![[GIG REVIEW]: GHOSTSMOKER + Supports @ The Bendigo Hotel, 29.03.25.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1743590066945-0ZAAM6895AYSBIOAY2U8/DSCF2051.jpg)
[GIG REVIEW]: GHOSTSMOKER + Supports @ The Bendigo Hotel, 29.03.25.
Brutal Truth once titled an album titled Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses. I couldn’t think of a more fitting analogue to Dean’s review! Leviathan Gigs Demand Leviathan Content, and this here review is stacked floor to ceiling with the finest detail regarding Ghostsmoker’s devastating headliner show on Sat 29th March @ The Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne. No expense has been spared for supports Bentham’s Head, Mammon’s Throne or AGLO, either! [Featured Image Credit: Rajesh Kotian aka Raj of Blackened Lights Photography].
![[Review] INDUSTRIAL PUKE - ‘Alive To No Avail’ LP.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1743413681046-6Q6K4T8KOP2WNZUFZJZD/726014.jpg)
[Review] INDUSTRIAL PUKE - ‘Alive To No Avail’ LP.
What a timely little slice of Swedish death metal/crust/hardcore from Industrial Puke, eh? Having recently covered Svenska crust/d-beat on the Musolegion blog, these mind-readers provide an up-to-date addition to the crust-canon with the relentless, fun LP in Alive To No Avail. Check the link for full album review, single/album stream links, artist/label details and more! Get your grime on.
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[Podcast] Interview with DARREN ‘DAZ’ BROOKES of UK Death Metal Godfathers BENEDICTION.
What a venerable honour for this late end of a Friday evening. Tonight, I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to discuss upcoming LP Ravages of Empires (and so, so much more) with UK death metal godfathers Benediction’s guitarist and one of two founding members - Darren Brookes! A band that is hugely influential for much of the music we post here, as well as many bands I/we know and love. Great interview, plus the blog post also contains album order links, single music videos and more!
![[Riffs] #BSAS2024: Brady’s 2024 AOTY List, Part 3.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742096716527-2IDDJWYAO7JH4LOM31QX/apesuit.jpg)
[Riffs] #BSAS2024: Brady’s 2024 AOTY List, Part 3.
Continuing on with a better-late-than-never endeavour to continue coverage of 2024’s Behind Screen and Speaker yearly wrap-up, your host Brady continues his exploration of favourite albums from the year just passed. Within you’ll find synopses/mini-reviews, artist/label links, full album streams and more for Gigan, Viscera Infest, Oranssi Pazuzu, Blood Incantation and Chat Pile!
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[Riff] Eulogy for Vizier
Ever one to be promoting the local talents of the underground music scene, particularly in Melbourne, resident post-rock/drumming expert Hamza provides us a funny, sentimental and sincere send-off to local institution Vizier, who unfortunately called it quits in 2019. There’s also reflections on the Melbourne post-rock scene, links to Vizier’s legacy, gig footage and more. Check it out!
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[#MusicMondays] 24.03.25: Release Round-Up
Why stop at one band when you can have a whole bunch? Why also wait for albums impatiently when we can serve you up a nice platter of progressive/experimental metal (Dissocia), Italian stoner/sludge/hard rock (Drunken Crocodiles), hook-laden rock from Michigan, US (Pop Evil) and Australian-baked blackened sludge-doom (Ghostsmoker)? Do away with such questions by clicking the link!
![[Heavy News] Avant-garde Death/Black Band FELGRAVE Premiere New Song at No Clean Singing.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742807659182-E89AI4GH1GS3UV8RVE4K/felgravealbumcover.png)
[Heavy News] Avant-garde Death/Black Band FELGRAVE Premiere New Song at No Clean Singing.
M.J Lupe, otherwise known in this auspice as Felgrave, has unleashed an absolute monster of dizzying, crushing avant-garde death/black metal with release of the 18-minute beast that is title track from upcoming LP Otherlike Darkness, out April 25th. A crushing sample of extreme metal’s exploratory periphery, you can check full details of the album, preorder link, artist links and more alongside the music video in this post!
