![[Album Review]: SICK SAD WORLD (France) - ‘Deuil’ LP.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1768713590131-D2672VO5F2ZSJKB3IAWQ/sicksadworldband.jpg)
[Album Review]: SICK SAD WORLD (France) - ‘Deuil’ LP.
[Album Review]: Sick Sad World (France) - Deuil LP, released 1st October, 2025. Check out ISC author Hamza Siddiqi’s analysis of the latest effort from French underground post-metal crew Sick Sad World, as well as artist links, single streams/music video and more. Riffin’ hard and slow, internationally.
![[HEAVY NEWS] ORIGIN Announce 2026 Australian Tour.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1768278926369-FXFVY9VOOAK4N4E06MAK/image002.png)
[HEAVY NEWS] ORIGIN Announce 2026 Australian Tour.
[Heavy News] US technical death metal juggernaughts Origin are shoring up arms ahead of their first ballistic extreme metal salvo in Australia since 2024! Check out the link for tickets, tour info, artist links, media and more. Get your brutality on.
![[Album Review]: HEALTH - ‘Conflict DLC’ LP.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1768273784660-9SHCAXRIKAG33IHCF5KR/MAIN+PRESS+SHOT+HEALTH0624.jpg)
[Album Review]: HEALTH - ‘Conflict DLC’ LP.
[Album Review]: LA-based industrial metal/alt-pop trio HEALTH delivered a real shocker for me in December 2025 - in a good way, with 6th release CONFLICT DLC landing in my Top 25 Albums of the Year. Find out why in the full review, which also includes links to the artist and additional media. Get your metalhead boogey on.
![[Review] DEADWOOD (CA) - ‘Rituals Of A Dying Light’ EP.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1767781802974-G646UNRFER3O5C4VECA5/deadwood.jpg)
[Review] DEADWOOD (CA) - ‘Rituals Of A Dying Light’ EP.
[EP Review] For our first music release review of the year, we have a snappy, narky, bludgeoning and fun EP from the tundra-coated wilds of Canada, with Deadwood’s latest EP Rituals of A Dying Light, which drops worldwide on Jan 7th via Innerstrength Records. Check the link for EP review, music videos, EP preorder, artist links and more, buddy!
![[Riff] 05.12.26: Fire Up The Barbie, Mate! - An Aussie 2025 Heavy Music Feature.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1767684859738-CUW1BHLHOTUC3HC4P2FQ/25AussieAlbumsCover.png)
[Riff] 05.12.26: Fire Up The Barbie, Mate! - An Aussie 2025 Heavy Music Feature.
[Riff]: As part of our Behind Screen and Speaker 2025 retrospective/2026 prospectus series, I dive into a bunch of fantastic cuts of prime Aussie heavy-music beef. See within for the full list, album links, music videos and more, plus some additions from the Musolegion community!
![[Riff] Brady’s Top 25 Albums of 2025.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1767254207536-5ZBQN08RJC4UYD1SW6LA/%5BRiff%5D+Brady%E2%80%99s+Top+25+Albums+of+2025.+%28Happy+New+Year%21%29.png)
[Riff] Brady’s Top 25 Albums of 2025.
[Riff]: Happy New Year, everyone! I’m kicking off 2026 with the first of many retrospective looks at the year just past via Behind Screen and Speaker, starting with my Top 25 Albums of The Year.
Links to each album included in the list - be sure to check out these heavy/alternative music bangers!
![[Gallery of Brewcide XIII]: CRYPTOPSY (US) & Supports @ Croxton Bandroom, Melb (AU) 20.12.25.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1766997374834-LP837XU8V8FSVD97N0RD/_NDS2065.jpg)
[Gallery of Brewcide XIII]: CRYPTOPSY (US) & Supports @ Croxton Bandroom, Melb (AU) 20.12.25.
[Gallery of Brewicide XIII]: Welcome once more, to our celebration of live music and photographic talent! See within for gig footage, Dan McKay’s incredible photography, artist links and more for: Cryptopsy (CA) and supports Writhing (AU) and Munt (AU) @ Croxton Bandroom, 20.12.25 for the ‘All So Vile’ 2025 Australian Tour.
