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Review: Blind Girls @ The Bearded Lady (Brisbane)
A long line of black-clad fans snaked out of Brisbane's The Bearded Lady on Saturday night.
The line slithered slowly inside, past the sign announcing tonight's... -
Review: In Hearts Wake @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)
As I approach the iconic The Tivoli in Brisbane for a night of aural and visual heavy metal debauchery, I see a line of eager fans snaking down the
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Review: Trophy Eyes & Boston Manor @ Forum Melbourne
Back home headlining shows around the country as part of their joint tour with Blackpool, UK, rockers Boston Manor, Australia's own Trophy Eyes made a spectacular appearance
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Review: Kublai Khan TX @ The Prince Bandroom (Melbourne)
The fifth stop on their 11-show takeover of Australia, Kublai Khan TX returned for a triumphant headline tour across the nation including Melbourne's The Prince Bandroom on
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Review: SPEED @ The Princess Theatre (Brisbane)
When I think about what I missed most during the pandemic years, particularly when we were in lockdown, I think about live music – that feeling of community, where everyone
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Review: Full Of Hell & Thou @ Crown & Anchor Hotel (Adelaide)
It's official. Adelaide's cherished live music venue The Cranker has been saved!
What better way to ring in a collective sigh of relief that one of Adelaide's... -
Review: Full Of Hell & Thou @ The Brightside (Brisbane)
Strange weather brewed on Brisbane's midweek public holiday.
Usually, the EKKA holiday sees the city overwhelmed by cold gales. Instead, the depths of this... -
Review: Municipal Waste @ The Triffid (Brisbane)
On Wednesday night (10 July), I made my way to The Triffid to feast upon a mix of bare bones and meaty metal chunks of live music for my dinner.
I've held a... -
HANABIE. Australia 2024 Tour
After stupefying audiences at Good Things Festival last year with their live performances, Japanese nu metallers HANABIE. return to Australia late 2024.
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Trophy Eyes Australia 2024 Tour
Currently on their sold-out European tour, melodic noise merchants Trophy Eyes haven't forgotten their Australian base with news they're headed home for their only local
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Review: 2024 New Bloom Fest @ Melbourne Pavilion
After hosting a boxing event the day prior, Melbourne Pavilion had been transformed into the site for the local leg of the inaugural New Bloom Fest.
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Review: Touche Amore @ Stay Gold (Melbourne)
"It goes Blind Girls, then AC/DC, then Natalie Imbruglia."
Touché Amoré’s Jeremy Bolm is ranking his favourite Aussie acts from the Stay Gold stage in Melbourne... -
Review: Hot Mulligan @ The Corner Hotel (Melbourne)
Finally making their Australian debut, Hot Mulligan came to conquer.
A night filled with twinkly guitars and voice-breaking screams, Hot Mulligan, Free Throw... -
Review: 2024 CVLT FEST @ Eatons Hill Hotel (Brisbane)
Alpha Wolf curated a smorgasbord of national and international heavy metal acts for CVLT FEST in Brisbane (24 February), with the metalcore magicians
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Review: Wednesday 13 Performing Murderdolls @ The Triffid (Brisbane)
Some 20-plus years ago, I used to enjoy Friday Fright nights with my crew. You see the darkness within me was birthed from the tender age of four with Alice Cooper's 'Welcome
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Rise Against @ Enmore Theatre (Sydney)
A sticky summer evening at Sydney's Enmore Theatre sees the line well around the block waiting for punk-rockers Rise Against.
Beerwolf kick off the night (5... -
Touché Amoré Return To Australia Ready To Make New Friends At New Bloom Fest
In October of 2020, Californian post-hardcore stalwarts Touché Amoré released their fifth studio album 'Lament'.
Needless to say given the timeframe, a tour in... -
Review: Greg Puciato @ The Brightside (Brisbane)
Greg Puciato, one of the maestros behind the chaotic Dillinger Escape Plan and powerhouse supergroups The Black Queen, Killer Be Killed and Better Lovers, is not just a name;
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Botch 2024 Australia Tour
After a two-decade absence, legendary mathcore-metalcore band Botch reunited in 2022.
They then released a new song, the biting, twisting riffage of 'One Twenty... -
Review: OFF! @ The Gov (Adelaide)
OFF! 'is on' according to the not so subtle tour promotional art by Paul Curtis.
The band, described in various quarters as a supergroup, is a collaboration...