![[Heavy News] SABATON Animated Film “THE WAR TO END ALL WARS - THE MOVIE” Now Available On Major Video Streaming Platforms!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742805434584-4YELE36PS6S5QRTQCUQH/thumbnail_image005.jpg)
[Heavy News] SABATON Animated Film “THE WAR TO END ALL WARS - THE MOVIE” Now Available On Major Video Streaming Platforms!
For Heavy News on Music Monday at ISC, something completely different! Swedish metallers Sabaton have launched an epic initiative in the upcoming release of animated historical film The War To End All Wars. This 67-minute-long animated musical motion picture takes viewers on a captivating journey through the harrowing and heroic stories of World War 1, aka The Great War.
![[Heavy News] Australian Modern-Jazz Outfit COAST Return With New Album; New Single ‘Ember’ Out Now](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742729829896-P0SJQXA13AADCQOB5BZ6/018f2ab5-5176-1c48-087b-88571f64e8c1.jpg)
[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.
![[Heavy News] 2nd LP ‘Erasure Of Color’ From Boston Prog/Death Metallers AVERSED Out Now!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742726512659-W3KMG4JTUS6KQTXMVBUV/aversed.jpg)
[Heavy News] 2nd LP ‘Erasure Of Color’ From Boston Prog/Death Metallers AVERSED Out Now!
Heavy News: Having sourced a full line-up, Boston-based progressive death-metal unit Aversed have launched back onto the metal scene with 2nd LP Erasure of Color. Check the link for album order link, artist bio/links, latest single 'Lucid Decapition’ and more!
![[Interview] with MARK PALFREYMAN of Melbourne’s ALARUM.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1736152351338-UIL5DK5Q6Y8D3EZI84AM/alarum2-1.jpg)
[Interview] with MARK PALFREYMAN of Melbourne’s ALARUM.
Featured Image: IG: @samuel_phillips_photography. Ah, Alarum. A band decades into a career of constant innovation, but always anchored to a frantic and colourful blend of jazz-fusion, prog and death metal. I caught up once more with bassist/vocalist Mark Palfreyman to talk everything ranging from recording process/response/background of latest LP Recontinue to longevity, touring, the local scene, inspiration and more!
![[Heavy News] MALEVOLENCE Announce New Album WHERE ONLY THE TRUTH IS SPOKEN + Release Music Video For 'If It's All The Same To You'.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742356431661-LU4WQFZZ479WHCGAVV8R/malevolencecover.jpg)
[Heavy News] MALEVOLENCE Announce New Album WHERE ONLY THE TRUTH IS SPOKEN + Release Music Video For 'If It's All The Same To You'.
[Heavy News, 19.03.25]: Steel City beatdown-lords Malevolence have only gone from strength to strength recently. To prove their mettle, you can check out both details, pre-order/pre-save links etc for Where Only The Truth is Spoken LP, music video/stream links for singles ‘If It’s All The Same To You’ & ‘Trenches’ - and even go catch them live [recommended!] during their massive Australian national tour. Ticket links inside!
![[Heavy News] Jazzgrind band BYONOISEGENERATOR come up with hugely-awaited new album ‘SUBNORMAL DIVES’!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742276980823-ZAF7WKNV8TZICYGMYTOM/Screenshot+2025-03-18+131532.png)
[Heavy News] Jazzgrind band BYONOISEGENERATOR come up with hugely-awaited new album ‘SUBNORMAL DIVES’!
[Heavy News] Transcending Obscurity Records reinforce the diversity of their extreme metal roster with this fantastically-bizarre (conceptually, visually and musically!) release in Subnormal Dives by jazz/math-death-grinders BYONOISEGENERATOR. With some stellar artwork by Dmitry Rogatnev, you can also find links to new singles, album preorder, artist links, album into and more right here!
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[Music Mondays] St Patrick’s Day, 2025 Edition.
Whilst a lot of Australians utilise St Patrick’s Day as a cheap excuse to spend too much on Guinness we pretend to like on a weeknight, I thought I’d stay in and celebrate in a different way. Tonight, join me on a brief historical/cultural sojourn through the Emerald Isle, traipsing back from the Gaelic/Celtic folk-musical roots of the nation, through to some seriously heavy Irish contenders. Good craic for your ears.
