Doc Neeson For many fans of the Australian rock scene, Bernard Patrick “Doc” Neeson is someone who needs no introduction. The former frontman of influential ’70s rock band The Angels has today lost his battle with brain...

In Hearts Wake, the band and their environmental message, have become quite ingrained in the Australian music subconscious recently. Spawned in 2006 in the heart of Byron Bay, New South Wales, following on from In Hearts Wake’s 25 show regional...

Attention all Aussie rock and metal bands! Independent French label La Bam Prod are currently preparing their first compilation album ‘HeadBamgers’ and are seeking suitable candidates from around the world to send in their...

Opening with a galloping rhythm and a melodic riff, ‘Evil Unseen’, the debut album by Melbourne’s Envenomed, wastes no time thundering into its infectious groove, and as “Will of Man” begins, you’re greeted by vocalist Anthony Mavrikis’...

ARMI® or the ‘Australian Rock and Metal Institute’ is a South Australian business launched in January 2012 by Christian Broome and his wife Connie. It was launched by the pair as a way “to encourage and inspire...

Over the past couple days, Melbourne’s premier melodic death metal quintet Orpheus Omega have been teasing photos here-and-there across their Facebook page (namely via band bassist Dan Ralph and frontman Chris Themelco) about the early (I stress ‘early’ here)...

The national supports have been officially announced for the upcoming High On Fire tour in July. HIGH ON FIRE formed in 1998 after the dissolution of stoner metal pioneers, Sleep – taking the sludgy foundations of their predecessors...

Brisbane-based alternative rockers Dead Letter Circus, who are currently at the tail-end of their ‘The Insider’ tour, made a special announcement earlier today that they will be playing select shows in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne. This will consist of...

I’ll admit I haven’t been too huge on Edguy of late. I use to really love these guys back in their heyday with songs like “Spooks in the Attic”, “Tears of a Mandrake”, and “Lavatory Love Machine”,...

You may have seen the news posted here a couple days ago about the latest track by Brisbane’s Kyzer Soze, “Aedes Satan” (which in its Latin form can be translated to ‘Shrine’ or ‘Tomb’ of Satan). After...