Tim McMillan and Rachel Snow, Karen Heath and I Built the Sky (acoustic) @ Worker’s Club, Melbourne, 13/03/2020

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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 7 months ago
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 7 months ago
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 7 months ago
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 7 months ago
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 8 months ago
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 8 months ago
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 8 months ago
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 9 months ago
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 10 months ago
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 10 months ago

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...
- Posted 7 months 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...
- Posted 7 months 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...
- Posted 7 months 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...
- Posted 7 months 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...
- Posted 8 months ago
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Live Reviews

Tim McMillan and Rachel Snow, Karen Heath and I Built the Sky (acoustic) @ Worker’s Club, Melbourne, 13/03/2020

Mammal, Rival Fire, Crystal Ignite @ Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne, 6/03/2020

Mono, Solkyri and Jo Quail @ Max Watts, Melbourne 06/03/2020

Cattle Decapitation, Revocation, Remains @ Max Watts, Melbourne 20/02/2020

29 Bones, Ocelot Eclipse, Nuremberg Code, Lunar Deity @ Leadbeater Hotel, Melbourne 15/02/20

Geoff Tate, Black Majesty & Espionage @ Croxton Hotel, 01/02/2019

Cirrus Crown, Arcane Saints, Terrestrials, Formiles @ The Workers Club, Melbourne, 31/1/2019

Lune, Advocates, Vatic, In Vanity @ Stay Gold, Melbourne, 21/12/2019

Opeth & Circles @ Palais Theatre, Melbourne 13/12/2019

Glass Ocean, Opus of a Machine, Phambam, Little Rituals @ The Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne 7/12/2019

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Tim McMillan and Rachel Snow, Karen Heath and I Built the Sky (acoustic) @ Worker’s Club, Melbourne, 13/03/2020

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