Interviews with some of your favorite as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
Patient Sixty-Seven enjoyed a busy 2019, with singles What’s Left On Us’ and ‘Help Inflicted’ marking the bands two most successful releases to date – having seen Patient Sixty-Seven continue to refine and hone […]
It’s been a while now since guitarist Danny De La Rosa left Babylon A.D. in March 2017 to be replaced by John Matthews. His departure was followed soon after by bassist Robb Reid (replaced by […]
The voice that spawned an entire genre of imitators, John Garcia is returning to Australia in January 2020. Over the last two-plus decades, Garcia has set the standard for the sound of the California […]
After the huge success of their 2018 album ‘Never Say Die’, Melbourne’s Dead City Ruins are looking to make 2020 another mammoth year, as they prepare to launch their fourth & as yet untitled […]
John 5 is one of the most influential guitarists of our generation. Best known for his time in Marilyn Manson and as the current guitarist for Rob Zombie, John 5 has been a guitar player […]
It is at this time of the year that many of us, after weeks of over indulgence, make wild & totally unrealistic resolutions that will hopefully set out our ever improving life guidelines for […]
Hailing from Örebro, Sweden, Truckfighters have become fundamental in the ‘stoner rock/metal’ sub-genre with fans all over the world, driven by the two founding members Dango and Ozo. In August 2019 the band returned […]
Sometimes we get a little time at the end of interviews to cover off some of the questions readers have sent in, or simply just to ask a few random questions we’d not normally ask […]
Obituary remains as one of the most influential and groundbreaking bands in the death metal genre, one which they helped to create. Combining hyper-speed guitar riffing, complex arrangements and guttural screams, the band created […]
For those that were around at the end of the 80’s in the UK when Pop ruled the airwaves and Hair Metal was a continent away (and Grunge still over the horizon), there was a […]
Previously laying low after a 14 year absence, Everclear last made an appearance down under celebrating their 20th anniversary tour in a string of hugely successful shows and return for the first time in […]
If you are a lover of old-time blues classics but with a bit of a twist then look no further than the latest release from Perth’s Matty T Wall, who has unleashed his new […]
One of the most innovative prog-metal bands in the game, Between The Buried And Me, is returning to Australia this February. We previously spoke to vocalist Tommy Rogers on the release of “Automata I“ […]
Horsehead is a name that any Australian Rocker around in the 90’s will know and love. Formed in 1991 by Scott Kingman and Cameron McKenzie on guitars, Andy McLean on vocals, Mick Vallance on bass […]
To me there’s nothing quite like a nice slab of Sleazy Rock and Roll, the sort of music that injects a bit of fun back into those dark nights post-grunge. The music that was the […]
Stepping up to the plate on the Halestorm Australia tour and joining the epic rock shows in place of Black Stone Cherry will be New Zealand Rock outfit Villainy who have just released their […]
The 60’s was probably the most exciting decade music has ever seen, fierce and free, it was a decade that constantly evolved, from the creation of new genres to the re-connection with old forms and […]
The Freddie Mercury biographical drama film ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ became one of the highest grossing movies of 2018, picking up four Academy Awards & two Golden Globes, as well as rekindling an international love for […]
Eclipse is a band who seem incapable of disappointing their loyal and ever-increasing number of fans. After 2012’s mighty ‘Bleed and Scream’ came the wonderful ‘Argageddonize’ in 2015 and ‘Monumentum’ two years later. This year’s […]
The Australian music scene in the late eighties & early nineties was full of variety & diversity, with artists such as Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly & Daryl Braithwaite focusing on successful solo careers, while […]
Hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark Before Fire have just released their debut EP, which comes after a bunch of impressive singles. In my opinion it is the start of big things for ‘Before Fire’ as they […]
Formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1985, Vio-lence instilled themselves as groundbreakers of the second wave of thrash with their revered 1988 album “Eternal Nightmare”. Through the years until the mid-90’s, Vio-lence toured […]
For 17 years now Tommy Thayer has been under the spotlight as Kiss’ longest serving guitarist. When the ‘End of The Road’ Tour finally rolls into New York City in 2021 he’ll have been […]
Marty Friedman may be known to some as the former guitarist for Megadeth which included work on some of the most iconic metal albums in history but with 14 solo albums in the back […]
The songs of The Hollies, 10cc & The Sweet have been played countless times across the world & over the years on various radio stations, TV shows as well as live and three of […]
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