Latest Live Reviews
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TABERAH Live Sydney 7th Octoberr & Newcastle 8th October The Australian Metal scene has produced some amazing Metal bands, some of which have gone on to international success and recognition, and others, who unfortunately, didn’t or are not, getting the relevant breaks or support they deserve. TABERAH are a young outfit from Tasmania. The first time I... |
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BLIND GUARDIAN live at The Metro/ Sydney 30th September 2011 This is a gig that most Sydney metal fans have been waiting for, to quote Hansi(Kürsch, lead vocals), “twenty five years.” BLIND GUARDIAN is one of the stalwarts of power meta. They have released some of the most iconic metal albums of all time and have created a sound that is untouchable and... |
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FORBIDDEN Live in Sydney This was a tour that was hotly anticipated by metal fans Australia wide, FORBIDDEN is finally in Australia. I know myself; I have been waiting for this gig for over twenty-three years! To be quite honest with you, I really thought that this gig was never going to happen. FORBIDDEN were the... |
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George Kollias Australian Drum Clinic Tour with Dave Haley As a leader of the extreme metal drumming scene, George Kollias is nothing short of a technically fascinating and slightly comical musician. Born in Korinthos-Greece, Kollias started playing drums at the age of 12 and has been a part of numerous bands since the commencement of his professional... |
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DEVOLVED TECHNOLOGIES W/ Widow The Sea, Ignite the Ibex & Nobody Knew They Were Robots - Sydney Nobody Knew They Were Robots opened the night and although I only caught the second half of their set, I liked what I heard. They took a whole new meaning to stage banter, with front man Clayton Segelov showing off his newly acquired pinch harmonic skill to the crowd, which only really... |
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DIMMU BORGIR 'Forces of the Northern Light' Orchestra & Choir Show - Oslo, Norway On the 28th May, almost 8000 people from all over the world descended upon the Spektrum in Oslo, Norway, for a very special once-off show from Dimmu Borgir in their home country. The world renowned Symphonic Black metal giants teamed up with 53 members of KORK [The Norwegian Radio Orchestra]... |
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MORBID ANGEL w/ The Amenta and Ouroboros - Sydney After waiting 13 years for an Australian tour, Floridian death metal giants Morbid Angel returned for the second time in just 2 years to support their latest album Illud Divinum Insanus. Shattering the boundaries of creativity and intensity, the band stands alone as a true icon in the heavy metal... |
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THE HAUNTED w/ Nefaria, Lynchmada and Desolution - Brisbane The last gig that I attended at the Hi-Fi was Alestorm - just a few weeks earlier, and after the awesomeness of that gig, it was with a happy heart I wandered down to the Hi-Fi, eagerly awaiting a night of metal mayhem which would blow my face off. First up on the evening was Desolution, a great... |
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DESTROY MUSIC TOUR w/ The Amity Affliction, I Killed The Prom Queen, Deez Nuts and Of Mice & Men - Sydney My initial shock at the amount of kids half my age lining up outside The Roundhouse didn’t hold on longer than a few seconds, as the doors opened at 6.30pm on the dot for the 2nd installment of the Destroy Music Tour in Sydney, featuring Of Mice & Men from the US, and of course our very... |
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THE HAUNTED w/ Dawn Heist, Recoil and Buried In Verona - Sydney Ever since their 1998 self titled, debut album release, Swedish thrash/metalcore quintet The Haunted, has drawn greater admiration from their Australian fans. Touring in support of their hugely anticipated and already chart-topping album Unseen, the band’s appearance at the relatively intimate... |
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ALESTORM 'Back Through Time' w/ Voyager and Darker Half - Sydney There is nothing quite as effective than the promise of mead and wenches to bring out a curious assortment of pirates from the underbelly of the Sydney metal scene. There is something about a band like Alestorm that triggers the need to trade the standard black band shirt and wallet chain, for an... |
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ALESTORM 'Back Through Time' w/ Voyager and Scuurvy - Brisbane When I heard that Alestorm were gonna be in town, there was no question as to my attendance. Hearing that they were going to be joined by Brisbane-based Scuurvy [the band, that is, not the disease], and Perth-based Voyager, was simply icing on the metal cake. And I was not... |
