[Podcast] Ep. 55: [Interview] w/ SIMON CALABRESE of DAYSEND, Ahead of The ‘Revisiting Severance’ Tour.
A massive privilege and honour to have frontman Simon Calabrese of influential Australian melodic death metal legends Daysend, ahead of their upcoming national tour revisiting the massively-acclaimed album Severance. We discuss Simon's thoughts on said tour, stepping back into the band for the first time in 19 years and more! Video/podcast interview link, tour info and ticket/RSVP links contained within - get on it!
A [Heavy News] Singles Triple-Decker, 05.08.2025.
Heavy News, Tue 5th August: What a week, eh? A whole slew of tour announcement, new releases etc. Tonight, I’m taking a different tack to focus on a trio of powerful new singles. Featured - Breath (US), SEIMS (AU) and Perturbator (FR).
[Podcast] Ep. 49: [Interview] w/ JOEY SCOTT & JAMES TAYLOR of Sydney Death-Metal Crew ANOXIA.
Accelerating through the tiers of the Australian/Sydney extreme metal scene faster than a cheetah with a chili pepper wedged up its’ backside, are old-school/technical death metallers Anoxia. I caught Joey Scott (Vocals) and James Taylor (Bass) for a comprehensive chat around their recent tour with Atheist, thoughts on making it in the current music-industry climate, songwriting, future plans and more - including an upcoming tour with Krisiun! Do we have the links and info for that too?! Yeah, baby!
[Heavy News] Australian Modern-Jazz Outfit COAST Return With New Album; New Single ‘Ember’ Out Now
[Heavy News] - Art as Catharsis just recently announced COAST’s upcoming third album, Ember - a highly anticipated return to form from one of Australia’s most daring jazz acts. To celebrate, peep the link for streaming link and direct .mp3 download link for title track, pre-order links, additional album/artist info and links, as well as where to find AaC online. Smooth and breezy.
[Archive] Review of Hypergiant’s 2017 LP, ‘Father Sky’.
Originally posted on Overdrive Music Magazine in 2017 (now-defunct, RIP) and later posted to our also-now-defunct prior website (double-RIP), this is an archival review of progressive Australian post-metallers Hypergiant’s 2017 LP, Father Sky. It still holds up today, and this holds a special place for myself as the first official music-journo album review I ever wrote. Check the link for album Bandcamp links!