Author: Brendan Crabb
Pod People Interview
All hail the riff. Australian stoner/doom metal veterans Pod People return with their first studio album in 16 years, Oblivion. …
Dark Tranquillity – Endtime Signals Review
Gothenburg metal forebears Dark Tranquillity have been reliable purveyors of brutal, yet melodic fare for more than three decades now. …
RUN Interview
True Heaviness Is Time is the second EP from Melbourne, Australia blackened post-metalcore band RUN. The EP, which was surprise …
Reliqa Interview
To put it bluntly, Reliqa are a band seemingly on the cusp of major success. Following on from their 2022 …
Nightrage Interview
One of the more prolific and reliable purveyors of melodic death metal despite an oft-changing lineup, Greek/Swedish outfit Nightrage return …
Prong Interview
Heavy music veterans Prong return with the release of their 13th studio album of riff-heavy fare, State Of Emergency. More …
Lithik Interview
Looking for a dose of blackened melodic doom? Inspired by the subtlety, inevitability and brutality of the changing world around …
Sicksense Interview
Sicksense are among a series of acts riding the wave of the recent nu-metal resurgence. The band is spearheaded by …
Brian Slagel – Swing Of The Blade Book Review
Readers craving an inside look at the formation of one of heavy music’s most prominent labels, not to mention the …
Unearth – The Wretched; The Ruinous Review
Seeing Mass-hole metalcore mainstays Unearth live earlier this year after nearly a decade’s gap between Australian tours, this scribe walked …
Meet The Band: RUN
This week we’re shining the Meet The Band spotlight on Melbourne, Australia extreme metallers RUN. Vocalist Lochlan Watt gave us …
In Flames – Foregone Review
Only the members of In Flames themselves likely know for certain if the recent emergence of The Halo Effect – …
The Retaliators Film Review
In lesser hands, Better Noise Films’ new horror/thriller flick The Retaliators could have been little more than a vanity project …
Soilwork – Övergivenheten Review
Soilwork‘s consistency in recent years has been something to behold. After a brief dip in quality circa 2007’s Sworn To …
Darkane Interview
Swedish metallers Darkane have returned with Inhuman Spirits, their seventh studio album and first in nine years. Inhuman Spirits was …
Interview With Opeth: Every Album, Every Song Author Jordan Blum
Opeth are surely one of metal’s most unlikely success stories. Formed in Stockholm, Sweden about 1989, the group’s career showcases …
Once Human Interview
Formed in 2014 by guitarist Logan Mader (ex-Machine Head, ex-Soulfly) and Australian vocalist Lauren Hart, Los Angeles quintet Once Human …
Meet The Band – Lithik
Crafted by veteran of the Australian metal scene Ray McGill (Bane of Isildur, Spherical, Bastardizer, Metal), the Sydney-based Lithik are …
Mick Wall Interview
Prior to his death in 2010, legendary metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio had been writing his autobiography, documenting the incredible …
The Agonist Interview
Canadian metallers The Agonist recently unleashed the Days Before The World Wept EP. Featuring a batch of new brutal, yet …
The Night Flight Orchestra Interview
The Night Flight Orchestra began life as very much a side project – an avenue for members of Swedish metallers …
Fear Factory Interview
Nearly 30 years on from the ground-breaking death metal/industrial hybrid of Soul of A New Machine, US sci-fi metallers Fear …