Lords of chaos King Parrot return to Aussie stages in November on a huge four-way bill that includes North Carolina sludge legends Weedeater. After huge performances at Knotfest earlier this year, King…
Hard-Ons Celebrate 40th With Huge Tour
Australian rock legends The Hard-Ons first played to a public audience on 20 June, 1984 at the Vulcan Hotel in Sydney. 40 years later they’re not only still going, but enjoying a…
Anubis Celebrate 20 Years With Sprawling New Album
Sydney prog band Anubis is celebrating their 20th year together with a huge concept piece, The Unforgivable. Conceived during COVID when the keyboardist David Eaton and vocalist Robert Moulding were working on…
Ocean Grove Release a New Disaster
Eclectic oddworld trio Ocean Grove swerve back into heavy territory with their latest track, My Disaster. The track comes fresh off the back of their national tour with Polaris and along with…
SARAH McLEOD: Many Tangents
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 29 JANUARY 2014 Sarah McLeod’s musical journey has certainly followed some divergent paths since she roared out of Adelaide with the big-sounding Hell’s Kitchen twenty years ago. As The…
SEGRESSION: Back From the Dead
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 12 FEBRUARY 2011 Unlike many bands which only make the dreaded decision to call it a day when their profile has waned beyond repair, Wollongong metallers Segression were actually…
Another New Album from King Gizz and the Wiz
The always unpredictable King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard will release their 26th album on 9 August. Along with the second single, the wildly eclectic Hog Calling Contest, the band has released…
Mortality Mourn Guitarist as Reunion Show Looms
Recently reactivated groove metal monsters Mortality have announced the sad news that former guitarist Craig Figl has died. The band announced his death on their socials late on 23 July. No further…
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…
SHIHAD: Eyes on the Prize
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 2 SEPTEMBER 2014 For their ninth album and first recording of new material in four years, Melbourne-via-Wellington quartet Shihad went back to the source, reconnecting with eclectic genius Jaz…