![[Heavy News] NY Act TOWER Announce Heaviest Album Yet In ‘LET THERE BE DARK’, Out April 11th.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742195873874-JBOCH18PGEV52BT3GS2N/331847.jpg)
[Heavy News] NY Act TOWER Announce Heaviest Album Yet In ‘LET THERE BE DARK’, Out April 11th.
Ah. Nothing warms my frozen metal heart on a cold Music Monday like some Heavy News that an act is planning to make things even more metal! And, judging from latest single ‘Under The Chapel’ released alongside news of NY (US) act Tower’s descent into metal darkness with latest LP ‘Let There Be Dark’. Check out the link for album preorder/artist links, latest music video, album details and more!
![[Heavy News] SLEEP TOKEN Ascends : Announces New LP ‘EVEN IN ARCADIA’ + New Offering ‘EMERGENCE’.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742192364967-U1IKKKIZGDAP19ZNY6T3/sleeptokenimage1.jpg)
[Heavy News] SLEEP TOKEN Ascends : Announces New LP ‘EVEN IN ARCADIA’ + New Offering ‘EMERGENCE’.
[ Heavy News / Music Monday ]: Sleep Token returns with Even In Arcadia, their fourth offering and first under RCA Records / Sony Music Australia, set to release on May 9th, shortly followed by their Saturday headline slot at Download Festival, on June 13th. Check out the link for album preorder, ‘Emergence’ single streaming/,music video link, track list, artist/album details and more!
![[Heavy News] FLESHSPOIL's 'The Beginning of the End' LP Releases March 28th.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742190645373-P34XWCA0LQDIXRRI2YV0/912390.jpg)
[Heavy News] FLESHSPOIL's 'The Beginning of the End' LP Releases March 28th.
Troy (NY) - A new force in Blackened Death Metal has emerged to lay waste to 2025! FLESHSPOIL, featuring veteran players from Arsis, The Final Sleep, and Illucinus, will release full-length debut album, The Beginning of the End, March 28 on digital format! For more info, as well as Bandcamp artist link/album preorder, check out our Heavy News coverage right here on the ISC blog for Music Mondays.
![[Heavy News] Wake Up, Honey - It’s Raining Good Music! A Sunday Round-Up, 16.03.2025.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742106600114-3X0PWZF3A9CUEXRGS4YK/480272220_1045572240948497_6254525819647807866_n.jpg)
[Heavy News] Wake Up, Honey - It’s Raining Good Music! A Sunday Round-Up, 16.03.2025.
Keeping up with the latest in music releases can be hard, get it. That’s why we’ve decided to wrassle on out and head into the international wilds to bring you back a whole herd of fantastic heavy/alternative music releases in one round-up! Album/artist info, links, album streams and more for many tastes - from Romanian black metal to French guitar virtuosity, through to German stoner metal, there’s something for all!
![[Album Review] SPOILED - ‘Collapse’ LP.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742101987442-QK4J8RTZ8WKGCKHJMZ8O/spoiledband.jpg)
[Album Review] SPOILED - ‘Collapse’ LP.
Tearing out of the blocks like a drunken cop-chase on a scooter through the intersections and alleyways of Rome, Italian crossover-thrash unit Spoiled deliver a decidedly Americanised and fun blend of punk, hardcore and retro-revival thrash. And it’s as fun as it is snark-riddled and bruising. Check out the link for our review of latest LP Collapse, full album stream, artist media/links and more!
![[Review] NOTHING - ‘The Self-Repair Manifesto’ LP.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1742019191534-01KRQKK7T0WOK8GKV92D/nothing+band+photo.png)
[Review] NOTHING - ‘The Self-Repair Manifesto’ LP.
Never deny the crushing, expansive sonic potential of a three-piece. Perfectly exemplary of this, Melbourne’s progressive/ brutal death-metal purveyors NOTHING are set to release their debut LP The Self-Repair Manifesto on March 26th. Ahead of time, ISC writer Dean has provided an in-depth, track-by-track analysis of this local extreme outfits’ savage experimentation. Check the link for the review, album preorder links, artist website/socials, LP singles and more!