A few months back, we announced that US melodeath band The Black Dahlia Murder would be touring Australia and New Zealand this June. With only a few weeks left until the tour kicks off, Metal Obsession are proud to...

Sydney born extreme metal quartet, Thy Art Is Murder, have officially released their music video for new track “Light Bearer”; off their forthcoming third full-length album, ‘Holy War’. Guitarist Andy Marsh had this to say about the...

Andi Deris – Helloween As it was for me with the likes of HammerFall and Blind Guardian, Helloween were one of the first power metal bands I was ever introduced to. It wasn’t long before the German...

Having premiered last night on Triple J’s ‘The Racket’, “Beacons”, the first single from Melbourne born melodic death metallers Orpheus Omega off their forthcoming third studio album ‘Partum Vita Mortem’, has officially been released. Check out the new...

After 22 years, old school British death metallers Bolt Thrower will be returning to Australia. Presented by Black Conjuration Fest, Bolt Thrower will be playing at said festival, alongside a handful of independent shows in Australia’s major...

The official cover art, tracklisting, and concept behind ‘Partum Vita Mortem’, the upcoming third album from Melbourne melodic death metallers Orpheus Omega, has been released. The news was shared via Orpheus Omega’s Facebook page. The concept behind...

Australian metal webzine SF Media have officially launched their ‘Welcome to SF Media Touring’ campaign. A brand new component for SF Media that will see it branch out into an independent touring company, alongside its usual duties. They...

Words: Jonathon Besanko Images: Ben Gunzburg I’m going to preface this by saying that this following review is written simply going off my memory. I wrote this review as a favour to one of my Metal Obsession co-workers,...

It was yesterday announced by Melbourne metallers High Tension the release of their anticipated second album, entitled ‘Bully’. Debuted on Triple J, head on over here to check out the new videoclip for song “Sports”. There are...

Words: Jonathon Besanko Images: Matt Allan Twilight blossoms over the foggy horizon on what is one of Melbourne’s coldest nights in a while. I have the onset stages of a cold, I’m rugged up like an eskimo,...