Good Things Festival @ Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne 06/12/2019

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Good Things Festival @ Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne 06/12/2019

Images: Clinton HatfieldWords: Matt Barton After a successful inaugural festival in 2018, Good Things returns for a second year with another massive line up of local and international talent. Nearly 30 bands are on this year’s bill which is...
- Posted 5 years ago
We Lost the Sea, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving @ Howler, Melbourne 30/11/2019

Instrumental rock music is an acquired taste, especially when it’s the eclectic and less accessible style pushed by these two masterful Aussie acts. But when you acquire that taste, there’s no going back, it hooks you in and holds...
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Wolves In The Throne Room, Illyria and Bloodlust @ Badlands, Perth 28/11/2019

American black metal bands can be somewhat of a rare commodity. A country is rarely known for its icy cold grim riffage, Wolves in the Thorne Room have created a name for themselves ever since their inception in 2002....
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Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hybrid Nightmares, Blackhelm, Freedom of Fear @ Max Watts, Melbourne, 1/11/2019

It’s fantastic to hear a young, newer band do something a little different with extreme metal. Freedom of Fear hail from Adelaide and have only been around for a few years, but they are making a big statement with...
- Posted 5 years ago
Ebonivory, The Last Martyr, Vatic, In Vanity @ The Workers Club, Melbourne 12/10/2019

On their Facebook, Melbourne’s In Vanity deem themselves to be of the ‘metalcore’ persuasion. Well, if they are to be considered thus, they are certainly bringing a new flavour to the metalcore table, a rumbling, unrelenting industrial element, with...
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Apocalyptica @ Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane 27/09/2019

Image: Rebecca ReidWords: Gene Banyard Click here to view the full gallery of photos. Once upon a time in 1996 Finland, Eino Matti “Eicca” Toppinen decided that he wanted to channel his classically trained cello skills to celebrate his...
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An Evening With Devin Townsend @ The Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, 14/09/2019

Images: Ben GunzbergWords: Rod Whitfield Second night in Melbourne at the Thornbury after a sold-out first night a week or so ago, and second review for this lucky writer. The great man expresses concern and insecurity about repeating himself...
- Posted 5 years ago
Brewtality Festival @ The Tote and The Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne, 03/08/2019

One of the issues with an excellent local mini festival like this is scheduling clashes. They are very unfortunate, but just as unavoidable, so the idea is to catch the bands you’ve never seen before, not the ones you’ve...
- Posted 5 years ago
Disentomb, Whoretopsy, Gape @ Brisbane Hotel, Hobart 27/07/2019

Last Friday the metal fans of Hobart were treated to a fantastic death metal bill including Gape, Whoretopsy and Disentomb. While Mephistopheles and Zeolite were also slated to appear at the gig, an unfortunate set of illness and injury...
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Drown this City, Earth Caller, Anticline @ Colonial Hotel, Melbourne 19/7/2019

Anticline are a young band with an interesting approach, in that they fuse an angry punk aesthetic into their modern metalcore/post hardcore sound, and this sets them apart from the cookie cutter crew. The band have that ‘on the...
- Posted 5 years ago

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Good Things Festival @ Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne 06/12/2019

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