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• “We want to meet everybody and say thanks” – An interview with Kurdt Vanderhoof (Metal Church)

  Metal Church is a no-bones thrash band from Seattle via San Francisco who have produced exceptional heavy metal for well over a quarter of a century. Through that expanse of time, and except for his absence from The Human...

  • Posted 5 years ago

• “The songwriting process, it’s so fantastic” – An interview with Tarja Turunen

  The likely prospect of talking about Disney’s Frozen with a globally renowned heavy metal vocalist is hardly related to topical subject matter such as touring and the most recent album. But there is only one Tarja Turunen. Alongside Within...

  • Posted 5 years ago

• LORD – Fallen Idols

  Australian power/trad band LORD is back in full force with their sixth album Fallen Idols. LORD has been a mainstay in the Australian metal scene for decades, stretching back to their original incarnation as Dungeon, yet Fallen Idols shows...

  • Posted 5 years ago

• Envenomed – The Walking Shred

  Melbourne thrash/power band Envenomed return with their second full-length The Walking Shred, a follow up to 2014’s Evil Unseen. For those not familiar with the band, Envenomed play a fairly melodic brand of thrash metal, reminiscent of Metallica infused...

  • Posted 5 years ago

• Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind

  I remember when the first Slipknot album came out, and all the ‘true’ metalheads started howling that it’s a ‘fad’, it’s a ‘flash in the pan’. Here we are, two decades later, they’ve just released their sixth record, and...

  • Posted 5 years ago

• All is Violent – Cartographers of Human Purpose

  Don’t let the fact that this EP is only three tracks put you off, Cartographers of Human Purpose is 25 minutes plus of highly enjoyable music from a very promising Aussie band. This is instrumental post-rock, straying into post-metal...

  • Posted 5 years ago

• Good Things Festival line-up revealed.

  Good Things Festival has announced the line-up for the 2019 edition with Parkway Drive, A Day To Remember, Trivium and Bad Religion leading the charge alongside a host of other amazing bands, including; Voyager, Thy Art Is Murder, Coheed...

  • Posted 5 years ago

• “I’m so damn proud of it” – An interview with Joacim Cans (HammerFall)

  Right now, melodic heavy metal is du jour: DragonForce, Sabaton, Powerwolf, and the evergreen Iron Maiden all prosper and are afforded critical acclaim. Cast your thoughts back to the turn of the millennium: the genre has been stripped back...

  • Posted 5 years ago

• Destruction – Born To Perish

  In my opinion, Destruction is close to metal in its purest form (or at least most honest). The band have been churning out thrash metal albums since their formation in 1982 and despite being widely regarded as being one...

  • Posted 5 years ago

• Sydney’s LORD hit the Australian ARIA charts.

  Australia’s long-standing heavy metal ensemble, LORD, have hit the ground running with the release of the band’s brand new album ‘Fallen Idols’, out now via Dominus Records. The album, ‘Fallen Idols’ is LORD’s fifth studio release which has hit...

  • Posted 5 years ago