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[RIFFS] THE HIVES NEW ALBUM AND 2025 world TOUR
The Hives unleash two new singles preceded by their new album ‘The Hives Forever Forever The Hives’ and 2025 world tour.
![[HEAVY NEWS] Buncha Newly-Released/Upcoming Heavy Albums for #MusicMonday.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1751283306096-D04O13O0TZYT9UIRVIOS/bruxistband.jpg)
[HEAVY NEWS] Buncha Newly-Released/Upcoming Heavy Albums for #MusicMonday.
Featured Image: Bruxis (AU).
And to top off our recent Music Mondays roundup for recently released singles, be sure to also check out artist/album bio, single videos/streams and more for recent/upcoming LP’s from: US thrashers Condition Critical, Greek heavy prog-rockers KOKKINIÀ, Aussie crust/d-beat underground act Bruxis, plus a death-metal duo from Transcending Obscurity Records for Abyssalis and Unaligned!
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[HEAVY NEWS] New Singles for #MusicMonday, 30th Jun 2025.
Featured Artist Image: SEUM (Canada).
First in a couple of brave attempts to tackle the slew of new releases tonight for Music Monday, is the following Heavy News coverage for: Montreal-based bass-sludgers SEUM (CA), Milwaukee death-metallers Viogression (US), UK blackened death-metal killers Cult Burial and Japanese multi-instrumentalist project Knosis. Dig in!
![Go On, Have a Nuclear Blast: A [HEAVY NEWS] Label Round-Up.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1751180454792-5RJ2E67YYP1YHILMKZNZ/thumbnail_image003.jpg)
Go On, Have a Nuclear Blast: A [HEAVY NEWS] Label Round-Up.
Cover Image: courtesy of Aversion’s Crown.
Hoo boy! And I thought we were busy. With a jam-packed roster full of bands releasing quality releases, it’s no wonder there’s a need for a Nuclear Blast Records-specific roundup. Check link for just some of many recent/upcoming releases for: Aversion’s Crown, Malevolence, Fallujah, The Halo Effect, Nailed to Obscurity.
![[#HEAVYNEWS] Perth Crushers ASHEN (AU) Announce Latest LP ‘Leave The Flesh Behind’, 22.08.25.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1750764130735-D6XT42JMXMH3YK51PH9K/BANNER.jpg)
[#HEAVYNEWS] Perth Crushers ASHEN (AU) Announce Latest LP ‘Leave The Flesh Behind’, 22.08.25.
Perth? You’re full of lovely folk and you guys don’t cop half the shows us Victorians. You get a preamble shoutout from me. Ashen are stepping up the death-metal game in WA, with slated 2nd full-length LP Leave The Flesh Behind slated for release on Aug 22nd, 2025 via Redefining Darkness Records. Oh and bands? Check the addendum; we have a surprise for you. You’re on notice.
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[Riffs/Music]: A Humble Dedication to MIESZKO TALARCZYK of NASUM (Rest in Power).
Just me, your humble podcast/blog host, paying homage to one our fallen. One of many men in the heavy music industry who shaped me into who I am today. Rest In Power, MIESZKO TALARCZYK - the spirit of Nasum flows through all of us.
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[Gig Review] TESTAMENT w/ HIDDEN INTENT @ Northcote Theatre, Melb (AU), 21.06.25.
Eleven long, thrash-gig-filled years of our lives. And yet, Testament nonchalantly pop in from across the pond and, alongside local thrash-units Hidden Intent, completely lay waste to everyone since @ Northcote Theatre, Melbourne (AU) on Saturday, 21st June. Care of The Phoenix.au, Metropolis Touring NT staff, touring crew, and Richie Black Photography. Cheers.
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[Gig Review] CHURCH OF CROW - DOOM FESTIVAL III @ Chiesa Di San Giuseppe (IT), 02.05.25 (Part II).
Featured Image: Dean. Well, we’re back on the second day of posting our doom-aficionado’s apex Italia journey into metal’s logical conclusion - a two-day festival in a regional Italian church! Featuring: Gli Alberi, Nero Kane, Dead Chasm, In Autumn, The Rite, Hands of Orlac, Epitaph & Abysmal Dawn. To quote the guy hung upside down for a long time in Life of Brian: “You lucky, lucky bastard!”.
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[REVIEW] STANDOVER (NZ) - ‘…When A Clenched Fist Is No Longer An Option’ LP.
I’m physically exhaling with relief, as a pseudo-intellectual, pretentious dude (aka, every metalhead, ever). Taking a break from endless pontification and metaphor-heavy meandering BS, I’m smacked upside the jaw by some stress-tested, tried-and-true metallic hardcore in the classic late-90’s/early-aughts vein by New Zealand’s Standover and latest bruiser ‘…when a clenched fist is no longer an option’. I’m all for musically being smacked upside the head with good ‘core. Let’s go.
