Singer/guitarist Torsten Steel – Laced In Lust Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Roberto at Rockshots Records for setting up the interview. Thanks to Rockshots Records for the promo pictures of the band. Live pictures of the band taken by: Outback Bob Photography and Rock Tsar Photography From Adelaide, Australia…
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Brewin-The Dark Horde (Book review)
Reviewed: November, 2021 Released: 2012, Indie Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP Normally we don’t review fiction, books that do not have significant Hard Rock or Heavy Metal content. We will, on occasion, review fiction works that have been written by Metal artists. There are not many of these books published, King…
Pestilential Shadows – Revenant
Reviewed: October 2021 Released: 2021, Seance Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Forming almost twenty years ago, Australia’s Pestilential Shadows are no strangers to the themes of death and disease. They have returned 18 months into the pandemic with their sixth full-length Revenant, following up 2019’s compilation album The Fate…
The Dark Horde – The Calling
Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: October 2021, Indie Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP I always appreciate when a band takes time and effort into the creation of their art. It is not that a band who just puts out 10 songs on a CD is in any way inferior, but I have…
Interview with Pestilential Shadows
Pestilential Shadows Interview with Balam (vocalist, guitarist, bassist, lyricist) Interview by Kira Levine Hello and thank you for your time. Please state your name and position in Pestilential Shadows. Hails Metal-Rules! Balam from Pestilential Shadows here. I take care of guitar, bass, lyrics & vocals. As an introduction, could you…
Sydney’s AVALON’S PEAK release ‘Levitate’
Sydney-based AVALON’S PEAK have released their powerful new single ‘Levitate’. The band formed in 2016 creating music combining cinematic influences with modern rock and metal. Opening up about their personal struggles with mental health, ‘Levitate’ offers the vital message of hope to heavy music fans who may be struggling with…
Australia’s melodic death metal band ENDVS release new single ‘A Storm’s Clarity’
Sydney’s melodic death metal resurging veterans ENDVS release their empowering new single ‘A Storm’s Clarity’ from their upcoming album ‘Cessation’ due for release on September 24 via Octane Records. ‘A Storm’s Clarity’ showcases the band’s second to none songwriting skills, drawing the listener in with rhythmically sophisticated guitar work complemented…
Lord – Undercovers
Reviewed: April, 2021 Released: 2021, Dominus Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Erich I have always enjoyed when metal bands cover other artists. It provides some insight into their musical tastes and influences, and often reveals some of a band’s non-metal musical interests. The problem with so many cover albums though is…
Stormtide – A Throne of Hollow Fire
Reviewed: March, 2021 Released: 2021, Metal Hell Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Graeme Smith There is a lot of symphonic death metal around these days, and I mean a lot. In fact if you Google exactly that you get a hit with a page of ‘Top symphonic death metal artists’ which…
Australian metal legends THE AMENTA release new album “Revelator”
February 19th marks the date of the official return of Australian avantgarde metal band THE AMENTA. Their fourth album “Revelator”, a complex, yet highly engaging puzzle of nine compositions, is now released and officially available via EVP Recordings. Ornated by a thoughtful cover artwork designed by Metastazis (MORBID ANGEL, BEHEMOTH),…
Darklore – The Evil of Man
Reviewed: February 2021 Released: 2021, independent Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, a metal quintet by the fitting name of Darklore release their brand new album from fantastical realms. The Evil of Man combines symphonic and melodic elements with a recognisable blackened thrash metal foundation, cemented by lyrics that call upon…
Depravity – Grand Malevolence
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2020 Transcending Obscurity Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Australian death merchants Depravity unleashed an utterly masterful debut with Evil Upheaval in 2018, setting the bar mighty high for themselves to follow up. Yet Grand Malevolence does not disappoint. Though it doesn’t quite inspire the sort…
Australia’s STEVE HUGHES releases first new music in 22 years
One of Australia’s founding fathers of heavy metal is about to unleash his first new music in 22 years! Steve Hughes, known to the world for the last two decades as the cutting edge stand up comedian who pulls no punches when it comes how he sees the state of…
Vanishing Point, Chris Porcianko (vocals) interview
Interviewed by Cristóbal Torres Chris Porcianko is a very open and straightforward musician which is something good when it comes not only to create music but also give an interview. From the current curfew back in Melbourne, Australia, this vocalist answered the questions from Metal-Rules.com telling us about the latest…
Sensory Amusia – Bereavement
Reviewed: [September 2020] Released [2020 Lacerated Enemy Records] Rating [4/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Sometimes good things really do come in small packages. The new EP from Australia’s Sensory Amusia delivers some of the most corrosive and fearsome extreme metal around in a murderously efficient 18-minutes that will definitely leave you…