90% Alarum have long been at the forefront of interesting progressive death metal in Australia. Early albums took their lead from Cynic and Atheist, blending a grinding death metal style with jazz….
Category: Metal
Steel Assassins Line-Up Starts Rolling Out
The line-up for this year’s Steel Assassins festival in Sydney is already starting to take shape with the first three bands announced across the last few days. Heading up proceedings so far…
Goatzilla Bring on the Blues
Gold Coast rockers Goatzilla have released the fifth and final single from last year’s self titled album. Black Dog Blues is tale of the demon drink and is available to stream from…
Label and Album News from Valhalore
Brisbane folk metal supremos Valhalore are already having a massive 2025. Just two weeks into the new year and the big-hearted six piece has announced a worldwide deal with US label Reigning…
King Parrot Drop Newie Ahead of Euro Tour
Melbourne psycho ward favourites King Parrot head to Europe in February for a huge tour with Pantera and Power Trip, but they’re giving us all one more gift before they leave. Fuck…
2024: The Year That Was
BRIAN GIFFIN: It was a very low-key year here at Loud Online, but after a full twelve months of being offline over 2023 (the site crashed on New Year’s Day, 2023 and…
IHR Celebrate 30
Taswegian goregrind sickos Intense Hammer Rage are celebrating three decades of depravity with a new EP. Gorepop is five tracks of premeditated deathgoregriund blasting as only the country’s most banned band knows…
The Bennies to Headline Munk and Petal
Ocean View at the Wamberal Surf Club will turn into a day of punk and metal madness on March 1 when Munk & Petal 2025 stakes its claim to the NSW Central…
Frankenbok Spin Around with New Cover and Shows
Melbourne legends Frankenbok are cranking up the action again with another new track and a bunch of shows coming in the new year. Following up on their first new track in 22…
Shatterface Release New EP
Sydney industrialists Shatterface have released their second EP. The follow-up to last year’s Anodize, Deviate is out now.