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…
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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…
Temple Nightside – Pillars Of Damnation
Reviewed: August 2020 Released: 2020, Iron Bonehead Productions Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Hailing from Australia and founded just a decade ago, Temple Nightside will be releasing their fourth full-length Pillars Of Damnation on August 7th, via Iron Bonehead Productions. Their label states: “By now, Temple Nightside require little to…
Abramelin – Never Enough Snuff
Reviewed: [August 2020] Released [2020 Self-released] Rating [3.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Abramelin may have helped pioneer Australian death metal way back in the day, but after doing so they essentially did an epic mic drop and fucked off into The Outback or somewhere. The band issued their second album, Deadspeak,…
Victoria K – Singer/bandleader Victoria
Singer/bandleader Victoria – Victoria K 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 Straight from Melbourne, Australia comes Victoria K who recently released her debut album ESSENTIA which is jammed with some…
Mick Jeffery Of Aversions Crown On New CD, Hell Will Come For Us All – This Is Our Most Accomplished Sounding CD!
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Emerging in 2010 amidst a sea of blackened Deathcore, Australia’s Aversions Crown separated themselves from the rest with their visceral sense of the genre. Coming equipped with a variety of vocal patterns and brutal 8-string guitar work, their technically onerous sound has developed and become increasingly…
Sydney death metal band DAEMON PYRE release their long awaited second album, Serpent Gods and a Dying Sun May 22 2020
The end of DAEMON PYRE? In 2014 DAEMON PYRE burst onto the Australian death metal scene and redefined it. The band’s members came from a long list of acts that were critical to the genre in the decade that came before it but they weren’t merely a sum of their…
ARTILLERY first Australian tour ‘The Face of Fear’ February 2020
Denmark’s ARTILLERY are easily appointed as one of Europe’s earliest exponents of thrash metal, and the band’s contribution to the classic genre is difficult to ignore. Delivering a sinister array of riffs, fusing pure aggression and hyper speed with technicality and strong melodies, ARTILLERY are a full throttle thrash inferno.…
First release of bands announced for Download Festival Australia 2020
Download has released the first list of bands for next year’s festival. A second announced date is yet to be advised. My Chemical Romance – (only Aus shows) Deftones Jimmy Eat World Clutch (only Aus shows) Ministry In Flames Testament Alestorm (only Aus shows) Carcass Lacuna Coil (only Aus shows)…
IRON MAIDEN announce 2020 Australian dates for the Legacy of the Beast tour
While west coast Australians are waking up and east coast Australians are staring their day, IRON MAIDEN have released the Australian dates for the 2020 Legacy of the Beast tour. Band members and crew created a teaser last week with clues as to which country would benefit from the next…
Download Festival dates announced for Australia 2020
The festival that last year gave us Behemoth, Ghost, Slayer and Judas Priest, just to name a few, is back in Australia for 2020! Gather your heavy music mates and get ready. Download will return to Melbourne (new home at Melbourne Showgrounds) and Sydney at Parramatta Park. Melbourne Friday 20…
Fabio Lione and Luca Turilli count down one month until Turilli/Leone RHAPSODY hits Australian east coast in October – VIP packages still available
The legendary Rhapsody alumni Fabio Lione and Luca Turilli have reunited to conquer Australia’s east coast. Founding members Fabio Lione and Luca Turilli have a message. www.facebook.com/overdrivetouring/videos/3009967212378640/ When it comes down to the genre defining albums, there is no denying that it is often an iconic duo weaving it’s inexplicable…
GEOFF TATE’S OPERATION MINDCRIME announces 2020 Australian east coast shows
Limited early bird and meet & greet tickets on sale this Friday 6 September @ 10am AEST only at www.hardlinemedia.net Hardline Media proudly presents GEOFF TATE’S OPERATION MINDCRIME. The legendary frontman returns to Australia with his band to perform the classic concept album “Operation Mindcrime” in its entirety and much…