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Soundwave 2013 @ Flemington Racecourse
0 Comments. 837 Views. Posted 5 Mar 2013 @ 11:50am.
Thrash, death metal, hard rock, metalcore, hardcore, djent, prog, stoner – if you're anything like me Soundwave is like your music collection coming to life in front of your eyes. It also means you're faced with some tough choices. Who do you see? Who do you miss? Who do you catch a few songs of before going to see a few from someone else? Which Sidewaves do you hit up in the preceding days so... Read More
2013 Melbourne Soundwave Timetable
0 Comments. 2,427 Views. Posted 13 Feb 2013 @ 12:40pm.
Get out your highlighters and get circling kidlets, the timetable for the gargantuan 2013 Soundwave has been unleashed. Well, no need to ramble on. May as well get straight to it. I fucking hate people who ramble. Like my friend from high school, John, he'd always talk shit. Made absolutely no sense, wasn't necessary and completely held up proceedings whenever I wanted to get to the bottom of a... Read More
Final Tickets For Soundwave To Be Released
0 Comments. 858 Views. Posted 18 Dec 2012 @ 3:38pm.
Missed out on tickets to the biggest and baddest Soundwave yet? Fear not, you've got one last chance to get your dirty mitts on a pair. With a lineup featuring the likes of Metallica, Blink-182, Slayer and a heck of a lot more, it was no surprise that the 2013 installment sold out instantaneously. However, a very limited quanity of tickets will be released at 10am this Friday December 21. Merry... Read More
Crunch! - August 15, 2012
0 Comments. 461 Views. Posted 15 Aug 2012 @ 2:23pm.
Soundwave 2013 Lineup Announced By now you've surely seen the lineup for Soundwave: Metallica, Linkin Park, Anthrax, Tomahawk, Garbage, A Perfect Circle, Paramore, Duff McKagan’s Loaded (who were responsible for one of my favourite albums of 2011, The Taking), Fozzy, Flogging Molly, Sum 41, The Lawrence Arms, Lucero, Six Feet Under, Blink 182, Stone Sour, Cancer Bats, the Offspring, Periphery,... Read More
Crunch! - August 15, 2012
0 Comments. 574 Views. Posted 15 Aug 2012 @ 2:23pm.
Soundwave 2013 Lineup Announced By now you've surely seen the lineup for Soundwave: Metallica, Linkin Park, Anthrax, Tomahawk, Garbage, A Perfect Circle, Paramore, Duff McKagan’s Loaded (who were responsible for one of my favourite albums of 2011, The Taking), Fozzy, Flogging Molly, Sum 41, The Lawrence Arms, Lucero, Six Feet Under, Blink 182, Stone Sour, Cancer Bats, the Offspring, Periphery,... Read More
Soundwave Festival 2013 Lineup
0 Comments. 3,734 Views. Posted 8 Aug 2012 @ 8:45am.
The behemoth that is Soundwave Festival has announced an absolutely freakin' massive 2013 lineup. Hitting the stage for our biggest hard rock, metal and punk festival will be Metallica, Linkin Park, Blink-182, A Perfect Circle, The Offspring, Paramore, Garbage, Tomahawk, Stone Sour, Kyuss Lives, Anthrax, Sum 41, Dragonforce, All Time Low, Flogging Molly, Ghost, Duff McKagan’s Loaded, Motion City... Read More
Synthetic Breed
0 Comments. 675 Views. Posted 20 Apr 2012 @ 8:11am.
  Titanic Melbourne industrial/cyber metallers Synthetic Breed have had a very long and colourful history. They've been through many of the extreme highs and rock bottom lows that hard working bands go through, and have emerged all the stronger for it. 2012 really sees them hitting their straps and kicking on in a big way. Their lineup is solid and strong, after a period of instability, and... Read More
60 Seconds With... Desecrator
0 Comments. 614 Views. Posted 10 Apr 2012 @ 10:37am.
Define your genre in five words or less: Chaotic Australian Thrash Metal.   When’s the gig and with who? Unholy Good Friday is being massacred on Friday April 6 from 6pm by six of the most ungodly Thrash Metal acts in Australia. Hobb's Angel of Death are possibly the biggest cult metal act to ever come out of Australia, and right beside them are recently re-... Read More
Decimatus : The Betrayer EP
0 Comments. 1,394 Views. Posted 9 Mar 2012 @ 2:31pm.
  This is pretty brutal thrash metal from Melbourne. Primitive, raw and completely in your face, just the way many people like it. Having said that, there’s also some decent songcraft and some nice grooves going on amidst the primal onslaught here. Opening surprisingly with a tasteful, mostly acoustic instrumental piece, The Stand Off, this six track EP then proceeds to come at you with all... Read More