![[Podcast] Ep. 63: [Interview] w/ BEN GREEN of GRIMLOCK/GYPSY ROAD (AU).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1766385436248-I3WBUBYRECRMFIYSYVN9/Ep.+63+%5BInterview%5D+with+BEN+GREEN+of+GRIMLOCK%2C+GYPSY+ROAD+%28Melbourne%2C+AU%29+%2B+%40iplayguitars0metimes.png)
[Podcast] Ep. 63: [Interview] w/ BEN GREEN of GRIMLOCK/GYPSY ROAD (AU).
[Podcast] Episode 63: Interview with local Melbourne-based Australian musician Ben Green, who reached out to discuss all things songwriting, band-joining, performing, producing and more for his latest projects Grimlock and Gypsy Road. For an interesting dive into local metal, post-hardcore and emo alike, plus sample tracks and artist links - click here!
![[Podcast]: Episode 62 - [Interview] with MILLE PETROZZA of KREATOR.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1765938202805-S81JUD3I2PFDE6QX9J8U/ISC+Podcast%2C+Ep.+62+%5BInterview%5D+with+MILLE+PETROZZA+of+KREATOR..png)
[Podcast]: Episode 62 - [Interview] with MILLE PETROZZA of KREATOR.
[Podcast]: Wow, what an incredible opportunity! Pulled up on the side of the road, ISC host Brady gets a last-minute call for a once in a lifetime thrash-metal fan dream - an opportunity to speak with influential Teutonic thrash lord Mille Petrozza, of German kings Kreator! See link for video interview/audio-only podcast version, recent singles links, Krushers of The World preorder links and more. Das ist sehr gut, danke Mille!
![[HEAVY NEWS] MAMMAL RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘AFTER PARTY’ AND XMAS SHOW.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1765324854350-JT5S9R1TAKPD74R47G39/Mammal+After+Party+PNG.png)
[HEAVY NEWS] MAMMAL RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘AFTER PARTY’ AND XMAS SHOW.
Mammal return with new single 'After Party' just ahead of their MAMMAL Xmas Show.
![[Gallery] of Brewicide XII: FLITCRAFT ‘Transmission Echo’ LP Launch @ Bergy Bandroom, Melb (AU) 29.11.25.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1764671096623-EGOUYSOPQ1LHSNUA47HU/Flitcraft+-+The+Bergy+Bandroom+291125-36.jpg)
[Gallery] of Brewicide XII: FLITCRAFT ‘Transmission Echo’ LP Launch @ Bergy Bandroom, Melb (AU) 29.11.25.
[Gallery of Brewicide] XII: Matinee of Madness - Flitcraft Transmission Echo Album Launch @ Bergy Bandroom, Melbourne (AU). Supports: Aardvark & Cult of The Night. Check out the link for some fantastic shots and some words of opinion by local photographer/ISC affiliate Richie Black Photography, plus links for all involved artists! Support the scene.
![[Heavy News] MUNT (AU): ‘A Duel Of Fractures’ Video Released, Latest LP ‘The World Is Not Yours’ Out Now.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1764564564210-2WTH2G2LOKC9SCQAZJSX/muntband.jpg)
[Heavy News] MUNT (AU): ‘A Duel Of Fractures’ Video Released, Latest LP ‘The World Is Not Yours’ Out Now.
[Heavy News] We’re kicking off this weeks’ Music Monday by supporting the local scene! Check out the furious new single ‘A Duel Of Fractures’ by Melburnian blackened death-grinders Munt, from the savage newly-released debut LP The World Is Not Yours. This ain’t your mates’ Northcote bedroom indie project - this is globe-shattering stuff!
![[Podcast] Inner-Strength Check Radio: Pilot Broadcast, 27.11.2026.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1764246077995-OEHUC0NYNXGRE1OZPDT3/Inner-Strength+Check+Radio+Pilot+Broadcast%2C+25th+Nov+2025..png)
[Podcast] Inner-Strength Check Radio: Pilot Broadcast, 27.11.2026.
HUGE! Welcome to an exciting new development for the Inner-Strength Check Podcast - a double-feature and our first ever broad of Inner-Strength Check Radio online. Featuring footage of Lofi Games’ indie-game hit Kenshi, with singles from recent/upcoming albums by: Deadwood, Redivider, AndrewKN, HyperioN, Phobocosm, El Muerto & Kostnatění!
SYLOSIS ANNOUNCE 2026 ALBUM ‘THE NEW FLESH’ & DROP CRUSHING NEW TITLE TRACK.
