Download Festival @ Parramatta Park, Sydney 09/03/2019

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Download Festival @ Parramatta Park, Sydney 09/03/2019

Images: Dakota GordonWords: Ben Hillier Click here to view the full photo gallery. Yesterday, I had the privilege of attending the first annual Download Festival at Parramatta Park in Sydney. While the festival ran in Melbourne last year (and...
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Anaal Nathrakh, Hybrid Nightmares, Hadal Maw & Suldusk @ Max Watts, Melbourne 08/03/2019

Images: Clinton HatfieldWords: Mitch Alexander Suldusk are great! Now on my third draft of this part of the review, I’ve realised I need to lead up front with something obvious, because depending on what you think of them conceptually...
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Zeal & Ardor, Balloons Kill Babies & Sam Haven @ The Brightside, Brisbane 28/02/2019

Zeal & Ardor have made a name for themselves as innovative pioneers of Metal since forming in 2013. Led by Swiss American, Manuel Gagneux, Zeal & Ardor’s sound is an avant-garde hybrid of African American spirituals and Norwegian Black...
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Watain, Nocturnal Graves & Impetuous Ritual @ Crowbar, Brisbane 23/02/2019

A recent conversation with Watain frontman Erik Danielsson revealed that the band would be touring Australia without many of its You Tube famous stage props and livery. Thus, an opportunity opened for Australian fans to witness Watain ‘in the...
- Posted 6 years ago
Good Things Festival @ Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne 07/12/2018

Images: Rebecca Houlden Words: Anwar Rizk Click here to view the full photo gallery. Good Things Festival is a new venture from the creative minds behind Destroy All Lines. Making its debut in Melbourne at Flemington Racecourse with the...
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Amenra, YLVA, Lo! & Sundr @ Max Watt’s, Melbourne 17/11/2018

Imagine being Sundr, a band so thoroughly swept under the rug I’m left thinking there are some high school scene politics at play. I didn’t know they were playing. No one I know knew they were playing. Were they...
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Def Leppard & Dallas Crane @ Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 08/11/2018

Here we are, folks! Some seven months after the initial announcement of British hard rock icons Def Leppard touring Australia with one of Germany’s biggest rock acts, Scorpions, was announced from touring juggernauts Live Nation. Both Def Leppard and...
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Dimmu Borgir & Earth Rot @ 170 Russell, Melbourne 16/10/2018

Images: Rebecca Houlden Words: Mitch Alexander Click here to view the full gallery. Tonight’s vibe was weird. Usually, a gig is either great or shitty, and there are a couple of stand out things you can point to that,...
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Plini, Mestis & David Maxim Micic @ Manning Bar, Sydney 08/09/2018

It was the perfect evening for progressive music in Sydney and was made even better by the fact that it was at the Manning Bar, my favourite venue in Sydney. Beginning the night on a funky note was Serbian...
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Enslaved, Sólstafir & Kaerulean @ The Zoo, Brisbane 31/08/2018

The Zoo in Brisbane hosted quite a show last night, the penultimate show of Enslaved’s 2018 Australian Tour and I was fortunate enough to be there, thanks to Metal Obsession. First up, Kaerulean, Brisbane’s progressive death technicians. Promoting their new...
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