Melbourne’s Toxicon has certainly hit the ground running in the local traps and has cemented themselves as a band that wanted to tear down any associated stereotypes while playing balls to the wall metal in the process. While the...

Wayne Clarris – Toxicon Making big waves on the Australian scene are Melbourne newcomers Toxicon. Bringing a new brand of metal to venues, the band cite many influences in their music, yet imitate few others in their sound....

Have you heard of Brisbane’s ‘The Back Room’? This is probably one of my favourite venues in this city, having come and watched local gigs aplenty in here. It honestly stacks up against some of the best...

Words: Jake Patton Images: Rebecca Reid (Click here to view the full gallery) Folk metal is an interesting thing. I say this because it quite often conjures up severely polarising arguments, with fans either adoring the genre,...

Australian bands have been doing a lot right over the last year. I mean that in the sense that not only have there have been major tours overseas by the few bands that are lucky to break...

There are many times in life when you know you are witnessing or being a part of something special, and for a large amount of fans, the 25 April 2016 will stand in their memories as one...

Words: Jake Patton Images: Rebecca Reid (Click here to view the full gallery) This year has a very high benchmark. All through 2015 there was numerous shows and offerings that came along which built upon each other...

In September 2010, I drove 40 minutes to meet a friend at a local pub to watch a band that him, and all my other friends at the time had been raving about. On that night, I...

If anyone doubts that 2015 wasn’t the year of the Heavy, then they seriously need to re-analyse what has just gone by. The fact that in Australia alone there was five heavy metal albums that topped the...

Images: Rebecca Reid Words: Jake Patton Click here to view the full gallery. Sunday night shows are always interesting. You can never tell just how many people are going to show up. But with tonight’s proceedings taking...