Sonic Forge Festival is undoubtedly one of the biggest metal events in Melbourne, and this years lineup is yet another good one. The first bunch of bands – Ne Obliviscaris, Be’lakor, Death Audio, Dreadnaught, Alarum, A Million Dead Birds...

In March 2013, Finnish viking/folk metallers Ensiferum will be making their way to Australia on the back of their fifth studio album Unsung Heroes. Time to break out the war paint and battle armor! National support comes from Sydney’s Bane of Isildur....

Yeah, sure, that’s not exactly the most modest headline, but Melbourne’s Nontinuum have released one absolutely fucking superb EP. The blend of atmospheric black metal and crushing post-metal on The Stars You Gathered, The Stars I Destroyed is type that will...

As you may have heard, good time stoner-punk-death-boogie-sex-rock showcase Devil’s Kitchen Festival is making a return in 2013, with some mighty fine lineups. There are a whole lot of bands involved though, so chances are you there...

Armed with some of the most eye-catching artwork of the year, Sydney’s Lomera are five days away from releasing their second EP, creatively titled Lomera II. Thankfully you don’t have to wait that long to hear it though, all four tracks...

“Little Richard wildly fucking Blood Duster, Captain Cleanoff and Elvis at a hedonist coke orgy”. That’s how Sydney’s Battle Pope (featuring members of Dumbsaint, Serious Beak, Adrift For Days and Kill A Celebrity) describe themselves, and shockingly enough it’s...

We’re mega excited about Extreme Obscene festival coming to Australia, and were so before anything other information was even announced. Recently, the website has been updated with some more concrete information. Unfortunately (but not shockingly), Australia will...

Remember back when we ran an article about upcoming site changes, and one of the listed updates was that we’d be covering a wider range of genres? Well, yeah, that. Although, they are somewhat relevant seeing as...

The amount of buzz surrounding this long-sold out show easily surpassed most other international tours this year. Not only do Between The Buried and Me have a reputation for performing perfectly live and an absolutely superb new...

As you probably heard, A Million Dead Birds Laughing parted ways with vocalist Adam not too long ago while he sorts out some personal issues. We ran an article about it, comparing it to Colin leaving The Schoenberg Automaton. Well it...