SYLOSIS ANNOUNCE 2026 ALBUM ‘THE NEW FLESH’ & DROP CRUSHING NEW TITLE TRACK.
![[Gig Review] ONSLAUGHT (UK) ‘Power From Hell: 40th Anniversary Tour’ @ The Corner, Melb (AU) 22.11.25.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1764167489177-OPFKNW1ZHW9XRJCJCE83/_DSC0728.jpg)
[Gig Review] ONSLAUGHT (UK) ‘Power From Hell: 40th Anniversary Tour’ @ The Corner, Melb (AU) 22.11.25.
[Gig Review] If Judas Priest are British steel, then Bristol’s Onslaught are goddamn British polonium. Check out our review of their absolute destruction of Corner Hotel in Melbourne on Sat 22nd Nov.
![[Podcast] Announcing: INNER-STRENGTH CHECK RADIO (+ Your Input Wanted)!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1763997438789-090G9S93GOEF5F1D8U6F/Welcome+to+Inner-Strength+Check+Radio.png)
[Podcast] Announcing: INNER-STRENGTH CHECK RADIO (+ Your Input Wanted)!
Welcome to a new vision for the Inner-Strength Check Podcast - Inner-Strength Check Radio! See within for a rundown on what’s to be expected (LOTS of things) but also some calls to action for you guys, the ISC community - I/we want your input! Oh and some Massacre/Tropical Fuck Storm because both those artists rip.
![[Heavy News] MØL Share New Single & Video 'Young'; New Album ‘DREAMCRUSH’ Jan 30th 2026.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1763953653478-XV3JV26NSY6MMVMNBFR8/MOL.jpg)
[Heavy News] MØL Share New Single & Video 'Young'; New Album ‘DREAMCRUSH’ Jan 30th 2026.
[Heavy News] Pitching everything from progressive/post-black metal and more so far, Aarhus (Denmark) metallers MØL are set to continue expanding further out afield. We’ve got proof of that via the link, containing music video/stream links to latest single ‘Young’ from upcoming album Dreamcrush. Naturally, you can also cop info on the album and pre-order/stream links for the LP (and more) right here too! Out Jan 30th, 2026 via Nuclear Blast.
![[Gallery of Brewicide] XI: OPETH w/CALIGULA'S HORSE @ Palais Theatre (Melbourne, AU) 21.11.25.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1763890043331-AEFX406JFOSML7OUJEUE/Opeth+-+The+Palais+211125-12.jpg)
[Gallery of Brewicide] XI: OPETH w/CALIGULA'S HORSE @ Palais Theatre (Melbourne, AU) 21.11.25.
[Gallery of Brewicide] XI: Opeth ‘The Last Will and Testament’ Australian Tour Photo Gallery, with Caligula’s Horse @ Palais Theatre, St Kilda, Melbourne AU 21.11.25 (via DRW Entertainment/Metropolis Touring).
![[Heavy News] There’s No-peth News Like OPETH News (Australian Tour, 2026).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1763381056092-TG254Q3YHYGORLVHRZ5E/Opeth%2B-%2BThe%2BLast%2BWill%2BAnd%2BTestament.webp)
[Heavy News] There’s No-peth News Like OPETH News (Australian Tour, 2026).
[Heavy News/Music Mondays]: There’s no progressive metal band like Opeth on the live front. Ergo, there’s also no news like Opeth news! Tune in for an important update about the Australian Tour happening right now, ticket links, plus our interview with bassist Martin Menendez. Swede Dreams.
![[#MusicMonday 17.11.25] 3 Tasty 2026 Treats: ABISSI (IT), DEADWOOD (CA) & AGENBITE MISERY (US).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1763373209881-ZES7CJJQWZ1ZEGYIRNZ8/775853.jpg)
[#MusicMonday 17.11.25] 3 Tasty 2026 Treats: ABISSI (IT), DEADWOOD (CA) & AGENBITE MISERY (US).
[Music Mondays, 17th Nov ‘25]: No need to ask if these are indeed tasty treats - they’ve been sampled in advance by the ISC team for quality. Check out latest singles, album/artist bio, preorders and more for 2026 albums from: Italian psych-rockers Abissi, Canadian deathcore mongrels Deadwood & US avant-garde extreme-metal boffins Agenbite Misery!