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The latest album from WARKINGS is out now and it's pretty cool. It's full of anthemic Power Metal songs about epic battles and moments in history that you've heard about before. Songs like 'Hangman's Night', 'Kings of Ragnarök', 'Circle Of Witches' and 'Genghis Khan'. You get the picture, right?
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I had an awesome chat with Laura Donnelly from Scotland's KING WITCH about many things, being a woman in Metal, the baptism of fire with the band's first gig being at Sweden Rock, and the magnificent new KING WITCH album, 'III'.
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Today is the day. Scotland's KING WITCH have released their third album, creatively titled, 'III', and it is an absolute banger. From the first notes of 'Suffer In Life' to the last of 'Last Great Winderness' it is an epic journey in Metal.
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ELECTRIC MARY came through Adelaide as part of their final tour. We witnessed one of the best Rock shows I've seen in quite a while.
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TESTAMENT bludgeoned their way through Adelaide as part of their Australian tour a couple of days ago, and man, what a gig. The Gov was packed to the gills and pumping all night.
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I had a cool chat with Matt from Adelaide's own DIRTY PAGANS about the formation of the band, support slot with international artists, flying, and the upcoming album launch of 'Forever High' and the release show. Check it out.
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I had another cool chat with Eric Peterson from Bay Area Thrash Legends, TESTAMENT, about the upcoming alum, drummer changes, club shows vibes at festivals, and long flights, which of course leads us to the upcoming Australian tour, which is almost upon us. Check it out.
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So, on Sunday night I went along the The Gov to see THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA. Man, what a gig. I don't think I've seen a crowd with such happy faces everywhere, not even when we took our sons to see The Wiggles.
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It's always great to chat with Björn. This time it's about THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA and their upcoming tour of Australia, visiting Adelaide for the first time with the band. We had a good chat about the new album, jetlag, or the lack of it in the Dreamliners, more bodies on stage, vocal challenges in a less extreme band, and Vegemite. Check it out.
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I went along to the Lion Arts Factory last Sunday (the 11th) and witnessed an amazing show. I was looking forward to seeing INSOMNIUM for the first time, and I was not disappointed in the slightest. They brought fellow countrymen OMNIUM GATHERUM with them and I must say I was really impressed by them as well.
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Another great night watching ROSS THE BOSS and his band perform. Plenty of fist in the air stuff as the classic MANOWAR album, 'Sign Of The Hammer' was given the treatment and the set filled out with other MANOWAR classics. NIGHT LEGION and HEADBORE completed the bill, and both performed in fine fashion. Overall a great night.
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I had another cool and very relaxed chat with the legend that is ROSS THE BOSS, about many many things, not the least of which was the memories of the early days of MANOWAR, recording 'Sign Of The Hammer', and touring back in the day, and of course the upcoming Australian ROSS THE BOSS tour, playing the afore-mentioned MANOWAR album in full. The tour is almost upon us.
Check it out.
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I had a great chat with Anthony Willis from Brisbane's VALHALORE about the excellent new album, 'Beyond The Stars', and getting back out on the road after the album's release.
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Okay, so this band of ladies from Sweden rock, and rock very, very hard. They're listed as Melodic Death Metal, but to me they err on the side of way more brutal. WAY MORE. An excellent, punishing album of delightful little ditties based on various female serial killers.
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I went along and saw WINGER the other night here in Adelaide and was entertained by a top quality band. It was 5 musicians all at the top of their game. Never thought I'd find myself at a WINGER show, but here we are. SHOTGUN MISTRESS were support and they got the crowd warmed up nicely.
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I had a cool relaxed chat with Steven Jones from Scotland's BLEED FROM WITHIN, about how he came about joining the band, the addition of his clean vocals, song construction, his choice of guitars, epic shows he's been involved in, and of course the monster new album, 'Zenith', due out on April 4th.
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I chatted with Mark Jansen from EPICA about that big livestream the band did during the covid lockdown, the ensuing tour, and the rollover into writing and recording of the upcoming album, 'Aspiral', being a team player, and sleeping in coffin-like conditions on tour buses.
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HIDDEN INTENT launched their latest album, 'Terrorform', upon us at an album launch show last Friday. I 've had a while to listen to it and quite simply, I will label it as the best Aussie Thrash Metal album ever. There, I said it.
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I had a really cool chat with Reb Beach from WINGER about a great many things, WINGER 'then' and 'now', being the 2nd longest serving member of WHITESNAKE, (2nd only to David Coverdale himself), his time in DOKKEN, and of course the first (and last) upcoming Australian tour with WINGER, kicking off soon.
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A crazy night at the double album launch gig on Friday night at The Gov. HIDDEN INTENT and HEADBORE both launched new albums in fine style. Also featured were PIZZA DEATH and DENAZEN.
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Photos from a school-night gig at Lion Arts Factory featuring PALLBEARER and CONAN, as well as local supports SUNDOWNER and ROCKY'S PRIDE AND JOY.
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Photos from a killer night at the Gov on Sunday to see RIPPER OWENS with NAKATOMI PLAZA and SKYHAMMER.
