still hasn’t come to an end and on Christmas […]

  Saturday April 2, 2022 – The Mansfield Tavern will awaken like the Walking Dead! The Festival that was scheduled to take place among 2021’s Halloween festivities in October and that COVID restrictions put a […]

  Imagine a rabid blend between the very early frenzy of SYSTEM OF A DOWN, the heaviness of SLIPKNOT and the explosive energy of SOCIAL DISTORTION in a Mexican setting and multiply it with ten […]

  Scandinavian multi-instrumentalists SYLVAINE is now unveiling the brand new song ‘Nowhere, Still Somewhere’, which is taken from the upcoming fourth album ‘Nova‘. The album is scheduled for world-wide release on March 04, 2022 via Season of Mist. The new offering, […]

  They are one of the most passionate homages to classic hard rock that has stood out in recent years: CORELEONI, founded in 2018. In the centre of the formation literally beats the musical (lion-)heart […]

  My Chemical Romance (aka MCR/My Chem) have announced additional shows to their 2023 Australian arena tour. These shows will be the band’s first Australian shows since their appearance at Big Day Out festival in […]

  New York death metal giants, IMMOLATION, are proud to announce their latest immense creation, Acts Of God, which will be released February 18, 2022. The 11th studio album serves as the next chapter of IMMOLATION’s death metal epic. With 5 long years […]

  Slade unveil a brand new animated video for Merry Xmas Everybody. Check it out below. This is the first time there has been a promotional video for the ultimate festive anthem. ‘The video is […]

  This past October, metal legends Arch Enemy returned with their first new song in four years: “Deceiver, Deceiver”. Today (December 9th), the band has launched another standalone single, mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen: […]

  Underoath has unveiled Numb, the latest single from the band’s upcoming album Voyeurist, out January 14 on Fearless Records. The new song builds on the wave of excitement created by the bands recent Digital Ghost livestream […]

  Australia’s heavy bright lights In Hearts Wake have teamed up with Alpha Wolf for their new single ‘Dogma‘, out now after its radio debut on triple j ‘s short.fast.loud last week. In Hearts Wake are […]

  AMORPHIS – who stand among Northern Europe’s leading dark metal acts, hitting #1 on the Finnish charts five times – have been captivating fans and critics for over 30 years with their melancholic, yet […]

  Finnish melodic metal icons SONATA ARCTICA should be closing their ‘’Acoustic Adventures’’ European tour this week. Unfortunately, it had to be postponed to late 2022 (the band’s extensive live itinerary can be found below!) […]

  Aussie Melodic Thrash Metallers INCRYPT have signed with Wormholedeath Records a licensing deal for their debut album “Thrashing Extinction“, due for release on the 25th of February, 2022 worldwide. Band’s signing statement: We are […]

  Such is the demand for powerhouse Florida quintet Mayday Parade‘s return to Australia in April 2022 that two extra shows have just been announced! The previously announced shows in Sydney and Melbourne sold out […]

  Co-founders of the German medieval rock movement SUBWAY TO SALLY celebrate the 20th anniversary of their hit album, Herzblut, which has reached more than 6.3 million streams on Spotify alone, with an epic reissue […]

  One of the new songs on SERIOUS BLACK‘s upcoming studio album, Vengeance Is Mine, is called “Album Of Our Life” and hits the nail on the head in several respects. On the one hand, the melodic […]

  “One Life To Live” is an adrenaline drenched anthem  inciting fans to stand up for what is right! “With my dying breath I’ll stand / And scream for what is right” Billy Graziadei bellows […]

  From the menacing shadows of this desolate December, a light in the darkness has arisen and Germany’s metal legends are back to “Deliver Us From Evil“. With this new single out today, the fans […]

  Comeback Kid has revealed a new single and video, “Crossed,” featuring guest vocals from Gojira‘s Joe Duplantier. Alongside the riff-heavy first single “No Easy Way Out” and the tone-setting dynamic title track (“Heavy Steps”), […]

Full Tilt Festival is thrilled to announce in line with the recent government announcement, the festival will be operating at 100% capacity with no restrictions in 2022. To coincide with this fantastic news, the Adelaide […]