![[Gallery] Of Brewicide XXIV: MEMPHIS MAY FIRE/BLESSTHEFALL (US) @ Northcote Theatre, Melb (AU) 25.04.26.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1777291520231-KTFFZDH308RU9RDLHB4T/MMF12.jpg)
[Gallery] Of Brewicide XXIV: MEMPHIS MAY FIRE/BLESSTHEFALL (US) @ Northcote Theatre, Melb (AU) 25.04.26.
[Gallery] of Brewicide XXIV: Memphis May Fire / blessthefall (US) with Sienna Skies (AU) at Northcote Theatre Melbourne, 24th April 2026. All photography courtesy of the talented Callum Thomas @callum.tpg - huge thanks to ThePhoenix.AU for having us on for some ‘core fun!
![[Gig Review] MEMPHIS MAY FIRE + BLESSTHEFALL w/ SIENNA SKIES @ NORTHCOTE THEATRE, 24.04.26.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1777193039191-VY2XB19Y0URFKJWY1TN1/MMF13.jpg)
[Gig Review] MEMPHIS MAY FIRE + BLESSTHEFALL w/ SIENNA SKIES @ NORTHCOTE THEATRE, 24.04.26.
Memphis May Fire fired on all cyclinders at Northcote Theatre, with fellow American metal icons Blessthefall and local supports Sienna Skies.
![[Heavy News]: AUGUST BURNS RED Announce ‘Season of Surrender’ 2026 Australian/NZ Tour.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1776315820186-NVDDNVUO6F4Q4QJH2M5V/augustburnsredbandphoto.jpg)
[Heavy News]: AUGUST BURNS RED Announce ‘Season of Surrender’ 2026 Australian/NZ Tour.
[Heavy News]: August Burns Red (US) announce Season Of Surrender Tour Australia & New Zealand 2026 With Special Guests Bloom & I Promised The World (USA), care of destroyalllines. See within for tour dates, ticket links and additional artist media/links. It’s breakdown-time.
![[Album Reviews]: A ‘Straya-Double - CIRCLE OF BLOOD & BATTLEGRAVE (AU).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1776169063393-3M7MF3L0FS7D7B7L1DQG/%5BAlbum+Reviews%5D+Banner.png)
[Album Reviews]: A ‘Straya-Double - CIRCLE OF BLOOD & BATTLEGRAVE (AU).
[Album Review] ‘A Straya Double’: Circle of Blood (AU) - In Praise of Darkness & Battlegrave (AU) - Enslavement. Check the link for full-album reviews for both beastly Australian extreme-metal releases, artist/label links, album/single streams and more. Oi! Oi! Oi!
![[Album Review]: IMMOLATION (US) - ‘Descent’.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775816443580-VVYQOF103GIY7RF24LNF/immolationdescentalbumcover.jpg)
[Album Review]: IMMOLATION (US) - ‘Descent’.
[Album Review]: Immolation (US) - Descent, releasing today, Fri 10th April 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records. See within for album review, artist links and additional media such as latest single ‘Attrition’. Another landmark instalment in death metals’ twisted canon, Descent is not one to be missed for extreme metal fiends!
![[HEAVY NEWS]: SHINEDOWN W/ BUSH CO-HEADLINE AUSTRALIAN & NZ TOUR](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775797310286-VP0S6V6ZMH3B78O03ETU/SHINEDOWN%2BBUSH%2BSEPT%2B2026.jpg)
[HEAVY NEWS]: SHINEDOWN W/ BUSH CO-HEADLINE AUSTRALIAN & NZ TOUR
US rock titans Shinedown to co-headline Aus/NZ tour with their equally iconic counterparts Bush (UK).
![[Gig Review] MALIGNANT AURA (AU) ‘Where All Of Worth Comes To Wither’ LP Launch @ Bendigo Hotel (Melb, AU), 04.04.26.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775742010972-TQZZPKTAHHD6QP7H1IAN/DSC04079.jpg)
[Gig Review] MALIGNANT AURA (AU) ‘Where All Of Worth Comes To Wither’ LP Launch @ Bendigo Hotel (Melb, AU), 04.04.26.
[Gig Review] MALIGNANT AURA (Brisbane, AU) Where All Comes To Wither LP Launch @ Bendigo Hotel (Melb, AU), 04.04.26. Featuring supports Gravepeeler, Thrall & Carcinoid (Melbourne, AU). See within for full gig review, album stream, artist links and more.
