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Asking Alexandria Return To Australia in 2016
Thanks to Live Nation, Britain’s Asking Alexandria are set to return to Australia in April next year for the first time since 2014’s Soundwave Festival, with their new frontman, Denis Stoff, in tow. Guitarist Ben Bruce had this to say...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Northlane Win ARIA Award
It has been reported that Sydney’s Northlane have won the 2015 ARIA award for ‘Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album’, with their album ‘Node’; which continues to garner accolades across the board. Congratulations to Northlane from the Metal Obsession team...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Central Coast post-hardcore band Grim Indiana drop debut single
To be perfectly frank we get a shitload of emails from “post-hardcore” bands with new tunes, and most are pretty bland breakdown-focused, whine-y chorus tracks that are instantly forgettable. That’s the reason you won’t see many articles here in that musical...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Daemon Foetal Harvest release sophomore album “Beasts of Tribulation”
If you’re into brutal old school death metal then there’s really no excuse to not check out Wollongong’s Daemon Foetal Harvest. It was back in 2011 when they released their debut full length Where It Dwells but only a few days ago they...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Australian and US artists feature on free Online Metal Promo compilation
Online Metal Promo, Focus On Metal podcast (USA) and Maric Media have teamed up to deliver a FREE music compilation entitled “Metal of Oz”; a free digital download music compilation featuring a mix of 40 past, current and unreleased...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Orpheus Omega Release Second Part to Music Video Trilogy for Partum Vita Mortem
Orpheus Omega have unveiled the second part of their planned trilogy of music videos, comprising songs from their most recent effort, ‘Partum Vita Mortem’. Continuing the story set with “Karma Favours the Weak”, the band explained the concept behind...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Truckfighters Return To Australia in 2016 To “Bring Back the Fuzz”
After a nigh-sold out and successful Australian tour this year, Swedish Fuzz rockers, Truckfighters, will be returning to Australia in January next year. Presented by Bombshellzine and Premier Artists, early bird tickets for the ‘Bringing Back the Fuzz’ tour...
- Posted 10 years ago
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The Amity Affliction Release New Formats For #1 ARIA Album, ‘Let The Ocean Take Me’
Queensland’s The Amity Affliction have shown they are a force to be reckoned with. After the #1 debut of their albums ‘Chasing Ghosts’, as well as their most recent effort, 2014’s ‘Let The Ocean Take Me’, their brand new...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Andrew Haug Radio celebrates its third birthday
Andrew Haug Radio, Australia’s only 24/7 online heavy metal and hard rock radio station recently celebrated its third year on digital airwaves. Andrew Haug Radio was officially launched on November 20th 2012. Well done, Haugy! Andrew Haug begun his career...
- Posted 10 years ago
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Nightwish supports announced
Finnish symphonic metallers Nightwish will be returning to Australia in January to promote their stunning new album, ‘Endless Forms Most Beautiful’, out now via Nuclear Blast Records (Worldwide) and Roadrunner Records (Australia). Supporting Nightwish as the main support artist along the...
- 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.
Overdrive Touring, the crew behind the upcoming Týr and Arkona...
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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...
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Plini – Impulse Voices
The new album from Sydney instrumental guitar prodigy Plini...
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HJELVIK – Welcome to Hel
Ex-Kevelertak frontman Erlend Hjelvik is about to open the...
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