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…
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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….
METAL: Feel the Steel
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 18 OCTOBER 2012 Sydney/Wollongong crew Metal have been proudly flying the flag for true heavy metal since 2006. With a debut album in the works and upcoming appearances at…
MHORGL: The Essence of Evil
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 14 FEBRUARY 2011 Perth band Mhorgl recently visited the east coast to unleash their hellish, old school black metal on appreciative audiences. With their second album Antinomian about to receive European release,…
MORTAL SIN: Psychology of Thrash
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 5 JULY 2011 Formed in 1985, Sydney’s Mortal Sin are Australia’s undisputed giants of thrash metal. Like most bands that have lasted a quarter of a century, Mortal Sin have…
NANCY VANDAL: Return of the Zombie Skate Poets
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 18 SEPTEMBER 2013 Sydney’s Nancy Vandal were a legendary institution on the local punk scene in the 90s with a blitzkrieg of buzzsaw guitars, bad acting, ridiculous cover songs…
NE OBLIVISCARIS: Through the Portal
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 11 NOVEMBER 2014 Three years ago the future looked bleak for Ne Obliviscaris. Drummer Dan Presland had departed and French guitarist Benji Baret was stuck in his homeland without…
NEKROFEIST: No Remorse
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 24 JULY 2012 Wollongong metallers Nekrofeist have just unleashed their new album …Without Reserve or Regret and have a series of shows planned to promote its release. Bassist Rob Giles spoke…
NORTHLANE: Quantum of Success
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 12 JANUARY 2014 If a year could belong to a band, last year would be Northlane’s. A group on the rise during the previous twelve months, by the end…