85% Werewolves obviously have no plans to change. Three albums in and their modus operandi remains the same as it always did, bludgeoning riffs played at blinding speed, unimpeded by melody, fancy dynamics…
COSMIC PSYCHOS – Mountain of Piss
90% If there’s one constant in Australian music circles, it’s the Cosmic Psychos. No matter what else happens, which trend comes and goes, the Psychos are as the Psychos were as the…
DANGEROUS CURVES – Summertime Highs
90% The early 90s spelt the end of hair metal as a superstar era, but the music never went away. Many of those bands continue to exist in some form to this day, some…
CRYPT CRAWLER – Future Usurper
85% Australia is flush with bands producing quality output at the moment, particularly in the eastern states, but a quick dig through whoever you get your music through will soon show you how…
MINUS LIFE – Contorted Reality
90% Minus Life were well on their way to being Australia’s ‘next big thing’ before dissolving in a haze of work/life balance and inter-band drama and tension. A lot of growing up…
THE NEPTUNE POWER FEDERATION – Le Demon de L’amour
95% Five albums in and The Neptune Power Federation continue to find way to surprise and fascinate their growing legion of fans. Always a band no stranger to concept albums, this time they…
FRANKENBOK – Overdose
90% Not too many bands could go through five vocalist changes and a seemingly endless cycle of other personnel reshuffles and still come out not only swinging, but landing punches. 25-year Australian…
KILLRAZER – The Burial Begins
85% Sydney thrashers Killrazer have been promising this one for a long time – at least half a decade and possibly longer. Those who have followed the band will know that Killrazer has…
DISKUST – A Dark Place
85% DisKust have been kicking dust up and working pits up around Australia for the last few years. Drip feeding singles here and there of their output to keep their hungry fans…
BE’LAKOR: Coherence
75% Be’lakor set themselves up promptly as a band to take notice of way back in 2007 with their debut The Frail Tide. Their trajectory since then has only been upward despite not…