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Graven Image In Malice’s Wake have dropped the second single off their upcoming album ‘The Blindness of Faith’ today.  What better way to start your Monday morning than with a dose of heavy as fuck thrash! This song is kickass. Mark’s drumming is freaking blistering, Shaun’s vocals next level and damn those wailing guitars justContinue reading “IN MALICES WAKE”

Heists have come out swinging with their latest release ‘Memorial’. This has gone straight into my top 10 single releases for the year. I love everything about this song. Chris’s vocals on this track are just insanely good and instrumentally Heists are as tight as fuck in their delivery. Melodically heavy, with a catchy chorusContinue reading “HEISTS”

I hear the way you grit your teeth When I open my mouth to speak If I could change you know I would Jack Longo releases his first single tomorrow. Ruin ft Tom Armstrong (Earthbound) has such a beautiful ambience about it. Slowly building the tempo through the song to capture the feelings that encapsulateContinue reading “JACK LONGO”

“The devil lies within. Get out of my head. I can’t stand this. I’m passed my breaking point.” A band name that is an amalgam of an iconic weirdo actor’s name and a brutal, no-holds-barred, no escape death match. Sounds about right for a metal/hardcore band out of Ballarat, Victoria! Honestly I had no ideaContinue reading “NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER”

‘I’m breaking down Lost in world where I make no sound A struggle against myself and I can’t breathe’ The struggle of feeling trapped by your mental health is something that I know only too well. Trying to fight your way out of that deep dark hellish place, that in all honesty is one ofContinue reading “INFINITE ILLUSION”

It’s a new era for While She sleeps. After much speculation as to what was happening when the band dropped a teaser earlier in the week While She Sleeps have announced a new album Sleeps Society which drops on 16th April 2021 and hit us with a new single by the same name.   AlongContinue reading “Welcome to the Sleeps Society”

Living For This FFO: Paramore, Blink 182, Drastic Park. Give me a catchy chorus and chances are you have won me over! Pop-punk’s latest heroes Disillusioned have delivered this in spades with ‘Living For This’. My brain has had this song on loop for weeks now! ‘Living For This’ is a boppy, upbeat tune whichContinue reading “DISILLUSIONED”

There’s nothing like a band dropping an absolute banger for a first release!!! Sentiment have done just that today with their single by the same name. Starting with a heavy riff and a wicked drum beat I was so not expecting the massive Dregg vibe I got from this single. If this is what weContinue reading “SENTIMENT”

Zane Rosanoski Daz Coppins Tarquin Keys E-rock Boucher Not sure what is going on with first releases killing it lately but here’s another one!! Melbourne’s EAST YØRK’S debut single ‘Outsiders’ slaps hard. Think Killswitch X Avenged Sevenfold X Taproot vibes which is a strange combination I know but god damn it works! ‘Outsiders’ is justContinue reading “EAST YØRK”

Single: Funeral Flowers Genre: Doom Metal/ Stoner Rock/ Prog Release date: 30th October Funeral Flowers is the latest single from Tim Hannaford’s solo stoner/doom metal project Noldoran.  The song Funeral Flowers is a cover of Gothic/Post-Punk band Runabout from Prague, the guitarist/vocalist (Fil Anthropy) is an ex-bandmate of Tim’s from when Fil lived in Sydney.Continue reading “NOLDORAN”