One of the lesser known wonders of the travelling Knotfest music extravaganza is the Knotfest Museum.An extension of the music program, the Knotfest Museum is more than a distraction tacked on as an afterthought. Much more. “We’ve had to wrap it in pillows and blankets so that people don’t stab their eyes.” Caelin Meredith Everything […] …Continue Reading

Reject conformity, embrace anomaly. Half Me release their visceral new single Nothing Left To Lose But The Chains and continue their mission of shattering metalcore norms with their modern synthesis of new and old. Piled up frustration with a system designed to replace and move on. Unnerving heaviness meets a blood-curdling wail of desperation on […] …Continue Reading

Austin, TX-based alternative metal/rock unit FIRE FROM THE GODS have announced the release of a digital deluxe version of their acclaimed 2022 album SOUL REVOLUTION via Better Noise Music. Due May 31, SOUL REVOLUTION DELUXE – THE COLLABS version will include five new tracks: a cover of Rage Against The Machine’s Guerilla Radio and four […] …Continue Reading

“I Will Never Stop Loving You” is the only true ‘love song’ I have ever written,” admits Courtney Taylor-Taylor of THE DANDY WARHOLS about the fourth single taken from their new album ROCKMAKER which is released today, March 15 via Sunset Blvd. Featuring vocals from the legendary DEBBIE HARRY (Blondie), I Will Never Stop Loving […] …Continue Reading

Finnish folk metal superstars KORPIKLAANI are happy to unveil their newest single and music video, Oraakkelit. It’s the third single from their upcoming new studio album, Rankarumpu, which is due to be released on April 5 2024. KORPIKLAANI’s twelfth studio album is once again full of tasty folk metal and its different flavours, but it […] …Continue Reading

Kiwi thrash titans Just One Fix have unleashed Your Own God Now, the second single from the forthcoming EP, Submit or Death. The song follows on from the monstrous Gods & Devils and is a blistering aural barrage that poses questions about Immortality and explores the reality of the burden of being alive. “Human beings […] …Continue Reading

Melbourne metalcore outfit Windwaker have dropped the new, four-song EP Enter The Wall via Cooking Vinyl Australia & Fearless Records. Sharing two new songs, The Wall and Villain, HEAVY sat down with vocalist Liam Guinane and synth/sample master Connor Robbins to find out more… HEAVY: Congrats on the release of the Enter The Wall EP! […] …Continue Reading

Florida’s WE THE KINGS are stoked to announce two headline shows at Stay Gold in Melbourne on Wednesday 10 April and The Brightside in Brisbane on Tuesday 16 April. This is your last chance to see WE THE KINGS if you missed out on tickets on the sold out SIMPLE PLAN tour. Tickets are on […] …Continue Reading

Regurgitator’s tenth studio album INVADER makes land fall and air move on APRIL 26. And they tumble no drier with first earworm, This Is Not A Pop Song featuring long-term friend and pop-cult compadre, Peaches… poppin’ your way today. Pop goes the culture! Like a stun to the head, it leaves one careering across the […] …Continue Reading

Prolific metalcore progressives ERRA recently announced their new album CURE, which arrives on April 5 via UNFD. Today the band has shared the visualizer for Crawl Backwards Out Of Heaven. The visualizer captors the raw, explosive, and forward-thinking intensity of the song, which doesn’t let up from the first note. Check it out below. …Continue Reading