Reviews of live concert performances and events with full photo galleries.
THE BASTARDS, THE LEGEND, A GHOUL AND A GWAR… …walk into a bar in Dallas, Texas. No, this isn’t the start of a bad joke, although I thought about trying to whip one up […]
A staple of the global metal circuit since their formation in 2007, Miss May I have gone from strength to strength throughout their decade-long career, and not a stranger to Australian shores either. Shadows […]
Pinpointing my first experience with what’s now known as the broad umbrella of synthwave is a difficult moment to pin down, and one I could at best pin to one of three separate experiences. […]
It was time to head to Bunbury again to watch some metal acts in the fourth installment of the Global Metal Machine, a mini fest who is supporting victims of domestic violence or violence […]
When news rolled out that Mike Portnoy had performed the entire 12 Step Suite from Dream Theater’s back catalogue earlier this year during Yes’s Cruise To The Edge as part of his 50th birthday, […]
The legend that is Anvil, a band that has truly seen the ups and downs of a career in the music industry returned to Perth on not only the final show of the Australian […]
BLUE OCTOBER has been around since their inception in 1995 and I have see this band come up in rank and file. Yet even after seeing them play a gazillion times, tonight was the […]
The All American rock band Third Eye Blind took the stage at Asbury Park Convention Hall in New Jersey on Thursday October 19, 2017. The band was nearing the end of their Fall of […]
Imagine Dragons put on an amazing performance at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The show on October 24, 2017 was in support of their newest album “Evolve,” which was released in the […]
As I approached the long queue of wet and excited party goers waiting outside Gilkison Dance Studio on Saturday night, an earie thought confronted me. The sudden onset of wind and rain seemed to […]
THOSE THAT WALK AMONG US When you have a band that often draws out some pretty deep or to say the least, buried emotions, you know that connection is more than just rockin’ out […]
Whatever your views on the early 80’s Metal and Rock scenes and whatever your take on ‘theatrical rock’ of that period there’s little doubt that back in the day W.A.S.P. were a force to be […]
It’s 9pm on a Sunday night in the city of churches… Adelaide, Australia… which for some strange, unknown reason seems to have become the preferred timeslot for touring acts that choose to include Adelaide […]
Following the surprise release of Northlane’s latest studio LP: Mesmer, Australia’s leading metalcore giants have embarked on their ‘Mesmer Tour’ across Australia with some of the biggest names in metalcore. Taking the stage at Perth’s […]
Over the years Sebastian Bach has become an ever more frequent visitor to Australia, usually with a new album for us when he arrives. This time though his latest release has been his Autobiography ’18 […]
2017 marks the 10 year celebration of Mayday Parade’s release of their debut album A Lesson In Romantics. Younger and older audiences from across Perth rejoiced at Metro City to relive some the most […]
Now this is the sort of bill Rock fans dream of: not only do we get one of Rock’s all-time great showmen, but we also get a nice side-order of Kiss’ original guitarist Ace Frehley, […]
We knew it was coming for some time now but you can never really prepare yourself for such a thing. The final time we will ever get to see The Dillinger Escape Plan (pending […]
The star studded Punk cover act Me First And The Gimme Gimmes returned to Perth on Thursday night at the tail end of a whirlwind Australian tour, the last time in the country was […]
Modest Mouse performed at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey on October 11, 2017. They are an American Rock band that formed in 1992. Modest Mouse has eight current band members and play a […]
Produced by Danny Wimmer Presents, America’s premier production company for rock music festivals, Louisville’s Louder Than Life features a selection of award-winning bourbons, whiskey, spirits, craft beer, the best food Louisville has to offer, […]
Campaign For Musical Destruction is the appropriate title for a tour that consists of some of heavy music’s most brutally compounding and chaotic bands to walk the earth and seemingly only fitting that Australia […]
Kingswood are on of those very few Australian Rock bands that stand in that exciting ‘no mans land’ between the real shot at the big leagues and homegrown hugeness and ‘rest of the world’ mild […]
First introduced to this band at Rocklahoma back in May, it was completely obvious to me that this Metalcore group from Ocala, Florida was (or has been) on the fast track from the moment […]
Tonight a sold out crowd in the sleepy town of Ravenswood WA was treated to something rather special. Australian Rock Royalty was in town to kick off a Saturday night celebrating the very best of […]
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