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  • Eluveitie – Ategnatos

    In April, folk metal legends Eluveitie will release their eighth full-length album Ategnatos, supported by an Australian tour in May. My immediate impression of the album was that it reminded me of the early Eluveitie albums, in particular, Spirit...

    • Posted 6 years ago

  • Devin Townsend – Empath

    Devin Townsend is one of the most prolific and influential musicians in heavy music. His career has been so varied and high calibre that I actually find it hard to summarise it all into a concise paragraph to commence this...

    • Posted 6 years ago

  • Myoora – Moon Grotto

    The entire world is a veritable treasure trove of heavy and progressive instrumental guitar wizardry at the moment. If you dig this type of stuff, it’s just a great time to be alive, and you will certainly dig this...

    • Posted 6 years ago

  • In Flames – I, The Mask

    In Flames, once a foundational band of the Gothenburg Sound and melodic death metal in general, are back with album thirteen, I, The Mask. Listening to this album and understanding what it requires the listener to manage their expectations...

    • Posted 6 years ago

  • Candlemass – The Door To Doom

    Candlemass are one of the iconic metal bands of yore, arguably coining the label ‘doom metal’ with 1986’s Sabbath-fuelled Epicus Doomicus Metallicus. Much of The Door to Doom is a throwback to an earlier time, a return to roots...

    • Posted 6 years ago

  • King Diamond – Songs for the Dead Live

    There will only ever be one Queen, Prince has exited this mortal coil and its unlikely music fans will ever agree on just who the Princess title belongs to (for me there is only one, hip hop artist Concetta...

    • Posted 6 years ago

  • M0DAL1TY – Synthes1s

    Man, these guys move quickly. Less than a year after the untimely demise of Melbourne band Branch Arterial, two of the members, frontman Nigel Jackson and drummer Adam Zaffarese, have put together a whole new band and written and...

    • Posted 6 years ago

  • Audio Reign – Audio Reign

    Audio Reign are a South Aussie band who have been around for a number of years now. They push the straight up and down, four on the floor hard rock agenda pretty hard, and this is simultaneously their biggest...

    • Posted 7 years ago

  • Circles – The Last One

    Circles began life at the fore of the djent ‘genre’/movement of the early 2010s, with an EP Compass in 2011 and a full-length Infinitas in 2014. The Last One marks their first release since Infinitas, following a series of...

    • Posted 7 years ago

  • Daughters – You Won’t Get What You Want

    Daughters just dropped an album so good, it’s bewildering. It’s at times a noisy, intense and powerful romp along the border of what could be considered “music” or “listenable,” but it also demonstrates a subdued and considered approach to...

    • Posted 7 years ago
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