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Slash & Steel Panther @ Festival Hall, Melbourne 26/02/2015

Images: Matt Allan Words: Jonathon Besanko Click here to view full gallery It’d been a little while for myself since I was as excited for a gig as I was for when this one when it was first announced....
- Posted 3 days ago
Marilyn Manson, Deathstars, Apocalyptica @ Enmore Theatre, Sydney 25/02/2015

Images & Words: Martin Michea Click here to view gallery Tonight I witnessed the Sidewave package that looked like the most interesting one beforehand. Deathstars are essentially a Rammstein light and they are always solid live. Apocalyptica used to...
- Posted 4 days ago
Animals As Leaders @ Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne 24/02/2015

Images: Jainish Prakash Words: Mitch Booth Click here to view full gallery Animals As Leaders are one of those bands that prove instrumental guitar-focused music can be something quite powerful live, and not just a bunch of “look at...
- Posted 4 days ago
Soundgarden @ Festival Hall, Melbourne 24/02/2015

Words: Jonathon Besanko Images: Ben Gunzburg Click here to view the full gallery Last night was an incredible evening. It was a Tuesday night, but that didn’t stop the many hundreds of people who had congregated outside Festival Hall,...
- Posted 5 days ago
Soundwave Festival Day Two @ Showgrounds, Melbourne 22/02/2015

Images: Cameron Stewart Words: Thoams Szulik Click here to view full gallery. For the first time in the history of the annual Soundwave festival, having already faced extreme weather, transportation blunders, and enough music to warrant a festival on...
- Posted 7 days ago
Soundwave Festival Day Two @ Bonython Park, Adelaide 22/02/2015

Images: Kerrie Geier Words: Cameron Dodds Click here to view full gallery. After rocking out all day Saturday in searing 40 degree heat, day 2 of Soundwave was always going to be a struggle for me and everyone else...
- Posted 1 week ago
Soundwave Festival Day One @ Showgrounds, Melbourne 21/02/2015

Images: Cameron Stewart Words: Thomas Szulik Click here to view the full gallery. The annual Soundwave festival returned to its original home at the Melbourne Showgrounds this year, where despite extensive lines and extreme heat, punters sporting black t-shirts,...
- Posted 1 week ago
Soundwave Festival Day One @ Bonython Park, Adelaide 21/02/2015

Images: Kerrie Geier Words: Cameron Dodds Click here to view the full gallery. Under a scorching sun, Soundwave 2015 kicked off with one of Australia’s hottest metal bands, King Parrot. Despite temperatures reaching 40 degrees, the band performed with...
- Posted 1 week ago
Hybrid Nightmares, ‘The First Age’ Album Launch @ Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne 07/02/2015

Click here to view the full photo gallery. It was a warm Saturday night when I and my friend, Mai, attended the album/CD launch for Hybrid Nightmares‘ ‘The First Age’, the beginning to a four-part fictional saga the band...
- Posted 3 weeks ago
Marduk, Inquisition & Denouncement Pyre @ HiFi Bar, Melbourne 16/01/2015

Last night saw two of black metal’s elite, that of Sweden’s Marduk and Colombia’s Inquisition, take to the stage for what was ultimately a series of pounding, mind-blowing performances. Prior to this, I hadn’t been so excited for a...
- Posted 1 month ago

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Slash & Steel Panther @ Festival Hall, Melbourne 26/02/2015

Images: Matt Allan Words: Jonathon Besanko Click here to view...
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Marilyn Manson, Deathstars, Apocalyptica @ Enmore Theatre, Sydney 25/02/2015

Images & Words: Martin Michea Click here to view gallery...
- Posted 4 days ago
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Animals As Leaders @ Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne 24/02/2015

Images: Jainish Prakash Words: Mitch Booth Click here to view...
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Soundgarden @ Festival Hall, Melbourne 24/02/2015

Words: Jonathon Besanko Images: Ben Gunzburg Click here to view...
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Soundwave Festival Day Two @ Showgrounds, Melbourne 22/02/2015

Images: Cameron Stewart Words: Thoams Szulik Click here to view...
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Album Reviews

Shellfin – Cities Without Names
If there’s one thing that Shellfin proved with their...
- Posted 1 week ago
Napalm Death – Apex Predator/Easy Meat
15 albums and Napalm Death are still pissed off...
- Posted 1 week ago
Soilwork – Live in Helskini
The Swedish “divorce death metal” (seriously, check their Facebook)...
- Posted 1 week ago
Decimatus – Catalyst For Rage
From the outset of Decimatus’ debut album Catalyst for...
- Posted 2 weeks ago
Tempest Rising – Transmutation
Tempest Rising are a metal band from Perth, Western...
- Posted 2 weeks ago
Marduk – Frontshwein
Legendary black metal outfit Marduk has never been one...
- Posted 3 weeks ago