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…
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Hobbs Angel Of Death – Peter Hobbs
I had an opportunity to interview Peter Hobbs in Jalometalli –festival which turned out as an interesting session for covering up the history of the band from the late 80’ties to the present day. We talked about future plans of Hobbs Angel of Death as well as the shape of…
Australian metallers Mortal Sin split up
“It’s time the rumours were laid to rest. Yes, Mortal Sin is finished. Due to changing personal circumstances, as well as priorities, Luke and Nathan have both decided that their time with the band is at an end. This decision was not made lightly, and was not a result of…
Mortal Sin part ways with singer
The legendary Australian thrash metal band have parted ways with their singer, Matt Maurer. The former singer announced his departure from the band on the official Mortal Sin facebook page with the following statement: “This is an official announcement from Mat Maurer. I have decided to leave the band for…
4ARM TOUR AUSTRALIA WITH DESTRUCTION AND MORTAL SIN
Destruction are legendary in thrash circles, and the best news of all is that they are back. Not only with a new album, but thrash fans all over the country will be warming up their necks for some serious head-banging at the news that Destruction will be touring Australia this…
Jalometalli Festival – Oulu, Finland – August 15th & 16th 2008
The 15th -16th of August 2008 Oulu Teatria Finland Review and pictures by Arto Lehtinen, Niko Karppinen and Luxi Lahtinen Finland is definitely one hell of a paradise for metalheads as there are five to six metal festivals arranged all around Finland during the summer time. One of those metal…
WACKEN 2008
Wacken Open Air 2008 Once again tens of thousands of lunatic metal freaks travelled from all over the world to the small German village located in the middle of the beautiful northern German countryside. The small peaceful Wacken literally goes upside down when nearly 80.000 conquer the village during one…
Mortal Sin – Mat Maurer
Mortal Sin – Mat Maurer Written by Simon LukicTranscribed by Alxs Mortal Sin is Australia’s premier Thash Metal bands. After a number of false starts and a 16 year wait the band has returned to the scene with a new album titled AN ABSENCE OF FAITH. I spoke to vocalist Mat…
First Annual Australian Heavy Metal Music Awards / Metal For The Brain 2005
First Annual Australian Heavy Metal Music Awards Review and Pics by Brat With a healthy dose of cynicism I attended the first Annual Australian Heavy Metal Music Awards in Canberra the night before Metal for the Brain (MFTB). Brought to us by the Australian edition of Kerrang Magazine and the…