Album Review | Breaking Orbit – The Time Traveller
Sydney four piece Breaking Orbit’s debut album The Time Traveller has been a long time coming, with a name change and some member shuffles preceding its release.
Sydney four piece Breaking Orbit’s debut album The Time Traveller has been a long time coming, with a name change and some member shuffles preceding its release.
Friday night was confirmation that Karnivool are one of, if not the best band in Australia.
Without a doubt, Sydney’s Matt Corby has undergone a meteoric rise in popularity over the last year. After selling out The Corner Hotel five nights in a row on his last visit to Melbourne, one could only assume the demand would be just as great this time around.
The Ocean are one of the more interesting bands of the past few decades. The brainchild of guitarist Robin Staps, The Ocean has, over the years, morphed into one of the most forward thinking and innovative metal bands in the world…
With Brisbane natives Dead Letter Circus having been on tour with Texan five piece Fair to Midland in the States for the past few months, it was time to bring the party (and Fair to Midland) back home for their own national tour…
With a cracking new single, a sold out show and a settled line up, they are a band on a mission and it showed on Friday night.
There’s plenty of reasons Evanescence have been one of the most popular bands in rock music throughout the last ten years, one of them is they are a superb live act.
As the black clad army of fans bustled through the gates at the Melbourne Showgrounds, there was a genuine excitement in the air for what was the largest Soundwave ever in terms of the sheer number of bands on the bill.
Slipknot made sure every single person in attendance got their moneys worth, showing exactly why they’re co-headlining the biggest heavy music festival Australia has seen. They truly are world-class performers, in terms of both music and stage presence.
As Melbourne’s Soundwave week continued into Wednesday night, it was time to head to the beautiful Forum Theatre for a taste of some of the most original music the massive line up had to offer…
I’m just going to start off by saying American hardcore quintet Letlive. are good. Really f##king good….
We caught up with MESHUGGAH guitarist Mårten Hagström just ahead of the bands arrival in Australia for Soundwave 2012
It’s fair to say that over the years Californian natives Incubus have traversed more than a few genres in their music, giving rise to one of the more diverse musical fan bases around at present.
With A Day To Remember set to hit the stages of Soundwave 2012 (along with a couple of sideshows), A Day To Remember singer Jeremy McKinnon took time out for a quick chat ahead of their Australian visit…
Remix albums for any band, be it a full blown electronic act or a big metal band are risky business. Rarely is a remix album put together that actually improves a bands sound or even adds a worthwhile extra dimension to the group’s music. In fact, with the exception of a couple of select releaseas (such as Gotye’s stunning Mixed Blood), most remix albums follow the general formula where there are a couple of great tracks, a couple of terrible tracks and a whole bunch of filler.