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  • NOÛS release 20 minute monster “ἀηδής”

    Ballarat’s NOÛS have just gotten heavier and heavier. Their debut back in early 2012 was dark and sludgy but in a sort of Mastodon-gone-doom way, and while their follow-up EP Brûlure certainly moved in a darker less-melodic direction, including an awesome Ravi...

    • Posted 11 years ago
  • A Secret Death & Safe Hands split 7″ and tour

    Last year saw originally-Gold Coast based band A Secret Death come out of hiatus for a tour with Japan’s Palm, and holy shit were they a damn fine live band. So it’s definitely good news that the now-Melbourne based band are...

    • Posted 11 years ago
  • Danny Cecati leaves Eyefear

    This is all a bit of a shock. Danny Cecati was the man that gave Eyefear that extra special edge. Today, over on Facebook, Cecati posted the following status; “Well the time has come for me to move on….I...

    • Posted 11 years ago
  • Gwar, Satyricon, Amon Amarth and The Black Dahlia Murder are playing a sideshow together. Yep.

    Well this certainly something we saw coming, and while it’s undoubtedly a bizarre combination, it also sounds like a whole lot of fun; viking metallers Amon Amarth, black metallers Satyricon, modern death metallers The Black Dahlia Murder and the always hilarious Gwar are teaming up...

    • Posted 11 years ago
  • Toehider and Troldhaugen announce “Toehaugen Troldhider Touring Extravaganza”

    Melbourne prog rockers Toehider and Wollongong’s crazy Troldhaugen are teaming up this March for an east coast tour that’s guaranteed to be a whole lot of fun. The former are absolutely smashing the Pozible campaign for their new album “What Kind...

    • Posted 11 years ago
  • Separatist release new single, album coming out this Friday [update: out now!]

    Tassie’s Separatist came to an end back in 2011, when a hardware error resulting in them losing their entire new album right at the end of the recording sessions. In some exciting news, the album is finally seeing the...

    • Posted 11 years ago
  • Hatchet Dawn enter an indefinite hiatus

    But do not fear! It’s not completely the end. Current members Billie-Jade and Howsie Noise have announced they will be releasing new music and touring in a new band under the name Diamond Noir, with a Logan Mader-produced...

    • Posted 11 years ago
  • Steven Wilson @ Billboard The Venue, 02/10/2013

    Porcupine Tree’s 2010 tour was an unexpected surprise. Despite going into it being very disappointed with The Incident as an album, the whole thing live was an enthralling experience. With that in mind, Steven Wilson’s The Raven...

    • Posted 11 years ago
  • Jack The Stripper’s “Raw Nerve” out now, streaming online in full

    If there’s one word to sum up Jack The Stripper‘s new album Raw Nerve, it would simply be “awesome”. It’s chaotic, crazily heavy and exploding with energy, which is exactly what you want from this Converge-inspired style of music. There’s not...

    • Posted 11 years ago
  • Japan’s Cyberne return to Australia… with two drummers

    From all reports, Cyberne’s last Aussie tour was a string of devastatingly intense performances, so we’re pretty stoked to see them coming back. But hell, even if they weren’t that great and everybody is lying (which we doubt,...

    • Posted 11 years ago