Articles by Michael Lueders

Artillery has kindly shared with the Thrash Metal maniacs the album “Raw live (at Copenhell)”. What a way to start a concert. ’Devil’s Symphony’ is a perfect warm-up for both the fans and the band. […]

Blind Guardian return to Australian shores for the first time in nine years, and they bring with them new music from their long-awaited latest album, The God Machine! Not only that, but the world’s foremost […]

It’s a Sunday night and The Baso Canberra is rocking already. A good-sized crowd is here just as I get there as the doors open. The temperature is sizzling 34 degrees Celsius outside and is […]

Dogma are an internationally based metal and rock band, releasing their self titled debut album in 2023. Featuring a highly religious visual theme – nuns to be precise – are Dogma a band? A cult? […]

Its been several years since I’ve had cause to go to the Metro on George St (which is a shame because it’s a great venue), but it seems that there’s been a positive change in […]

Last night the up and coming promotion team ‘Realm of Thorns’ put on their first instalment of the Blood Sacrifice festival at the Lion Arts Factory in Adelaide. Featuring fifteen local and interstate bands coming […]

Acrolysis is a heavy metal band from Australia formed in 2017, releasing their debut E.P. ‘Black Dog’s Serenade’ in 2019, and full length debut album ‘Revolution‘ in 2023. Hailing from Sydney (New South Wales), the […]

Wayside: Melbourne’s Wayside were a great way to start the night of at the Enmore. With their brand of catchy melodic alternative rock. Wayside sounded great, mixing elements of Birds of Tokyo, Silverchair and the […]

Active since 1991, Funeral Winds has released their eighth album called “333”, which refers to the Dweller in the Abyss, the Demon of Dispersion, also known as Choronzon. Before anyone can guess what strange noise […]

Join Jaimunji from Metal Roos in this interview with Brandon Saller of Atreyu as they delve into the band’s brand new album, ‘The Beautiful Dark of Life’, and their upcoming Australian tour dates. Brandon opens […]

After 10 years on the rock scene, JUNKYARD DRIVE is ready with their new single release, “Tearaway”. The Danish hard rock band explores the rebellious side of the rock genre, where noise and raw energy […]

As we get closer to the release of VANIR’s new opus, the Danes release today a new lyric video and digital single to tease the album. And once again they dive deep into Scandinavian history, in […]

Last night The Amity Affliction played a sold-out show at The Bridgeway Hotel in Adelaide (Pooraka). There was a line down the street before the doors opened at 7pm and it wasn’t long into the […]

In this compelling interview, Dave Rumbler talks about guitar craftsmanship and musical evolution with Roger Ojersson of Katatonia. From the nuances of blues transitioning into the powerful realm of metal, they discuss the Oz tour […]

Tune in for this interview with Stavros Dzodzos, the dynamic force behind Dirty Sound Magnet, as he sits down with Jaimunji from Metal Roos. Get ready for an insightful conversation delving into the band’s unique […]

Vipassi, the instrumental Metal band from Melbourne, Australia, released their first album, “Lightless”. The name of the band comes from the twenty-second of the twenty-eight Buddhas. It’s almost like meditation music. The quartet plays their […]

Ancient Remains (formed in 2019), is a Brisbane heavy metal band that encompasses a unique sound comprising groove, old school thrash and metalcore. Burn It All is the title track of their upcoming E.P with […]

Norway’s VICINITY kicks off their upcoming album promotion round with the release of the first digital single and video from the record. The track is called “Purpose”. A progressive metal tune that showcases the technical […]

Join Jaimunji from Metal Roos joins Clint Boge as we celebrate The Butterfly Effect’s 20th anniversary of their iconic debut album, “Begins Here.” From chart-topping success to the recent reunion and a sneak peek into […]

The eminently prolific Leaves Eyes return with another ode of intense Norse Mythology, love, and history with their ninth full-length album Myths Of Fate, The German and Finnish outfit continue to evolve from their Gothic […]

Hailing from Szczecin, Poland is Poorhouse a collective of musicians who base their music around a feeling rather than a specific concept. Their music is a hard rock metal, hybrid and their debut album is […]

From Adelaide, Australia there is a warning from Tanin’iver that this album called “Dark Evils Desecrate” is ‘very disturbing’. The band’s name means ‘blind dragon’ and it is a beast born after Lilith and Samael’s […]

It’s a baking 38-degree Sunday Afternoon when we descend upon Darlinghurst’s fabled Burdekin Hotel. The mid-afternoon Drag show has just finished, and next on the menu is an assortment of loud, Dirty Rock n’ Roll […]

Dan talked to Aleks from Metal Alliance Festival and the bands playing this awesome festival this year! Metal-Roos: Hi Aleks How is it going? It’s good to have you and the other bands here for […]