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• “We don’t want to go on stage and play boring songs that no one likes” – An interview with Chris Bowes (Alestorm)

  Alestorm is once again swashbuckling their way through Australia on tour and I caught up with singer/keytarist Chris Bowes to chat about their plans during their time Down Under. Unsurprisingly, for a man who dresses and sings like a...

  • Posted 6 years ago

• Brisbane’s Lavidius announce new vocalist and release new single ‘Captain Benjamin Hornigold’.

  Brisbane metallers Lavidius have recently announced the arrival of their new frontman, Ben Davis into the fold. The band have also released their latest single ‘Captain Benjamin Hornigold’, now streaming via the band’s official Youtube channel. Lavidius formed in 2008 and...

  • Posted 6 years ago

• Germany’s Obscura touring Australia for the first time this March.

  For the first time in the band’s extensive death metal career, Germany’s Obscura will be touring Australia this March with special guests Alarum and Somnium Nox. From their very beginnings in 2002, the band have demonstrated an uncanny ability for...

  • Posted 6 years ago

• M0DAL1TY – Synthes1s

  Man, these guys move quickly. Less than a year after the untimely demise of Melbourne band Branch Arterial, two of the members, frontman Nigel Jackson and drummer Adam Zaffarese, have put together a whole new band and written and...

  • Posted 6 years ago

• Alestorm supports announced for upcoming February tour dates

  Soundworks Direct has confirmed the national and local support acts of the upcoming Alestorm tour, kicking off in Australia on February 6th in Perth at the Capital and concluding in Brisbane on February 11th at The Triffid. See below...

  • Posted 6 years ago

• “Watain in a much more primal, primitive setting” – An interview with Erik Danielsson (Watain)

  Watain… black metal elite! Fearsome Scandinavians… peddling fire, impaled animal heads, tridents and spiked wristbands. Brutally uncompromising black metal inspired by the great Belial himself. Yep, they’re all that! To many fans of the blackened musical arts, the name...

  • Posted 6 years ago

• Australian composer, Mick Gordon is looking for heavy metal screamers.

  Australian composer and sound designer, Mick Gordon, most notably known for creating the soundtracks for video games; Killer Instinct (2013), Doom (2016), Wolfenstein: The New Colossus (2017) and the upcoming release of Doom: Eternal is currently in search of...

  • Posted 6 years ago

• “We’re committed to writing new music” – An interview with Ezekiel Ox (Mammal)

  In the late 2000s, the name ‘Mammal’ was everywhere in Aussie rock circles. The high-energy Melbourne quartet was selling out big venues across the nation, playing big festivals and generally building unstoppable momentum and profile on the local scene....

  • Posted 6 years ago

• Legions of Steel returns in 2019

  Legions of Steel, Melbourne’s long-running heavy metal festival dedicated to thrash, power and traditional heavy metal will make its return to Melbourne this year at its new location at The Croxton Bandroom in Thornbury. Previous years have seen Legions...

  • Posted 6 years ago

• Metal Obsession’s Top Albums of 2018

  This year has seen some amazing highs and unfortunate low in the world of heavy metal. We saw the announcement of Slayer to embark on their final world tour after 37 years together, Machine Head‘s longtime members Phil Dimmel (guitarist) and...

  • Posted 6 years ago