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Parkway Drive – ‘Killing With A Smile’ & ‘Horizons’ Get Certified Gold
2015 has been quite the year for Byron Bay heavyweights Parkway Drive. Climbing right to the top of the ARIA charts with their fifth record, ‘Ire’, this saw the album debut at #1 – the first #1 in Parkway...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Premiere: Black Cobra Return With “Eye Among The Blind”
Metal Obsession are proud to present the Australian premiere for the new song from Californian sludge metal band Black Cobra, “Eye Among The Blind”; off the band’s new album, ‘Imperium Simulacra’. This will be Black Cobra’s first release in...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Soundwave Festival 2016 Officially Cancelled
So it only came a couple days ago that we shared the news that Soundwave wouldn’t be returning in 2017, and now today has just confirmed next year’s event (which was to kick off in late January) won’t be going ahead...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Buckcherry Announce 2016 Australia/NZ Tour
California based rock band Buckcherry will be returning to Australia and New Zealand in the new year to tour in March. Led by Josh Todd, a man who personifies rock n roll and anchored by guitarists Keith Nelson and...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Premiere: Norway’s Urgehal are back with “The Sulphur Black Haze”
Six years is far too long to wait between albums for a great band, but that was the torture for Urgehal fans. In Feb 2016 they’ll finally be following up from their 2009 piece of brilliant black metal with Aeons in Sodom....
- Posted 10 years ago
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Members of Myridian Launch New Recording Studio
Budding members of Melbourne bands, Myridian, Catacombs, and Adamus Exul (who each have had their hands in a number of successful projects and shows this year), have recently launched their official new brand, Reverent Studios. Ian Mather (Myridian, Catacombs)...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Soundwave Festival Not Returning In 2017
So, I’m sure there are quite a few people out there right now like myself that aren’t too surprised at this news. Given the massive backlash Soundwave Festival has received this year for its rather less than stellar lineup,...
- Posted 10 years ago
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The Sword Announce February 2016 Australia/NZ Tour
Texas heavy metal kings The Sword will be making their long awaited return to Australia and New Zealand next year in February, in support of their critically acclaimed fifth studio album, ‘High Country’. This will be the band’s first...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Dead City Ruins, The Homecoming Tour 2015-16 – Supports Announced
The supports for Dead City Ruins national tour that they’ll be conducting from tomorrow (Saturday, December 12) until January 30 next year have finally been announced. The supports and show dates are as follows: Sat, Dec 12, Republic Bar, Hobart,...
- Posted 10 years ago
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The Amity Affliction – ‘Let The Ocean Take Me’ Achieves Platinum Accreditation
Before the band embark on their largest tour to date, covering arenas across Australia, The Amity Affliction have just raked in further good news with the announcement that their #1 ARIA album, ‘Let The Ocean Take Me’, has just...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Pioneering Aussie metal drummer Matt ‘Skitz’ announces 2021 national tour.
One of Australia’s pioneering metal drummers, Matt ‘Skitz’ Sanders (Damaged,...
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Be’lakor tease new album studio updates.
Melbourne’s Progressive Death Metal masters, Be’lakor has recently dropped new...
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Psycroptic release details of upcoming EP “The Watcher Of All”.
Tasmanian death metal masters, Psycroptic have unveiled their latest single...
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Chaos Divine releases their brand new album ‘Legacies’.
Perth progressive metal masters, Choas Divine has released their long-awaited...
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Tyr and Arkona reschedule Australian tour dates for 2021.
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Album Reviews
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El Colosso – Forgotten Ancestors
Another heavily underrated local act, this Melbourne band has...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Markus Saastamoinen – Puzzle Pieces
A little background on Markus Saastomoinen: he is a...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Plini – Impulse Voices
The new album from Sydney instrumental guitar prodigy Plini...
- Posted 5 years ago
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HJELVIK – Welcome to Hel
Ex-Kevelertak frontman Erlend Hjelvik is about to open the...
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