California’s Eagles of Death Metal have happily announced, thanks to Secret Sounds, and with much demand behind them, that they are due to headline a small group of sideshows this March, away from their upcoming appearance at...

So this news recently surfaced. New York based post-hardcore prog outfit Coheed And Cambria will be making their return down under this May. The band last performed here in 2013. In support of their newest album, ‘The...

As an impressive and unanticipated feat of 2016, unsigned and independent act Polaris have successfully charted on the ARIA Album Charts. The Sydney based metalcore/melodic hardcore band debuted at #34 overall with their new EP, ‘The Guilt...

Goth shock-rock act Darkc3ll have been officially added as the national support for Wednesday 13‘s ‘Monsters of the Universe’ Australian tour this April. Visually and musically, DARKC3LL have proven themselves as a world class outfit and an...

Premier Melbourne melodic death metal band act Be’lakor have just announced the news that they have signed a worldwide deal with Austria’s Napalm Records. We’re proud to announce that we have signed with Napalm Records. On the...

Back in 2014, Melbourne’s Envenomed released their debut full-length album, ‘Evil Unseen’. Showcasing a type of thrash metal that was wholly unexpected to me the first time I listened through this record, it incorporated melodic elements in...

New Zealand’s sludge kings, Beastwars, have announced that they are to release their anticipated third studio album this April. Entitled ‘The Death of All Things’, it sees the further evolution of the band’s music in the realm...

One might think that when it comes to the aptly named genre of ‘pirate metal’ that one band would be more than enough to fill the required gap. With Alestorm leading the charge for modern pirate metal...

Tobias Sammet – Avantasia Avantasia hold a very special place in my heart as a fan of metal music. For me, it was this band that introduced me to power metal; a subgenre of metal which has...

Gold Coast based hardcore act She Cries Wolf have announced that they soon be hitting the road in March/April to celebrate the release of their upcoming single. They will be joined by Stepson and Ratking for the...