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  • Hadal Maw – Olm

    Technical Death metal and Australia might surprise most of you as being a match made in heaven. With a history that boasts bands like The Berzerker up to more recently The Schoenberg Automaton, there is just something about the...

    • Posted 9 years ago
  • Ocean Grove – The Rhapsody Tapes

    Fans of Melbourne’s Ocean Grove have waited a long time for their debut album but well done to the band, they took their time to release something they would be completely happy with. The Rhapsody Tapes is an album...

    • Posted 9 years ago
  • Dyssidia – Of Delight And Despair

    Let me be frank, at the best of times I struggle to digest progressive metal. I have always appreciated a faster and more unapologetic speed when listening to music, which quite often doesn’t meld well with the progressive metal...

    • Posted 9 years ago
  • Boris the Blade – Warpath

    Warpath is a highly appropriate title for this album, the new album from this Melbourne-based extreme act destroys all in its path, leaving nothing but smoking carnage in its wake. That said, this band have developed and honed their...

    • Posted 9 years ago
  • Stormtide – Wrath Of An Empire

    In the perpetual wait for Wintersun’s Time II record, it seemed difficult to find similar bands in today’s metal climate that matched the uncanny and oriental-flavoured, epic melodic death metal of that band. That was, until Melbourne’s Stormtide appeared with...

    • Posted 9 years ago
  • Ice on Mercury – Blind Leading the Lifeless EP

    This (r)Adelaide band is not attempting to re-invent any wheels or experiment with the artform that is rock ‘n’ roll whatsoever, that is not the point. These boys just want to turn their guitars up to 10, slam the...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Figures – Figures EP

    I’m not sure if this band, or their fans, will actually appreciate such a close comparison to another band, and maybe this is faux pas for a reviewer. But just about everyone in the Aussie alt-rock scene misses The...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Airbourne – Breakin’ Outta Hell

    Home-grown Aussie hard rockers Airbourne have been killing it as of late, packing out arenas across the world and giving crowds a much needed rock and roll revitalisation. The boys have come out swinging with their fourth full-length release, Breakin’ Outta Hell –...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Intercranial Tremors – Rebirth

    Following the release of their three-track EP, Entropy, back in August this year, Melbourne’s Intercranial Tremors have now taken the liberty of remixing their first EP (which was only released back in April of this year), Rebirth. The result...

    • Posted 10 years ago
  • Figures – Figures EP

    I’m a fan of Figures. Not normally how I’d start an objective review of any bands EP, but this band has impressed me straight away, and I can say without question that I bloody love what they do and...

    • Posted 10 years ago