pilgrimage a trip, often a long one, made to a holy place for religious reasons. There is no doubt that for myself and many other metal fans, a trip to Wacken is a pilgrimage in the truest sense of the word. Denim vests, black...

Wacken Open Air 2018 Preview Europeans are spoilt for choice when it comes to summer heavy metal festivals. There are countless festivals held all across the northern continent ranging from smaller events to multi-day/multi-stage affairs. Despite the...

9 Foot Super Soldier is set to unleash their debut release on the 3rd of June entitled Cheap Beer And $2 Thongs. ‘9FTSS’ is a self-dubbed ‘Party Violence’ band – think Crossover ‘Party’ Thrash meets the abrupt intensity of Power Violence...

Hidden Intent is a 3 piece thrash band from South Australia. Whilst their neighbours in Victoria often get the most attention there is no doubt that Hidden Intent is more than worthy of being held in the...

Western Australia’s death metal hoard Depravity has just opened pre-order’s for their debut LP ‘Evil Upheaval’. The highly anticipated release is set for an April release through Transcending Obscurity Records. The band and label are offering an impressive range of...

Archspire – Relentless Mutation Archspire is almost peerless in the way they write such memorable and musical arrangements without sacrificing their hallmark technicality and speed. The album has it all – Human Murmuration, Relentless Mutation, The Mimic Well and A Dark Horizontal all...

Renascentia is the second full length from Perth filth merchants Earth Rot. The album was released way back in March this year, but with the band getting ready to tour Japan with Fleshgod Apocalypse I thought it was as good...

Mason is achieving a lot of great things these days but it hasn’t all been smooth sailing for the 4-piece-thrash-attack from Melbourne. In fact, Mason disbanded in 2015 before rising from the ashes later in the same...

Apollo is the son Zeus and the Greek god of music. The aptly named band Sons of Apollo, is a new supergroup consisting of some of the most revered, veteran musicians in the business; Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater,...

Enslaved is a Norwegian extreme metal band formed in 1991. The band started their career as a traditional black metal band but over time their sound has undergone significant change.  These days it would be fair to say...