Joel Stroetzel – Killswitch Engage American metal veterans Killswitch Engage are about to release their seventh album this month, entitled Incarnate. I had a chat to long time guitarist Joel about the new album, the upcoming tour, and a...

Eluveitie vocalist Anna Murphy will be gracing our shores sooner than expected as she will be performing two acoustic shows in Sydney and Melbourne this month. As a preview for the highly anticipated second Australian tour by...

I am not quite sure how I have managed to completely miss out on this band up until recently. Textures released their first album in 2003. They first appeared on my radar late last year with the...

  Corey Beaulieu – Trivium It’s pretty weird to think that before Trivium’s latest Australian tour I hardly knew anything about the band whatsoever. Fast forward a year and a bit and not nearly a day goes by without...

When you hear the term “concept album” in the metal genre, Dream Theater’s Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory is an album that springs to mind. A widely admired album for its musicianship and themes, it is...

Jordan Rudess – Dream Theater Martin Michea recently chatted with Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater to discuss the band’s new concept album ‘The Astonishing’, which was recently released in Australia through Roadrunner Records/Warner Music Australia. They had plenty to talk...

Words: Martin Michea Images: Mick Goddard A brief storm at midday made way for a warm and pleasant Summer afternoon in Sydney. As the other times I have witnessed Voyager at the Factory Floor there is an...

Johan Hegg – Amon Amarth After almost a year of near complete silence from the Swedish Vikings in Amon Amarth, they are now plotting their return. The new album – which is the first concept album the...

Simone Dow – Voyager Voyager are about to embark on a co-headliner tour with the prog maestros in Leprous (Norway). I phoned up guitarist Simone Dow the other week to have a talk about the new album,...

2015 has been a pretty weird year for me. I have listened to a lot of music, but I still struggled to finish this list, as I felt that it was pretty difficult to find ten albums...