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REVIEW: Caliban w/ Her Nightmare, Corner Hotel, Melbourne - 16th August, 2008 Courtesy of Mathew Boelsen I'll admit, I'm not the biggest fan of hardcore. There's just a little too much distorted fury for my liking. So it was probably for the best that I started the night across town at the Arthouse to catch heavy-as-fuck band Separatist tear me a new one. After that, surely even hardcore would sound sweet and melodic. Making our way across to richmond twenty minutes later for Calibans ... Read More

REVIEW: Dismember Australian Tour, Hobart- 17th July, 2008 Courtesy of Grego from Tas Metal Hub Shred, slice, stab, rip, DIE!!! Thursday night I had the privilege of seeing Dismember live at the Brissy (The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart), and I can not explain how utterly awesome and amazing it was for them to even be there. They're a huge name in Stockholm Death Metal, with a big catalogue of releases and world wide tours under their belt. Enough of the 'starstrickeness' though, the show was ... Read More

REVIEW: Dismember Australian Tour, Melbourne - 18th July, 2008 Courtesy of Evelyn Tan ~~~~~~~~~~~ As I approached the HiFi Bar & Ballroom in all of my non-metal glory, I could feel the eyes of countless metalheads sporting Dismember, Iron Maiden, and shirts of various other metal bands. It was a relief to finally step into the dark HiFi Bar so that I could blend in more with the environment. I arrived just as Earth was setting up the stage. I had high expectations of ... Read More

REVIEW: CHAOS ACT IV FESTIVAL - 6th/7th June, 2008 Courtesy of Assidian Records ~~~~~~~~~~~ Ok here we go metallers, this fest was a new one for myself, I doubled the last Chaos ACT line up by putting on 16 bands this round and took a few gambles with the show too. I think they all paid off, and have learnt even more from doing so for my future show planning. We even scored a few wins with a BMA article, a radio announcement and the ... Read More

Two words: technical difficulties. Occasional sound problems can be expected at local gigs, especially those with fairly young bands. This particular venue is usually one of the better of the local metal venues for sound however the sound problems throughout most of this particular gig were absolutely terrible. I have been to many live nights at the Central Club and never have I heard it sound this bad. It really is a shame because everything else went well. The opening band, Vampora, brought in a ... Read More

It had been 16 years since Iron Maiden last stepped on Australian soil. For some, this would be there first iron maiden concert, to others a 16 year wait was about to be broken. Inside Rod Laver Arena, Steve Harris daughter Lauren Harris opened up and got the crowd amped up. One of my favorite Aussie bands opened up next Vanishing Point, playing a lot of stuff from their new album which was great with such awesome songs as "Embodiment" and "Surrender", the crowd ... Read More