John Dyer Baizley – Baroness There are good bands and there are great bands. And then there’s Baroness, a force to be reckoned with in the world of music. The Savannah, Georgia sludge and prog metal...

Flo Mounier – Cryptopsy Cryptopsy have been around for almost two decades and continue to make some of the most brutal extreme metal music there is. The Canadian tech-death maestros are all set to return to Australia...

Dropping a couple of subtle hints on their Facebook page with a picture or two, the Opeth logo superimposed over a picture of the famous Sydney Harbour. Was an Australian Tour announcement imminent? Fans didn’t have to...

Grutle Kjellson – Enslaved Raw, aggressive, unorthodox and unpredictable would be just a few words apt enough to describe the sounds and music of this legendary band. From the cold, dark depths of Bergen, Norway and the...

After teasing fans on their Facebook page, Swedish metal titans, Opeth have just made a monumental announcement that will please fans all over the country. In celebration of their promising and captivating new release Sorceress which is due to...

Germany’s Equilibrium have returned with a brand new album and it’s packed with something for everyone.Well-known for breaking the barriers of how a typically folk-metal album should sound, the band love to keep the listener hooked till...

What was to be the final day, seemed like it had already been a month of moshpits, pad thai and windmilling. Bearing the Metal Obsession flag for Day 3 of Hellfest 2016, I took in all the...

The second day dawned and after literally two hours of sleep it was time to leave the comforts of my bed in the middle of a horse farm, to catch an early train to Hell. Thy Art...

From the gruesome depths of Sydney, Australia and spitting out hot, catchy chunks of stoner, sludge, grind, punk and doom that are downright in-your-face heavy is Black Rheno. Formed in August 2015, these relentless lads have wasted...

From the icy depths of Oslo, Norway, come the mighty Sons of Balaur, a band that was a significant part of the first wave of Norwegian black metal, and who have been around for quite a long...