Blackened : The Sense In Violence
0 Comments. 895 Views. Posted 29 Feb 2012 @ 9:13am.
  Blackened may be a new force in the Melbourne metal scene, but the long haired thrashers have already earned their stripes in bands like Stiff Meat, Attack and Maniaxe. The benefits of this experience are instantly obvious. Their music is tight, to the point and free of any wishy-washy filler which can plague a first release.The Sense In Violence is pure thrash. It comes out kicking with... Read More
Q&A: Ian Rickard
0 Comments. 681 Views. Posted 24 Feb 2012 @ 6:30am.
Define your genre in five words or less: Melodic pop/rock.   So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? Dude, that guy can sing!   How long have you been gigging and writing?I’m 23, and I wrote my first song when I was 14 or 15, but I’ve only taken it seriously the last two or three years,... Read More
60 Seconds With... Battle Axe Howler
0 Comments. 1,419 Views. Posted 23 Feb 2012 @ 7:59am.
  So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? Battle Axe Howlers.  Mikey belts the drums and sweats a lot, Deano plays lead guitar in his moccasins,  Pauly plays guitar and buys beer, Cog is on bass and owns an esky,  and myself, Diesel, is on vocals, and I drive two to four hours every Friday to band practice.   Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of... Read More
Black Veil Brides Sidewave
0 Comments. 2,882 Views. Posted 2 Feb 2012 @ 12:53pm.
With their dark-edged punk attitude and cock-rock swagger Black Veil Brides are ready to take their place among the most popular young rock bands in the world today. The hard rock industry is beyond saturation so anything that steers away from the norm seems like a blessing. Their sophomore album Set the World on Fire has alternative press declaring it “Anthemic arena metal that draws equally... Read More
Soundwave Release Extra Tickets
0 Comments. 2,547 Views. Posted 24 Jan 2012 @ 9:39am.
Strap on your sandals and tighten your togas for the rush to get involved in final release of tickets to the impending rock 'n' roll tsunami that is Soundwave Festival.  Due to almost immediate sell-out show in Melbourne that will feature some of the biggest metal, punk and thrash names on the planet (Limp Bizkit, anyone?), the kind folks at Soundwave have announced a strictly limited... Read More
The Charge : Red Flags
0 Comments. 1,382 Views. Posted 19 Jan 2012 @ 9:03pm.
  Rock, raunch, groove, grit and dirt; these terms tend to sum up the debut album from Melbourne four piece The Charge. Oh, and great songs as well.   It’s probably better to use words such as these to describe this band’s sound, as traditional genre titles don’t do them justice. They are undeniably rock, but that term is so broad these days it almost tells you nothing. There’s a... Read More
Lamb Of God
0 Comments. 1,731 Views. Posted 19 Jan 2012 @ 7:53am.
Ever since their early days as Burn The Priest, Lamb Of God have utilised a no-bullshit attitude to ensure each album released has been a progression on its predecessor. They trumped the now classic Ashes Of The Wake with the release of Sacrament – winning both a Grammy nomination and a horde of new fans. Having set the bar high, they met the challenge with the organic and raw... Read More
Metalocalypse - December 14, 2011
0 Comments. 1,562 Views. Posted 14 Dec 2011 @ 8:28am.
RAWR! The end of the year draws ever closer, and that usually means a ballsy list of all the grouse albums what I done rocked out to quite heartily over the course of 2011 'n' that. One reader of the ol' Metaloc has requested that I keep it all-Austrayan this year, so that's what we're gonna do. This is the local shit that busted my speakers but good:   1. The Compass CIRCLES   2.... Read More
Mastodon, Machine Head and Enter Shakari Sidewaves
0 Comments. 2,061 Views. Posted 9 Dec 2011 @ 12:39pm.
After the first few of the Soundwave sideshows began to trickle in, today a triple threat is dropping into Melbourne with some of the biggest names on the momentous bill announcing their own. Mastodon, Gojira, Kvelerak - Monday February 27, BillboardMachine Head, Chimaira, Shadows Falls, Times Of Grace  - Tuesday February 28, The PalaceEnter Shikari, Let Live, You Demise -... Read More
Slipknot Sidewave
0 Comments. 2,206 Views. Posted 30 Nov 2011 @ 11:39am.
Following the sidewave announcement of fellow Soundwave headliners System Of A Down, Slipknot have added a Melbourne stadium show. The Iowa heavy metal outfit were last in the country in 2008, which saw a whirlwind tour including pyrotechnics, hydraulic drums and of course those fucking terrifying masks. With the recent death of bassist Paul Gray, this promises to be a much awaited reunion... Read More
Machine Head
0 Comments. 1,038 Views. Posted 28 Nov 2011 @ 8:19am.
The Blackening was the saving grace of Machine Head's career. After a string of ill-considered stylistic shifts throughout the late '90s and early '00s (in 2002 there were pervasive rumours that the band were considering calling it quits), the 2007 album re-established Machine Head as a force to be reckoned with within the then-nascent thrash revival as well as the greater heavy metal... Read More
