40% Scowl lunged forward from the California hardcore scene as yet another ‘big thing’ band to watch around the same time as the great plague that shan’t be named engulfed the world,…
Author: Dan Southall
SPIRITBOX – Tsunami Sea
50% The first Spiritbox album changed my perception of what modern heavy could be. I knew what the members of the band were capable of, as you only had to look at their…
WHITECHAPEL – Hymns in Dissonance
100% Whitechapel once stood atop a mountain of soundalike deathcore bands, arriving on the heavy music landscape when what they did was considered ignorant and heavy, with nothing fresh to add to…
THE RUMJACKS – Dead Anthems
70% The once Sydney-based Celtic punk mob has spread their wings with success in Europe and parts of the US, aided by a vocalist replacement in the Boston-based Mike Rivkees. The first…
CRANKEES – Settle Down
80% Here in Australia we have a special way of taking musical form and creating something individual to us with it. Crankees are a Sydney based punk band doing just that. They…
VOID OF VISION – What I’ll Leave Behind
80% Moving further away from their early hardcore and metalcore roots, Void of Vision’s newest release is an exploration of the darkest thoughts and depression through the health battle of vocalist Jack…
IN HEARTS WAKE – Incarnation
80% To me, In Hearts Wake have always seemed like also-rans in the popular metalcore genre. You know the type: not bad, just not good enough to really stand out, unlike some…
THE INCANTUS – The Incantus
50% The Incantus are an Australian band that began in the depths of New South Wales before blooming into full band existence in Victoria, playing a style best described as melodic death….
The Butterfly Effect at Eatons Hill Hotel, Brisbane
The Butterfly Effect, Thornhill, Caligula’s Horse at Eatons Hill Hotel, Brendale. 7 October, 2022 Tonight is a home show for the openers and closers of the show tonight, and in early rumblings…
SUPERHEIST – MMXX
60% Superheist has a long and storied history in the Aussie music scene, having been around since the early 90s. As such, even through different guises and a hiatus, they are one…