groove metal

Periphery, Crossfaith, Gershwin Room, Melbourne 25/02/13

A sweat filled night jammed in like sardines getting a blasting of Metalcore and Progressive metal From opening act Crossfaith(Japan)& Periphery(USA)One of the many bands who will be performing at Soundwave Melbourne 2013

Corrosion Of Conformity: Hardcore Crossovers

'I bypassed college for hardcore.'

Formed in 1982, Raleigh, North Carolina band Corrosion Of Conformity went from from humble hardcore punk band to one of the most respected cr

Def Con One - Warface (Scarlet Records)

A Vulgar display of metal...
Release Date: 
18 Jun 2012 - 11:30pm

A few weeks ago, MaF big cheese Scott Adams was waxing enthusiastically about new metal ‘supergroup’ Kill Devil Hill, a band who mixed

Six Feet Under - Undead (Metal Blade)

Another release to divide the metal community...
Release Date: 
21 May 2012 - 11:30pm

Six Feet Under have always divided the masses and their latest offering Undead is sure to continue the tradition; death n roll? Groove death? Who knows. Who cares?

Red Mist – The Apocalypse Journals (Bored Stiff Records)

Groovy death metal with a social conscience

Red Mist is a death metal band with a social conscience. Debut album The Apocalypse Journals is all about what could happen to our world if we don’t get our shit together.

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.
Event Reviewed: 
Black Label Society and Hellyeah at the Forum Theatre, Melbourne 28/2/2012

Sultry, rainy, miserable.

Hellyeah: The New Beast

"We love Australians; you love to drink, you love to barbeque and you love your heavy music."

Vildhjarta signs worldwide record deal with Century Media Records

The cooler than cool Swedes are ready to take on the world...

One of the most respected bands in the scene today, Vildhjarta mixes ambient, peaceful moments with brutal and dark music to create some of the most awe inspiring and unique musica

Tales for the Unspoken - Alchemy (Casket Music)

A young band full of technical skills and good production is bound for immediate success, isn’t it? No it is not.
Release Date: 
28 Mar 2011 - 1:30pm

 

Overkill - Ironbound (Nuclear Blast/Riot)

One of metal’s most prolific bands returns to spank our bottoms with a relentless thrash metal album. It’s certainly a lesson in (musical) violence that we should all heed.
Release Date: 
8 Feb 2010 (All day)

Lest they’re left behind by a thrash scene still enjoying its resurgence, Overkill crank open a fresh can of aural whoopass to teach the kids that no one does it better than