Interviews with some of your favorite as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
The Bad Flowers are just about to release what might well be a contender for the album of the year 2018! We caught up with Tom Leighton to get the lowdown on ‘Starting Gun’… Thank […]
US thrashers Lich King tour Australia for the first time belting out grade-A, unapologetically straight-forward thrash metal in the vein of the 80’s Bay Area bands such as Exodus, Slayer, and Vio-lence. To date, […]
Swedish metal heroes Sabaton are set to return to Australia in 2018 with an appearance at the first ever Download Festival in Melbourne, a much welcome return to the country since their debut tour […]
US heavy rockers Corrosion Of Conformity return with a massive new album titled “No Cross No Crown” which picks up where 2005’s “In The Arms Of God” left off, bringing back one of the […]
Speaking to Bobby ‘Blitz’ from Overkill back in January of 2017 ahead of their latest album release “The Grinding Wheel“, there was a sense that the band were clearly not ready to throw in […]
Geoff Tate needs no introduction – the man, the artist, the voice who fronted Queensryche for so many years set out on his own back in 2012 after, shall we say, a rather acrimonious split […]
KING KING is one of the UK’s most essential hard rock bands and in their latest album ‘Exile and Grace’ they’ve produced a masterpiece. We caught up with vocalist/guitarist Alan Nimmo ahead of their 2018 […]
Brazilian melodic hard rock band Leatherjacks are set to release their new single ‘I Hate To Fall In Love‘ in time for Christmas this year, the follow up to their debut album “The Lost […]
“It’s Christmas. As much as it doesn’t sound it, this is a good old fashioned play off song, lyrically and musically. Kirsty / Pogues, Bing and Bowie, now Kim and Lawnmower. It’s a beautiful […]
Sepultura have long been a staple among the metal elite, forging their own sound and style along the way while helping thrash metal reach the top of the musical food chain in the world […]
Stepping out of the shadows, Leprous have come into their own this year, performing to packed crowds on their European tour with Devin Townsend and becoming the ‘must see’ act of the Euro summer […]
Finnish rockers Von Hertzen Brothers are riding high on a string of success, signing to Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group on the back of awards and a growing fanbase. Featuring guitarist-vocalist Kie […]
It’s impossible to measure the influence of Frank Zappa on today’s musical landscape and incredible to think that he’s been gone now for 24 years. His huge body of work is as varied as it […]
Heavy rockers Of Mice & Men are set to release their much anticipated new album ‘Defy’ which comes out January 19th 2018, a return to roots of sort where the band capture their live […]
South Florida based musician and songwriter Barry Weinberg is set to launch his Prog Rock influenced album Samsarana in January 2018. The first single, “Beyond the Astral Sky,” is an anthem, gorgeous track with […]
Fueled by a burning desire to rage harder, play louder and have more fun than any other band, Canadian rockers Cancer Bats mix hardcore, southern metal and punk rock into a lethal rock and […]
Crypitus is a Vermont metal band originally formed in 2015 and revamped in 2016 with a new line up. The founding member Doug Friend in collaboration with Zach Patch and Peter Snee have reworked […]
For those who haven’t yet heard the good word yet – Supersonic Blues Machine is Lance Lopez (guitars/vocals/songwriter), Fabrizio Grossi (bass, producer, songwriter), and Kenny Aronoff (drums). As they’ve proven on their first album and […]
Based in the UK, Verity White is an award-winning singer with an exciting and powerful voice, who expresses a vast range of emotion in her lyrics. She takes inspiration from various places – 90s […]
Southern California melodic rockers Movements have had a whirlwind of a career in such a short span of time. They signed to Fearless Rcords in 2015 after just one local gig and their singles […]
Stiff Little Fingers (SLF) are one of those bands that have influenced countless others and you can hear the bands they influenced making their own mark on a lot of modern punk today making […]
Ok, I want to see y’all raise your hands if you love seeing a totally new band live? Maybe one that isn’t even from your town or state, one that perhaps you might never […]
There are few bands I can honestly say had as much impact on me growing up as Thin Lizzy, but too young to ever catch them during Phil Lynott’s lifetime I never got to enjoy […]
Akercocke were first formed back in the late 90’s in London amongst the UK extreme metal scene, their first album “Rape Of The Bastard Nazarene” leading the way in creating a twisted mix of […]
Rob De Luca has been an inspiration to many rock fans starting out with his first band Spread Eagle who released their incredible self-titled debut in 1990,followed up by 1993’s ‘Open to the Public’. […]
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