[Gig Review] CANDLEMASS (SWE) w/ MAMMON’S THRONE (AUS) @ Corner Hotel, 29.09.26.
[Gig Review] CANDLEMASS (SWE) w/ MAMMON’S THRONE (AUS) @ Corner Hotel, 29.09.26.
Words: Brady Irwin
Photography: Richie Black
Organised by: Your Mate Bookings
[Heavy News]: Melbourne Dethfest 2027 Full Lineup Announced: BLOODBATH (SWE) To Headline!
[Heavy News]: Melbourne Dethfest 2027 Full Lineup Announced: BLOODBATH (SWE) To Headline!
Tour Courtesy of: Your Mate Bookings.
[Heavy News]DEICIDE RETURN TO AUSTRALIA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2006
[Heavy News]DEICIDE RETURN TO AUSTRALIA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2006
[Gig Review] Shredfest Melbourne: OBSCURA (GER), FALLUJAH(USA) & Supports @The Corner Hotel(AU), 11.09.2026.
Your Mate Bookings present the stunning return of Obscura(GER) and Fallujah(USA), we were there to cover said event!
[Podcast] Episode 86: [Interview] w/ JOHAN LANQUIST of Sweden’s CANDLEMASS.
[Podcast] Ep. 86: [Interview] w/ JOHAN LANQUIST of Sweden’s CANDLEMASS. See for Youtube video interview link/podcast audio-only links, Show Notes (including ticket links, etc for Candlemass’ 2026 Australian Tour) and links further info, tracks, media and more for our five Featured Artists.
[Gig Review] ORIGIN (US) w/ MONOLIYTH, SNAKE MOUNTAIN & TREPACIDE (au) @ Singing Bird Studio, Frankston (AU) 13.06.26.
[Gig Review]: ORIGIN (USA) with MONOLIYTH, SNAKE MOUNTAIN & TREPACIDE (AUS) @ Singing Bird Studio, Frankston (AUS), 13.06.2026. See within for one monster review of one hell of an unrelenting, inexplicable night of extreme-metal fury from the most brutal band in tech and their fantastic supports.
[Gig Review] ORIGIN (US) & Supports @ Stay Gold Melbourne (AU), 12.06.26.
[Gig Review] ORIGIN (US) with SNAKE MOUNTAIN, WRITHING & NEMBUTOLIK (AUS), Fri 12th June @ Stay Gold Melbourne. Writer: Sammy O’Flynn, Organised By: Your Mate Bookings.
[Gig Review] EXHUMED (US), ASHEN & GUTLESS (AUS) @ Stay Gold, Melbourne 06.06.26.
[Gig Review] EXHUMED (US) with ASHEN & GUTLESS (AUS), Sat 6th June 2026 @ Stay Gold Melbourne. Photography: Chris Dynia (@chrisdyphotography), Organised by: Your Mate Bookings.
[Gallery of Brewicide] EXHUMED (US): Singing Bird Studios (Frankston 05.06.26) & Stay Gold (Melb 06.06.26).
Our BIGGEST Gallery of Brewicide yet! Not one but two Exhumed headliner shows (Singing Bird Studios, Frankston 05.05.26 + Stay Gold Melbourne, 06.06.26). Melbourne Photography: Chris Dynia, IG: @chrisdyniaphotography. Both shows courtesy of Your Mate Bookings. Gig Review incoming!
[Podcast] Ep. 78: [Interview] w/ MATT HARVEY (US) Re: EXHUMED (US) 2026 Australian Tour.
[Podcast] Ep. 78: [Interview] w MATT HARVEY of EXHUMED (US), Ahead of 2026 Australian Tour. See within for video/audio-only podcast links, tour dates/ticket info, artist links and more.
[Podcast] Ep. 75: [Interview] w/ KYLE SCHAEFER OF FALLUJAH (us) & Inner-Strength Check Radio, 18.05.26.
[Podcast] Ep. 75: [Interview] w/ KYLE SCHAEFER OF FALLUJAH (US) & Inner-Strength Check Radio, 18.05.26.
