As much as we all love the atmosphere of a music festival, sometimes you just need to get down and dirty with your favourite band with only 700 of your closest mates, not 40,000. Which is why many people choose to just go to side shows from festival bands, and others do both. Organisers of […] …Continue Reading

Melbocalypse has heeded Melbourne’s rallying cry for a summertime celebration of all things heavy and rockin’! Brace yourselves for the grand arrival of Melbocalypse on Saturday, January 27, 2024. Get ready for a sonic onslaught with two stages of pure mayhem, where The Bendigo Hotel will transform into the ultimate battleground of riff, kicks & […] …Continue Reading

Black Rheno kick straight into gear for 2023 with The Summer Of Sludge Tour hitting stages across NSW. After a blistering 2022 with headline tours along the east coast and appearing at heavy fests including Thrashville, The New Dead Fest, Halloween Hysteria and the ultimate heavy metal pilgrimage held in the country’s red center, Blacken, […] …Continue Reading

VIEW HEAVY AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS DIGIMAG #75 HERE One of the things I love most about Aussie music is the consistency we seem to churn out awesome bands. Take, for example, this week’s cover band IBVS. These Gold Coast masters of metal haven’t even released their first EP yet, but already you can hear that they […] …Continue Reading

Sydney’s sludged-out groovers Black Rheno hit Vitoria this weekend for the last round of shows on their Vengence of the Hound tour. Teaming up with some of VIC’s absolute finest heavy acts, including FrankenBok, High as Hell, Protospasm, Munitions, Goat Sharman, Life Deprived and Vexation, these shows are stacked to the brim with a slew […] …Continue Reading

Out Now Housecore Records / Dead Set Records Words by Jimmy Glinster What better a way to kick off my Sunday morning then to review a split EP by two Aussie bands that tend not to fuck around with their songwriting furiosity and intensity. And luckily so, because I’ve got a baby shower and a […] …Continue Reading

VIEW HEAVY AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS DIGIMAG #72 HERE You know the music scene is coming back to life when you actually have to schedule yourself a weekend off for a friend’s birthday party… It’s not so bad a place to be in, and I’m sure there’s gigs happening somewhere, so if you aren’t on your way […] …Continue Reading

The new Black Rheno single and video Flea Ridden has arrived. Taken from the upcoming split 7” release with US noise rockers Child Bite on Dead Set Records (AUS)/Housecore Records (US), the video was created by Mitch Hertz at Hertz Fist Productions and captures the zany, off kilter antics of the band in their hilarious […] …Continue Reading

VIEW HEAVY AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS DIGIMAG #71 HERE HEAVY music is back ladies and metalheads, with recent festivals proving that Aussie bands more than stack up against the international heavyweights. Last weekend’s Halloween Hysteria proved that with three stages full all day and half the night with Aussie talent and not an unkinked neck could be […] …Continue Reading

VIEW HEAVY DIGIMAG #197 HERE Welcome to another wrap-up of the last week in heavy metal. As usual, we have plenty to get through, starting with the cover feature this week from Truth Decayed. These guys have released an awesome debut album, and join HEAVY to chat about what to expect from the band moving […] …Continue Reading