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Live Gallery: Sydney’s Month of Mega-Gigs Peaks with Metallica’s M72 Tour Stop at The Accor Stadium 15.11.2025
Metallica’s M72 tour hits Sydney with a sense of inevitability and scale, arriving in a city already heavy with huge shows. Evanescence and Suicidal Tendencies prime the room, but when Metallica step out, the stadium shifts. Their precision, history and weight turn Olympic Park into a study in what stadium rock can still feel like when a band refuses to coast.
Live Gallery: Evanescence Strip It Back in a Rare, Intimate Sydney Show at The Metro Theatre 14.11.2025
At the Metro Theatre, Evanescence trade stadium grandeur for something far more revealing. On the eve of supporting Metallica at Acer Arena, the band deliver a taut, emotionally charged set that strips their gothic-metal hybrid down to its core—Amy Lee’s voice, the band’s shifting dynamics, and the enduring volatility of their two-decade catalogue.
News: What So Not and Buunshin Unite for New EP The Quiet That Hurts
Australian innovator What So Not and Dutch producer Buunshin join forces for The Quiet That Hurts — a genre-defying EP exploring silence, creation, and connection. Featuring Lucy Lucy, Alina Pash, Aiko, and Mara Necia, the project blends heavy bass with meditative emotion.
News: Mike Scott & The Waterboys To Bring “The Big Music” Back Down Under
After more than ten years away, The Waterboys will return to Australia and New Zealand in May 2026 for a long-awaited tour celebrating their new album Life, Death and Dennis Hopper — and a legacy that continues to shape the sound of modern rock.
Track: There is a luscious beauty in ‘grace’, Joey Sachi’s new track, released ahead of EP ‘RISE’.
We have been tracking with great fascination the musical path of Tokyo-based Sydney-born artist Joey Sachi ever since we premiered her single ‘Fractured’ back in 2023. Her new single ‘grace’ displays a further development of her sound – something more fractured and esoteric and yet still infused with her soft velvet vocals and enigmatic style. …
Premiere: The superb The Nagging Doubts exclusively unveil their luscious new single ‘All To You’ with launch date announced for debut album.
Signed to Wayne Connolly’s prestigious Scenic Drive Records, we at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia have long been fans of The Nagging Doubts, admiring their post punk/new wave sound that has an antipodean flavour and a genetic code that, despite their tender age, goes all the way back to Velvet Underground. We are therefore …
News: Melbourne’s Punk Heroes Amyl and The Sniffers Return for One-Night-Only Show
Fresh from their AC/DC support slot, Amyl and The Sniffers return home for a one-night-only, free show at Fed Square — promising a high-voltage night of sweat, noise, and rock’n’roll energy in the heart of Melbourne.
News: HEALTH Announce CONFLICT DLC Album and Drop New Single ‘YOU DIED’
HEALTH’s latest single YOU DIED is a heavy, unflinching meditation on mortality — turning pain into something strangely transcendent. The track arrives ahead of the band’s new album CONFLICT DLC, out December 11 via Loma Vista Recordings.
News: Metalcore Giants Memphis May Fire Announce Australian Tour
After five sold-out shows and over 1,600 fans left on waiting lists, Memphis May Fire return to Australia in 2026 — joined by Blessthefall for their first Australian shows in nine years, in what’s set to be a defining moment for metalcore fans.
News: A Wilhelm Scream Return to Australia for 2026 Headline Tour
Melodic hardcore veterans A Wilhelm Scream will return to Australia in 2026 for a seven-city headline tour, joined by Authority Zero and The Decline in Melbourne — a showcase of integrity, energy, and timeless punk craftsmanship.