With their seventh studio album 'The Dream Calls for Blood' (which was a best album of 2013 on Metal Obsession) under their belt, Bay Area thrash titans Death Angel are stronger than ever. And for the first...

Lost Society – Samy Elbanna Coming all the way from Jyväskyla, Finland is a band of young thrashers with a desire to write fast music and party hard. Forming in 2010, Lost Society have already made a big name...

Soundwave Festival dominated Australia in February and early March once again, bringing together close to 90 bands for the whole tour, mostly being internationals. Despite the fact that several bands dropped out of the festival (some within...

The third-annual Break the Ice festival is hitting Melbourne on May 10/11 at the Lilydale Showgrounds. Presented by Broken Hive Records and Life.Lair.Regret Records, the 2-day all ages friendly festival features some of Australia’s best hardcore bands,...

Broken Hive Records has announced the full 2-day line-up for the third annual Break the Ice festival in Melbourne. Beginning in 2012 and extending to a 2-day event in 2013, the festival has brought the best of Australian...

Aside from several bands dropping out of the festival, Soundwave 2014 has had lots of drama since the tour kicked off in Brisbane last week, which included an incident with Thy Art Is Murder that got on Channel...

It seems King Parrot have another USA farewell show before their official one this Saturday. Soundwave Touring have announced the feathered grinders as the support band for thrash titans Testament on Tuesday. Legendary Metallica bassist Jason Newsted and his self-titled band were...

“There are thousands of you and dozens of security. Smash them. All of you get on the stage.” And that’s all it took for Sydney deathcore band Thy Art Is Murder to get kicked off Soundwave....

2014 has been by far the worst year for bands pulling out of Soundwave Festival. As the run of festival dates and sideshow begin this Saturday, two bands have pulled out of the festival over the past...

Latino-American metallers Ill Nino and British alternative band Skindred are teaming up for Soundwave sideshows in Melbourne and Perth. In an industry of big egos and even bigger drama, it is seldom a metal band manages to stick together...