Photo Gallery + Review : Anathema at Metro Theatre, Sydney – 22 August 2014

From the incredible musicianship to the watertight vocal harmonies, Anathema sends the audience into rapture and the applause is deafening. It doesn’t get much better than this and we better not have to wait another 25 years to enjoy the experience again.

Live Review | Carcass + Tortured @ Metro Theatre, Sydney – June 14, 2014

Since their formation in the mid 1980s, UK’s Carcass has been at the forefront of the death metal movement. Even during the years of their break up in the mid-’90s through to their reformation in 2007, no other bands in the genre came close to matching the forward thinking, cutting edge metal they created on classic albums like Heartwork and Swansong.

Live Review | Children of Bodom @ Hi-Fi Bar, Sydney | May 9, 2014

It’s a fittingly chilly evening in Sydney for Finnish metallers Children of Bodom. The pale-skinned shred-tastic troupe from the North country probably blew right into town on the cold wind that’s brought with it a motley crew of fans from all over like some kind of Pied Piper.

Live Review | Killswitch Engage + Kill Devil Hill @ UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney | April 12, 2014

Punters up the front are already being squeezed against the mosh barrier and as the stage lights go dim to the sounds of RUN DMC’s ‘It’s Like That’, everyone goes ape shit crazy. Killswitch Engage rip into ‘Bid Farewell’ with an intensity that didn’t let up for the duration of the 19 song set.

Live Review | Monster Magnet + King of the North + Arrowhead @ Hi-Fi Bar, Sydney – April 4, 2014

By the time Dave and company take to the HiFi stage, the room has seemingly filled up as if my magic – their fans turning out in droves to revel in a night of grooving, moving rock and roll.

Live Review | Alter Bridge + Living Colour | The Hi-Fi, Sydney – February 25, 2014

It almost seems absurd that a chart-topping US rock band like Alter Bridge should be playing a venue as small as Sydney’s HiFi. So, it makes sense that tonight’s show – a Soundwave sideshow – should be completely sold out.