Metal
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Introducing Melodic Hardcore Band Wildheart
Fronted by proud Yugambeh man vocalist Axel Best, hardcore-metalcore rockers Wildheart are staunch advocates for mental health, social injustice, and
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Review: 2022 Monolith Festival @ Eatons Hill Outdoor (Brisbane)
The Brisbane leg of Monolith Festival brings lovers of prog, experimental rock and metal to Eatons Hill Hill's outdoor venue (13 August). Seven impressive bands are set to
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Review: The Hu @ Eatons Hill Hotel (Brisbane)
Despite the language barrier that separates fans and their leather-clad Mongolian metal-rock superheroes, there is a sense of shared spirituality, a collective love of
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Premiere: Watch Sky Cave's New Music Video 'Fall'
WA rockers Sky Cave aren't afraid to have difficult conversations – and they're shining a light on the dangers of abandoning your mental health, in new single
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Steel Panther 2022 Australia Tour
Strap yourself in Australia 'cause the 'wildest, wettest, and dirtiest' big hair, heavy metal outfit stalking the planet is finally headed down under.
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Crossfaith 2022 Australia Tour
Regular visitors to Australia, Japanese metallers Crossfaith will finally headline their own run of shows down under later this year.
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Melbourne Prog Metallers Circles Have Woken From Their Slumber With New Music Ahead Of A Tour
It's been four years since Melbourne band Circles released their last studio album ('The Last One'), which was the group's debut with frontman Ben Rechter.
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5 Influential Movie Soundtracks Shared By Brisbane Prog-Metallers Citadel
Comprised of former members of Osaka Punch, Wildheart and Bayharbour, Brisbane progressive-metal quartet Citadel introduced themselves earlier this year with 'Sundered
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Review: Black Veil Brides @ Eatons Hill Hotel (Brisbane)
After the umpteenth rescheduled announcement, Black Veil Brides' (BVB) Australian tour, the tour that refused to be cancelled, is finally HAPPENING! Yes siree, BVB are back
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Raise The Horns As The Hu Bring Their 'Rumble Of Thunder' Down Under
When The Hu last visited Australia for their debut tour, it didn't go exactly as planned.
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Review: I Prevail @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
Last Thursday (30 June), I Prevail played a sold-out show at The Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane.
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Review: Northlane @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)
The great thing about metal gigs in winter? We get to keep a mild sense of decorum in a packed house.
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Introducing Electronic Alt-Rock Band Planisphere
Originally starting life as a two-piece in 2018 named Canondrome, after the original drummer relocated to Melbourne last year, singer-guitarist Lorcan Coates recruited two
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Review: Chelsea Wolfe @ The Gov (Adelaide)
Descriptive labelling is a problematic concept but if forced to define styles, Chelsea Wolfe's work for some time has been primarily in the realm of sludge
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Good Things Festival 2022 Line-up
After a three-year wait, one of Australia's leading alternative music festivals, Good Things Festival returns to the calendar in 2022 with three gargantuan events in
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Froth & Fury Fest 2022 Line-up
With many still nursing hangovers from the inaugural event last year, Adelaide's festival calendar greedily welcomes back Froth & Fury Fest – a day celebrating everything
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Circles 2022 Australian Tour
After a three-year slumber, Melbourne's prog-metal band Circles will return to the road with a five-date run at the end of winter.
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Soilwork 2022 Australia Tour
Veteran Swedish melodic death metallers, Soilwork return to Australia with a five-date tour planned in November.
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Review: RedHook @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
I would be under-exaggerating if I told you I was excited to see RedHook.
Supported by Sydney indie punks The Dead Love, The Zoo was a punk-rock haven last... -
Enter Shikari 2022 Australia Tour
British alternative, post-hardcore rockers, Enter Shikari will return to Australia this November.
Closing in on their 20th anniversary together and two years...