Download Festival @ Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne 11/03/2019

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Download Festival @ Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne 11/03/2019

Images: Rebecca HouldenWords: Matt Barton Click here to view the full gallery. People of Australia have been screaming for Download Festival to come down under for many years and, last year, it finally did. Now in its second year,...
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Download Festival @ Parramatta Park, Sydney 09/03/2019

Images: Dakota GordonWords: Ben Hillier Click here to view the full photo gallery. Yesterday, I had the privilege of attending the first annual Download Festival at Parramatta Park in Sydney. While the festival ran in Melbourne last year (and...
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Images: Clinton HatfieldWords: Mitch Alexander Suldusk are great! Now on my third draft of this part of the review, I’ve realised I need to lead up front with something obvious, because depending on what you think of them conceptually...
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Zeal & Ardor have made a name for themselves as innovative pioneers of Metal since forming in 2013. Led by Swiss American, Manuel Gagneux, Zeal & Ardor’s sound is an avant-garde hybrid of African American spirituals and Norwegian Black...
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Images: Rebecca Houlden Words: Anwar Rizk Click here to view the full photo gallery. Good Things Festival is a new venture from the creative minds behind Destroy All Lines. Making its debut in Melbourne at Flemington Racecourse with the...
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Images: Rebecca Houlden Words: Mitch Alexander Click here to view the full gallery. Tonight’s vibe was weird. Usually, a gig is either great or shitty, and there are a couple of stand out things you can point to that,...
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It was the perfect evening for progressive music in Sydney and was made even better by the fact that it was at the Manning Bar, my favourite venue in Sydney. Beginning the night on a funky note was Serbian...
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Download Festival @ Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne 11/03/2019

Images: Rebecca HouldenWords: Matt Barton Click here to view the...
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Download Festival @ Parramatta Park, Sydney 09/03/2019

Images: Dakota GordonWords: Ben Hillier Click here to view the...
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Anaal Nathrakh, Hybrid Nightmares, Hadal Maw & Suldusk @ Max Watts, Melbourne 08/03/2019

Images: Clinton HatfieldWords: Mitch Alexander Suldusk are great! Now on...
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Zeal & Ardor, Balloons Kill Babies & Sam Haven @ The Brightside, Brisbane 28/02/2019

Zeal & Ardor have made a name for themselves as...
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Watain, Nocturnal Graves & Impetuous Ritual @ Crowbar, Brisbane 23/02/2019

A recent conversation with Watain frontman Erik Danielsson revealed that...
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