Opeth frontman Mikael Akerfeldt posted a report on the band’s site of their recent three-city visit. Among the highlights he said was trying the famous ‘seabug’ in Brisbane (“Tasted a bit like alligator I’d say. Was amazing!”)...

The organisers of Australia’s recent heavy metal music awards, The Association for Australian Heavy Metal (AAHM) have announced that they will now provide high quality bookings for Australian metal bands. Following on from the successful ‘Australian Metal...

Northern Territory classic rock band Crassic Park are set to launch their debut EP ‘Society is Blind’ at Browns Mart Theatre in Darwin this Friday night. 4th Dec 2009 Crassic Park – EP Launch @ Browns Mart...

Leading Brisbane band night/nightclub Monstrothic has posted an update on the weekly event, held at Rosies every Friday night

Opeth w/ Contrive The Palace Theatre, Melbourne – 25th November 2009 ***More photos can be viewed here*** An ocean of green and blue. The dimming of the house lights. The raucous screams from the hordes, baying for...

The purveyors of ‘Love Metal’ and masters of dark atmospheric music, HIM, re-defined the gothic rock/metal movement and no one comes close to their heavy, ethereal sounds. Driven by lyrics that spin tales of fatalistic love and...

‘Under A New Sun‘ has been named as the title for the up-coming album from The Eternal set to see the light of day in 2010. The album will be the follow up to the acclaimed ‘Kartika’...

Western Australia’s Naetu have posted an update on the band, lineup and a new distribution deal in New Zealand. To check out material from the band, please visit www.myspace.com/naetudominion. “If you haven’t noticed yet, we finally have...

German band Destruction has had their Australian tour cancelled by the promoter. Reports suggest that this includes their announced appearance at Screamfest in Sydney. While no official statement from the Just Say Rock company has been made,...

Melbourne Alternative Rock band Creech have won the ‘Best Music Video of the Year‘ at the 2009 Australian Independent Music Video Awards. The video ‘Lazy – Doofwars Episode I’ was the culmination of over a year’s hard...