[HEAVY NEWS] Dubbo Metallers WHISPERHEAD Drop ‘STERILISE’ Tour Across Victoria & Queensland
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[HEAVY NEWS] Dubbo Metallers WHISPERHEAD Drop ‘STERILISE’ Tour Across Victoria & Queensland

If you’re on our social media, you’ll note a couple of announcements, including a tribute to The Ozz-Man. Out of respect to the metal Don, we’re protecting literary real estate for Music Mondays. What’s more in the spirit of metal legacy than stoking the fires of regional Australian metal? A rhetorical question, as you’ll find out via Dubbo (NSW) crew Whisperhead.

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[HEAVY NEWS] Buncha Newly-Released/Upcoming Heavy Albums for #MusicMonday.
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[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.
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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!

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Go On, Have a Nuclear Blast: A [HEAVY NEWS] Label Round-Up.
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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.

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[Gig Review] TESTAMENT w/ HIDDEN INTENT @ Northcote Theatre, Melb (AU), 21.06.25.
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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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[Podcast] Ep. 49: [Interview] w/ JOEY SCOTT & JAMES TAYLOR of Sydney Death-Metal Crew ANOXIA.
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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
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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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[Podcast] Ep. 48: Interview With ERIC PETERSON, Guitarist of US OG Thrashers TESTAMENT.
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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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[Heavy News] Mayday! Mayday! Five Riff-Bombers on #MusicMonday!
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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] RAGNAROK FESTIVAL (20th Anniversary), Lichtenfels (GER), 24.04 -26.04.2025.
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[Gig Review] RAGNAROK FESTIVAL (20th Anniversary), Lichtenfels (GER), 24.04 -26.04.2025.

Fellow ISC staffer and metal-maniac, Dean Underhill, was asked to enjoy some respite on his sojourn to Europe from Australia. Turns out, Dean’s interpretation of respite is sending in a gargantuan recollection of his experiences at Ragnarok Festival 2025, i.e. the 20th anniversary of this glorious and esteemed Euro-fest! Review includes, damn, nearly the entire lineup - artist links and live footage also included!

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[Heavy News] #MusicMonday 12.05.25 - 8 Gr8’s, M8!
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[Heavy News] #MusicMonday 12.05.25 - 8 Gr8’s, M8!

It’s Monday, ugh. But that means it’s also Music Mondays-time here at ISC mate, that’s great! To celebrate, we have Heavy News to a total of eight. Don’t be late, or even hesitate! Featuring: Skaphos (FR), Metal Charm (TUR), Labyrinthus Stellarum (UKR), Master Charger (UK), Executionist (US), EchoSoul (US), Greengoat (SPN) and All Against (POR)!

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[GIG REVIEW] From The Archive: DIRECT UNDERGROUND FEST, Max Watt’s Melb (AU) 07.09.2019.
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[GIG REVIEW] From The Archive: DIRECT UNDERGROUND FEST, Max Watt’s Melb (AU) 07.09.2019.

First of several Music Mondays articles for this week is a prior review exhumed from the Overdrive Music Magazine archive (many thanks to Seb Graham for consent to do so)! It also appeared on our own now-defunct website, but it’s back again! Necromancy! Speaking of, check out Brady’s review of Direct Underground Fest 2019 - feat. Dark Funeral, Immolation, Reaper, Abramelin and Christ Dismembered. Blastbeats are eternal.

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[Riffs] New Series - ‘Gallery Of Brewicide’ I: CONAN/PALLBEARER 12.03.25.
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[Riffs] New Series - ‘Gallery Of Brewicide’ I: CONAN/PALLBEARER 12.03.25.

I’m a man of few talents as podcast host/blog chief here at ISC. But two I can certainly point to - bad music puns and new thematic series! Presenting the first Gallery of Brewicide, featuring some preamble words of support for music photographers out there, plus additional pics from our prior Conan/Pallbearer headline gig review, courtesy of Blackened Lights Photography/ Richie Black Photography !

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[Podcast] EP. 42: Interview with NAMELESS, a.k.a. DENNIS MIKULA of GHOST BATH.
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[Podcast] EP. 42: Interview with NAMELESS, a.k.a. DENNIS MIKULA of GHOST BATH.

Atmospheric black metal (aka blackgaze, post-black metal) has experienced rapid growth - to the point of oversaturation. One artist who retains a strongly unique musical aesthetic is, of course Nameless (aka Dennis Mikula) of US black metal unit Ghost Bath. See link for Youtube video interview, audio-only version, recent singles, artist/album preorder links, an extensive artist release statement and more!

Featured Image: via Ghost Bath’s official Facebook profile.

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[Review] TRIA PRIMA - ‘Three Primes of Alchemy’ EP

[Review] TRIA PRIMA - ‘Three Primes of Alchemy’ EP

The lost arts of alchemy foretold the ability to meld metal, matter, elements and more in a carefully-prepared concoction. We can say much the same of Ukraine’s Tria Prima, whose Three Primes of Alchemy EP is combed over by fellow ISC staffer and honestly-probably-a-wizard-IRL, Dean. Check out the review, with further artist/album links available as well! Slava Ukraini.

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[Archive Review] Brian Campeau - ‘Old Dog, New Tricks’ LP (19.07.18)
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[Archive Review] Brian Campeau - ‘Old Dog, New Tricks’ LP (19.07.18)

Reposted from the sadly now-defunct Overdrive Music Magazine, with permission from owner Sebastian Graham. Check out ISC staffer Hamza’s prior review from 2018 of an interesting fork from our usual - Australian folk/indie acoustic singer-songwriter Brian Campeau’s 2018 LP Old Dogs, New Tricks! Link also contains artist/label socials, as well as a little intro preamble from your host, Brady. More treasures from the vault to be posted across 2025! Thanks again to label Art as Catharsis.

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[Heavy News] #MusicMonday New Release Roundup, 07.04.25.
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[Heavy News] #MusicMonday New Release Roundup, 07.04.25.

Another week, another bunch of great releases you’ll no longer have to wait for! In this Music Mondays article, you’ll find a wide selection of musical treats, links, singles, album/merch order links and more for: Thornhill - Bodies, Messiah Paratroops - Legions of Tomorrow, Luna Kills - Deathmatch, Godless - Genesis of Decay EP and Chiaroscuro - Self-Titled. Everything from alt-rock, post-hardcore and old-school death metal, and then some. Eat up!

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[Review] INDUSTRIAL PUKE - ‘Alive To No Avail’ LP.
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[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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[#MusicMondays] 24.03.25: Release Round-Up
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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!

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