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Steve Hughes: "It's the beginning of the Satanic new world order" and it ain't pretty

Remember that kid getting scolded by his father for watching Megadeth when he wanted to see the News? Well, this IS the news, according to man of quick-silver wit and rivet head, Steve Hughes. Die-hard Metallica fans might want to grab a tissue for this one...

“I’ll grab me coffee and I’ll be there,” speaks comedian Steve Hughes softly down the phone from Brisbane after a spell in Adelaide, South Australia.

Anthrax, Fozzy, This Is Hell, The Hi-Fi Bar, Melbourne - 28/02/13

Melbourne worshipped music beneath the pulpit of Anthrax ahead of the Soundwave Festival, Fozzy providing their own brand of explosive devotion.
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Anthrax w/ Fozzy & This Is Hell, The Hi-Fi Bar, Melbourne - 28/2/13

Melbourne's Hi-Fi Bar takes decorating advice from none other than Mick Jagger. It's painted black. All over. Even the green room is painted black.

Between the Buried and Me - Corner Hotel, Melbourne, 16/11/12

A roller-coaster of genre blends delivered heavy and harmonic.

Friday night, the Corner Hotel in Richmond played host to a swarm of progressive hardcore metal fans keen to see the musical talents of Between the Buried and Me, and Anima

Pig Destoyer – Book Burner (Relapse Records)

Hellishly good grindcore
Release Date: 
21 Oct 2012 - 11:30pm

Arriving late to the party can often be embarrassing.

As I Lay Dying - Awakened (Metal Blade Records)

We couldn't find anyone to contradict MADman's review of the new AILD opus, but Victoria Anderson loves it even more than our shaven headed-breakdown aficionado... so we let her loose on the office typewriter to tell you about it...
Release Date: 
25 Sep 2012 (All day)

As I Lay Dying celebrated a ten year anniversary last year. Not bad duty for a metal band.

Murder in the Front Row: a visual journey through the Bay Area thrash scene

Crushtor chats to Brian Lew, co-author of a new book that captures the rivet-headed zeitgeist of the 80s San Francisco Bay Area thrash scene.

The San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal scene of the 80s – the same soil from which Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth grew is imbued with a certain drunken reverence.

"I don't know." - Job For A Cowboy's Jonny Davy can't explain to MaF about his band's success...

"We’re just having fun. We write whatever we want to write and see what happens. Let’s not worry about sounding like anything, worry about not being heavy enough or fast enough"...

Job For A Cowboy are currently on the Metal Alliance tour and have a brand spanking new album out called Demonocracy.

Adam Cody and Wretched are Breaking Boundaries...

Crack online promotion and real communication with fans are making Wretched a household name.

Wretched have a brand new album out, Son of Perdition and are currently on tour in the US with the Metal Alliance Tour.

Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society and Hellyeah at the Forum Theatre, Melbourne 28/2/2012

It was an all Southern affair in Melbourne as the shred king addressed his subjects from stately chambers, occupied in the name of the Black Label Order.
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Black Label Society and Hellyeah at the Forum Theatre, Melbourne 28/2/2012

Sultry, rainy, miserable.

John Kevill from Warbringer Loves Being on the Road. Especially if its tea-time...

Warbringer is the original road dog band. They average between 200 and 300 dates a year when they are not recording. They've toured with some amazing bands and have gone to even more amazing countries. John Kevill talks about who he's toured with, where he's toured, and what he's eaten along the way.

Metal as Fuck caught up with John Kevill of Warbringer on the second date of the