Metal
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Black Rheno Are Seeking The Dead Of Winter With Hadal Maw
When Sydney groove-metal exponents Black Rheno make the trek north for Dead Of Winter (Brisbane) in July, they'll be road tripping with Melbourne technical death metal outfit
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Superheist Raise Hell On New Record
Thirteen years ago, Australian heavy metal powerhouse Superheist called it a day leaving many fans scratching their heads and asking “what the hell
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Dead Of Winter Festival Returns From The Grave
Dead Of Winter Festival has re-emerged after hibernating last year and this time around it's a bigger, better and meaner beast than ever before.
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25 Bands Including The Porkers Added To Brisbane's Dead Of Winter Festival Line-up
With The Bennies (in their only QLD performance), The Meanies (last ever national tour), Whoretopsy, Hollow (reformation show), Black Rheno (fresh off a SXSW stint) and Hobo
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Boris @ Crowbar Review
2017 is a big milestone for Japanese metalheads Boris.
This year marks their 25th anniversary as a band, the release of their 23rd studio album and the 10th... -
WA Festival SOTA Reveal Locals Only Line-up Headlined By Karnivool, Drapht & Gyroscope
Next month's State Of The Art (SOTA) Festival in Perth will feature a 100 per cent WA-only line-up.
Proudly presented as part of the 2017 WA Day Festival, and... -
Groovin The Moo 2017 @ Maitland Review
As the early arrivals continued to snake their way past the horse stables at Maitland Showgrounds (29 April), Bankstown MC L-Fresh the Lion was already threatening to steal
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2017 Dead Of Winter Festival Reveals Monster Line-up Part One
After lying low last year, Dead Of Winter Festival is alive, alive!
Returning in 2017 with their biggest and baddest line-up yet, Dead Of Winter brings together a... -
Voyager Drop New Album 'Ghost Mile'
Perth prog-metal outfit Voyager unleash their new album, ‘Ghost Mile’, this month and guitarist Simone Dow is calling it some of their best music yet.
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Final Australian Shows Revealed For The Dillinger Escape Plan
After 20 years of defying expectation and pushing boundaries, The Dillinger Escape Plan are finally calling it a day.
The New Jersey metalheads have announced they... -
Cog @ Eatons Hill Hotel Review
On Saturday night (8 April) in Brisbane, Eatons Hill Hotel hosted Australian melodic, prog-metal heavyweights Cog – the final show of their sold-our tour – after a prolonged
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Windhand and Cough @ Crowbar Review
American doom-metal behemoths Windhand and Cough have joined forces for a double headline tour down under, with a show at Brisbane’s Crowbar (2 April) that was on fire…
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Balloons Kill Babies @ The Zoo Review
Brisbane's music scene has a prodigal three-piece in its midst.
Back on the scene after a change in line-up, Balloons Kill Babies are killing it (pun totally... -
Animals As Leaders @ The Gov Review
The Djent genre has evolved considerably since its inception.
From its early days where the genre was simply a way for musicians to worship at the polyrhythmic... -
Opeth @ Thebarton Theatre Review
Metal fans looking to escape Adelaide’s punishing heat were out of luck as we crammed into an extremely sweaty and overbearingly humid Thebarton Theatre (10
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Revocation Are Still Good For Provocation
Any band that stays together for a decade is admirable.
But despite a few line-up changes, Revocation, a death-metal band from Boston, are still going as strong as... -
Lagerstein Are All For Rum And Rum For All On Their National Tour
Brisbane’s favourite pirates are back in town, and they’re set to sail on another Australian tour before charting a course for Europe next month.
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Regurgitator, Frenzal Rhomb Headline Monsoon RockStock: A New Sunshine Coast Music Festival
The Sunshine Coast will welcome a new music festival with the arrival of Monsoon RockStock.
The independent event (taking place at Lake Kawana Community Centre 4... -
Thrash, Blast & Grind With Psycroptic This February
There’s good news for metalheads still morbidly contemplating a summer without Soundwave as the inaugural Thrash, Blast & Grind Festival gears up for a hot and heavy
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The Stranger: Divine Intervention From Brisbane Prog-Metallers
Brisbane prog-metal band, The Stranger launch their new single ‘Divine Intervention’ this month as a precursor to their forthcoming debut album: due out next
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