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  • Elm Street to support Iced Earth in Europe

    Melbourne’s Elm Street have been chosen as the European support for Iced Earth‘s upcoming “Plagues of Babylon” tour in 2014. Metal Obsession wishes the guys the best of luck! Pick up “Barbed Wire Metal” via Massacre Records. www.facebook.com/metalelmstreet

    • Posted 13 years ago
  • Jack The Stripper’s “Raw Nerve” out now, streaming online in full

    If there’s one word to sum up Jack The Stripper‘s new album Raw Nerve, it would simply be “awesome”. It’s chaotic, crazily heavy and exploding with energy, which is exactly what you want from this Converge-inspired style of music. There’s not much point...

    • Posted 13 years ago
  • Japan’s Cyberne return to Australia… with two drummers

    From all reports, Cyberne’s last Aussie tour was a string of devastatingly intense performances, so we’re pretty stoked to see them coming back. But hell, even if they weren’t that great and everybody is lying (which we doubt, obviously), some...

    • Posted 13 years ago
  • Introducing: The Arbiter, and their debut music video

    Featuring ex-members of Whoretopsy, Blackwater, Empty the Throne and Anarchsphere, The Arbiter are the newest band from Melbourne. Influenced by plenty of bands, notably Pantera, Meshuggah and Hatebreed, The Arbiter deliver a ridiculously heavy groove metal sound. They recently recorded their debut demo with Roman Koester (Boris...

    • Posted 13 years ago
  • Meet Behemoth and have dinner with Nile

    You heard right! Soundworks Touring are offering fans the opportunity to rub shoulders with Behemoth and Nile on their respected upcoming Australian tours. Behemoth fans will be eligible for early access into the venue to watch the band’s sound...

    • Posted 13 years ago
  • Orpheus Omega bassist search

    Melbourne’s Orpheus Omega are currently on the lookout for a permanent bass player. The band have been using Dan Ralph, guitarist of Naberus since the release of “ResIllusion” earlier this year and now wish to begin searching for a...

    • Posted 13 years ago
  • Orphaned Land touring Australia with Voyager and Orsome Welles

    Press release; Israel’s breakthrough heavy metal band Orphaned Land will be hitting Australian shores in March 2014. Scheduled for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, the Australian leg of the “All Is One World Tour” will be Orphaned Land’s first ever...

    • Posted 13 years ago
  • Misfits touring Australia next January

    Metal Obsession have received word from Metropolis Touring that the Misfits will be hitting Australian shores next January, performing such classics as ‘Die, Die My Darling’, ‘Attitude’, ‘Last Caress’, ‘Where Eagles Dare’, ‘Skulls Mommy’, ‘Can I Go Out And...

    • Posted 13 years ago
  • Steel Panther returns to Australia this December

    Just when you thought there wasn’t enough tours to hit Australia this year. We get word from Soundwave Touring that Steel Panther will be back in Australia this December for their Spreading The Disease (S.T.D.) tour. WALKABOUT? Don’t you mean...

    • Posted 13 years ago
  • Hour of Penance – “It is very challenging and we like challenges” – (An Interview with Giulio Moschini)

    Hour of Penance – Giulio Moschini Hailing from Rome, Italy, Hour of Penance are a technical death metal marvel who stand tall next to the likes of Nile and Fleshgod Apocalypse. The band are currently gearing up for their...

    • Posted 13 years ago