Live Reviews
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Trivium, In Flames & Lo! @ UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney 21/11/2014
Words & Images: Martin Michea (Click here to view the full gallery) Trivium. In Flames. On the same billing. Taste on that one for a second will you. Beforehand I was not sure at all what to expect from...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Trivium & In Flames @ The Tivoli, Brisbane 19/11/2014
Words: Andrew Kapper Images: Gethin Hill (Click here to view the full gallery) With a classic Queensland Summer storm having just hit Brisbane City, and the streets groaning under the weight of the post-work stampede, it’s a bit of...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Accept, Mason & Elm Street @ Corner Hotel, Melbourne 15/11/2014
Words: Jonathon Besanko Images: John Raptis (Click here to view the full gallery) Accept. The ‘Teutonic Terrors’, the kings of German heavy metal. At last, the legends have graced us with their presence down under. And let me tell...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Accept, Darker Half & Temtris @ Factory Theatre, Sydney 14/11/2014
Words and Images: Martin Michea (Click here to view the full gallery) I must admit that until a week ago I didn’t know that much about Accept. Sure, I knew the basic stuff. German heavy metal legends that inspired...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Anvil & Electrik Dynamite @ The Hi-Fi, Melbourne 07/11/2014
Words and Images: John Raptis (Click here for the full gallery) My first foray into the Metal genre happened in the late 70’s. A cousin emigrated from the USA to Australia and along with him, brought a long a...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Dream Theater @ The Big Top, Sydney 30/10/2014
Images: Martin Michea Words: Andrew Craig (Click here to view the full gallery) It’s been a while since progressive metal giants, Dream Theater, have graced our shores. Five long years in fact. And it’s not like the band has...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Dream Theater @ Palais Theatre, Melbourne 29/10/2014
Words: Jonathon Besanko Images: Jainash Prakash (Click here to view the full gallery) ‘An Evening with Dream Theater’. Wow, where do I even begin? Last night was quite unlike any other gig I’ve been to. In fact, calling it...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Devin Townsend @ St. Kilda Town Hall, Melbourne 22/10/2014
Images & Words: John Raptis I really didn’t know what to expect from tonight but I am so glad I took on the assignment to photograph the event because the entire evening, from start to finish, was something pretty...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Sepultura, Elm Street & Desecrator @ 170 Russell, Melbourne 03/10/2014
Images: John Raptis Words: Graham Frizzell It has been almost a year since Sepultura released their blistering 13th studio album The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart. As such, the Brasilian act’s Australian tour would prove...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Bangalore Open Air 2014 @ Counterculture, Bangalore, India, 13/09/2014
Bangalore Open Air has enjoyed the reputation of being India’s biggest metal festival, bringing down legendary bands like Dark Tranquility, Kreator, Iced Earth and more to our country. Supported by the magnificent Wacken Open Air, this year’s edition of...
- 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...
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