From Bio: Vanity Riots have honed their sound over the past 3 years on the stages of Sydney’s dirty rock n’ roll pub scene. Since their debut in an over-crowded club in Kings Cross, Vanity Riots have been constantly writing, playing shows, touring and have released 2 EPs. Vanity Riots’ DYI attitude and work ethic has seen them gain recognition […]

“Things have been so natural as we’ve gone along, we’ve never really had to force many changes, it’s always been, whether there’s been harmony or not it’s always kind of created a good sort of relationship together and we’re really strong after all this time together.” From Bio: The story of Biffy Clyro is as romantic as it is archetypal. […]

“If you’re uncomfortable when you’re challenged by listening to something, if you want to listen to stuff that is something that your ear is always accustomed to hearing, you won’t like Meshuggah, and that’s the point, that’s why we sound like we do.” From tour release: Nothing feels safe when you’re listening to Meshuggah. Meshuggah’s dense, polyrhythmic roar elevates tech-metal […]

Bowling For Soup are one of my favourite bands and I’ve been there with them since back in ‘Nam… mind you, I actually wasn’t there when the honourable ones rocked on or when they did it for Johnny but I was there when they were drunk enough to dance and have been ever since, there for them, not drunk, well, […]

“So it’s just little things like that that we’ve taken on board and made sure that this whole album is going to be good live, and we wanted to write something explosive and hit hard physically and sonically but also emotionally.” From Release:  After recording their 2011 debut album What Are You So Scared Of? in Los Angeles with Mark […]

Happy double digits to Anberlin, as tonight marks the tenth visit to Australian shores for these Florida natives who may as well call Australia home as they are so loved here. Tonight is special as they have brought along some friends in the form of former The Academy Is… singer William Beckett and The Maine, both who have graced our […]

“Satyricon is basically a parallel world and basically it was there on this album, it felt like a statement and the album felt like a journey through that world that is Satyricon and hence it became natural to actually title the album after the band, Finally after more than twenty years that statement actually felt natural, it was no lack […]

In Summary: “Crossfaith may just be the future and the something new and different that we haven’t really got in music at the moment” One of my highlights of Soundwave 2013 was completely unexpected, welcome Crossfaith from Japan and they showed Australia how it’s done. If you missed them at Soundwave, well you have a chance to see them very […]

“The Frenzal tour we did in 2009 did come out of the blue a little bit and like I said before that perhaps showed that it wasn’t all finished, but I can guarantee going forward we’ll be playing less than we will be more and I don’t know how much we have left in us.” From Bio: The year is […]

“It’s nice to be able to land in a foreign country and know what’s going on and have it all run smoothly, but yeah, we had a great time doing Soundwave last time, met a lot of bands and made friends and met up with a lot of our older friends, so yeah, looking forward to our second Soundwave trip.” […]

“There’s definitely pressure, that’s unavoidable but what do you do? You can’t do anything about it, you’ve just got to suck it up and hope for the best, but every album we’ve written has been better than the last, so I’m not worried, it is stressful but I’m not concerned that we don’t have it in us to write a […]

“Well we all basically like party and we don’t like doom and gloom and there’s a lot of bad shit going on in the world and we thought let’s just make a record that’s fun and have a big party while doing it and we like to call it a soundtrack to your next hangover, and it’s a party in […]

“I noticed that I couldn’t write just one lyric about the subject which is my burn-out. And so I wrote three lyrics that look at it from different angles. I connected them by the title even though musically they’re not connected.” Floor Jansen’s voice is already known for its wide range and variety, you may know her from After Forever, […]

Avenged Sevenfold are back, well they didn’t really go anywhere, but they have had some time off, and this marks their first album in three years and their first completely ‘Rev-less’ R.I.P…  and as sorely missed as he is, the band marches on and in a big way with their sixth album ‘ Hail To The King.’ What isn’t missing […]

I’m awake, I’m awake!! Sorry, if I was in any way dozing, I am no longer as the new DevilDriver album ‘Winter Kills’ begins, so does my treatment for the mini heart attack I had as my volume was up all the way… my fault, but at least I’m alert now. Welcome back DevilDriver! ‘The Oath’ is the one that […]