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I had a cool chat with Nils Molin from DYNAZTY about a great many things, including psyching yourself up listening to Judas Priest, and of course the recording process for the new album, 'Game Of Faces'. Check it out.
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I had another cool chat with Brett Campbell from PALLBEARER about many things, including the upcoming Australian tour in March. Check it out.
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This is REALLY good. Still has that trademark LACUNA COIL sound but seems a bit more attention grabbing, a bit more in your ear.
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Well, 2024 has ticked over to 2025, and that means it’s time to look back and assess what made my list for the top albums of the year.
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As you would expect, the latest MAJESTICA album, 'Power Train', is a banger and should be listened to at the first available opportunity.
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I went along to the Crown & Anchor Hotel last night to see MIKE TRAMP'S WHITE LION, and I was treated to a very entertaining show. He had a top band in tow and they seemed to really get off on the intimate setting and the energy of the crowd.
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It's amazing the conversations you have 35 years later. The story of how the bootleg of METALLICA playing in Adelaide in 1989 came about.
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I was fortunate enough to get along to Hindley St. Music Hall to see CAVALERA on Thursday night. I enjoyed it immensely. Photos from a VERY RED Hindley St. Music Hall are below.
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I had another awesome chat with Tommy Johansson of MAJESTICA, about many things, SABATON, phones, bad notes, choice of guitars, and the new album, 'Power Train'.
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DRAGONKNIGHT are a Finnish Power Metal band made up of veterans that have joined forces to create an epic album of hard-driving songs that will satisfy your Power Metal needs. The epic songs just keep coming. The whole band is on point. Horns, and swords, UP.
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I rocked along to Lion Arts Factory the other night to see HAMMERFALL on their first visit to Adelaide. I thought it would be good, I certainly wasn't prepared for HOW GOOD it was going to be.
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Check out the latest track by Adelaide-based Metalcore band THOSE LEFT BEHIND. The track is 'Ouroboros', and it is a punishing 3 minutes. This is chunky and riffy and guaranteed to leave you breathless. Click to read more.
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The Top 5 glorious HAMMERFALL anthems to blast out loud out ahead of their Australian Tour next week.
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After knowing how good the first album was, I was very keen to hear this one before interviewing Niclas a little while back. To say I was impressed is an understatement.
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I hada cool chat with Stefan Kummerer of OBSCURA regarding all things leading up to the release of the latest album, 'A Sonication'. Check out the interview to find out what a 'submarine on wheels' is, and why it's called that.
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In Adelaide Boxing Day means LEMMY DAY. This year was no exception. An afternoon and night filled with MOTORHEAD. LEMMY FOREVER rocked the Crown & Anchor.
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I had another awesome chat to Tim 'RIPPER' Owens about his career, what he's been doing lately, his time with JUDAS PRIEST, the present with KK's Priest, solo tours with bands everywhere, and of course the upcoming solo Australian tour. Check it out.
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I had an awesome chat with Chris Boltendahl from GRAVE DIGGER about his long career, pre-show nerves, festival sets, meeting Rob Halford, and of course the upcoming album, 'Bone Collector'.
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I rocked along to the first of 2 nights at the Woodshed to celebrate the venue's 2nd birthday. It was a great night featuring local kings ALMOST HUMAN, with HIDDEN INTENT, EMERGENCY RULE, and SHARP SHOOTER, It was a great night catching up with old friends and listening to top class Metal.
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I had an awesome chat twith Niclas Engelin from THE HALO EFFECT about many things, from the formation of the band, the reaction to the first album, the feeling you have years later realising you're performing on the same stage as one of your early guitar heroes from your earliest concert experience, and of course the upcoming album, 'March Of The Unheard'. Check it out.
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I had a cool, long and involved chat with Chris from DEADSPACE. We discussed so many things but it was all related to the release of the latest very dark and very heavy album, 'The Dark Enlightenment'. Check it out.
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Saturday November 23rd at the Woodshed was the scene for 'BRAVE NU WORLD – A Tribute To Nu-Metal'. A good sized crowd rocked in, and were ready to be entertained, and an entertaining night it was. LIMPIZKIT (featuring the music of Limp Bizkit), then FOLLOW THE LEADER (Korn), and finally FALLEN (Evanescence) played good quality sets and immense fun was had by all.
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2025 – Hindley-Street Music-Hall After 6 long years wait, the Nov ’25 tour promises to be groundbreaking – 7 absolutely massive concerts featuring 2 hours plus sets including landmark masterpieces and songs from Opeth’s darkest and heaviest album in decades – the critically acclaimed concept album, The last WILL and TESTAMENT. OPETH … Read moreOPETH
I can sum up last week's Froth & Fury Fest in 2 words – IN SANE (old movie joke there). A brief summary and lots of photos are contained within.
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 – Adelaide Oval Start saving Tickets link coming Relevant website links here or scan QR code below.
So, the year was 1989. METALLICA were touring but not coming to Adelaide. We'll just see about that.
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I had quite the chat with Mike Andersson from TUNGSTEN about many things, playing Sweden Rock, vinyl v streaming (now known as listening v hearing), and stories behind the songs on the upcoming album, ‘The Grand Inferno’.
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