It seems King Parrot are quickly becoming one of the most active live bands in the country, with yet another tour announced, this time supporting Tasmanian tech-death legends Psycroptic.  “Two of Australia’s most heavy and infamous acts – PSYCROPTIC...

It has been a while since Melbourne death metallers The Ophidian Ascension were seen on the live front. The last twelve month instead seeing them write and record their debut release Ire, and recruiting former The Red Shore drummer Jake Green.  On June...

Gold Coast band The Matador are one of the few Australian acts that can be sat alongside Cult of Luna, Rosetta, ISIS and the rest of that post-metal family, and boy they do it well. Their 2011 EP Decent into the Maelstrom...

We’re pretty bloody excited about this tour. There is absolutely no doubt that watching Milwaukee’s Enabler is going to be intense, and their new EP is some of their best material to date. There’s a clip below, if you aren’t familiar...

Yep. This is actually happening. “FEAR FACTORY’s ‘Demanufacture’ is “a landmark of ’90s metal that defied categorisation and remains a touchstone of the genre. “ – Kerrang! Metallica’s Black album may have set the marker for highest...

If you’ve paid even the slightest bit of attention to this site over the past couple of years, you’ll know that Brisbane’s The Schoenberg Automaton are one of our favourite Aussie bands. 2013 kicked off with the guys releasing...

Hardcore, screamo, jazz, math, post-rock, saxophone; Melbourne’s Stockades have it all. They’re pretty killer live too. With a demo and a split with Brisbane’s now-defunct Nuclear Summer under their belts, they’re now releasing their debut EP this June. It’s four tracks long on...

With two Soundwave appearances already under their belt, Soundwave Touring are bringing A Day To Remember back to Australia, with support from The Devil Wears Prada and Dream On, Dreamer. Tickets go on sale May 24th, 9am. “After crushing audiences with their main...

If you read our review of Blood Becomes Fire, the second full length from New Zealand’s Beastwars, and pay any attention to our Facebook account, you probably will have gathered that we were all pretty excited about them hitting Australia for...

Anybody into the melodic power/prog end of metal is bound to be looking forward to the new album from Melbourne’s Divine Ascension. It’s due for release late 2013/early 2014, with guitar tracking currently underway. It’s a bit of a...