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  • Motionless In White – Reincarnate

    The way I see it Motionless In White has been one of the more interesting metalcore acts as of late. They are a great deal of fun live and the way they incorporate industrial elements into their...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Dot The Eyes – Eden’s Brigade EP

    This is probably the first time I’ve really had problems with figuring out what to write in a review. Anyway, I suppose I should start with the basics. Dot The Eyes are a band from Melbourne. They...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Shrapnel – The Virus Conspires

    Shrapnel is a band from Norwich, England and they play thrash metal. They released their debut EP in 2009 and their self-financed follow-up The Devastation To Come EP in 2010. Now, in 2014, they’ve released their debut...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Devildriver, Whitechapel & Aversions Crown @ The Hi-Fi, Sydney 06/09/14

    The night didn’t start quite as planned, due to a number of different factors I missed most of Aversions Crown’s set. Whitechapel kicked off their set a couple of minutes late, and the packed Sydney Hi-Fi seemed...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Blues Pills – Blues Pills

    Alright, here’s the deal. I don’t really know where or how to start this review, because this is something special and quite unique. Before I asked Metal Obsession to review this album, I had never really listened...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • The Autumn League – Concept of Irony

    The Autumn League hails from Sydney and they are playing a mix of death and black metal. The vocals remind me a bit of Mikael Åkerfeldt himself. Think Opeth and Bloodbath chucked into a blender and you’re...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Athenas Wake – Contemplation

    Athenas Wake is a band from Geelong. Formed in 2010, they play a grand, evil and fairly interesting mix of technical death metal and atmospheric black metal. The Contemplation EP was released in June and it contains...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Conscious Control – Feed the Machine

    Whenever I’m asked to listen to new metalcore I’m usually a bit apprehensive at first. There’s a lot of stuff out there that to be fair is quite mediocre. I was therefore pleasantly surprised when the intro...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Voyager, Without Parachutes, Troldhaugen, Caligula’s Horse @ The Factory Floor, Sydney 05/07/2014

    Images: Micheal Goddard Words: Martin Michea I arrive at the Factory Theatre about half an hour before the doors open on this cold Saturday evening. There I am greeted by a crowd of people that really didn’t...

    • Posted 10 years ago