![[HEAVY NEWS]: HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS (US) ‘If Only You Were Lonely’ 20th Anniversary Tour W/ ARMOR FOR SLEEP (US).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775715239815-R41LS5512OE6FN0C5UDZ/Hawthorne+Heights+2026+band+pic.jpg)
[HEAVY NEWS]: HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS (US) ‘If Only You Were Lonely’ 20th Anniversary Tour W/ ARMOR FOR SLEEP (US).
Rejoice fellow emo's! Beloved emo rock favourites Hawthorne Heights are coming back to Australia this April to play five cities in six days, joined by legendary rockers Armor For Sleep (US).
![[Heavy News]: SAOSIN (US) Announce ‘20 Years of Self-Titled & The Hits’ Aus Tour w/ SENSES FAIL (US).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775619683538-JVIVACV56Y2T5FKR019C/Saosin+w+Cove+Reber+jpg.jpg)
[Heavy News]: SAOSIN (US) Announce ‘20 Years of Self-Titled & The Hits’ Aus Tour w/ SENSES FAIL (US).
[Heavy News, 04.04.26]: SAOSIN (US) 20TH ANNIVERSARY AUSTRALIAN TOUR WITH SENSES FAIL (US). See within for tour dates, ticket links, additional artist media and more regarding a post-hardcore nostalgia double-hitter, soon to grace our shores courtesy of destroyalllines.
![[Gallery of Brewicide XXII]: MALIGNANT AURA (AU) ‘Where All Comes To Wither’ LP Launch @ Bendigo Hotel (Melb, AU) 04.04.26.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775558278060-0O0AZKX2AB57GP6UAN6E/DSC04171.jpg)
[Gallery of Brewicide XXII]: MALIGNANT AURA (AU) ‘Where All Comes To Wither’ LP Launch @ Bendigo Hotel (Melb, AU) 04.04.26.
[Gallery of Brewicide XXII]: Malignant Aura (Brisbane, AU): Where All Comes To Wither LP Launch @ The Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood (Melbourne, AU), Sat 4th April 2026.
See within for photos from headliners MA + supports Gravepeeler, Thrall & Carcinoid (Melbourne, AU), LP stream/artist links, gig footage and more. Photography: @noisebleed.x (Ofir Gee - Noise Bleed).
![[Heavy News]: LOATHE (UK) Announce Headliner Australian Tour w/ Special Guests STATIC DRESS (UK).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775614599730-CITD8320MY31OHQPUV7H/LOATHE.jfif)
[Heavy News]: LOATHE (UK) Announce Headliner Australian Tour w/ Special Guests STATIC DRESS (UK).
The amazing Loathe (UK) will be touring across Australia this May, with special guests Static Dress (UK).
![[Album Review]: GRAUFAR - ‘Via Necropolis’ LP.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775533532692-GO6LTJBHE6978FDKR44L/vianecropolis.jpg)
[Album Review]: GRAUFAR - ‘Via Necropolis’ LP.
[Album Review] Graufar (Austria) - Via Necropolis, released independently via the artist 20th March, 2026. Words by Dean Underhill. See within for a review of some ripping Austrian blackened death-metal, as well as single/album streaming links, artist links and more. Dean’s verdict: 8/10 Undead Strudels.
![[Podcast] Ep. 73: [Interview] with JOHN KEVILL of Modern Thrash Legends WARBRINGER (US).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775476240023-NE55NJFZH0JG5LXSWD3E/ISC+Podcast%2C+Ep.+73+-+Warbringer.png)
[Podcast] Ep. 73: [Interview] with JOHN KEVILL of Modern Thrash Legends WARBRINGER (US).
[Podcast] Ep. 73 - [Interview] with an absolute thrashers’ DREAM interviewee in John Kevill, perennial frontman and vocalist of modern-thrash titans Warbringer (US)! See link for video/podcast interview versions, artist media, Wrath and Ruin bio/details, Asian 2026 Tour and Australian 2026 Tour dates.
![[Podcast] Ep. 72: [Interview] with BOB VIGNA of US Death Metal Veterans IMMOLATION.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775462737731-441N3PIF9H9PGSG5KECQ/ISC+Podcast%2C+Ep.+72+-+Bannerhead.png)
[Podcast] Ep. 72: [Interview] with BOB VIGNA of US Death Metal Veterans IMMOLATION.
[Podcast] Ep. 72 involved a chat with one of the most influential dudes in the NY, US and heck, even international death metal scenes. None other than Bob Vigna, guitarist and longstanding member of elite boundary-pushers Immolation! Check the link for interview, single music video/streaming links, album preorder links and more. Descent drops Fri 10th April, 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records.
