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Swedish melodic death metal outfit At the Gates return to Australian shores accompanied by local acts The Seer and Diminish the Gods.

Miserable weather and lengthy venue delays didn't stop a full house from turning out on a school night. Sebastian Bach showing age is no barrier as one of the all time best voices of Heavy Metal took centre stage. Local supports The Art and In Hydes Shadow in support.

All Oz metal was on the cards for the evening at The Newtown Social Club, Orpheus Omega headlining some of the most solid metal acts our shores have to offer.

Australian Tech Death Metal heavyweights Psycroptic return to Sydney accompanied by none other than American heavy metal legends Goatwhore. Domestic and local talents Disentomb, Ouroboros and Daemon Pyre rounded off a solid night of total annihilation at The Factory Theatre.

Cannibal Corpse return to Sydney with Hour of Penance as main and only support.

Monster Magnet return to Australia following the release late last year of 'Last Patrol'. Accompanying them as main support for the evening were Melbourne two piece King of the North and local Sydney boys Arrowhead.

Twelve Foot Ninja bring their Troll Burger tour to Sydney, filling the support slot for the evening is Sydney metalcore band Polaris.

Iced Earth return to Sydney on Jon Schaffer's Birthday to a rowdy reception at The Manning Bar, Melbourne's Elm Street filled the support slot on what turned out to be a memorable evening!

Heavens Basement play to a select crowd at the Red Bull Headquarters in Sydney prior to the first leg of their Soundwave tour of Australia.

Norse return to the stage to release their 7" vinyl "PLAGUEWHORE", with them are Eternal Rest (QLD), Mephistopheles all the way from Tassie, a band I have had the pleasure of seeing a lot of lately, Newcastle's The Seer and from Sydney, Apparitions of Null.