Words: Jonathon Besanko Images: Mark Hoffmann (Click here to view the full gallery) Here was a show I was most looking forward to. It was the final night of Abbath’s exclusive east coast Australian tour and I...

Words: Jonathon Besanko Images: Mark Hoffmann (Click here to view the full gallery) Taking place at Max Watt’s House of Music (formerly the Hi-Fi Bar), Melbourne, I was both intrigued and excited for what was on show...

Words: Jonathon Besanko Images: Matt Allan (Click here to view the full gallery) It’s been three decades now since Germany’s Helloween first came to be in the city of Hamburg. With 2015 marking the band’s 30th anniversary, the German...

Images: Matt Allan Words: Jonathon Besanko HammerFall are a band that hold a special place in my heart in terms of their music, the ever-positive attitudes of its band members (both on and off stage), and just...

In anticipation of this week’s release of their third album, Brisbane’s prog powerhouse, Caligula’s Horse, have unveiled their new music video for the track, “Firelight”. It is currently premiering over at The Music. …the video for Firelight perfectly displays all...

  Joacim Cans – HammerFall Sweden’s HammerFall are a band that continue to grow from strength to strength. From their humble beginnings in 1993 as a then new project from ex-Ceremonial Oath vocalist/guitarist, Oscar Dronjak, and Jesper...

With just a few dates left of their successful ‘Ire’ Australian tour, Parkway Drive‘s fifth and latest album ‘Ire’ has debuted at #1 on the ARIA Chart. This marks the biggest first week sales of 2015 for any...

For the drone fans out there, Seattle’s oddly typed Sunn O))) (simply pronounced ‘Sun’) will be coming to Adelaide with French avant-garde outfit, Magma, in March, 2016 for a co-headline festival at Thebarton Theatre for the Adelaide Festival....

Melbourne extreme metal quintet, Hybrid Nightmares, are preparing for the much anticipated release of their fourth and final instalment in the Ages series, ‘The Fourth Age’; the conclusion to their epic and cataclysmic four-part story. The album...

In what will be the band’s first ever US appearance, Sydney melodic metal heroes LORD have been announced to be playing the prestigious ProgPower USA event in 2016. Commented ProgPower USA Co-Promoter Milton Mendonca “There is a fundamental difference between bands...