Cattle Decapitation and Revocation is a perfect pairing for one main reason; they’re both bands that somehow continually get better with age and there’s nothing more exciting that seeing a band at their peak (so far). Opening...

Images: Cameron StewartWords: Mitch Booth When Circles were announced as the opening band it seemed like a bit of an odd choice. Sure Opeth has gone prog but it’s a very different vein. In hindsight, however, after...

On the back of a support slot on Lamb of God‘s Aussie tour, Perth’s Sanzu have announced they’re making the long trip over from the west coast for a string of shows with Sydney groove death metal band Daemon Pyre.  We...

Fresh off a tour around Australia with Denmark’s Hexis, Brisbane’s Siberian Hell Sounds (possible owners of the best band name in the land) have released a new EP, Svengali.  “This is the very end of a two year process for us; changes...

Without The Black Wreath there’s a good chance we wouldn’t have heard of these bands. The Alice Spring based label have been championing NT metal for 5 years now, holding the Annual Blacken the Globe festival (which has seen...

Well, this is just monstrous. To celebrate their fifth year, Direct Touring are bringing back some of their previous touring bands (plus one newie) and it’s the kind of lineup that’s simply not seen in Australia. Sweden’s Marduk are...

If the new track streaming over at No Clean Singing is anything to go buy, album II from Perth’s The Ritual Aura is going to be some incredible. It’s a hugely expanded sound on the last few tracks and hints...

We have been watching our inbox closely for another Départe debut. Back in July we debuted the first new single from the Tassie band’s debut Failure, Subside, which was a re-recording of an older demo track. Now we’re stoked to have...