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…
Category: Music Reviews
POD PEOPLE – Oblivion
90% The return of Canberra riff mongers Pod People is now complete, with the release of their third full length album, Oblivion. In the mid-90s when most of Australia’s metal bands were…
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…
WEREWOLVES – Die For Us
95% Melbourne maniacs Werewolves are on the attack once again, and if you’ve been following what they’ve unleashed previously, don’t expect to be surprised this time. Die For Us is another slab…
RUN – True Heaviness is Time
90% Lochlan Watt has always had an intrinsic understanding of heavy music. Long before he was bringing the noise to a nationwide audience on Triple J, Lochlan was fronting bands and publishing…
BLACK LAVA – The Savage Winds to Wisdom
55% Black Lava’s second album starts out very similar to their debut, a long fade from silence into raw, old school Swedish-style death metal, except on Soul Furnace the tension was spread…
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….
RAISING RAVENS – Motives
80% Written in the wake of international touring on the back of last year’s album, Motives is a dark volley of hard-riffing outbursts from Sydney rockers Raising Ravens. With Jess “Ravens” Finlayson…
RELIQA – Secrets of the Future
80% As an ardent fan of this band since a random discovery on YouTube a few years back and then witnessing a tremendous opening set with Caligula’s Horse some time later, there…
FLAMING WREKAGE – Terra Inferna
75% The latest album from Flaming Wrekage comes after more than a decade of grinding away, a trail of three previous albums and a long list of former members in their wake….