The 2015 festival may have only just passed but Soundwave Festival are already making announcement for next year. The first is that the festival will now be held on Australia Day weekend, filling the void left by...

After “years of rehab, isolation and living off-grid”, according to the press release, Adelaide doomers Space Bong are getting ready to launch the follow up to their incredible 2009 album The Death of Utopia. The new album and the first...

It has been something like two years since we last posted one of these articles, so I won’t bother linking to the old ones considering the links are probably outdated (although you can search for them if...

While The Monolith Deathcult may have scaled back on the production and overall craziness from their last album Tetragrammatron, their new EP Bloodkvlts is still another very impressive addition to their catalogue. The EP from the Netherlands’ group is due for release through...

Just prior to their Tasmanian shows with Jack the Stripper, Melbourne death metal band Hadal Maw announced the departure of (the rather awesome) vocalist Aaron Grice. Separatist/Departe vocalist Sam Dishington filled in for those dates, and will apparently for a few more shows,...

We were quite blown away by the performance of Melbourne’s Watchtower when they performed at our 6th Birthday show last year. So, naturally, the news that they have signed to NY-based label Magnetic Eye Records is good news indeed....

From the sneaky listen we’ve had to Myridian’s new album We, The Forlorn, the Melbourne band have hit new heights with their Euro-inspired death/doom metal. Their sophomore album is due for release on April 4th, with the artwork and the first...

On March 23rd, German black metallers Der Weg einer Freiheit will release their superb (we’ve had a listen, we promise it is) album Stellar, their third full length, through Season of Mist Records. A month or so ago we premiered the...

If you were listening to Triple J’s The Racket just before (or still are now), then you’ll have heard this exciting announcement; the legendary Opeth are returning to Australia! “Swedish progressive metal heroes OPETH are set to return to Australia in...

Images: Jainish Prakash Words: Mitch Booth Click here to view full gallery Animals As Leaders are one of those bands that prove instrumental guitar-focused music can be something quite powerful live, and not just a bunch of...