Live Reviews
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Soundwave Festival Day Two @ Bonython Park, Adelaide 22/02/2015
Images: Kerrie Geier Words: Cameron Dodds Click here to view full gallery. After rocking out all day Saturday in searing 40 degree heat, day 2 of Soundwave was always going to be a struggle for me and everyone else...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Soundwave Festival Day One @ Showgrounds, Melbourne 21/02/2015
Images: Cameron Stewart Words: Thomas Szulik Click here to view the full gallery. The annual Soundwave festival returned to its original home at the Melbourne Showgrounds this year, where despite extensive lines and extreme heat, punters sporting black t-shirts,...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Soundwave Festival Day One @ Bonython Park, Adelaide 21/02/2015
Images: Kerrie Geier Words: Cameron Dodds Click here to view the full gallery. Under a scorching sun, Soundwave 2015 kicked off with one of Australia’s hottest metal bands, King Parrot. Despite temperatures reaching 40 degrees, the band performed with...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Hybrid Nightmares, ‘The First Age’ Album Launch @ Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne 07/02/2015
Click here to view the full photo gallery. It was a warm Saturday night when I and my friend, Mai, attended the album/CD launch for Hybrid Nightmares‘ ‘The First Age’, the beginning to a four-part fictional saga the band...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Marduk, Inquisition & Denouncement Pyre @ HiFi Bar, Melbourne 16/01/2015
Last night saw two of black metal’s elite, that of Sweden’s Marduk and Colombia’s Inquisition, take to the stage for what was ultimately a series of pounding, mind-blowing performances. Prior to this, I hadn’t been so excited for a...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Witchgrinder, Electrik Dynamite, Desecrator & Dead City Ruins @ The Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne 20/12/2014
Words & Images: John Raptis (Click here to view the full gallery) I was at tonight’s gig as a punter but the camera was alongside me so I took the opportunity to fire off a few snaps of each...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Orsome Welles, Troldhaugen, Alithia, and Full Code @ The Workers Club, Melbourne 12/12/2014
This was my first time catching a gig at The Workers Club in Fitzroy. For a start, it’s got to be said, Fitzroy is such a nice area. Surrounded by cafes, the Melbourne Museum just down the road, and...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Ne Obliviscaris, Beyond Creation & The Helix Nebula @ The Bald Faced Stag, Sydney 27/11/2014
Words & Images: Martin Michea (Click here to view the full gallery) Holy smokes what an evening! I am shocked that not a single guitar caught on fire tonight as this prog metal package demolished the poor Stag on...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Trivium, In Flames & Sydonia @ 170 Russell, Melbourne 23/11/2014
Words: Jonathon Besanko Images: John Raptis (Click here to view the full gallery) Despite being a Sunday night, 170 Russell was booming. The many punters who’d assembled at the venue for the sold out show tonight were far and...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Ne Obliviscaris, Beyond Creation & Hadal Maw @ 170 Russell, Melbourne 21/11/2014
Words: Jonathon Besanko Images: Matt Allan (Click here to view the full gallery) 170 Russell was bristling with excitement tonight. Ne Obliviscaris, Perth’s metal royalty, were set to begin the first night of their national ‘Citadel’ Album Tour. As...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Album Reviews
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El Colosso – Forgotten Ancestors
Another heavily underrated local act, this Melbourne band has...
- Posted 4 years ago
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Markus Saastamoinen – Puzzle Pieces
A little background on Markus Saastomoinen: he is a...
- Posted 4 years ago
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Plini – Impulse Voices
The new album from Sydney instrumental guitar prodigy Plini...
- Posted 4 years ago
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HJELVIK – Welcome to Hel
Ex-Kevelertak frontman Erlend Hjelvik is about to open the...
- Posted 4 years ago