August Burns Red – Brent Rambler American metalcore band August Burns Red are set to release their seventh album, Phantom Anthem, in early October. Rhythm guitarist and co-founding member Brent Rambler is extremely happy that his band...

It’s an interesting move for this band to release an EP at this stage of their career. They have released a full-lengther virtually every two years since 2003, and maybe they just wanted to break this cycle...

Novelists – Nicolas Delestrade In musical circles, there is a phenomenon called the ‘second album syndrome’, where many bands struggle a little to match the quality of their debut. French proggers Novelists were apparently blissfully unaware of this...

Sepultura’s Roots album is something rather special, a real ‘moment in time’ record in the band and heavy music’s storied histories. There has really been nothing quite like it, before or since, and it is so transcendent...

What an institution this band has become, 23 years and eight albums into the fold. But if Lanterns is anything to go by, age hath not wearied them, not blunted their sting in any way, as it...

Brisbane’s Balloons Kill Babies have a special knack for taking all-instrumental music and infusing it with high-velocity rocket fuel, as well as ensuring it makes fascinating listening at the same time, and this is a beautiful combination....

When your band operates with minimal to no formal/structured vocals and lyrics, you’d better be damn good at creating an aura and an atmosphere with your music. And, six albums into their career, that is precisely what...

France just keeps hitting the ball clean out of the park in the heavy music arena, with just about every band they produce and just about every album produced by those bands. The French canon of heaviosity...

The Contortionist – Jordan Eberhardt The creative process can be a strange one, no matter whether you are creating a movie, a painting, a piece of sculpture, an album, or whatever it happens to be, especially if you...

Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore modern tech and prog rock metal, it’s my absolute favourite style of music on the planet. But it’s good every now and then to experience a band who belong within...