EVP Recordings – the company responsible for the signing of such bands as King Parrot, Psycroptic, Behemoth, The Amenta, and so on – have now added KING to their roster for Australia; a band which comprises members...

Two-day annual local music festival Steel Assassins is back this November for another year of shredding and eviscerating metal. Now into its fifth year, Steel Assassins will be bringing back some old favourites for this round, as...

Ahead of their upcoming Australian tour (which has today been announced for this July/August), Melbourne’s Sydonia have released the first taste of their new album with single, “Eyes of Sand”. Sydonia have been busy with their as-yet-untitled...

Melbourne melodic metal masters Vanishing Point have, as we know, secured one of the two support slots for Queensrÿche‘s upcoming show in Melbourne on Friday 14th October (of which they’ll be also joined by fellow Melbourne act, Teramaze), as...

Melbourne hardcore five-piece, Jack The Stripper, yesterday premiered their brand new music video for single, “Nibiru”. Presented by Metal Hammer, the song is an unnerving and bleak exercise in raw catharsis. As explained by band frontman, Luke...

As we know, US glam metal parody act Steel Panther kick off their Australian tour tonight at The Big Top, Sydney (with tour support act, Black Stone Cherry). In the lead up to this, the venue for their...

Melbourne four-piece The Bennies have announced the local tour supports for their Australian tour this month (and which runs all the way until the end of July). Joining the self-proclaimed “Psychedelic Reggae Ska Doom Metal Punk Rock From...

The local tour supports for Queensrÿche‘s triumphant return to Australia this October have been announced. With two local openers per show, and many of Australia’s finest performing on each of their respective nights, this won’t be a tour you’ll want...

Words: Jonathon Besanko Images: Luke Doddrell (Click here to view the full gallery) For the first time in their nigh-two decades long career, German heavy metal outfit Primal Fear have come to Australia. Though only short, with...

In its seventh instalment, Adelaide’s annual metal festival, The New Dead, returns for another year of stellar local music, covering bands from all across Australia. With the headliner this year being the ever-insane King Parrot (a band...