ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 16 OCTOBER 2014 Queenslanders Aversions Crown are the latest Australian band to be snapped up by German metal mega-label Nuclear Blast. The band has been drip-feeding tracks from their…
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EMPERORS: End of the Line
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 5 APRIL 2015 Perth trio Emperors should be celebrating the release of their staunch new album Chupacabra with shows and touring. Instead, due to the departure of vocalist Adam Livingston, the…
BURIED IN VERONA: The Notorious B.I.V.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 22 MAY 2012 Buried in Verona’s Richie Newman is about to take a seat in the tattooist’s chair when the call goes through. The extremely laidback guitarist is less…
BODYJAR: Taking Another Look
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 13 FEBRUARY 2013 In 2009, Melbourne lads Bodyjar called time after fifteen years of energetic punk rock mayhem. Last year they reformed for a special show at the farewell…
BLOOD DUSTER: KvltAsFvck
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 15 OCTOBER 2012 Blood Duster have been grinding and grooving away all over the Australian metal landscape since before many of the people reading this were born. Virtually inactive…
CHAINSAW HOOKERS: Blood Rock Brothers
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 15 APRIL 2014 Since 2005, Perth’s Chainsaw Hookers have been smashing out their punk infused, dirty Motörhead -like rock, and are about to embark on their follow up album…
BANE OF ISILDUR: On Wings of Black
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 23 AUGUST 2011 Sydney melodic death/ black metallers Bane of Isildur have steadily been gathering momentum since forming in 2006, culminating in the release of their debut full-length Black Wings last…
ASSAULTER: Under The Axe
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 2 DECEMBER 2012 Formed on the NSW Central Coast by one-time Deströyer 666 bass player Simon Berzerker, Assaulter has led a somewhat sedentary existence as line-ups have come and…
ASSAULTER: Metal Thrashing Mad
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 2 JUNE, 2012 When last Loud spoke to Simon Berzerker of Assaulter, the band was about to do their first ever tour, hitting the east coast capitals with their own flavour of…
ANDY STRACHAN: Following the Sun
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 3 FEBRUARY, 2016 Best known as the drummer for The Living End, one of Australia’s greatest rock bands, Andy Strachan has been using the downtime offered by his band’s…