![[Gallery of Brewicide XXI]: RAGDOLL/ION SKY (AU) Co-Headliner @ Revolver Melb (AU), 27.03.26.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775455205777-388YGK8I3L34PHIBGJ4I/Ragdoll+-+Revolver+270326-39.jpg)
[Gallery of Brewicide XXI]: RAGDOLL/ION SKY (AU) Co-Headliner @ Revolver Melb (AU), 27.03.26.
[Gallery of Brewicide XXI] Ragdoll/ Ion Sky Double-Headliner @ Revolver Upstairs, Prahran (VIC, AU), Fri 27th March 2026 w/ supports Atomic Riot & Love Bites. See within for some stellar Richie Black Photography plus links for all involved artists. Rock and roll, Aussie style!
![[Podcast] EP: 71: [Interview] with Bård Torstensen of CLAWFINGER.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775379885435-CI4PLKSSHBDSM1O4KOXJ/Inner-Strength+Check+Podcast%2C+Ep.+71+%5BInterview%5D+with+BARD+TORSTENSEN+of.png)
[Podcast] EP: 71: [Interview] with Bård Torstensen of CLAWFINGER.
[Podcast] Ep. 71 [Interview] with Bård Torstensen of the mighty European rap-rock/rap-rock metal pioneers Clawfinger. We discuss recently-released LP Before We All Die, which released on Reigning Phoenix Music on 20th Feb, 2026, plus Bard’s thoughts around re-entering the album/touring cycle for an original album for the first time in 19 years.
![[Gallery of Brewicide XX/Review]: BLACK CROWES (US) @ Forum Melbourne (AU), 02.04.26.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775277286681-J65XFNZBXJTRWJ379DLI/Black+Crowes_Forum-17.jpg)
[Gallery of Brewicide XX/Review]: BLACK CROWES (US) @ Forum Melbourne (AU), 02.04.26.
[Gallery of Brewicide XX]: The couple that slays together, stays together. Which is exactly why in addition to some fantastic photography by Kaza Black, Richie Black has paired up to review the occasion! That occasion specifically being The Black Crowes’ 2026 Australian Tour @ Forum Melbourne, Fri 3rd April, supported by Perth rock-and-rollers The Southern River Band.
![[Heavy News] Aussie Tour Updates: THE AMENTA (AU) & VADER (POL).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775103633288-3HHICK3WR09J6LIFNCZG/vadertheamenta.png)
[Heavy News] Aussie Tour Updates: THE AMENTA (AU) & VADER (POL).
[Heavy News, 2nd April 2026}: I’d say “Stop The Press!”, but we aren’t affiliated with Boomer MSM. Stop your scrollin’ if you’ve considered attending either the upcoming Ulcerate (NZ)/The Amenta (AU) double-header tour, and/or Vader (POL)’s recently rescheduled Australian Tour. We’ve got news, links and more for you local gig goers!
![[Heavy News]: DESPISED ICON (CA), DEAD SLEEP (SWE) & PLINI (AU).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1775018159228-M3DZ4CHK2SMAE8PJ0952/Heavy+News+01.04.26+-+cover.png)
[Heavy News]: DESPISED ICON (CA), DEAD SLEEP (SWE) & PLINI (AU).
Today’s serving of Heavy News comes with a piping hot tray of award-winning Canadian deathcore (via Despised Icon), rapturous Swedish thrash with Dead Sleep’s latest single + album reveal, and an all-Australian dessert with Plini’s delectable new single/upcoming album. Bon appetit!
![[Heavy News]: ENSLAVED (NOR), BLACK LABEL SOCIETY & AUGUST BURNS RED (US).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1774842345321-MLGCUEO6X1DVFGFPU7B1/%5BHeavy+News%5D+AUGUST+BURNS+RED+%28US%29+BLACK+LABEL+SOCIETY+%28US%29+ENSLAVED+%28US%29.png)
[Heavy News]: ENSLAVED (NOR), BLACK LABEL SOCIETY & AUGUST BURNS RED (US).
[Music Mondays/ Heavy News]: A trifecta of new-release treats from way across a big pond, from Enslaved’s sea-shantie collaboration with The Storm Weather Shanty Choir (Norway), Zakk Wylde and Co’s latest Black Label Society LP release, and that of upcoming LP/new single by fellow US metal stalwarts August Burns Red. Dig in, me hearties!