ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 16 AUGUST 2011 Brisbane’s Ironhide aren’t afraid of pushing boundaries, with a sound that bridges hardcore, death metal, grindcore, progressive music, doom and just plain noise. Having recently released…
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KATABASIS: A Ruinous Path
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 4 SEPTEMBER 2011 NSW Central Coast blackened death metal crew are one of the country’s real up-and-coming talents, and have spent much of the past few months on the…
LIKE THIEVES: And Out Come the Wolves
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 11 NOVEMBER 2013 Following his departure from mega-selling Brisbane hard rockers The Butterfly Effect in 2012 after a 12-year stint, vocalist Clint Boge has swiftly responded by joining new…
LO!: Taking the High Road
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 29 JUNE 2013 Sydney sludgemeisters Lo! have been traipsing all over Europe this year with Cult of Luna and The Ocean, gaining strong plaudits for their second album Monstrorum Historia….
LYNCHMADA: Earthbound
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 11 NOVEMBER 2011 Gold Coast metallers Lynchmada are back, heavier and nastier on new album To the Earth. With the new record and a slew of international supports (including Lamb…
MAKE THEM SUFFER: Starting to Bloom
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 16 MAY 2012 With their debut full length album Neverbloom about to drop via Roadrunner on May 25, the Perth sextet are about to hitch their wagon and embark on a…
MALIGNANT MONSTER: Bastard and the Beast
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 30 AUGUST 2011 Perth melodic death/thrash metal crew Malignant Monster are one of many exciting acts appearing on the Loud-approved Bastardfest tour that’s tearing through Australia and New Zealand in…
ME: Naked and Ready
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 15 MARCH 2011 Thanks mainly to the ascendency of Muse, the last few years has seen a rise in the profile of new prog, spawning an interest in the…
MELODY BLACK: Pretty Ugly
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 27 OCTOBER 2011 A year ago, Sydney’s Melody Black played their debut show at the Sando, and then automatically booked time in the recording studio to begin work on…
MESHIAAK: A New Beginning
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 24 JUNE 2014 Danny Tomb, the co-founder and former guitarist/vocalist for thrash band 4ARM, has hit the ground running following his unexpected departure from the band back in January….