IN DEPTH: HATEBREED – AN ENTERNITY OF LEADERSHIP
WORDS: ROB KENT
Connecticut's own Hatebreed are legends within heavy music. This band took the Hardcore scene to the next level in the late nineties and are heavily...
IN DEPTH: KILLER BE KILLED – DECONSTRUCTION
WORDS: TOM COLES
Supergroups are good, actually. In a year like this the spirit of collaboration is a Good Look, which has been explored everywhere from collaborative...
UNDISCOVERED PREMIERE: STAGE MOMS – SOPHOMORE SLUMP
In this day and age it's very easy for an artist to reach the sophomore slump, the second album syndrome, and in many ways as we all transition into a new world...
UNDISCOVERED: BAD/LOVE – AN OPEN LETTER
WORDS: JO COSGROVE
There have always been exciting things bubbling from the music scene in Melbourne, and Bad/Love is one of the most exciting acts right now. Coming together...
YEAR OF THE KNIFE: A NEW WAY OUT
WORDS: HARRY HIGGINSON
Internal Incarceration is a record certainly fitting for a time where, more than ever, many of us are isolated, trapped at home, unable to safely...
UNDER THE INFLUENCE: BRING ME THE HORIZON – THERE IS A HELL BELIEVE ME...
WORDS: ALISDAIR GRICE
Metalcore behemoths and genre chameleons Bring Me The Horizon are not unfamiliar with avoiding the line of best fit, having been the poster boys of...
IN DEPTH: DEVIL DRIVER – THE TIME TO PURGE
WORDS: MICHAEL WOODWORTH
A lot can happen in two decades; an intricate universal flow found deep in every single person, pushing them in the direction of their fate....
IN DEPTH: MADINA LAKE – A FRESH START
WORDS: CORAL JAMES ADAMSON
Since releasing ‘Playing With Fire’ back in April, Madina Lake have been getting ready to launch their new E.P ‘The Beginning of New Endings’. Whilst...
IN DEPTH: GREG PUCIATO – THE CREATOR
WORDS: ROB KENT
The Dillinger Escape Plan was a band that changed the metalcore genre. But in 2017 and twenty strong years, the band sadly decided that their artistic...
IN DEPTH: ANTI-FLAG – A NEW AGE
WORDS: MICHAEL WOODWORTH
Just over thirty years ago, Anti-Flag hit the punk rock scene, tackling major political issues in their work; they’ve been witness to four presidents and...
IN DEPTH: PALM READER – A DEEPER PASSION
WORDS: SEAN HUBBARD
In a tumultuous year, Palm Reader have had a more difficult time than anyone else. Alongside the cancellation of live shows (literally the only way...
IN DEPTH: WORLD BE FREE – NEW FREEDOM
WORDS: HARRY HIGGINSON
World Be Free aren’t your typical hardcore band. The brainchild of Terror frontman Scott Vogel, the band’s lineup features members of titans like Strife, Judge and...
IN DEPTH: LAURA JANE GRACE – LADY OF THE LAND
WORDS: GEORGIA RAWSON
Stay alive.
Two amazingly simple words that hold the emotional weight of an entire global population, and for activist and punk musician,...
IN DEPTH: GHØSTKID – A NEW VISION
WORDS: KARLEY MYRALL
Whilst this year has been filled with a lot of chaos and the uncertainty of what’s next. The music industry is still taking an immense...
IN DEPTH: FOR THE CHILDREN, A UNITED HARDCORE
WORDS: GEORGIA RAWSON
Whilst various genres of music over the decades have been laced within social and political change, in the current state of the world one...
IN DEPTH: THE FRONT BOTTOMS – DOING FINE
WORDS: MEGAN WALDER
“Wow. Damn. If only I’d have known”, Brian laughs about his statement in April that 2020 was already a “disaster”. Five months later and here...
IN DEPTH: CHAMBER – KNOWN SACRIFICE
WORDS: MICHAEL WOODWORTH
Life can be unfair; bad hands can be dealt and anything can happen. In March, the music industry took a nearly fatal blow due to...
IN DEPTH: SALEM – A NEW PUNK AWAKENING
WORDS: TATE POWELL
Lockdown has undoubtedly been a difficult time for most - so to spice it up a little, the Creeper frontman returns, along with Matt Reynolds...
IN DEPTH: SEAWAY – RIDING THE NEW WAVE
WORDS: MICHAEL WOODWORTH
Starting all the way back in 2011, Seaway were just starting off in the industry. Young and wide-eyed, looking to just make a name for...
IN DEPTH: NASTY – REALISM WHERE IT COUNTS
WORDS: ROB KENT
“Nasty has always stood out in what we do, so why would we change?” This bold statement summaries the entire approach that Belgum beatdown...