Articles by Michael Lueders

Mantric Momentum is a heavy metal band from Norway formed in 2011 by multi-instrumentalist Christer Haroy. The band’s debut album ‘Trial By Fire’ was released in 2022… …featuring Terje Haroy (Pyramaze) – Christer’s cousin – […]

Leatherwolf is a heavy metal band from the USA formed in 1981, releasing three albums – ‘Leatherwolf’ (1984), ‘Leatherwolf’ (1987), and ‘Street Ready’ (1989) – before splitting up. Reforming ten years later in 1999, the […]

Incursion is a heavy metal band from the USA, formed during the early eighties by bass player Maxx Havick and guitarist Michael Lashinsky. The band released one demo before going on hiatus for three decades […]

Steel Inferno is a heavy metal band from Denmark formed in 2012, releasing three albums to date – ‘Aesthetics Of Decay’ (2016), ‘…And The Earth Stood Still’ (2020), and ‘Evil Reign’ released in 2022… …now […]

Perfect Plan is a melodic rock/AOR band from Sweden formed in 2014, releasing their debut album ‘All Rise’ in 2018, with the sophomore album Time For A Miracle’ a 2020 release. And what a release […]

Fresh from releasing their chart-topping 2021 album ‘Fortitude’, French progressive metal behemoths GOJIRA unleashed all the earth-shattering polyrhythms, blast beats and thought-provoking thematics fans have come to know and love on Australian soil on Tuesday […]

Idle Ruin is a blackened death/thrash metal band from Australia formed in 2020, releasing their debut E.P. Idle Ruin’ later the same year. 2022 has been a prolific year for the band, releasing a single […]

About Us are a hard rock band from India formed in 2019, releasing their self-titled debut album in 2022. Recognized worldwide for its culture and cuisine, landscapes and languages, classical dances and the Bollywood film […]

Galderia is a power metal band from France formed in 2006, released three albums to date – ‘The Universality’ (2012), ‘Return Of The Cosmic Men’ (2017), and ‘Endless Horizon’, released in 2022… …featuring ten heavy-hitting […]

Stranger Vision is a power metal band from Italy formed in 2019, releasing their debut album ‘Poetica’ in 2021 and sophomore album ‘Wasteland’ in 2022… …featuring twelve heavy-hitting songs over an enthralling one hour of […]

Witchskull returned to The Basement on Friday 25 November with Melbourne’s finest exponents of brutal, primitive, thrash metalpunk REAPER, and Sydney’s one-man, master of electro industrial punk and synth crust, Schkeuditzer Kreuz. With album number […]

Kill Ritual is a heavy metal band from the USA formed in 2010, releasing six albums to date – ‘The Serpentine Ritual’ (2012), ‘The Eyes Of Medusa’ (2014), ‘Karma Machine’ (2015), ‘All Men Shall Fall’ […]

Pirate metal favorites Alestorm continued their Australia tour in Sydney on Thursday night with support from Valhalore and Evocatus. Snaps below courtesy of Daniel Millhouse.   ALESTORM [su_custom_gallery source=”media: 25106,25105,25104,25103,25102,25101,25100,25099,25098,25096,25094,25093,25092,25091,25090,25089″ limit=”50″ link=”lightbox” width=”80″ height=”80″ title=”never”] […]

FOR THOSE ABOUT TO FROTH! WE SALUTE YOU! The hangover from the inaugural Forth & Fury Fest 2021- a huge sold out weekend full of heavy, alternative, underground music and beer at Pirate Life Brewing […]

Lookout Australia, ALESTORM cannonball a long overdue return to P.A.R.T.Y.! Come to Australia we asked and come to Australia they did, for what will be hot on the hooks of the release of their seventh […]

Innasantorium’s album Odyssey of the Mind is one of those albums that may not sink in straight away. A solid listen on the first go, the genius and talent of the band may not be […]

Transferring the struggles of man against the overwhelming forces of nature and the immensity of the ocean is Houle. This French collective aspires to convey the emotions and epic images of a vast and unrelenting […]

I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing the debut release Rise by Australian legends Terraphobia which was released on the 23rd of September 2022 on Darkstorm Records. Terraphobia is father-son duo Mick and David Jelenic. Mick […]

BRUTEFEST 2022 – Where all extremities find their way home.. A day of heavy on heavy music approaches with blast beats, dark dissonance and howls from the roof of Crowbar Sydney on Saturday November 12th. […]

The Erinyes are an international symphonic metal band formed in 2022, featuring three fantastic female singers – Justine Daae (Elyose), Mizuho Lin (Semblant), and Nicoletta Rosellini (Kaladia, Walk In Darkness). The band’s self-titled debut album […]

The purists may be shocked but the serenity and cinematic feel of the opener ‘’ Dark Country. Ritual’’ is undeniable and it is also pure Nytt Land. This is a reimagining of their previous LP […]

The result of Turkish duo multi-instrumentalist Ozan Tunc and vocalist Ozan Erkmen. ‘’ Elegy of Fire Dusk’’ is only their second record yet it is an elaborate concept album that revolves around Turkish Mythology and […]

Hailing from the region Pisa/Livorno, Tuscany Deathless Legacy is a quintet that specializes in horror and the supernatural. Mater Larvarum (their Sixth!) is an epic tale of the feminine arising from the underground. Upon first […]

Sweden’s Candlemass are one of the big four of doom before it became known as doom. Since 1982 they have defined and perfected the art of huge monolithic riffs and soaring vocals, epic themes that […]