The Count with Step-Panther
0 Comments. 1,038 Views. Posted 15 Nov 2011 @ 12:02pm.
Ten bands everyone should know about: Queen, Van Morrison, Owls, Why?, Danzig, The Reels, Charles Manson, Dinosaur Jr, Metallica, Takeshi Terauchi and The Bunnys   Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party: Chicken, salt, pepper, chilli, white sliced bread, S&W mayo, iceberg lettuce, Budweiser, mince meat.   Eight possessions that define you: My personalities... Read More
One
0 Comments. 635 Views. Posted 10 Nov 2011 @ 8:55am.
What's your name then? Oh. And the name of your event?   ONE, World In Decay EP Launch.   And what do you do?   We are a bunch of guys trying to bring good, honest, heavy rock back onto the Aus music scene, whilst bringing some enjoyment through music and/or lyric to the listener, if only for five minutes in their day.   When did you start doing that?   This... Read More
Metalocalypse - November 9, 2011
0 Comments. 1,250 Views. Posted 9 Nov 2011 @ 12:34pm.
RAWR! Do you remember Coal Chamber? Maybe you do, but I bet you don't remember exactly how big they were in their heyday (about '97 or thereabouts). I recently had quite the candid sit-down with Dez Fafara, and the man put the band's history in the kind of perspective I've never really considered before: "Coal Chamber took Slipknot on their first United States tour ever;System Of A Down opened... Read More
Metalocalypse - November 2, 2011
0 Comments. 1,057 Views. Posted 2 Nov 2011 @ 10:01am.
RAWR! Right now, I'm listening to Uneven Structure. Their debut LP Februus has just landed and it. Is. Tremendous. This is djent - but not as you know it, Jim. Do me the favour of herding over to facebook.com/unevenstructure and listening to this gargantuan metal so I don't have to list a whole bunch of increasingly meaningless adjectives in some tiresome I'm-a-writer-ho-ho-look-at-my-big-... Read More
Anthrax : Worship Music
0 Comments. 1,161 Views. Posted 26 Oct 2011 @ 10:19am.
Worship Music was a long time in the making. Anthrax completed the album with newly-recruited singer Dan Nelson, but Nelson parted ways with the band amid reports of him being a bit of a loose cannon and kind of intense. For a while it looked like former singer John Bush was going to return to the band to complete the album, and he did play a few shows (including the Soundwave festival last... Read More
Q&A: Southpaw
0 Comments. 1,008 Views. Posted 14 Oct 2011 @ 8:29am.
Name/Band: Southpaw   Define your genre in five words or less: Groovy sex metal, yeah baby!   Someone walks passed as you're playing; they get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? This band makes me wanna grab my genitals and scream really loud 'I'M INTO THIS, FUCK YOU!'   How long have you been gigging and writing? We have been together for nearly a... Read More
Mastodon : The Hunter
0 Comments. 1,467 Views. Posted 4 Oct 2011 @ 12:53pm.
Having transcended their origins as a cult act into leaders and innovators of heavy rock with 2009's brilliant Crack The Skye, Atlanta, Georgia's Mastodon were faced with a difficult proposition. Where does a metal band go after delivering a critically vindicated masterpiece about astral projecting Russian tsars and mind-bending, dimension-hopping?   The knee-jerk answer would be that old... Read More
Q&A: Contrive Vs. A Lonely Crowd
0 Comments. 1,954 Views. Posted 22 Sep 2011 @ 11:37am.
Contrive questions A Lonely Crowd:   What is the message and or inspiration behind A Lonely Crowd? We’re not that deep, but we always wanted a band name that's also an oxymoron.   Do you think flutes are too grim to be added to Metal? Not if you play them upside down.   What approach do you take musically to stand out of the somewhat currently overcrowded heavy music scene? We... Read More
Lo! Announce Debut Album, National Tour
0 Comments. 1,061 Views. Posted 20 Sep 2011 @ 4:09pm.
After lying relatively dormant in Sydney over the course of the past year, hard-rocking outfit Lo! are set to erupt around the nation with the release of their debut record, Look And Behold. The album comes after a slow-burning buildup of accolades, with a string of comparisons to titans of hard rock Mastodon and Baroness coming their way. Check out the clip for LP cut Fire At The Child... Read More
Metalocalypse - September 7, 2011
0 Comments. 1,664 Views. Posted 9 Sep 2011 @ 12:08pm.
RAWR! So this is my cat. I thought you might all like to meet him. He's a Bengal and his name's Sirius, after the Gojira record 'n that. He weighs about 10 kilos and is approximately 14% wild. We can't let him out of the house or he goes and fucks up all the other neighbourhood cats and comes home spattered in gore. Loves the chicks, though. He turns into such a soft-cock when there's feline... Read More
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