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Album Reviews

  • Metallica – Hardwired…To Self Destruct

    Looking back at Metallica’s career, from their (not-so) humble beginnings to their eventual monopoly on their heavy metal world, if there’s one thing that every metalhead around the world pays attention to, it’s the announcement and release of a...

    • 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 9 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 9 years ago

  • Sixx:A.M. – Prayers for the Blessed Vol. 2

    In the near-decade since their inception as a side-project to the inner workings of his own mind, the iconic Nikki Sixx has managed to take a firm grip on his now-only musical project and propel Sixx:A.M. to new heights....

    • Posted 9 years ago

  • HammerFall – Built To Last

    Now ten studio albums in, Built To Last marks HammerFall’s latest since 2014’s (r)Evolution. In a big turn for HammerFall, it too marks the Swedes first ever record to not be released on their long-time German label, Nuclear Blast. Instead, they...

    • Posted 9 years ago

  • The Dillinger Escape Plan – Dissociation

    This review was fucking torture. I don’t like the album; people are going to vehemently disagree with me, or agree because they’ve always hated Dillinger. You know who you are. I’ve only met two other people who are Dillinger...

    • Posted 9 years ago

  • Devin Townsend Project – Transcendence

    The Devin Townsend Project has returned with yet another masterpiece, a real treat for the senses following their Ziltoid-led Z2 which was released in 2014. Transcendence represents a culmination of sounds that the band and Devin Townsend have created over...

    • Posted 9 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 9 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 9 years ago

  • Sodom – Decision Day

    A long time ago in a lower-middle class Melbourne suburb far away, I was first introduced to the sounds German Teutonic thrash metallers, Sodom. Whilst the majority of impressionable kids at the time were listening to the various flavours of the...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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