If you’re a fan of slam-tinged death metal then the debut album from Melbourne’s Whoretopsy, They Did Unspeakable Things, is probably right up your alley. Despite some problems with printing companies not being too fond of the...

Back in January Sydney’s Paradigm released their epic second album Mind is Key. Not only did it receive very warm words from one of our reviewers, it has made a lot of metal fans quite happy. With...

The Chicago murder metal maniacs are back, hitting Australia with their sick gore humour for the second time in 3 years. Macabre blends elements of true crime, math rock, nursery rhymes, punk, thrash, folk melodies, death metal,...

Melbourne’s A Million Dead Birds Laughing really stand out from the crowd with their quirky style of deathgrind, and consistently intense live shows. March 2011 saw the band release their debut album Force Fed Enlightenment, and this...

Queensland-based not-for-profit music organisation QMusic has their annual Queensland Music Awards coming up, and are looking for more entrants into the heavy music category. Last year saw Tria Mera take top spot, with A Breach of Silence,...

Adelaide’s Night Hag release a ridiculously good album last year, and have thankfully announced another release. Due out through MONOLITH (the home of Nuclear Summer, Ironhide etc) in April is the Confidence Man 7″ EP, and they have...

­ Late last year, Sydney’s Serious Beak released their oddly titled debut release Huxwhukw (which is available for free download) to an undeniably positive response. Their “amalgamation of mind-melting, toe-tapping, psychedelic, progressive and poly-rhythmic discordant music” is something...

In what is bound to be one of the most exciting pieces of news this year for Australian doom fans, Chile’s Procession (who are currently working on their next full length To Reap Heavens Apart) are heading our...

Last year saw the first edition of Adelaide’s New Dead Metalfest showcase a whole bunch of great bands, and this year it gets even bigger.  Truth Inc Records are bringing Sydney’s Lord down to headline the event,...

It’s about time we did another one of these, hey? Wolfe – I A fairly full-on assault of harsh, blackened grind out of Melbourne. This is only a demo, and a cassette rip at that (which is...