Interviews with some of your favorite as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
It’s difficult to believe that it has been thirty years since The Screaming Jets unleashed their debut album, ‘All For One’ on the world, which peaked at #2 on the ARIA charts. The second […]
New York death metal pioneers SUFFOCATION are about to release their new live album, Live In North America, on November 12th via Nuclear Blast Records. SUFFOCATION created the template for the brutal death metal […]
Originating from Perth, Kimura are a straight up, unapologetic heavy metal band, with an unrelenting determination to engage a collision of punishing groove and melodic soaked riffs whilst violently venting their vexations. Kimura’s 4th […]
A while back we published an interview with Jeff Carlisi from .38 Special – I enjoyed it so much I wanted to take the time to share the Video version in the first of our […]
It has been 8 long years since the last record, and HYPOCRISY fans can feel the itch. WORSHIP is 11 tracks of precise, ferocious musicianship. Commonly inspired by the fusion of the modern and the ancient, HYPOCRISY has once more […]
It’s always great when a band hits the scene that brings something vibrant, new and refreshing. Describing themselves Neo-Fusion Rock, KING PROTEUS bring together a wide variety of genres which enables them to appeal to […]
Belched from Hell’s depths into the rustic charms of the Witch County, Suffolk thirty long and disturbing years ago, CRADLE OF FILTH are undisputed giants of the heavy metal realm. Imperious purveyors of a […]
When we think of the phrase Bonded By Blood, we think of two things: a brotherhood that is meant to outlast the trials of war, pain, and time… and the almighty EXODUS. With a […]
As a producer, Fabrizio Grossi has worked with some of the biggest names in the business with the likes of Slash, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Steve Vai all listed on Grossi’s impressive CV. Add […]
As a kid growing up in the UK I was fascinated by American Rock music of the 70’s and early 80’s. My best friend’s older brother had a huge vinyl collection that we could only […]
The wait is (nearly) over… English extreme metal legends CARCASS will release their long-awaited, 7th studio album, “Torn Arteries,” on September 17th with Nuclear Blast Records. Ferocious and uncompromising in their execution, CARCASS’s ability […]
For those that have made the trip to the West Coast of America to check out the legendary Sunset Strip (remember those days?) you may well be familiar with the legendary ‘Hookers and Blow’ formed […]
MIKE TRASH and THE EROTICS have been flying the flag for Sleazy Hard Rock for 25 years now and they’re just about to add to their impressive catalogue with a new EP ‘Ride It […]
We did this interview with Lee Aaron right at the end of June, well in time for the July 23rd release date of her latest album ‘Radio On’. Then that thing that never happens […]
While the pandemic paralyzed the entire world and prevented bands from touring, Latin America’s biggest metal export SEPULTURA refused to sit back and act like an animal trapped in a cage. Like the flowers […]
One of my very favourite singers in Rock over the years is been Paul Shortino and the fact that he’s such a lovely guy too means it’s always a pleasure catching up. 2021 has been […]
Melbourne thrashers Desecrator are back with a new album “Summoning” which will be released on August 27th. The second full-length studio release sees the band expand on their sound even further which continues where […]
Inspired by the likes of their childhood heroes Bon Jovi, Kiss and Van Halen, Dangerous Curves formed in 2015 with one only one goal in mind, to bring back the music of the infamous […]
While it’s been a frustrating year for many it has also been productive for some. Chocolate Starfish have been one of the bands that have found themselves scrabbling through more lockdowns than most here […]
Lockdown has produced some great albums you could argue we may never have heard and Diesel’s latest ‘Alone With Blues’ is one of them. Alone in his home studio on a break before the ‘Sunset […]
After the release of “Kuarahy” concurred with the blast of the worldwide pandemic and all the consequences it has generated, White Stones which features Opeth bass player Martín Mendez are ready to launch their […]
Live music is back in the States and Chip Z’Nuff is one of the first out on the road. With the soon to be released ‘Never Enuff’ Box Set just about to drop there’s […]
Back in the early 90’s one of the best live bands you’d see in the pubs and clubs of Australia was Nick Barker and the Reptiles. They toured relentlessly and always put on a memorable […]
Light The Torch are back with a new album titled “You Will Be the Death of Me”, releasing on June 25 via Nuclear Blast. It’s another welcome return for the band who have seemingly […]
Since their formation in 2004, British thrash metallers Evile have been turning heads and taking names, delivering four pure thrash offerings blended with an uncompromising death metal assault. Their fifth studio album, titled “Hell […]
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