From Bio: Ashes of Ares is a band which represents the culmination of experiences, trials and tribulations of founding members Matt Barlow, Van Williams and Freddie Vidales. Within months of their departures from the iconic metal bands ICED EARTH and NEVERMORE, the trio came together with a renewed drive to create a sound which is a true collaboration of their […]

I always get intrigued when I have an album to review and I find out that the band has been around for quite some time (over ten years in fact) and I’ve never heard of them. Shame on me, shame indeed. Although in reading up on this new album by Misery Signals, I find that it’s been five years since […]

The ‘Nostaglia’ tour seems to be the flavour of the, well, last few years actually… bands are heading back into their catalogue and dusting off the usually never touched album tracks and giving fans a taste of generally their favourite album in a start to finish live experience. I love these things; I do, and often get excited when I […]

“If you’re a DevilDriver fan you’re gonna love it, if you’re not, it may turn you around and if you’ve never heard of us, as soon as you’ve heard this you’ll want to go back in the catalogue, so I’m very proud of this record.” DevilDriver are back with a new album titled ‘Winter Kills’ and trust me, this one is […]

“It’s amazing, and just to see that kind of support for a local band is incredible and it just shows me that there is hope from the music industry and the corporatized structure of it and it now becoming collaboration between your audience and the band, you know for me it’s really exciting. It’s still in its infancy, it’s a […]

“I think it’s going to be pretty evident on the album for people to see how I’ve grown as a writer and a performer and just I think overall freeness of the song writing and the lyric, not that I wasn’t able to accomplish that before which was the end of the band, I think that certain pressures and outside […]

In their return to Australia since their last time here for Soundwave in 2007, and this time with new singer Kristen May who replaced original vocalist Lacey Sturm last year, it’s always daunting to try and get a new voice to fans that are used to what they know. Now, Flyleaf’s newest album aptly titled ‘New Horizons’ did feature Lacey […]

Eskimo Joe are proud to announce the release of their brand new single ‘GOT WHAT YOU NEED’, the first to be taken from the bands forthcoming 6th studio album WASTELANDS due for release through Dirt Diamonds Productions/Inertia on FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20. Last week, the band released a taste of some new music from WASTELANDS, streaming the beautiful ‘Running Out Of […]

“I think the songs that moved me, it wasn’t like let’s put on this because it was a hit, or because somebody asked for it, I just followed my instincts completely on what sounded great to me and it’s a piece of art to me, it’s not product, so if people respond to it as music, should it matter?” John […]

From Bio: Having survived the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012 and with the bands line-up finalized, As Angels Bleed really had no choice but to abandon the sanctuary of Hell’s Gate and bring their brand of symphonic vampiric metal to the stages of the world. Joining Valhallian vocalist Avelina De Moray and shred guitarist Von Lehmann on their odyssey will be […]

Welcome to my favourite album released in 2013 so far! This one jumped at me and surprised the b’jesus out of me. I had never heard of Bellusira before so when this landed in my hands and I finally got around to checking it out, I kicked myself that I hadn’t done so weeks earlier. So now after listening for […]

“No matter what language or dialect or whatever that you speak, Heavy Metal Music means Heavy Metal Music and I want to make sure that everybody’s clear that if I’m going to do this again and go all the way in frickin neck deep, I want to make sure that there’s question as to what style I’m playing.” Jason Newsted, […]

“I remember us starting out being a band as well, we would sort of jump at the opportunity of having a touring band have us play, and some of the bigger acts are doing that already with some of the more established acts like us around Australia, so definitely something we want to consider and maybe the next big run […]

Delta Bravo Presents – Rock ‘N’ Roll Revival – Friday 16 August 2013 – One World Bar, Parramatta The resurgent rock ‘n’ roll landscape in Sydney is about to receive a further shot in the arm with “Rock ‘N’ Roll Revival”, a brand new one off event set in what has been long held as the heartland of rock music […]

“Anytime you get to do something new like this it’s what keeps it fresh you know, being able to plan for a tour like this and rehearse for a tour like this, it just provides a fresh new energy for the band and it’s going to be cool to see how we all come together and put our own personal […]