80% The culprits behind this slab of noise are the original members of Nunchukka Superfly, a mid-90s collection of souls from three of Sydney’s loudest and most furious – Blackie and Ray…
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THE NEPTUNE POWER FEDERATION – Goodnight My Children
90% The Neptune Power Federation is onto their sixth album of original material now and they just keep delivering the goods. Consistency is a difficult thing for any band to achieve but…
ALPHA WOLF – Half Living Things
75% Alpha Wolf’s star has risen meteorically since their last album four years ago through a combination of hard work and sheer dominance of will. They’ve toured relentlessly and curated their own…
NORTHLANE – Mirror’s Edge
65% Since Northlane’s breakout success, they’ve virtually dictated the course for any Australian metalcore band that’s wanted to follow in their footsteps. Each release to Obsidian has seen them paving new ways…
PILOTS OF BAALBEK – By the Seat of Our Pants
90% Canberra headbangers Pilots of Baalbek go even harder on this new album than on their debut, with a raucous rock and roll ride every bit as wild as Mike Foxall’s cover…
CALIGULA’S HORSE – Charcoal Grace
100% For more than a decade now, Brisbane’s Caligula’s Horse have been carving a niche for themselves on the world wide prog scene with a series of deeply layered, richly melodic and…
SEAWITCH – Well of Spells
80% After years travelling the world and exploring many of the different avenues that life has to offer, Fiona Horne returned to Australia during lockdown and re-ignited an old friendship with The…
LITTER – Vignettes of Despondency/A Life Alimentaire
80% After first being formed in 2014 as a product of ‘the questionable mind of’ Katoomba’s Matt Downey (Cousin Betty, Death Mattel), the recording project known as LITTER have released their debut…
THE OWEN GUNS – Dawn of the Brain Dead
80% The Owen Guns are blazing their way through the modern Sydney rock scene as a thinking person’s punk band with lyrical substance and unapologetic attitude. Their debut album, Dawn of the Braindead,…
ASYLUM – Tyrannicide
80% Asylum is a three piece out of Brisbane that offers nothing but breakneck old school thrash – nothing more, nothing less. From the opening moment, Tyrannicide is wall to wall aggression and neck-snapping…