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[GIG REVIEW] CHURCH OF CROW - DOOM FESTIVAL III @ Chiesa Di San Giuseppe (IT), 02.05.25 (Part I).
(Featured Image credit: Ombeline Cannele). Man’s gone and done it again, tut-tut! ‘Least esteemed dooms-man Dean left it ‘til after his holiday to get this onto the desk. But, speaking of holidays, our bearded adventurer has wandered into a small church in Italy on his travels, where he experienced multiple days of doom-metal glory in an iconic, intimate setting. Yep, here’s Part 1 of his Church of the Crow Doom Metal Festival III coverage - we’ll have Part II out tomorrow!
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[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!
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[Heavy News] PARADISE LOST Announce ‘ASCENSION’ LP Out SEP 19th; First Single 'Silence Like The Grave' Streaming Now
It’s shaping up to be a very busy week for today’s #MusicMondays / Heavy News features. Of the lucky few making the cut for today are gothic-doom icons Paradise Lost. These venerable stalwarts are slated to release 17th LP Ascension 19/09/25 via Nuclear Blast. Check link for preorder, full album details, video/stream links for first single ‘Silence Like The Grave’ and much more.
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[Gallery] of Brewicide V: ATHEIST + Supports @ Leadbeater Hotel, Melb (AU) 08.06.2025.
As if one gig review stacked with enough quality snaps from Atheist’s performance on Sun 8th June was enough. Nor some great shots of supports Anoxia, Vexation and Alarum. Hell no, man. Not when we’ve got talented band/crowd-snapper Jason Vidic of Vidic Images on the case! See within for additional crisp snaps from a truly chaotic, mind-bending evening. Plus artist links and more!
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[Gig Review] ATHEIST + Supports, Leadbeater Hotel (Melb, AU), 08.06.25.
How many words/which words can be used to describe a night of musical perfection? A night 35+ years in the making, featuring one of the most important and influential bands in extreme metal via Atheist? Supported by Australian death-metal legends Alarum, Vexation and Anoxia?! No idea, but for the best-guess attempt & some stellar images by Jason Vidic (of Vidic Images), check out our gig review.
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[Podcast] Ep. 48: Interview With ERIC PETERSON, Guitarist of US OG Thrashers TESTAMENT.
Kicking off Music Mondays in style, we were joined this morning by none other than Eric Peterson, longstanding member and guitarist of thrash-metal titans Testament! With the Australian tour kicking off in just a couple of weeks, we discussed Eric’s thoughts on heading to our sunburnt land again, plus a whole lot more. Ticket links and other tour info also contained within. Thrash on!
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[Riffs] Three (Gauss) Prime Tech-Death Picks.
Imagine this - you’re piloting a super high-speed biomechanical exosuit fighting hordes of interdimensional adversaries. Hmm, what to listen to, I wonder? Check out three great technical/progressive death metal releases from 2025 that we think will go down a treat for any ADHD-coded exoskeleton!
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[Heavy News] Mayday! Mayday! Five Riff-Bombers on #MusicMonday!
No flak or anti-air needed here. This is a most welcome raid upon our cochleas! First of a few May release-roundups we’ll be doing features a Swedish psych-doom delve (Cavern Deep), a Milwaukee (US) man’s Liminal Spirit, a tango with Belgique sludge-monsters (Growing Horns), chopping frenzied Californian tech-death (Ominous Ruin) and ensuring not to pass the black metal post in Romania (Genune)! Open those hatches, bombs away.
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[Gig Review] ALPHA WOLF (AUS) /MALEVOLENCE (UK), The Wool Exchange (Geelong, AU) 29.05.2025.
I was NOT expecting many, many things when I took on a regional show from destroyalllines to write up Alpha Wolf’s blitzkrieg-tour of Australia alongside beloved UK ‘core-titans Malevolence. Supported by no less than two knockouts in Zuko and Melting. A gig so fun, frenetic, manic, loveable and earnest that I went pretty damn hard in that direction, too.
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[Podcast] Ep. 47: Interview with BRANDON SALLER, Vocalist of US Metalcore Titans ATREYU.
Break out the eyeliner, ill-fitting jeans and stretch up for the mosh - Atreyu are headed back to Australia in July for a jam-packed tour alongside fellow metalcore giants Memphis May Fire! I spoke with Brandon Saller around all things Atreyu this morning - the upcoming tour/recent shows, thoughts and reflections on both band and The Curse around the 20th-anniversary LP tour, and much more! Peep the link for podcast interview plus all the tour info you’ll need. Best get in quick, though!
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[GALLERY] of Brewicide, IV: BURNING WITCHES @ The Croxton Bandroom, Melb (AU) 23.05.25.
Master with an eye for all things visual, Richie Black Photography took some time out last Friday to invade the coven presenting all the way from Switzerland in Burning Witches, at The Croxton Bandroom! Check out the link for Richie’s fantastic coverage of the gig, including a slew of pics for Melburnian thrash-supports Mason, plus artist/promoter links and more. Big thanks to Hardline Media!