Tag Australia
Work started on this album in March 2020, when the drum tracks were laid down by then drummer Dan Presland. This is the point where the world decided to implode and prevented the rest of the band from getting to… Continue Reading →
Yes, it is actually a real word and Unfelled refers to trees that have not been cut down. Sticking with that subject this project was originally conceived by musician D of highly regarded Australian outfit Woods Of Desolation. Expanding the… Continue Reading →
Well, it may just be my own sense of stereotyping, but the one place I didn’t expect to get crushing death/doom from was Melbourne, Australia. I of course know that Australia has a proud history of pure heavy metal and… Continue Reading →
We have touched upon this Australian based act a few times in the past with split releases and 7 inches and now they return with a full album of 14 tracks. Naturally due to the nature of the beast it… Continue Reading →
Australian Black Metal with strong Norse influences and a strong interest in the epic sagas of Scandinavia; that is the modus operandi of Adelaide triumvirate Lumen Ad Mortem. Following a 2019 demo release, the LAM trio have returned with a… Continue Reading →
“Maximum speed. Minimum fuss”. And a lot of blackened death if I remember their previous work rightly. Vahrzaw is a band with a 30-year pedigree so has had plenty of time to fine-tune its soundscapes. The title of this album… Continue Reading →
It’s not all that often that I get to listen to Australian Extreme bands, but it turns out that antipodean four piece hail from Perth, and incredibly have only been together since 2020. I say incredibly, because this is a… Continue Reading →
If you would like an audio depiction of a girl taking a 2TB usb stick off her keychain, and plugging it squarely into a swamp of a tiny planet, here’s the place to come. This ambitious work is a prog… Continue Reading →
It took me a while to write this review due to ever increasing work commitments, but that meant that I had time to fully appreciate and inwardly digest this majestic beauty as I revisited it, being smothered more each time… Continue Reading →
Australian band Estrangement bring together the gloom of Funeral Doom Metal and the maudlin sorrowful tones of Neoclassical harmonies, to forge a sound that would also appeal to some of a Black Metal persuasion. Released on CD via Aesthetic Death… Continue Reading →
With their inception coming during the Pandemic years, Melbourne, Australia based Blackened Death Metal band Black Lava have unleashed their new album ‘Soul Furnace’, complete with stunning artwork. In my opinion, the phrase ‘Soul Furnace’ instantly creates an image in… Continue Reading →
Australian Progressive Metal four piece Teramaze return once again to continue their impressive work rate of four studio releases in the past two years. With their impressive musicianship, the band have rightly received high praise for their recent efforts and… Continue Reading →