Releasing an album of stripped back, ‘unplugged’ versions of your own pre-existing tunes can be a bit of a slippery slope, and previous efforts from other bands have been a little hit and miss. But Brissie’s favourite...

Remi Gallego – The Algorithm The Algorithm is actually a one-man project, and that one man is Remi Gallego, a ridiculously talented producer, DJ, musician and songwriter from France. His music is a unique and electrifying fusion...

Mike Portnoy is a man and a musician that needs no introduction. Since leaving the mainstay of his musical life and arguably the greatest and most important progressive metal band of all time Dream Theater, he has...

I have seen ‘trends’ in heavy music, that the so-called ‘true’ metalheads have dismissed as being ‘flashes in the pan’, go from strength to strength and very much take their place as major ongoing staples of the...

Lucas Stone is the former frontman for Gold Coast heavy hitters Helm, who sadly parted ways a couple of years back after a barnstorming seven or eight year career that yielded three savage but highly interesting albums...

Perth’s Voyager were a band that very much forged their own distinctive musical path for the first decade plus of their career, and they put out marvellous, sumptuous progressive and power-tinged melodic metal. Something happened on their...

Stoner rock. When it’s done well, it kinda sorta defies its name. It can be quite exhilarating, and that’s what we have here. These Melbourne boys have given us a titanic slab of pounding, fist-pumping blues-based heavy...

Mastodon are one of those bands that I know are very, very good. They have a large and very devoted following, because they write strong, powerful, meaningful songs and their musicianship is excellent, especially Brann Dailor’s ultra-busy,...

Sometimes when you’re forced to wait for something you badly want, the finished product gets built up way too much in your mind and ultimately doesn’t measure up, and you wind up a little disappointed. This is...

Firstly, and without going into great detail, this Melbourne five-piece has gone through tremendous personal hardship over the last few years. The fact that they have managed to finish their debut at all is worthy of much...