metal
album review: megadeth, megadeth
Megadeth’s latest album arrives carrying a sense of gravity that’s impossible to ignore. Decades into a career defined by volatility, reinvention, and sheer stubborn survival, the band sounds acutely aware of its own history. Whether or not this record ultimately stands as a final statement, it feels deliberate and self-conscious in a way few Megadeth …
Live Gallery: The Plot In You, Fit For A King, Boundaries and Banks Arcade take over Sydney’s Enmore Theatre 28.01.2026
The Plot In You front a stacked bill alongside Fit For A King, Boundaries and Banks Arcade, as Sydney hosts a night that traces multiple strands of modern metalcore in one tightly packed room.
amaranthe, epica, charlotte wessels. o2 apollo, manchester. 23/01/2026
The O2 Apollo in Manchester has long been a proving ground for metal bands, a venue whose intimate yet expansive layout allows both technical virtuosity and emotional resonance to shine. Tonight it hosted an evening that proved both ambitious and carefully curated: the Arcane Dimensions Tour, featuring Charlotte Wessels, Epica, and Amaranthe. On paper, such …
Live Gallery: Soulfly, Nailbomb and Snot turn Sydney’s Enmore Theatre into a pressure chamber of metal 27.01.2026
Soulfly bring commanding force to the Enmore Theatre, with Max Cavalera at the centre of a bill that also welcomes Nailbomb’s industrial fury and Snot’s long-awaited return, linking multiple generations of heavy music in one relentless night.
live review: chelsea grin, signs of the swarm, mugshot & crown magnetar. leeds project house 03/12/2025
There are nights when Leeds seems to thrum with a very specific electricity, when the air itself feels preloaded with expectation, vibrating long before the first note hits. On this night, that hum for many began as they threaded themselves through the industrial outskirts toward Project House—a venue that feels like it was excavated from …
Live Gallery: Heat, Blood and Holy Noise: Good Things 2025 Burns Sydney Alive
Good Things 2025 arrives in Sydney like a heat-stricken carnival, pushing thousands of fans through a day of blistering sets from Garbage, Refused, Wargasm, Fever 333, Weezer, and Tool. From GWAR’s blood-spray theatrics to Shirley Manson’s searing stage presence and Maynard’s shadow-lurking mystique, the festival turns Olympic Park into a furnace of sound, sweat and defiance.
live review: arch enemy, amorphis, eluveitie and gatecreeper. manchester apollo 31/10/2025
Halloween and extreme music have always shared a symbiotic relationship, both trade in drama, darkness, and a sense of the theatrical. On this particular Friday night in Manchester, that union felt gloriously complete. Outside the Apollo a brisk autumn wind carried the scent of rain and face-painted fans in black coats and band shirts snaked …
live review: killswitch engage, hatebreed, fit for an autopsy, decapitated. leeds academy 13/10/2025
Tonight was the turn of Leeds to get an injection of brutality in the city and this time it was the turn of Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, Fit For An Autopsy and Decapitated, and they absolutely crushed the Academy to its core. So the night started off with some Polish technical Death Metal and the masters …
incineration festival 2026 adds another name
American Death Metal band Of Feather And Bone joins their ever darkening lineup, bringing raw and bludgeoning Death to the Underworld Stage You can still grab tickets to the festival here www.incinerationfest.com/tickets
live review: thrash of the titans tour 2026, testament, obituary, destruction, nervosa. manchester academy 10/10/2025
Tonight in Manchester we were witness to something pretty darn special because tonight was the night that the Thrash of the Titans package had steamrolled into town and it was epic beyond belief on all levels. First up on the brutal package were Nervosa and they absolutely crushed the venue with their brief opening slot. …