HEAVY SA was held January 27th, featuring 24 bands from South Australia (plus a bonus 'jam' band with assorted members). It was another huge event, well organised and well run, held at Lion Arts Factory over 2 stages. __________

  The NU METAL FEST, Saturday night at the UniBar was a cool night featuring music from the era. FALLEN (tribute to EVANESCENCE) opened the show, SYSTEM OF A DON'T followed with the best of SYSTEM OF A DOWN, and METEORA closed out the night with the best of LINKIN PARK. __________

  I chatted with John Steel, original drummer of THE ANIMALS, for the first time in 5 years. We spoke about gardening, long haul flights, bridging generations, and the upcoming tour of Australia (billed as a farewell tour). Audio only, check it out below. __________

  A healthy crowd rocked up at the Crown & Anchor for LEMMY FOREVER. __________

  The legendary METAL CHURCH returned to Australia for their second visit, and played their first gig ever in Adelaide at the Crown & Anchor Hotel last Sunday night. To say it was a freaking crazy experience is a massive understatement. The roof was blown off.  __________

  December 9th saw the 2023 edition of Dimefest, featuring a number of bands, culminating in the Pantera tribute of 'BY DEMONS BE DRIVEN'.  __________

  The recent Froth & Fury 3 will go down in history as the pinnacle in locally organised Heavy Music events, held again at Pirate Life Brewing at Port Adelaide. The lineup was fully stacked with local, interstate and overseas bands. 4,000 people packed in for plenty of bands, plenty of drink, plenty of food, plenty of good times. Can't wait for next year. __________

  Peter Iwers from THE HALO EFFECT took time out of his busy between tour schedule to have a great chat with me about how the band came together and the upcoming Lagerfest / Froth and Fury Fest tour. We also had a chat about brewing beer and driving golf carts around Ozzfest whilst naked. Check it out. __________

  I had quite the in-depth chat with Richard Patrick from FILTER about a great many things, the latest album, 'The Algorithm' , album budgets 'now' compared to 'then', streaming music (if you're not Taylor Swift), the state of the industry now, losing yourself in a performance, leaving your mark as an artist, and the upcoming Australian tour. Check it out. __________

  I had quite the chat with Roger Öjersson from KATATONIA about the upcoming Australia tour and the recording of their most recent album, 'Sky Void Of Stars'. We also had a good chat about his choice of guitars and amplifiers. __________