Queensrÿche, Vanishing Point & Elm Street @ Prince Bandroom, Melbourne 14/10/2016

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Queensrÿche, Vanishing Point & Elm Street @ Prince Bandroom, Melbourne 14/10/2016

Across Melbourne, there was an excitement building, the excitement of knowing that one of the world’s greatest and influential metal bands of all-time were set to take over the iconic Prince Bandroom. The legendary Queensrÿche have been a household...
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Lacuna Coil, Orpheus Omega & Drown This City @ Max Watt’s, Melbourne 13/10/2016

Words: Bailey Graham Images: Sonja Maglicic (Click here to view the full gallery) It’s been seven years since Italian gothic metal visionaries Lacuna Coil visited Australian shores, so it was safe to assume that even an hour before the...
- Posted 8 years ago
Symphony X & Black Majesty @ The Metro Theatre, Sydney 12/10/2016

Australia has proven to be quite the metal destination in the last few years. The number of first time tours from established and respected bands has been on the steady increase, justice is being done and the ravenous local...
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Symphony X & Black Majesty @ Max Watt’s, Melbourne 11/10/2016

Twenty-two years ago, guitar virtuoso Michael Romeo went on to found one of the greatest progressive metal acts on all time, Symphony X – a band that transcends the boundaries between traditional heavy metal and progressive elements. Twenty-two years they...
- Posted 8 years ago
Metal Obsession @ Summer Breeze Open Air 2016

Images: www.summer-breeze.de Words: Gary Carson This was my first time at one of the final big festivals for the European summer, Germany’s Summer Breeze Festival, in its 19th iteration, located in the corn fields of Northern Bavaria in Southern Germany...
- Posted 8 years ago
Apocalyptica, We Lost The Sea & Hemina @ The Metro Theatre, Sydney 24/09/2016

It is evident from the get-go that something special is about to go down at the Metro tonight. Everyone is here for Apocalyptica, but the place is almost completely packed by the time that Sydney locals Hemina takes the...
- Posted 8 years ago
Apocalyptica, We Lost The Sea & Sydonia @ Prince Bandroom, Melbourne 23/09/2016

Images: Rebecca Houlden Words: Jonathon Besanko After their trip down under last year for what would be the final Soundwave, Finnish cellist heroes, Apocalyptica, are back in Australia, promoting their latest release; 2015’s Shadowmaker. Performing at the Prince of...
- Posted 8 years ago
Anna Murphy, Stormtide & Horizons Edge @ The Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne 27/08/2016

Heavy metal – a genre synonymous with loud electric guitars, blisteringly harsh vocals and…the hurdy-gurdy? That statement alone can only mean one person, the legendary Anna Murphy: former female vocalist and hurdy-gurdy player of Swiss folk metal titans Eluveitie....
- Posted 8 years ago
Arakeye, LUNG, caution:thieves & The Unset @ The Workers Club, Melbourne 14/08/2016

The Workers Club in Fitzroy seems to be steadily becoming the go-to place for Australia’s prog scene when in Melbourne; as I’ve seen a number of bands there at this point of many names and from a wide majority...
- Posted 8 years ago
sleepmakeswaves, The Contortionist, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving & Dumbsaint @ The Corner Hotel, Melbourne 07/08/2016

Words: Bailey Graham Images: Mark Hoffmann It’s no secret that Melbourne loves its progressive music scene, with internationally recognised progressive metal bands like Periphery and Tesseract often selling out venues across the city over multiple dates, so it’s no surprise that Australian progressive post-rock...
- Posted 8 years ago

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