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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!

Brady Irwin 24/3/25 Brady Irwin 24/3/25

[#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!

Brady Irwin 24/3/25 Brady Irwin 24/3/25

[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!

Brady Irwin 24/3/25 Brady Irwin 24/3/25

[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.

Brady Irwin 23/3/25 Brady Irwin 23/3/25

[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.

Brady Irwin 23/3/25 Brady Irwin 23/3/25

[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!

Elodie 20/3/25 Elodie 20/3/25

[RIFFS/TABLETOP]: Dice Pool versus D20+Modifier: who will steal my heart?

Resident dice-roller Èlodie pines for polyhedrals… But which die will she choose? Indeed, the life of a tabletop gaming blogger is just like a trashy romance novel.

Brady Irwin 20/3/25 Brady Irwin 20/3/25

[#TabletopThursday] ‘It’s Already Thursday AGAIN?!’ Edition, 20.03.25.

It’s been another incredibly busy week in the tabletop industry - we could'n’t hope to cover half of the latest goings-on, but consarnit have we tried! In today’ Tabletop Thursday: A wrap-up of multiple new releases, news items and more from the week in Dicey News; exploring the massive quadruple-release via Bundle of Holding; a crowdfunding campaign stacked with goodies for Edinburgh Indie Gamers and much more!

Brady Irwin 20/3/25 Brady Irwin 20/3/25

[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!

Brady Irwin 19/3/25 Brady Irwin 19/3/25

[Podcast] Ep. 38: Interview with DAN MACHUCA, a.k.a. Dan The Game Master.

Local educator, TTRPG game master, game therapist and all-around good freaking bloke Dan Machuca (aka Dan The Game Master) has the distinct honour of being our first industry professional interviewed in video/audio format! In this episode, Dan and I discuss his efforts merging hobby passion with education via his rules-lite/accessible TTRPG, regular game sessions for at-risk youth in Melbourne, his teaching work, men’s mental health, favourite RPG systems, work-life balance, and more!

Brady Irwin 19/3/25 Brady Irwin 19/3/25

[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!

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[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!