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Voyager Announce New Album Launch
“Australian pop sensibility with modern progressive heaviness – the cult force that is VOYAGER.” In the wake of the successful Kickstarter campaign ‘I am Voyager’ late last year to early February of this year, Perth progressive outfit Voyager have unveiled...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Decimatus Return For An Epic Night Of Metal At The Evelyn!
Four of Melbourne’s hottest up-and-comers have teamed up for one epic night of extreme metal excellence at The Evelyn, Fitzroy on May 24th. Editors note: Okay, so this isn’t exactly breaking news at this point, but I...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Children Of Bodom, Eye Of The Enemy & Orpheus Omega @ 170 Russell, Melbourne 07/05/2014
Images: Len Panecki Words: Jonathon Besanko Click here to view the full gallery With a COBHC banner decorating the stage at the back (which if you know Children of Bodom stands for the Bodom ‘Hate Crew’, a...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Copia – Eleven : Eleven
Concluding the second part of my 2-for-1 metal night is Copia. It is bands like Copia that should make fans of alternative hard rock/progressive metal feel proud to be Australian. The production level on the band’s debut...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Hybrid Nightmares – Hybrid Nightmares
I’m not going to try and fly under the radar with this one. I’m going to be frank in saying that these next two albums are old; in the sense at least that they were both released...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Hellraiser VI – Perseverance, ‘The Brustian Solution’ EP Launch
Celebrating its sixth year, the annual extreme metal festival Hellraiser returns to Melbourne for another bout of terror; helping showcase the best new local talent in the black, death, and thrash metal scenes respectively. Taking place at The...
- Posted 11 years ago
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‘Mystery: Born To Rock’ Gala Event @ The Astor Theatre, Melbourne 24/04/2014
The other night was a pretty unique and interesting experience for me. While I’ve been to a ton of gigs now and experienced much of that culture and its many great supporting venues, one place I’ve never...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Morbid Angel & Belligerent Intent @ The Hi-Fi, Melbourne 23/04/2014
Images: John Raptis Words: Jonathan Besanko I don’t mean to overstate this but this night was a dream come true for me. Seeing Morbid Angel live for the first time: the band who first got me into...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Gloryhammer, Lagerstein, Hybrid Nightmares and Aquilus @ The Espy, Melbourne 19/04/2014
Images: Anwar Rizk Words: Jonathan Besanko This is my second outing catching a gig at the Espy (I recently saw Orphaned Land there), and I’ve got to say, I really love this venue. The Gershwin Room the...
- Posted 11 years ago
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“Pavlova. It is the dessert of the gods” – An interview with Christopher Bowes
The epic power metallers Gloryhammer are fast approaching our shores, mounted high on the backs of unicorns blazing through fields of steel! Sorry, I couldn’t resist. That being said, Metal Obsession recently had the pleasure of speaking...
- Posted 11 years ago