Additional Featured Artists: AETERE (FRA), ANTIMOZDEBEAST (US), ORCHA MELCHA (US), ANTHRAX (US), DITHEIST (US), ANTIMOZDEBEAST (US) & W.M.D. (CAN).
[Gig Review, Part II]: Brutefest 2026 @ The Tote Hotel, Melbourne (AU), 25.04.
[Gig Review, Part II]: Brutefest 2026 @ The Tote Hotel, Collingwood, Melbourne (AU) 25.04. Part II features Desecrator, Destruktor and our Brutefest headliners, USA’s Warbringer! Total thrash mayhem. Images: Richie Black Photography.
[Gallery] of Brewicide XXV, Part II: BRUTEFEST 2026 @ Tote Hotel, Melbourne, AU, 25.04.
[Gallery of Brewicide XXV, Part II]: Brutefest 2026 @ Tote Hotel, Melbourne (AU). All images courtesy of Richie Black Photography, event organised by Brutefest/Your Mate Bookings. Featured: MUNT, Circle of Blood, Harlott, Desecrator, Destruktor (AU) and headliners Warbringer (US)! TOTAL WAR!
[Gallery] of Brewicide XXV, Part I: BRUTEFEST 2026 @ Tote Hotel, Melb (AU) 25.04.26.
[Gallery of Brewicide XXV, Part I]: Brutefest 2026 @ The Tote Hotel, Collingwood, AU 25.04. Our biggest Gallery of Brewicide yet folks - so big I had to split it in half! See within for generous-as-hell amounts of photography (courtesy of Richie Black) + lots of gig footage, artist links and more.
[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.
[Gallery of Brewicide XVIII]: DETHFEST 2026 @ Corner Hotel, Richmond (AU), 08.03.2026.
[Gallery of Brewicide XVIII]: Dethfest 2026 @ Corner Hotel, Melbourne (AU), 08.03.2026. Organised by Your Mate Bookings, with photography courtesy of Richie Black Photography. Additional footage included, from the ISC Youtube channel.
Featured: Voidfall, Anoxia, Hybrid Nightmares, Carcinoid, Abramelin, Disentomb, Golgothan Remains & Allegaeon.
[Gig Review]: DETHFEST 2026 @ Corner Hotel, Melbourne (AU) 08/03/26.
[Gig Review] Dethfest 2026 @ Corner Hotel, Richmond (Melbourne, AU) 08.03.26, featuring: Voidfall, Hybrid Nightmares, Anoxia, Carcinoid, Abramelin, Disentomb, Golgothan Remains, and Allegaeon. See inside for full review, artist links and photos courtesy of Richie Black Photography! Big ups to Your Mate Bookings for organising a fun-filled death metal day.
[Gallery of Brewicide XVI]: DAYSEND + Supports, ‘Revisiting Severance’ @ Leadbeater Hotel, Melbourne (AU) 07.07.26.
[Gallery of Brewicide]: Oh, you thought our gig review coverage was a monster? Well, Richie Black Photography and ISC’s Brady both have a treat instore - see within for even more photography and additional footage from Daysend’s ‘Revisiting Severance’ tour show @ Leadbeater Hotel, 7th Feb, also featuring HOOF, Hybrid Nightmares and Emperor Moth. Up the Aussie horns!
[Gig Review]: DAYSEND + Supports, ‘Revisiting Severance’ @ Leadbeater Hotel, Melbourne (AU) 07.02.26.
[Gig Reviews] A monster gig deserves a monster review! See within for our coverage of Daysend’s ‘Revisiting Severance’ 2026 Australian tour on the Melbourne leg @ Leadbeater Hotel, Sat 7th Feb, with supports Emperor Moth, HOOF & Hybrid Nightmares. With thanks to Richie Black Photography and Your Mate Bookings!
[Gig Review]: SWALLOW THE SUN (FIN) & Supports, 25.01.26 @ Corner Hotel, Richmond (AU).
[Gig Reviews] Finland’s Swallow the Sun introduce their iconic and unique melodic death-doom brand to Australian shores for the first time. For full review of the Melbourne leg @ Corner Hotel, Richmond on 25th Jan, inc. supports Neomantra, The Eternal and Mammon’s Throne plus artist/media links, read on.