Melbourne progressive metallers Divine Ascension (the ones who did that rad cover of the latest Bond theme) have had a bit of a lineup change, with the departure bassist Simon Mahoney. “I’ve really enjoyed my time with DA, but...

In the next few months, Melbourne’s A Million Dead Birds Laughing will be heading into the studio to record their third studio album, and first with ex-Ocularis Infernum vocalist Darren Leslie. To say we’re excited is understatement of the century....

April 20th is the date that Sydney’s heavy rockers Whisky Smile have set for their debut EP The Eagle Has Landed to… umm… land. The first single, as well as pre-order options, are up over at their Bandcamp page already. Just...

It has been public for a couple of days now that Enslaved‘s first ever Australian tour was postponed, but here we have official word from promoter Lava Entertainment: “The response to the announcement of this tour has been...

It has been a few months now since Brisbane’s Waiting Room called it a day, with their final show being NYE ’12. At the time, however, they were in the middle of working on an album. And rather than...

So we’re going to skip the whole introduction bit because we assume you checked out the very rad Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt (or “shit”, as first typed, which changes the name entirely) back when we mentioned they were releasing...

When it comes to “must-attend” tours, this is most certainly one for doom fans. Anybody who has seen France’s Monarch on any of their past Australian tours will attest to them being something truly, truly dark. And of course, Saint...

Once again one of the most exciting music festivals in the country, Evil Invaders, has hit new heights this year. With Sadistic Intent, Archgoat and Midnight all making their way to Australia, plus local additions of Portal, Nocturnal Graves, Cauldron Black Ram,...

A couple of years after their very well received debut Bleed The Way, Melbourne’s melodic death metallers Orpheus are ready to release another; ResIllusion, due out for official release on May 1st. And on the same night, Naberus will finally be releasing their bound-to-be-groovy debut Reveries.  Add...

Melbourne’s Whoretopsy just seem to keep hitting new heights. Having toured Asia in the not-so-distant past with Cannibal Corpse, they’re heading over to Vietnam soon as well as Indonesia’s monstrous Hammersonic International Metal Festival, and of course they’ll be supporting Dying Fetus and Putrid...