I think 2016 is going down as the next 1998 – a really good year for me personally, but a shit year politically and sexually for world leaders and poor people in oil-rich countries. Nearly every band...

Images: Sebastian Marino Words: Mitch Alexander After a harrowing month long journey, losing three of my party and a few toes to both hyperthermia and sunstroke, I managed to get from northside to St Kilda for the...

Words: Mitch Alexander Photos: Ben Gunzburg (Click here to view the full gallery) Voyager were my favourite band of the night. I just want to lay that out simply and boldly up top, so you know you...

Words: Mitch Alexander Photos: Matt Allan (Click here to view the full gallery) Thanks to the decision by Rod Laver Arena (which, keep in mind, is an arena-sized venue) to put two staff on the coat check...

This review was fucking torture. I don’t like the album; people are going to vehemently disagree with me, or agree because they’ve always hated Dillinger. You know who you are. I’ve only met two other people who...

I don’t know how or when it happened, but at some point, black metal slithered into the lowest basement of “mainstream” and started producing some uncomfortably listenable music. I always took my aversion to black metal as...

Steve Hughes I’m calling Steve Hughes late. I feel shit about it, because he’s a busy man, an international touring comedian with a brand new show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. I’m probably one of 19 phone...

Fleshgod Apocalypse are back! Or, if you’ve never heard of them before, Fleshgod Apocalypse are here! Probably doesn’t make too much of a difference, to be honest. Full disclosure; I went on tour with these guys mid-2015...

Mitch was asked to write a paragraph or two in third person for the Album Of The Year wrap up. While he’s got no idea why it should be in third, Mitch is nothing if not a...

Sauntering on to the stage with little fanfare, Colossvs spent their entire set straddle between DYI hardcore and theatrical black metal. Having seen them on fucking heaps of tours lately I’m glad tonight they got the mix they’ve needed. Even as...