Live Reviews
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Tim McMillan and Rachel Snow, Karen Heath and I Built the Sky (acoustic) @ Worker’s Club, Melbourne, 13/03/2020
News of the Coronavirus outbreak is sweeping the entire planet as I mosey over to the Worker’s Club this night. I’m thinking it may possibly affect the attendance at what is a very special night for Tim and Rachel,...
- Posted 1 year ago
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Mammal, Rival Fire, Crystal Ignite @ Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne, 6/03/2020
StKilda’s world-famous Esplanade Hotel is back. Well, it’s partly back to its old glory. The front section looks extremely different, and the fact that the front band bar is gone is saddening, but at least the mighty Gershwin Room...
- Posted 1 year ago
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Mono, Solkyri and Jo Quail @ Max Watts, Melbourne 06/03/2020
Image: Mark HoffmannWords: Ben Eldström The 6th November was a smorgasbord for Melbourne metalheads, with gigs around the inner suburbs and city featuring the likes of Mammal, Ebonivory / Glass Ocean, and Envenomed. For this reason, you could have...
- Posted 1 year ago
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Cattle Decapitation, Revocation, Remains @ Max Watts, Melbourne 20/02/2020
Cattle Decapitation and Revocation is a perfect pairing for one main reason; they’re both bands that somehow continually get better with age and there’s nothing more exciting that seeing a band at their peak (so far). Opening duties fell...
- Posted 1 year ago
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29 Bones, Ocelot Eclipse, Nuremberg Code, Lunar Deity @ Leadbeater Hotel, Melbourne 15/02/20
Message to heavy bands, local and otherwise: book more shows at this venue. It’s killer. I had never been here before, and it’s certainly not the best known band venue in this great musical city, but one look and...
- Posted 1 year ago
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Geoff Tate, Black Majesty & Espionage @ Croxton Hotel, 01/02/2019
What an evening this promises to be. One of the most iconic and storied rock/metal vocalists in history, playing what this humble rock/metal fan and writer considers to be the greatest concept album ever released, and one of the...
- Posted 1 year ago
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Cirrus Crown, Arcane Saints, Terrestrials, Formiles @ The Workers Club, Melbourne, 31/1/2019
The weather app on my phone told me it fleetingly hit 44deg Celsius in Melbourne this day, and it is still steaming when Geelong’s Formiles hits the Workers stage at around 8.30pm. Sweaty gigs are always fun, and this...
- Posted 1 year ago
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Lune, Advocates, Vatic, In Vanity @ Stay Gold, Melbourne, 21/12/2019
Metalcore/post-hardcore is one of those sub-genres that has been bagged mercilessly by the ‘true’ metalheads as being a ‘fad’ and other such nonsense, but is now making them eat their words due to the incredible longevity it has achieved....
- Posted 1 year ago
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Opeth & Circles @ Palais Theatre, Melbourne 13/12/2019
Images: Cameron StewartWords: Mitch Booth When Circles were announced as the opening band it seemed like a bit of an odd choice. Sure Opeth has gone prog but it’s a very different vein. In hindsight, however, after seeing how...
- Posted 1 year ago
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Glass Ocean, Opus of a Machine, Phambam, Little Rituals @ The Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne 7/12/2019
The Glass Ocean and Opus of a Machine tour, in fact the entire Melbourne lineup, may seem somewhat of a mismatch on paper, but when you are there enjoying this snapshot of the wondrous diversity inherent in the Aussie...
- Posted 1 year ago
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Tim McMillan and Rachel Snow, Karen Heath and I Built the Sky (acoustic) @ Worker’s Club, Melbourne, 13/03/2020
News of the Coronavirus outbreak is sweeping the entire planet...
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Mammal, Rival Fire, Crystal Ignite @ Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne, 6/03/2020
StKilda’s world-famous Esplanade Hotel is back. Well, it’s partly back...
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Mono, Solkyri and Jo Quail @ Max Watts, Melbourne 06/03/2020
Image: Mark HoffmannWords: Ben Eldström The 6th November was a...
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Cattle Decapitation, Revocation, Remains @ Max Watts, Melbourne 20/02/2020
Cattle Decapitation and Revocation is a perfect pairing for one...
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29 Bones, Ocelot Eclipse, Nuremberg Code, Lunar Deity @ Leadbeater Hotel, Melbourne 15/02/20
Message to heavy bands, local and otherwise: book more shows...
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Album Reviews
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El Colosso – Forgotten Ancestors
Another heavily underrated local act, this Melbourne band has...
- Posted 4 months ago
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Markus Saastamoinen – Puzzle Pieces
A little background on Markus Saastomoinen: he is a...
- Posted 4 months ago
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Plini – Impulse Voices
The new album from Sydney instrumental guitar prodigy Plini...
- Posted 5 months ago
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HJELVIK – Welcome to Hel
Ex-Kevelertak frontman Erlend Hjelvik is about to open the...
- Posted 5 months ago