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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
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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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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So, the year was 1989. METALLICA were touring but they were not coming to Adelaide. We’ll just see about that.
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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Sweden's GRAND MAGUS are back with a new album, 'Sunraven'. If you're a fan of Classic / Doom Metal you know you are in for a treat from the first notes of the first track, 'Skybound'. These guys have been around for a while, and it shows.
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Every now and then you see a gig and you're lost for words for how to describe it to someone who wasn't there. This is one of those gigs.
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I had a cool chat with JB of Sweden's mighty GRAND MAGUS discussing the pandemic, time away from music, and of course the excellent new album, 'Sunraven'. Check it out.
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This is a very impressive spectacle. 16,000 people packed in, and SABATON doing what they do, that is, the story of war and conflict told through Metal, with a stage set and pyros to match. Grab a ticket and I will see you at the screening.
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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have GOT IT GOING ON. This album kicks serious butt. You need to hear this album. You need to crank this sucker up loud. You need to not give a damn about offending anyone. You will be doing a public service.
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Photos from a wild night at The Gov last night. Crowd favourites, CRADLE OF FILTH came to town, ably supported by INFECTED RAIN on their first visit Down Under. It's safe to say that the band from Moldova made a lot of new friends with their action packed set, before CRADLE OF FILTH blew the roof off again. Enjoy.
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I had an awesome chat with Ashok and Zoe from CRADLE OF FILTH, just ahead of their Australian tour which kicks off in a few days. Check it out.
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I've been waiting for this album's release so I can sing it's praises. This takes me back to the classic mid-to-late 80s. The songs are energetic and well paced, the vocals are great and understandable, the guitar work is on-point.
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BRITISH LION played at the Lion Arts Factory on Tuesday We were witness to a very well rounded band putting on a great show. It was a great night. Photos are contained within.
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This is probably the most diverse Black Metal album I have ever heard. Not so fast blackness, screamed vocals, intertwined with haunting piano and acoustic passages that belies the blackness of most of the rest of the album.
It is a trip.
It is a trip you should take.
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Sweden's AMARANTHE wildly entertained a ravaging Tuesday night crowd at The Gov in Adelaide. The band had the crowd right where they wanted as they reeled off hit after hit from their impressive catalogue. I was graciously allowed photo access and the pick of the bunch is featured below.
Enjoy.
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I had an awesome chat with Oscar Dronjak from HAMMERFALL about a great many things, the new album, 'Avenge The Fallen', crossing timezones and the difference in jet lag from going east as opposed to west, 'post Covid' tours with HELLOWEEN, 'company parties' (sort of) at music festivals, and of course the upcoming tour of Australia. Check it out.
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I had another great chat with Elize Ryd from AMARANTHE about the latest album, 'The Catalyst', festivals, enjoying life after the chaos of lockdowns, spiders and snakes and of course the upcoming tour of Australia and NZ.
She is always a delight to talk to. Check it out.
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I had a cool chat with Jasmin Pabst from ALL FOR METAL, about her musical journey, her choice in guitars and equipment, and her involvement with ALL FOR METAL, and the upcoming release of the 'Gods Of Metal' album.
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A great night at the KINGS OF THRASH gig. Three ex-members of MEGADETH playing the 'Peace Sells' album plus other fan favourites from the golden days.
Photos through the smoke of Lion Arts Factory, are linked below.
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I had a cool chat with Matthew Greywolf fropm POWERWOLF about many things, recording video clips in a forest in the cold dead of night, touring with friends, festivals and of course the new album, 'Wake Up The Wicked'. This one is transcript only (requested by the band) so click here and 'read all about it'.
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Okay, so this is full-on. NECHT are an Epic Black Metal band from Canada. Their album, 'The Prophecy Of Kamifor' is an excursion into a dark world by being pummelled repeatedly by epic tracks, all done with good sound quality, by the way.
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A great night was had by all who attended NO LIFE 'TIL LEATHER on Saturday night (June 13th) at the Findon Hotel. They were treated to 3 sets of old school METALLICA madness. There's probably too many photos, but hey, the lighting was excellent so I went nuts.
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' Okay, so this is out there. I don't even know where to begin to describe this. Press release quote-
'The band’s music combines elements from 90’s death/black metal, 70’s prog rock and 90’s psychedelic rock. In one phrase, Octoploid has been described as “70’s death metal'.
You owe it to yourself to check it out.
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