Posts tagged metal
RedHook return with radical, politically-charged rap-metal single, 'Off With Your Head', and announce national tour.

Eora/Sydney-based alt-rockers, RedHook are on a hell of a run, and have released their heaviest track yet in ‘Off With Your Head’ - a crushing, politically-charged rap-metal rave monster powered by venomous lyrics that rage against various types of mob-fuelled injustice, from the conservative war on women's bodies to the dark side of cancel culture.

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Babirusa unveil epic AI-nightmare deathcore single, 'Mandatory Malevolence'

Brisbane’s purveyors of pure filth, Babirusa have released the epic deathcore single, ‘Mandatory Malevolence’, riding the much-deserved hype train in the lead up to this track’s unveiling.

Having amassed an army of pig-warriors, steadfastly supporting the band and poised to throw down to the brutality that Babirusa have created, the new single should pull a dirty grin from their fans.

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Brisbane heavyweights, Revoid unveil melodic metal EP, 'Sleepless Still'

Brisbane has been producing heavy music of amazing calibre over the last few years, and metallers Revoid can be counted among the talent pool, particularly with the release of the epic new EP, ‘Sleepless Still’, which is out now.

‘Sleepless Still’ is both pummelling, abrasive and unrelenting, at the same time able to balance and blend in melodic (and lighter) elements

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The Daily Chase bring some serious drum'n'bass heft to their heavy sound with new single, 'Light You Up'

In the lead up to their ‘The Colour of Crisis’ EP (due out on April 8), Adelaide’s The Daily Chase offer up their final single, the massive drum-and-bass-meets-metal track, ‘Light You Up’

‘Light You Up’ feels like it’s completely rave-ready, and for the first 43 seconds, you could be easily mistaken that this was intended for the dance floor. And boy, it was intended for something… straight to the mosh pit

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Newcastle's The Wandering release blistering deathcore single and video, 'A Beautiful Agony'

Newcastle’s deathcore outfit, The Wandering has marked their return with a heaving slab of heaviness in the form of new single, ‘A Beautiful Agony’, and accompanying music video.

‘A Beautiful Agony’ is three and a half minutes of unrelenting brutality, from frenetic blast beats and schizophrenic riffing, through to some of the lowest, guttural death growls, the track forces its way hectically, while teasing the forthcoming climax with sneaky breakdown a third of the way through. It still does not brace you for the filthiest, lowest of breakdowns towards to the end.

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Victorian heavyweights, ATLVS unveil pummelling new single 'Nazareth'

Regional Victorian head-crushers, ATLVS unleash their new single (and video), ‘Nazareth’ - a track that explores toxic behaviour from selfish, manipulative people living with a ‘God complex’.

ATLVS' fresh new track takes recording, mixing and mastering credits from Alpha Wolf's Scottie Simpson.

‘Nazareth’ is a pummelling, abrasive chunk of heaviness, which again shows that Australia is producing top-notch metal

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Melbourne's Lalchand takes us to dizzying alt-metal heights with new single, 'The View From Here'

Melbourne musical mastermind Lalchand has shared a soaring new single "The View From Here" which features Garrett Russell of Silent Planet and Liam Guinane of Reside. The single is the title track from forthcoming feature-filled EP, to be released Friday October 8.

‘The View From Here’ is both hefty and melodic, blending alternative emo rock, with prog-bordering-on-djent rhythmic tones. As much at home slotting along the likes of The Butterfly Effect/Dead Letter Circus as it would with more structurally intense acts like Tesseract, there’s plenty of epically high moments in the choruses, as well as the riff-heavy post-chorus sections that bring to mind earlier Karnivool material.

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NEW RELEASE - OceanShores bring the brutality with metal/hardcore single, 'Severed'

Sunshine Coast Metal/Hardcore outfit, OceanShores have ramped ups your Friday with a brand new track, ‘Severed’.

As you’d expect with this style, the drums are slamming hard, the guitars and bass are full, and the vocals guttural. There’s a nice surprise with a melodic bridge 2/3’s of the way through the track, before the build up back into a throat-tearing, chugged-out chunky breakdown.

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Dead Kelly release new single, 'Butchered with a Boomerang'

Every year, towards the end of January, when the majority of the country takes a public holiday, a couple of Sunny Coast fellas throw on their blue Bonds singlets, pull their balaclava’s over their face, and celebrate with a couple of cold ones, basking in the glory of their hard work, and absolutely insane musical concepts.

Dead Kelly have done it again, upping the ante, and releasing the brand new belter - ‘Butchered with a Boomerang’.

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