GIG REVIEWS

Sydney alternative rock force RedHook have been missing their mates in lockdown, so much so that one reunion bash just wouldn’t cut it. So to celebrate the long-awaited return of social interaction and live music, […]

The Butterfly Effect came to the Sunny Coast, after 2 long years off the road, and a delay from the floods in February. The band felt it’s time to become reacquainted with their fans! The […]

The Devilskin Australian tour for their latest album ‘Red’ has been delayed numerous times (and even this time Perth still miss out), so there was an excited buzz among the Manning Crowd on this balmy […]

‘Uncaged’ is the aptly named festival meant to herald the resurrection of the rock festival after so many false starts! An end to being cooped up on Saturday nights scouring YouTube for fan-filmed footage of […]

Melbourne’s breathtaking progressive instrumental trio The Omnific returned to the touring circuit after 2 years for the highly anticipated Escapades Australian Tour; performing tracks from their 2021 acclaimed debut album Escapades for the first time […]

The ever growing Metal United Down Under returned for yet another year of celebrating local homegrown Aussie heavy music across Australia with several cities and towns all joining in. Perth of course was in for […]

So, its been 288 days since Siv & I have hit the Crowbar, but what better excuse to make our return than the annual Metal United Down Under soirée?! Helpfully, the constant deluge seems to […]

Bush, Cheap Trick, Stone Temple Pilots, Rose Tattoo, Electric Mary & Black Rebel Motorcycle Club rocked Brisbane’s River Stage on Sunday night. The mammoth event is part of the Under The Southern Stars festival which has been […]

Bush, Cheap Trick, Stone Temple Pilots & Black Rebel Motorcycle Club rocked Sydney’s Big Top Luna Park on Wednesday night. The mammoth event is part of the Under The Southern Stars festival which has been […]

Walking toward the Entertainment Centre i could hear the rock pulsing from inside, really got me in the mood for a wicked night with legendary bands! Before getting into the review I want to quickly […]

Melbourne’s rising stars of Symphonic Metal, Victoria K, played at King Lear’s Throne! With very special guests Symphonic Metal icons CARMERIA from Sydney and local stars SERAPHIC & DEVONIAN! After supporting the folk metal giants, Eluveitie, in […]

Lagerstein brought metal back to the masses with live bands & DJ’s until late. Coming straight to you from the high seas, LAGERSTEIN was bringing the party in the only way they know how. Pirate […]

Perth’s premier monthly event for metal – Hornography – recently underwent a change to begin 2022 with the introduction of a different venue as it’s new home. Convenients, which is situated in the heart of […]

Melbourne’s rising stars of Symphonic Metal, Victoria K, are bringing their live show directly to your city this October/November. After supporting the folk metal giants, Eluveitie, in 2019, Victoria K released their critically acclaimed debut […]

Symphonic metallers Victoria K along with friends CARMERIA, SVALEM, and local prog masters Taliesin hit The Basement Canberra on a Monday night for a night of live music.  I went along to see what they […]

Witchskull with special guests B.C. and Charlotte and The Harlots were set to play a special night of their doomy metal on Saturday 13 November.  The gig was restricted to a sit down affair and […]

One of Australia’s most notable Glam bands in the past decade, Laced in Lust is launching their debut album at the Arkaba Hotel for one hell of a party. Laced in Lust are signed to […]

Brisbane based, Alt Metal trio KRAVE are back and building on the momentum of their critically acclaimed debut EP ‘Self Exposure’. KRAVE showcased their new double sided single ‘Red Flag’ & ‘Take Your Bow’ at […]

Another cold and wet night which was dumping lots of snow on the mountains around. So this a perfect setting for a tour called “March of Winter”. The place is The Basement Canberra, under new […]

It was an overcast cold winter afternoon as I headed to the Backbone, an arts venue within the old East Brisbane Bowls Club complete with 80’s era pink toilets and vintage sofas. Originally the gig […]

Lagerstein have turned Crack the Kegs – Brisbane into a two-stage mini fest with their friends at The Brightside! Now, with the addition of killer bands like Seraphic, Virtues, F.U.C. and Peruvian Flashback, this has […]

Temtris hit the Basement in Canberra on a bloody cold Canberra night.  The temp was already about 7 degrees Celsius when I got to the Basement.  But it wasn’t cold inside.  This was the first […]

Queensland’s lords of darkness DARKCELL are back with their first headline show of 2021, as they gear up to unleash their sonic assault in support of their new single ‘Paranormal’. Joining them are local heavy […]