Tag Australia
They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, or indeed, an album. Many of us have, especially in the world of heavy music. One look at the new album artwork on Aussie band, Arkheth’s “Clarity Came With A… Continue Reading →
For more than ten years these hard-working, hard rocking Aussies have been plying their riff-laden brand of groovy Metal to audiences around the world, garnering a healthy reputation as a good, solid act that enlightens and enhances any gig or… Continue Reading →
Anything could happen here. Metallic hardcore, late 90s metal and death metal influences form the stylistic backbone of this album. Reading the blurb, it seems to claim to be everything, and above all bigger and better than the Australians’ 2021… Continue Reading →
Triple…what? Yep. I took this as I am genuinely a fan of the varied works of Dis Pater, the mastermind behind this, and have written extensively over the years for this esteemed organ. This though I knew was going to… Continue Reading →
Aussie band, Remains came to life in 2019 but their members were all individually established on the local underground metal circuit in bands like Fuck I’m Dead, The Kill and Shallow Grave. “Grind Til Death” is the band’s first full… Continue Reading →
Australia has a reputation of sorts of being brutal, be it the fact everything on the continent is trying to actively kill you in some way and its people have a rather blunt sense of humour which pulls no punches…. Continue Reading →
Seems like I am no less than the 5th writer at this site to cover a Runespell release. The Australian one-man act helmed by Nightwolf certainly seems prolific, having notched up no less than 4 albums since 2017 as well… Continue Reading →
Well, nobody expects a funeral doom band to do anything in a particularly fast fashion and it has been four years since we last heard from these Australians on last album ‘The Incubus Of Karma.’ This is the first of… Continue Reading →
In one form or another this Australian band has been around for over two decades having previously been called Suffering, the intervening years since changing to this current moniker didn’t yield any releases until 2004, some eight to nine years… Continue Reading →
On numerous occasions I’ve come across the scenario where someone has moved to somewhere inspiring like Scandinavia or Ireland, and has composed a work based on the inspiration. Such is the case here where an Australian known as M moved… Continue Reading →
Australian metal punks come at you with their debut release. Expect a nod to Hellhammer, China’s Military Shadow and primitive early noise in general from both Germany and the UK. The PR material states “hellhammering speedmetalpunk”, which is very accurate…. Continue Reading →
The Australian hard rockers return with this, their fifth album. I reviewed their last album, “Memoirs of a Rat Queen”, and found it to be an enjoyable, if not entirely addictive slab of rock n’ roll. I have to admire… Continue Reading →