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Live Review & Gallery: Nine Bands, One Unrelenting Day at New Bloom Festival – Roundhouse, Eora Land/Sydney, 09.03.25
Nine bands and thousands of punters, all more than willing to throw (nay, hurl) themselves headfirst into a day of hardcore goodness. From the jump, the crowd was locked in, staking claim at the barricade and backing our local openers without hesitation. Newcastle’s Feel the Pain set the tone with metallic hardcore that didn’t so …
News: New Bloom Festival Returns in 2025 With a Stacked Lineup & Drain Headline Sideshows!
After a wildly successful debut in 2024, selling out in Naarm/Melbourne, New Bloom Festival is back for round two in 2025, bringing a fresh wave of alt-rock, post-hardcore, grunge, and punk acts to Meanjin/Brisbane, Eora/Sydney, and Naarm/Melbourne this March. Tickets are available here. New Bloom has quickly become hallowed ground for the next generation of …
Track: One Step Closer – Pringle Street
Hardcore band One Step Closer have announced their debut album, ‘This Place You Know’, due 24th September via Run For Cover Records. To celebrate the news the band have shared the track ‘Pringle Street’. A riotous clash of guitars, drums and a vocal thats chock full of emotion. The track whips through heavy screaming verses to huge emotive choruses …