Three decades ago, the heart of the Melbourne metal scene was the iconic ‘Metal For Melbourne’ record store on the corner of Swanston and Flinders street and a couple handfuls of bands who dominated the scene during...

UNIFY 2017 have announced the Maton Sunday Sessions Acoustic lineup and set times, as well as the return of the Artists Signing Tent! Tickets are on sale now via 24Hundred.net Information is as follows: UNIFY 2017 will now take place...

US alt-metal band Helmet are returning to Australian shores in 2017, performing their 1994 album, Betty, in its entirety, along with fan-favourites and selections from their newest release, Dead To The World (which was released at the tail-end...

Melbourne’s Naberus have now released their much-anticipated follow up album, The Lost Reveries, and now the band are proud to present their third music video from that record, “Torch the Sky”. The music video can be exclusively...

Polish act, Disperse are preparing for the release of their third studio album, Foreword, which is due out on February 10th next year via Season of Mist. Disperse comment, “One of the very first demo tracks for our...

Melbourne based experimental prog-rockers, Orsome Welles, have today released a brand new music video entitled “Maestro”. Like the previous video before it for “Build A World”, “Maestro” is taken from the band’s forthcoming new EP, Rise (which will...

In 2014, Icelandic metallers Sólstafir released their acclaimed fifth studio album, Ótta. The band have now released a brand new music video for single, “Dagmál”, the fourth song off the album. We here at Metal Obsession are very...

Currently on tour supporting Melbourne extreme-prog royalty, Ne Obliviscaris, Germany’s The Ocean Collective have announced in an exciting bout of news that for one special night, the German post-metallers will be performing an exclusive headline show in Melbourne at...

Following the sad news of ex-lead guitarist Ryan Butler‘s departure from the band on November 18, Melbourne thrash kings, Harlott are currently on the lookout for a new lead guitarist to join the band in 2017 and into...

Brisbane based deathcore heavyweights, Aversions Crown are set to release their third studio album, Xenocide, on January 20th next year via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The band have now released a brand new lyric video from the forthcoming...