Brisbane’s Inovo dive headfirst into an intense new alt-prog track in ‘Swim Alone’; an immersive release that meshes grooves with moody textures, and transports the listener to an ambient, hazy realm.
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Brisbane’s The Blackwater Fever have teased enough with a string of singles, and now that has all culminated in the release of their sixth full-length studio album, ‘Temptator!’.
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Sydney genre-blending, mainstream-defying heavy act, Reliqa have truly harnessed their very own sonic identity in the heavy music landscape with their new, third EP, ‘I Don’t Know What I Am’, which is out now.
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Melbourne Alt Metal titans Circles have upped the ante for the new era of progressive heavy music with another new single, ‘Dig’. This next chapter (via Wild Thing Records) also marks the announcement of their long-awaited EP, ‘The Stories We Are Afraid Of | Vol. 1’.
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The return of the lords of Australian Alt/Prog Rock, The Butterfly Effect, has been well embraced, and now, not only have they released a brand new epic single in ‘Visiting Hours’, but also finally announcing a brand new album, ‘IV’ (due to be released on September 2).
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Gold Coast’s Mass Sky Raid have unveiled their sophomore album, ‘Calm In Chaos’ - a hefty ten tracks of progressive alt-rock that’s heavy on the musical theatrics and big choruses.
To celebrate, Mass Sky Raid have released one final music video (to the single, ‘Miracle’), and have announced a string of dates for an East Coast tour.
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Gold Coast prog/alt-rock outfit, Mass Sky Raid have released their third single, the proggy, electro-tinged belter, ‘Undertow’, which will also feature on the band’s upcoming album, ‘Calm In Chaos’ (which releases on June 3rd).
‘Undertow’ is clean, precise Australian alt/prog rock. It goes for the big moments in the choruses, pulls back enough in the verses, and goes in deep for some electro middle-eight goodness.
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Newcastle’s Science Rockets have released their latest single, the emotive, ‘Eyes Closed’; a heavily-layered guitar-trip with a heartbreaking narrative.
Formed in 2020, Science Rockets formed from the remnants of The Girl Folder, and a chance meeting of like-minded musicians chatting online, the band bonded over a love of Ride, Secret Machine, Foals and The Cure.
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Heavy fusion rockers Twelve Foot Ninja release an extended video for their new single Over and Out with a guest appearance by the enigmatic Tatiana Shmayluk, frontwoman of metal band Jinjer. It’s Twelve Foot Ninja’s third single from their upcoming album VENGEANCE (out 15th October 2021 through Volkanik Music).
In true Twelve Foot Ninja style, the music video is completely batsh*t crazy, hilarious and twisted, reflecting much of the musical content. Full of djent guitars and bass, and Kin’s vocal flexing, complemented by Jinjer’s Tatiana, ‘Over and Out’ is a heavy and haunting blast of prog-alt-rock, building to a chunky crescendo.
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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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Melbourne-based alt-pop trio SILT have returned with a dreamy, indie track in the new single, ‘I Always Need A Break’.
Since debuting in 2019, SILT have showcased their dynamic blend of alt-pop and indie-rock over 4 singles. After spending the first half of this year back in the studio with producer Jimi Lloyd-Wyatt at Ginger Studios, they are now working their way towards their debut EP which will be released later this year.
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Gold Coast’s prodigal prog sons, Mass Sky Raid celebrate a decade of bringing forth thick, melodically heavy tunes with a brand new single, ‘Arrows’ out today.
‘Arrows’ slides into your ear drums like some kind of musical vapour, with ghostly synths and a sinister, building bass, before alchemically solidifying and slamming the listening with djentified bass tones, massive drums and delay-drenched guitar.
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The Omnific are taking you into the outer atmosphere today with their gorgeous, galactic video for single 'Erin'.
November 2018 will see The Omnific and Osaka Punch touring together in what is a preview of what to expect on the might COG's Drawn Together tour in 2019. Both acts are touring with COG in February and March 2019 around Australia. November sees the two creative and complex prog artists in Melbourne at The Evelyn on the 10th, Brisbane at The Zoo on the 16th and the Sunshine Coast's SolBar on the 17th
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