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“It feels really good finally getting it out there for people to listen to” – An interview with Lochlan Watt (R U N)

There is good music, and then there is music that taps into the deepest parts of you, almost being an astounding aural life lesson and new Australian project R U N, featuring Lochlan Watt (The Racket, former live vocalist...
- Posted 4 weeks ago
“People can sit there and listen to it without any distractions” – An interview with Trevor Strnad (Black Dahlia Murder)

COVID-19. Will 2020 be known for anything else? As far as heavy metal is concerned, it’s the year the gigs stopped. For sure, other genres are affected in a similar manner to our great descriptor of music that is...
- Posted 4 weeks ago
“Our bass player actually had coronavirus” – An Interview With Mish Sharma (Torizon)

Coronavirus has rocked our world. It has especially rocked the rock world, the music industry, the arts and so on. But new Queensland heavy alternative rock act Torizon have been truly and directly touched by the disease. Frontwoman Mish...
- Posted 4 weeks ago
“The world’s changing so quickly around us!” – An Interview With Jake Ewings (Ebonivory)

As has been proven over the years, full-blown concept albums can be hard to pull off. For every instance where the artform was executed to seeming perfection, for every Operation: Mindcrime, The Wall or Scenes From a Memory, there...
- Posted 1 month ago
“A Really Heavy Pop Band” – An Interview With Adam and Emil (With Heavy Hearts)

The name With Heavy Hearts may not be the most well-known amongst Aussie heavy music fans, but that situation may very well change over the coming 12 months or so. The Swedish melodic death metal four-piece recently entered into...
- Posted 2 months ago
“It’s all about that light at the end of the tunnel.” – An Interview With Sam Vallen (Caligula’s Horse)

Most big corporations and other organisations have ‘mission statements’. Some bands even have them. Iconic Brisbane progressive heavy act Caligula’s Horse actually have a formalized one, and in these very heady and uncertain times when the band is on...
- Posted 2 months ago
“There’s a little bit of room for changing things up” – An interview with Bill Steer (Carcass)

When Lars and James were busy figuring out how to make Metallica sound like Mötley Crüe‘s dreadful Dr Feelgood (’89), then stupefying the thrash icon’s sound to appeal to mainstream hard rock’s lowest common denominator of fandom via the self-titled (aka Black) album back in...
- Posted 4 months ago
“The progress is forever ongoing and evolving” – An interview with Mitch Alexander (Eye of the Enemy)

Melbourne’s Eye of the Enemy recently released their third full-length album, Titan. Metal Obsession’s Ben Hillier caught up with singer Mitch Alexander (who also hosts Triple J’s The Racket) late last year to discuss the new album, the band’s...
- Posted 4 months ago
“We will combine a set with both the old and new…” – An interview with Michael Stützer (Artillery)

Danish thrash metal originals Artillery is in the country for a series highly anticipated shows, and the band’s founder and all-round nice guy Michael Stützer is thrilled to perform down under finally. The conversation with Stützer got off to an excellent...
- Posted 5 months ago
“We were talking about bringing back some older ones” – An interview with Gina Gleason (Baroness)

Baroness is an impressive four-piece from Georgia who will be in Australia very soon for appearances at Download, and some seriously tasty Brisbane and Adelaide sideshows with Deftones. The band have toured Australia previously, supporting Metallica in 2010, performing at Soundwave in 2010...
- Posted 5 months ago

Abramelin – Never Enough Snuff
The sun-scorched corpse of Australian extreme metal oozes the...
- Posted 4 weeks ago
Warnings – Event Horizon
Australia seems to produce high-quality alternative/progressive rock and metal...
- Posted 4 weeks ago
Lune – Ghost
This Melbourne five-piece haven’t been around very long, but...
- Posted 4 weeks ago
Wardaemonic – Acts of Repentance
It can often take bands a considerable length of...
- Posted 3 months ago
Garganjua – Toward The Sun
Garganjua have been ticking away for a few years...
- Posted 3 months ago
Sepultura – Quadra
At this point there is probably no need to...
- Posted 3 months ago

Interviews

“It feels really good finally getting it out there for people to listen to” – An interview with Lochlan Watt (R U N)

“People can sit there and listen to it without any distractions” – An interview with Trevor Strnad (Black Dahlia Murder)

“Our bass player actually had coronavirus” – An Interview With Mish Sharma (Torizon)

“The world’s changing so quickly around us!” – An Interview With Jake Ewings (Ebonivory)

“A Really Heavy Pop Band” – An Interview With Adam and Emil (With Heavy Hearts)

“It’s all about that light at the end of the tunnel.” – An Interview With Sam Vallen (Caligula’s Horse)

“There’s a little bit of room for changing things up” – An interview with Bill Steer (Carcass)

“The progress is forever ongoing and evolving” – An interview with Mitch Alexander (Eye of the Enemy)

“We will combine a set with both the old and new…” – An interview with Michael Stützer (Artillery)

“We were talking about bringing back some older ones” – An interview with Gina Gleason (Baroness)

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