Articles by Michael Lueders

Sydney’s heavy groove merchants, Black Rheno, are gearing up for a massive East Coast tour this May with a lineup of killer support acts just announced. Black Rheno is currently riding high, having recently journeyed […]

Sydney metalcore quartet Harroway share new single Heresy just in time to share it live later this month on tour with Sienna Skies and No Home (US). Tickets on sale now! Taking a deep dive into the […]

“Sanctuary Of Death”, the seventh studio album by Spanish heavy/power metal institution VHÄLDEMAR, will be released on May 9th! 11 songs of finest and classic metal with great melodies and anthems for eternity. After the […]

Los Angeles, California-based cinematic metal/rock unit EDGE OF PARADISE – who have made waves in the heavy music scene with acclaimed albums like Universe (2019), The Unknown (2021) and Hologram (2023), as well as tours with […]

A few weeks ago, high-profile modern metal band CROWNSHIFT has announced the release date and details of its eagerly awaited self-titled debut album, which is due out on May 10th, 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, […]

Norwegian music constellation Wardruna, renowned for their innovative and genre creating renditions of Norse traditions announce their highly anticipated debut tour of Australia and New Zealand in January 2025. Since their inception in 2009, Wardruna has […]

Leeds-based post-hardcore groovers Caskets return to Australia next month for their May 2024 Reflections Tour with special guests The Home Team (US). Today Caskets welcome Brisbane emo rockers Stepson and Melbourne alternative metal outfit Bad/Love to the tour, […]

Bleed From Within have had an extraordinary couple of years. In April they’ll be hitting the road for a month-long USA and Canada tour with The Ghost Inside, Paleface and Great American Ghost, and are also looking ahead […]

A potent fusion of the past, present and future, Perth metalcore outfit Make Them Suffer return today armed with a glossy yet blistering new single, Epitaph out now via Greyscale Records and SharpTone Records. Continuing […]

New Jersey’s ATTACKER have just revealed a second song from their upcoming new album “The God Particle”, set for release on April 12th 2024 via Cruz Del Sur Music on CD, LP and digitally. You can listen to […]

Pirate Queen is an all-female Pirate Metal band from Bermuda Triangle and their debut album Ghosts will be released on May 3, 2024 via Despotz records. Their third single “Santa Lucia” is out April 5.  Discovering Pirate Queen is like finding Eldorado. The album Ghosts has such addictive melodies, and it […]

Sometimes the musical chemistry is just right. The newly founded band JÄST impressively shows that modern rock music can always surprise us. The first single “Heartlight” is released today. The track marks the beginning of […]

Knocked Loose unleash their seething, experimental new single Don’t Reach For Me, a track that combines the band’s signature frenzied attack with deliberate catchiness and exhilarating sonic variety. After one listen, the song’s refrain — “I […]

The Pandemonium Around Pandemonium It will be Pandemonium this April! Recently pandemonium, it seems, has ensued. Pandemonium Rocks Australia this April for the first time! We have been hard at work ensuring we deliver events that […]

Scanner is a power metal band from Germany formed in 1986 releasing seven albums across a near four-decade career – ‘Hypertrace’ (1988), ‘Terminal Earth’ (1989), ‘Mental Reservation’ (1995), ‘Ball Of The Damned’ (1996), ‘Scantropolis’ (2002), […]

Celestial Oath are a 3-piece Psychedelic Metal band hailing from the outer rim of the majestic Blue Mountains. Formed in 2018, they broke into the scene with their first single ‘The Devil’s Saxophone’ and have […]

They chat about the Peaceville 3 as well as the days back in Bradford and the sheer amount of bands that played there in the day, as well as the new album and what the […]

Bringing their relentless assault from the depths of France’s extreme metal scene, BENIGHTED is at the brink of releasing their most visceral and thematically profound work yet. In anticipation of their groundbreaking album, Ekbom, the […]

It’s getting serious: in four weeks, the Finnish theatrical metal pioneers will release their latest album “Odyssee Into The Grey”.  With the single “The Bottomless Pit”, the Scandinavians show their full range: Composer Harri Koskela:  “I’m […]

CobraKill is a heavy metal & hard rock band from Germany formed in 2020, releasing the three-song demo ‘CobraKill’ later the same year. Influenced by the sleaze metal and rock evolution of the mid to […]

Togo based metallers ARKA’N ASRAFOKOR [Asrafocore = “Music of the Warriors” (“asrafo” means “warrior” in their mother language)] continue to determinedly walk the path to the release of their sophomore album “Dzikkuh” (due out on […]

Amidst Wardruna´s song-writing hibernation, the group resurfaces to offer a taste of their next album with the single release and music video for the song Hertan. The song is available on all digital streaming platforms […]

German Guitar wizard AXEL RUDI PELL released with “Guardian Angel” a new digital single and lyric video today. The song is taken from the upcoming studio album “Risen Symbol”. You can watch the lyric video […]

Smoking Snakes is a heavy metal band based in Sweden formed in 2022, releasing their debut E.P. ‘Restless And Wild’ in 2023, and debut full-length album ‘Danger Zone’ in 2024. Featuring eleven songs that encapsulate […]