ALBUM REVIEW: CURRENCY BY ANBERLIN
Anberlin consider life’s ‘exchange’ on Currency, an album about what happens after everything you have built falls apart. Relationships burn down, ghosts linger and salvation is sought in the wreckage, but there is always the question of how to find a way forward.
ALBUM REVIEW: CHOSEN HELL BY COMEBACK KID
Comeback Kid kick things off with a bang on Chosen Hell. Heavy and crushing guitar riffs will have you banging your head in no time, while huge breakdowns, catchy melodies and moments of subtle melancholy make ‘Lost And Found’ and ‘Underneath The Pressure’ album highlights.
FEAR FACTORY ANNOUNCE ROBOTICIST ALBUM + SHARE ‘DETONIZER’ VIDEO
For over three decades, industrial metal pioneers FEAR FACTORY have explored the friction between man and machine, tracing the rise of artificial intelligence and humanity's loss of control over its own creations. Today, the band announces the next evolution in their cybernetic journey with their eleventh studio album, Roboticist, arriving April 9, 2027 via Nuclear Blast Records.
JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED SHARE BRAND NEW SINGLE "TORN IN TWO"
Sydney metal titans Justice For The Damned cap off the year with their pummelling new single "Torn In Two", out everywhere today via Greyscale Records. The band will launch the single live this weekend when they play SPEED's sold out Sydney HC Xmas show.
EP REVIEW: DEMO BY DREAMSPEED
What makes Dreamspeed particularly interesting is their ability to communicate vulnerability without sacrificing intensity. Their music is dark, sometimes unsettling, yet strangely comforting. There is an almost whimsical quality buried beneath the distortion and chaos, creating the feeling of stepping into a dark fantasy where you aren't necessarily the hero of the story.
MIRRORS SHARE NEW SINGLE "HOME"
Australian metalcore outfit Mirrors share new single "Home" off their highly anticipated second album, The Red Sky, out Friday 27 November via Greyscale Records. The band will join Inertia for a one-off Christmas show at Sydney’s Crowbar this December, before hitting the road with Ocean Sleeper for a regional Australian tour in March 2027.
NORTHLANE DROP ‘DEATHWISH’, ANNOUNCE ALBUM & TOUR CHANGES
Today, acclaimed local heavyweights Northlane return with “Deathwish,” a visceral new single and the fourth preview of their upcoming seventh studio album Anemoia, now with a new release date of November 27, following production delays.
LAMBRINI GIRLS SHARE PAIR OF NEW SINGLES, THE BASEMENT / SPILT
After cementing a cross-generational riot grrrl celebration in Brooklyn with a billionaire-busting set alongside Bikini Kill a few weeks ago, Brighton’s Lambrini Girls share two new singles today, 'The Basement' and 'Spilt'.
ALBUM REVIEW: smile, you're on camera BY WINDWAKER
Australia's genre-bending heavyweights Windwaker return with their third studio album, smile, you're on camera, and what an extraordinary musical journey they've created. Following their previous releases Love Language and HYPERVIOLENCE, Windwaker have continued to push the boundaries of heavy music.
THE PRETTY RECKLESS RELEASE ABOUT YOU (BONUS VERSION)
Record-breaking, platinum-selling rock band The Pretty Reckless have released About You (Bonus Version) originally featured on the band's fifth studio album, DEAR GOD. The new version features Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl on drums, guitar, and backing vocals, alongside Pat Smear on guitar.
RELIQA ANNOUNCE SOPHOMORE ALBUM 'HIGH RISK THOUGHTS'
Sydney progressive metalcore outfit Reliqa have today announced their new album High Risk Thoughts, which lands 12th February via Immortal Music Group/Nuclear Blast and is available to pre-order here. To commemorate the moment, the quartet have unveil a new single from the record, the titanic "Serum".
ALL HOURS ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM 'EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN'
Equal Vision Records/Velocity Records and All Hours are excited to announce the Friday 6th November release of Everything In Between, the debut album from the emerging Brisbane, Australia-based pop-punk band.
ALBUM REVIEW: CESSPOOL BY SUNDOWNER
Filthy, abrasive and deeply bluesy. Sundowner aren’t simply throwing distortion at the listener on Cesspool. The constant changes in tempo, unexpected off-beats and spaces between the noise are as important as the noise itself. One listen later, they’ve become an immediate new obsession.
ALBUM REVIEW: TUNGL BY EIVØR
Layered vocals echo with distortion and actually convey the sound of the Moon crying as Eivør creates the most gorgeous imagined Nordic soundscape on Tungl. With atmospheric synths, organic percussion and soaring vocals layered through the mix, Tungl is shadowy, ethereal and stunning in the light.
DOWN AND OUT SIGN TO UNFD + SHARE ‘BURIED ALIVE’
Born out of a very real bed of experiences, Adelaide’s DOWN AND OUT present their new single ‘BURIED ALIVE’ - an energetic expression of pop-punk that adds more fuel to the Adelaide band’s charged brand of momentum. The latest track from the band arrives as Down And Out prepare to hit the road for shows this October and November, and also marks the bands first ever release on UNFD.
FIT FOR A KING ANNOUNCE DELXUE EDITION OF LONELY GOD
Fit For A King announce the deluxe edition of Lonely God, out October 30 via Solid State Records, featuring additional tracks ‘Steady Doom’, ‘Blood Pact’ and ‘Dirt’. The band will tour Latin America in October before heading to Australia with Beartooth in January.
LIVECONFORMDIE RELEASE THEIR LONG-AWAITED NEW EP, 'DIE IN MY PRIME'
Perth genre-bending heavy outfit liveconformdie today unleash their long-awaited new EP, Die In My Prime, a searing return for the band after an extended release hiatus. They'll bring the record to life on home turf, with an EP launch show locked in for Saturday 17 October at Amplifier Bar. Tickets are on sale now.
GRUB RELEASE SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM
Fremantle five-piece GRUB have today released their self-titled debut album via Wing Sing Records, alongside focus single "Goal Post", capping off a huge few months for one of the country’s most exciting new bands.
TONY IOMMI ANNOUNCES GLOBAL PRE-LISTENING EVENTS INCLUDING IN AUSTRALIA
Legendary guitarist, Tony Iommi releases his brand-new solo album, From The Dark on Friday, October 23. And fans will be able to exclusively hear his first solo album in twenty-one years at a series of listening events held at the finest rock and metal bars in major cities globally the night before release on Thursday October 22.
POWER TRIP RELEASE ‘PRECINCT 3’ / ‘SCAVENGER’ DOUBLE SINGLE & ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM FOR 2027
Power Trip return from what feels like an eternity – today they debut their triumphant and scorching new double single “Precinct 3” / “Scavenger” - the first of many to come. Fans have waited nearly a decade for these new tracks – songs that they thought might never come