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Hell On The Bay IV Sets Sail This September
Today saw the announcement that the annual heavy metal boat cruise, ‘Hell On the Bay’, will be embarking on its fourth venture this September. Simply titled ‘IV’ after its Roman numeral equivalent, the event will play host as it...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Dead Letter Circus Announce ‘The Burning Number’ Australia Tour
Brisbane’s Dead Letter Circus have today announced that they will be heading out on the road in Australia to tour in support of their new single, “The Burning Number”. Joining them will be Clint Boge (of The Butterfly Effect)...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Deftones Announce Australian Tour This November
Yesterday we were teased by promoter Destroy All Lines about an announcement happening today at 12:30pm local time, to be announced on triple j. Alas, the news is out and it’s been announced that Californian based alt-metal act Deftones will be...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Slipknot Return To Australia This October
After a series of photos emerged online the other day teasing less-than-subtly the arrival of US act Slipknot with posters pasted about different Australian streets with the tagline, “Prepare for Hell”, the announcement that the Iowa-based band will soon be returning...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Chris Maric (Maric Media) Joins ‘Heavy Metal Truants IV’
For anyone working in the Australian music industry, specialising in rock/metal, Chris Maric is virtually a household name. The head of Maric Media, and Australian PR manager to some of the world’s biggest metal and rock labels and promoters...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Winter Solstice Damnation Fest Returns To Melbourne This June
Winter Solstice Damnation, Melbourne’s own black metal festival, is returning for round two on June 4th at The Tote Hotel. Last year’s edition had featured Adamus Exul, Ak-11, Cemetery Urn, Eskhaton, Voidchrist and Wood of Suicides, with this year’s instalment aiming to amp...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Involuntary Convulsion have released their incredibly brutal debut
3-piece Involuntary Convulsion have been floating around Melbourne for a while now with live shows and numerous teasers & tastes of their debut recordings, and now they’re here. Tempus Edax Rerums is the 5-track debut EP, and it’s as brutal as the...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Premiere: Numenorean Release First Song From Debut Album, ‘Home’
Canadian post-black metal outfit, Numenorean (so named after an ancient race of Men from the First Age in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium), are pleased to announce the release of their first song “Home”, title-track to the band’s eponymous debut album, which is...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Daemon Pyre Release New Music Video & Announce Upcoming Tour Dates
Sydney’s Daemon Pyre today released their new music video for track, “Darkened Perceptions.” Filmed using live footage from the band’s two recent Sydney shows at the Bald Faced Stag hotel, it was here Daemon Pyre performed as the main...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Symphony X Announce First Ever Australian Tour For This October!
Legendary US prog-metal band, Symphony X, have announced that they will be hitting Australian shores for the first time ever this October! Though only a short, two-date venture covering Melbourne and Sydney respectively, this will undoubtedly be a tour...
- Posted 9 years ago
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Pioneering Aussie metal drummer Matt ‘Skitz’ announces 2021 national tour.
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Be’lakor tease new album studio updates.
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Psycroptic release details of upcoming EP “The Watcher Of All”.
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Chaos Divine releases their brand new album ‘Legacies’.
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Tyr and Arkona reschedule Australian tour dates for 2021.
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El Colosso – Forgotten Ancestors
Another heavily underrated local act, this Melbourne band has...
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Markus Saastamoinen – Puzzle Pieces
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Plini – Impulse Voices
The new album from Sydney instrumental guitar prodigy Plini...
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