Conflict of interest alert! (It’s like a trigger warning, but it contains actually useful information) – I already think Jack The Stripper are one of Australia’s best bands and I know some of the members. I also think The...

I never got down with the sickness of, or jumped the fuck up to, or was ready for, or broke anyone’s face to, Coal Chamber when they were at their peak. I just sort of missed them....

I was really worried this gig was going to be an AJ-rant-worthy level of unattended gig, with Colossvs jetting through a tight set of blackened, deathened black death metal (whatever you want to call it) to a...

I came to these albums so ready to hate them. I was almost excited to hate them. Since I saw their drummer overplay “Icarus Lives!” on their first Australian tour (and completely fuck it up, well done),...

This is an odd album for me. I feel like I enjoy the idea of this record more than I enjoy listening to it, which I suspect might be the band’s intention. I’ve been a fan of...

Rings Of Saturn released my favourite album of 2014, in the same way that Garth Meranghi’s Dark Place is my favourite TV show, and my favourite piece of art was the rubbish heaped in a corner during...

2014, what a year it was. There were weeks, days, a few months, about four seasons, and a whole bunch Boko Haram suicide bombings. Whoa, slow down 2014, ya ratbag! But as we slowly meander into the...

At this stage, you know if you like Machine Head or not. For the last five years especially, they’ve never really sounded like anything other than “Machine Head”, with some notable highs (like The Blackening) and some...

Bands need to stop putting their weakest song first. Cannibal Corpse just did it, Meshuaggah always do it, and now Job For A Cowboy fucked my morning well and truly by convincing me that their new album...

Necrophagia are a new type of beast for me. It’s definitely death metal, but it’s never really fast, and while it’s definitely evil, I’m not sure if they’re having a fun time playing with, or if they’re...