BREACH SHARE NOSTALGIC NEW SINGLE "COLD"+ ANNOUNCE DEBUT SELF-TITLED EP
Featuring members of Comeback Kid and Misery Signals, BREACH return with their nostalgic new single "COLD", and announce their self-titled debut EP, BREACH, out Friday 30 October via Greyscale Records.
ALBUM REVIEW: THE ALLFATHER AWAKENS BY AMON AMARTH
Cecilia checked out Amon Amarth’s latest album, The Allfather Awakens, a musical journey steeped in Norse mythology. As she puts it, “The tone is just how I imagine carousing dwarfs in the mines of Middle Earth or berserker Viking raiders enjoying some musical downtime. Let’s face it, Norse mythology is totally insane but wonderful.”
ALBUM REVIEW: NO PLACE FOR ME BY MISS MAY I
Miss May I have created No Place For Me, an album that has a strong lyrical heart. Across 10 songs, they ask their fans and listeners to face the harsh truth about reality and gain a cathartic release from seeing the world straight on. Multiple listens will reward those who want to take that deep dive.
ALBUM REVIEW: LIBERATION FRONT BY TO THE GRAVE
‘Life Among The Septics’ has that sound I think poison would make. This band takes no prisoners and isn’t sorry about its views. It’s heavy and hard! This album will make you question your choices.
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM
Bullet For My Valentine will release their new album, Social Apocalypse, on March 19, 2027, via Spinefarm. The announcement arrives with a towering new single by the same name. Social Apocalypse is the band’s first new song in four years; on the title track, Matt Tuck rages against “the end of the world as we know it”, when “all hope has faded”.
THE ETERNAL UNVEIL ‘HARMONY BREAKS’ + AMORPHIS AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Australian/Finnish progressive dark metal masters THE ETERNAL celebrate the release of their new, critically-acclaimed studio album Obscured Horizons via Reigning Phoenix Music, further refining the band’s distinctive musical vision.
CURRENTS UNVEIL WORLDS AWAY EP
"Worlds Away is five stripped down, re-imagined songs from The Way It Ends and The Death We Seek. 'Kill the Ache' hasn't left our live set since it came out six years ago. We've played it all across the world and shared it with so many of you over the years.”
ALBUM REVIEW: DEVOURED BY PERVERSION BY SLAUGHTERCULT
Slaughtercult somehow made this queer feminist headbang with absolute feral joy to a song called ‘Menstrual Marinade’. Devoured By Perversion is loud, brutal, hectic and chaotic, backed by phenomenal musicianship and an unusual ability to make that brutality work to their musical advantage.
KINGDOM OF GIANTS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM 'USURPER'
Singer Dana Willax declares, "The last five years have been full of highs, lows, wins, losses, and roadblocks but at the end of the day we are just so happy and fortunate to continue making music that we love and to share it with anyone who cares to listen. We put our hearts and souls into this album and even though start to finish it only took us eight months, it's feels like it's 15 years in the making.”
LAMBRINI GIRLS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM NO REFUNDS
Punk duo Lambrini Girls today announce their second album, No Refunds, set for release on the 15th of January via City Slang, alongside new single and video 'Bang Bang Bang'.
ALBUM REVIEW: SONGS IN THE KEY OF WRESTLING BY BIG NOTER
Big Noter bring the heavy and groove-laden rock on Songs In The Key Of Wrestling, tackling First Nations identity, racism, mental health and systemic injustice. A raucous listen full of venom, sarcasm, humour and truth telling.
ALBUM REVIEW: STOP DESTROYING THE THINGS YOU LOVE BY SUNBLEACHED
Brisbane’s Sunbleached have crafted a sophisticated and emotional dark rock trip. Stop Destroying The Things You Love blends melancholy, shoegaze and flashes of metalcore into one of the year’s strongest local releases.
ALBUM REVIEW: CURSUM PERFICIO BY ANTHRAX
Anthrax don't reinvent themselves on Cursum Perficio—they simply remind you why they've endured. Packed with killer riffs, memorable choruses and old-school thrash energy, it's a confident return from the New York legends.
SIGH ENTER A NEW REALM OF TRANSCENDENCE WITH GOH-KA
Japanese metal pioneers Sigh have unleashed Goh-Ka upon the world. Out now, the band’s 15th studio album is already being hailed by some as their finest work yet, adding another landmark release to a legendary career that has seen them release 14 previous studio albums, three live albums and embark on multiple sold-out tours around the globe.
DREAMSPEED ANNOUNCE DEBUT EP ‘DEMO’ + NEW SINGLE ‘CORPSE LIGHT’
Boorloo/Perth doom-metal outfit Dreamspeed have announced their debut EP, Demo, set for release Friday 6 November. Today, the four-piece unveil new single "Corpse Light", a searing showcase of their blackened screamo, depressive doom and post-black metal sound.
MELBOURNE / SRI LANKAN HARDCORE BANDILLAN KAAPAN UNLEASH NEW EP UNDENIABLE
Naarm, Melbourne-based Sri Lankan hardcore band ILLAN KAAPAN have released their UNDENIABLE EP, serving up their heaviest hitting material to date. Tough, harsh and full of energy, the band are delivering the high-impact sound ILLAN KAAPAN are known for.
OFFSET VISION SIGN TO NINTH LIFE + SHARE NEW EP
Tasmanian pop punk trio Offset Visionare making moves with the announcement of their signing to Ninth Life Records, alongside the release of their brand new three-track EP, You’re Not What I Need, out today.
NIGHTWISH CELEBRATES 30 YEARS WITH ‘THE GREATEST 30 YEARS ON EARTH’
Symphonic metal pioneers NIGHTWISH are marking three decades of musical wizardry. To celebrate this milestone, the band announces their most ambitious retrospective collection yet: The Greatest 30 Years On Earth.
DINOSAUR JR. UNVEIL THEIR 13TH ALBUM, THERE NEAR
There Near marks the sixth studio album Dinosaur Jr. have recorded in the 20 years since their triumphal rebirth. There have been several live and/or closet cleaning collections to keep punters sated for the five years since Sweep It Into Space, but there is nothing quite like having a full slab of new Dino tunes to fry your ears. And There Near has all knobs set to Extra Crispy.
IN THIS MOMENT CAST AN UNBREAKABLE SPELL WITH NEW ALBUM WITCH
IN THIS MOMENT, the GRAMMY® Award-nominated, multi-platinum heavy alternative force of nature, have dropped their ninth full-length offering and debut LP for Better Noise Music, WITCH.