Frédéric Leclercq – DragonForce DragonForce have long been a staple of mine when it comes to power metal playlists, or just for those moments where I feel like some cheesy, metal goodness. It wasn’t until very recently that...

Thanks to Direct Touring and Third Eye Print, American melodic death metallers The Black Dahlia Murder will be coming to Australia this year for an extended tour in June. Last here for Soundwave 2014, The Black Dahlia...

Melbourne industrial metal unit Witchgrinder led a maelstrom of gigs and tour spots in the year past. 2015 looks set to continue this trend for the quartet as they gear up in April for a pair of...

According to corporate registry documents obtained from ASIC (via theMusic.com.au), the Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne branches of the Melbourne-based company were placed into external administration on February 12. As theMusic.com.au reports, a “source with knowledge of the...

Whoa, this one’s big! Prepare yourself for a string of shows almost every night with one new featured band on each occasion. Starting at the Cherry Bar for two nights, it will continue at the Ding Dong...

With US based metalcore Norma Jean due to be hitting Australian shores this April, thanks to Taperjean Touring, Select Touring, and Hysteria Magazine, the awaited announcement for tour supports has been answered. Melbourne act Belle Haven have...

Click here to view the full photo gallery. It was a warm Saturday night when I and my friend, Mai, attended the album/CD launch for Hybrid Nightmares‘ ‘The First Age’, the beginning to a four-part fictional saga...

Five years have passed since the release of Blind Guardian’s highly acclaimed studio album, ‘At the Edge of Time’. Since the closing seconds of that album’s final track “Wheel of Time”, fans have been clamouring for the...

What is perhaps the most perfect pairing any metalcore fan could hope to find. Thanks to Soundwave Touring, this Sidewave will see prominent American bands Of Mice & Men, Atreyu, and The Devil Wears Prada share the...

This sad news arrived recently. A member of Blood Duster, named Scott (AKA Beltsy or Belt Thrower) has been asked to leave the band. In the wake of this terrible news comes a new tour from the...