[Heavy News]: ENSLAVED (NOR) Celebrate MIð Album Release With Focus Track Visualizer For 'I AM ICE (FT. JOHAN SARA JR.)’.
[Heavy News]: ENSLAVED (NOR) Celebrate MIð Album Release With Focus Track Visualizer For 'I AM ICE (FT. JOHAN SARA JR.)’.
See within for album details, tracklist, ‘I Am Ice’ music video, order link and more! The Norse gods come through with the goods once again.
Music News courtesy of: Nuclear Blast Records.
[Heavy News]: NORTHLANE (AUS) Release New Single ‘Deathwish’ + Announce Album & Tour Date Change.
[Heavy News]: NORTHLANE (AUS) Release New Single ‘Deathwish’ + Announce Album & Tour Date Change.
Music News provided with thanks to: Deathproof PR.
[Single Review] : A STUDY IN RED - ‘Crown of Thorns’.
[Single Review] Melbourne post-hardcore locals A STUDY IN RED (AUS) cop the Spiderman-points-at-Spiderman treatment, with our own photographer Sarah Barnett fronting the local outfit, and Mal Keecher collegially providing our first ever Single Review!
[Gig Review] EVERGREY (SWE) w/ DAMNATION’S DAY & IMMORIUM (AUS) @ Max Watts, Melbourne 23.10.2026.
It’s been 19 years since Swedish progressive maestros Evergrey have been to sunny Melbourne Inner-strength Check has been lucky enough to cover this phenomenal return!
[Heavy News] KARNIVOOL (AUS) Announce ‘In Verses’ Regional Australian Tour
[Heavy News]: KARNIVOOL (AUS) Announce In Verses Regional Australian Tour.
See within for a bunch of regional-exclusive Australian tour dates for the omniscient prog-overlords Karnivool, in celebration of ARIA-smashing release
Organised By: Billions & Fidelity Corp
Heavy News Care of: Deathproof Media
(Featured Image : Kane Hibberd)
[Heavy News] SOEN (SWE) Announce Rescheduled AUS Shows: Promise Made, Promise Kept!
[Heavy News]: SOEN (SWE) Announce Rescheduled Australian Shows: “Promise Made, Promise Kept!”.
Proof you can’t keep a good prog-loving Swedish act down, SOEN have avowed to keep all October dates intact and rescheduled for new tour dates in January 2027. See within for the new dates, SOEN media/links, ticket links and more. Organised by ThePhoenix.AU.
[Gig Review] PARADISE LOST (UK) & VICTORIA K (AUS) @ Max Watt’s, Melbourne 20.10.2026.
[Gig Review] PARADISE LOST (UK) & VICTORIA K (AUS) @ Max Watt’s, Melbourne 20.10.2026.
[Podcast] Ep. 88: ‘Tabletop Radio’ - Pilot Episode.
[Podcast] Ep. 88 is the very first instalment of ‘Tabletop Radio!’ In today’s episode, we explore everything from the cognitive science of maths anxiety, why and how dark art and extreme metal relate to TTRPGs (and can be GOOD for you), the benefits of tactile play and more. Episode/show notes also include tracks featured from Haxmastaren (SWE) & Could Seed (FRA) as well as [Heavy News] on the upcoming Heilung Australian Tour!
[Gig Review] Mudhoney live at Volta Ballarat With Laura and the Hell Cutz | 20 October 2026
Mudhoney return to Australia and play Ballarat for the first time ever. I was there to write about the 40 year legacy Mudhoney have garnered for themselves!
[Heavy News] Trio: GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL Lineup, SOILWORK (SWE) 30th Anniversary Single & 21-Artist KREATOR Tribute.
[Heavy News] Trio, 23.10.26: See within for full details of the massive Good Things Australian festival lineup, Soilwork’s 30th-anniversary commemorative single ‘Night Whispers & Shining Lights’ & a thrash-stacked 21-artist tribute to thrash legends Kreator (GER)!
News care of: Dallas Does PR, Nuclear Blast Records & Antichrist Magazine.
[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.
[Gig Review]PORTUGAL. THE MAN W/ DIZZY DAYS @ The Corner Hotel, Melbourne (AUS), 17.10.2026.
[Gig Review]: PORTUGAL. THE MAN (USA) w/ DIZZY DAYS (AUS) ‘Denali Australian Tour’ @ Corner Hotel, Melbourne (AUS), 17th October 2026.
Words/Footage: Sammy O’Flynn
Tour Organised By: LiveNATION Australia.
[Podcast] Ep. 87: [Interview] w/ NAGASH of THE KOVENANT (NOR) Re: ‘Nexus Polaris’ Aus Tour.
[Podcast] Episode 87: [Interview] with none other than the mighty NAGASH of THE KOVENANT! We spoke with Nagash last month about the Australian tour, pioneering both symphonic and industrial black metal, reformation and more.
Featured Artist Tracks & Info via ISC Radio: PETROSA (ITA), SLAUGHTERCULT (AUS), SARCOMA (ECU), SUBMASQ (ISR/INTL) & ONLY ECHOES (USA)!
[Gig Review] LORNA SHORE w/ WHITECHAPEL + THE ACACIA STRAIN @ John Cain Arena, 16.10.26.
Death metal took over John Cain Arena on Friday night in Melbourne as prominent deathcore dominators Lorna Shore headlined with special guests Whitechapel and The Acacia Strain.
[Heavy News]Brutal Death Metal Machine VIROLOGIST to Release Subjugation of Anthropoid Forms
[Heavy News]Brutal Death Metal Machine VIROLOGIST to Release Subjugation of Anthropoid Forms
[Heavy News]RELIQA ANNOUNCE SOPHOMORE ALBUM 'HIGH RISK THOUGHTS' + SHARE SULTRY NEW SINGLE "SERUM"
[Heavy News]RELIQA ANNOUNCE SOPHOMORE ALBUM 'HIGH RISK THOUGHTS' + SHARE SULTRY NEW SINGLE "SERUM"
[Heavy News] STORY OF THE YEAR (US),SILVERSTEIN (CAN) ‘Camp Screamo’ Australian Tour 2027 W/ Special Guests POINT NORTH (US).
Get ready Australia! Story Of The Year are coming back early 2027 with Silverstein (CAN) and Point North (US).
[Heavy News]DEATH ANGEL - Act III - January / February 2027 Australian Tour
[Heavy News]DEATH ANGEL - Act III - January / February 2027 Australian Tour
[Gig Review] FROM ASHES TO NEW (US) & BANKS ARCADE (AU) @ 170 RUSSELL, 11.10.26.
US metal juggernauts From Ashes to New descended on Melbourne’s 170 Russell, joined by Banks Arcade in support of FATN’s fifth studio album Reflections.