Pix by Mitchell O’Rourke Words by Dylan Clarke After what’s felt like a lifetime and then some, we’re finally reunited with what has to be the best weekend us metal/emo/rock heads could ask for. We’ve been longing for connections with not only our favourite Australian bands, but with our friends we likely haven’t seen (in […] …Continue Reading
VIEW HEAVY AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS DIGIMAG #68 HERE There’s plenty to love about music in Australia right now. The first International tour of the year is underway, with Under The Southern Stars bringing Bush, Stone Temple Pilots, Cheap Trick and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club to our shores with a couple of shows down and more to […] …Continue Reading
VIEW HEAVY AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS DIGIMAG #67 HERE One of Australia’s biggest and best local festivals UNIFY Forever is on this weekend, with one of the headliners, The Amity Affliction, joining us for a chat about the show and their upcoming US tour. We also chat with The Poor about their cracking new single Payback’s A […] …Continue Reading
VIEW HEAVY AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS DIGIMAG #66 HERE This is no more evident than by the number of bands keen for a chat with HEAVY, and this week King Parrot guitarist Andrew ‘Squiz’ Squires makes the cover talking about his new venture, the KrapShak. Aussie metal is in good shape. Festivals are coming back around and […] …Continue Reading
VIEW AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS HEAVY DIGIMAG #64 HERE Aussie metal is in a good state at the moment, despite the obvious pitfalls of an industry that was pretty much brought to its knees for two years. One act that has taken everything in their stride is Sydney sludge/metal outfit Astrodeath who busied themselves writing and recording […] …Continue Reading
VIEW HEAVY AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS DIGIMAG #64 HERE You can’t keep a good punk band down – and who would want to? This week, Wishful Thinking grace the cover of the Australian Artists DigiMag, talking about their latest song Sweet Revenge and other interesting tales of punk and debauchery. We also catch up with Razor from […] …Continue Reading
Whether you’re plotting it into your phone or printing it out and laminating it for your campsite, it’s time to get down to the serious business of working out your schedule for the UNIFY Forever weekend. In just under four weeks’ time, UNIFY’s huge all Australian line-up will descend upon Tarwin Lower and you better believe […] …Continue Reading
Remember back to the end of 2020? Endless positivity and “Bring on 2021” posts rolled in. Well, 2021 came – and with it, came the hits. Both in song form and unfortunately in the form of more COVID variants, restrictions, lockdowns and live music event and tour and event cancellations. Well, The Faction isn’t here […] …Continue Reading
“We wanted to take a lot of elements from a lot of music that we like outside of metal and heavy music”. Melbourne based metal outfit Pridelands are on the cusp of releasing their debut album Light Bends after a frustrating last couple of years that saw the band ride the euphoric wave of a […] …Continue Reading
UNIFY Forever have released the following statement: “UNIFY Forever will unfortunately not be going ahead this January and will instead take place on our previously announced back-up weekend of Thursday 10 March to Sunday 13 March 2022. With the rise in COVID positive cases and the impact this is having on the healthcare system and […] …Continue Reading