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Trivium Announce Joint Tour With In Flames This November
Wow, here’s one I wasn’t expecting! It has just been recently announced that metal kings, Trivium, will be touring Australia this November. And joining the fray as special guests are none other than Swedish legends, In Flames. It’s been two years...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Second and Final Melbourne Date Added to Accept’s November Tour
If you were feeling bummed by the sad, yet paradoxically great news (great in the sense the response was so strong) that German heavy metal kings’ Accept’s show at the Corner Hotel, Melbourne on Saturday, November 15th had sold...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Whisky Smile release tongue-in-cheek video for Rock Lobster cover
We’ve been a little slow on writing about this one, but Sydney based heavy rockers Whisky Smile have released a hilarious tongue-in-cheek video for their cover of the B-52‘s classic ‘Rock Lobster’. The B-52’s cover is from their debut EP...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Christian Nativo Leaves Vanishing Point
Earlier today, Christian Nativo, former drummer of Melbourne-based, symphonic prog metaller’s, Vanishing Point, made the sad announcement that he has decided to leave the band. While the specifics of his departure weren’t mentioned in his post, he did say...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Dead Letter Circus Announce National Tour This December
So last week, Brisbane-based alternative rock band, Dead Letter Circus, concluded their short acoustic circuit entitled ‘Acoustic Reimagined’ which covered their home town of Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne. Just recently, the announcement was made that the lads will be...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Divine Ascension Unveil Sophomore Record
The female-fronted prog metaller’s from Melbourne have been hard at work on their second album, ‘Liberator’, since 2013. And at long last, Divine Ascension are set to release the new record on November 21 via Swedish record label, Vicisolum...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Dai Pritchard Band Announce Debut Album and Launch Party
Best known for his years of service with late Australian rock icon Billy Thorpe, as well as Rose Tattoo (after receiving a personal invite by the late Pete Wells to continue the story of the band in his stead...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Mason to tour South East Asia with Revocation
Thanks to Street Noise Productions, the thrashers from Melbourne, Mason, are set to kick off their first ever international tour of South East Asia this December alongside Boston-based extreme metal outfit and headliners, Revocation. This will be Mason’s first...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Introducing ‘Nerve Gas’ – New Independent Music Store Opening
A new independent music store is opening soon! Named ‘Nerve Gas’, in partnership with record labels Metal Blade, Relapse, Season of Mist, Napalm, and many more, Nerve Gas aim to offer fellow Australians a service where you can purchase that thing ...
- Posted 11 years ago
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Metal Obsession’s Monthly Giveaway #5 (Merauder Australian tour, MetalStorm + more!)
Last month’s monster giveaway featured two Metal Down Under prize packs, new CD’s and a double pass to the heavy metal boat festival, Hell On The Bay, this Saturday. Congratulations to the 6 people that won something; Euan Ruddick,...
- Posted 11 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’.
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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...
- 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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