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Miss Alternative Final, Featuring OUR LAST ENEMY Swarms of the weird and wonderful underground congregated at Sydney's Gaelic Theatre for the finals of the Miss Alternative Pageant, which saw unconventional beauties from all over Australia hand selected to participate in this celebration of alternative culture. And with an entourage of punk and... |
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Yarr-Fest Featuring; LORD, Dreadnaught, Voyager, Hemina and Se Bon Ki Ra Pirates and wenches from near and far congregated for the first ever Yarr-Fest at Sydney’s Gaelic Theatre on the 29th October. If getting your sword out in public wasn’t good enough reason to venture through the cafe-ridden streets of Surry Hills, then the phenomenal line up certainly was. Boasting... |
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SOILWORK with Buried in Verona and Paradigm This truly was a massive night worthy of being remembered for many years to come. The crowd was comprised of fans from all ends of the metal spectrum, disposing of all elitism and bickering as can be expected nowadays. Fans from either death metal to hardcore, black metallers to grinders and just... |
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OUR LAST ENEMY with Dawn Heist and Recoil Nearing the completion of an extensive national tour in support of their long-awaited, debut album release, Fallen Empires, industrial metallers OUR LAST ENEMY have rightly become one of the leading metal bands in Sydney. Having seen the quintet live on a multitude of occasions prior to their... |
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Exodus w/ Switchblade + Subtract Californian thrash kings Exodus were all set to destroy some ears tonight returning to our shores from their last stop down under a few years ago. On this tour they brought along New Zealand band Subtract and Sydney locals Switchblade for the fun. My timely arrival left little waiting time... |
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OVERKILL w/ Mortal Sin It has taken 25 years and 15 studio albums to get New Jersey Thrash-Stars OVERKILL to Australia. The highly anticipated tour has been wrecking the necks of fans world-wide with the execution of the 25th Anniversary world tour, now finally it was Australia’s turn to experience the living legends on... |
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PARKWAY DRIVE w/ The Devil Wears Prada + The Ghost Inside + 50 Lions For Australian metal fans, the thought that there is a band from the genre that has come out of the wood work, gained the attention of millions, and become one of this country's biggest exports, is not a regular one by any means. We as metal and hardcore fans do not often experience the... |
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MAYHEM w/ Astriaal + Anno Domini After their failed attempt to tour last year, Mayhem finally returned to our shores for a line of shows across the country. I was lucky enough to attend their Sydney performance at the Factory Theatre which also brought Astriaal from Brisbane and Sydney based band Anno Domini out this evening. The... |
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SOULFLY w/ City Of Fire + Incite @ ANU Bar, Canberra Everyone is here tonight for one thing (or should I say person) - Max Cavalera. It's in the air. There are so many people here, considering this is Canberra and on a regular Saturday night everyone would be watching the football. Everyone is talking at lightning-fast speeds about the good old... |
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METALLICA w/ Fear Factory + The Sword Acer Arena filled up quickly for a metal gig, the variety of punters was high, people from all sorts of backgrounds wanted to see the same thing. The main floor was steadily filling as ticketholders peppered the seating as opening act The Sword took to the stage. Ready to be entertained, the crowd... |
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DEATH VOMIT w/ Elysian and Daemon Foetal Harvest Arriving at the venue an hour early I was able to catch up with a few old friends and see how things are going, as time passed the bands started to slowly progress through the sound checks that they required to get on with the night. It was close to about 9PM from what I could remember and the... |
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DEATH BY METAL Featuring NORSE w/ Heaven The Axe, Black Horizon and Myraeth A little while ago I had the opportunity to attend Death By Metal held at Bald Faced Stag – now known as The Wall. Surprisingly, the event held a very diverse line up, including; Myraeth, Black Horizon, Heaven The Axe – filling in for Hell Itself after their pull-out – and headliners Norse. With... |
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Soulfly w/ City Of Fire and Incite There is always excitement and expectation in the air before any gig involving Max Cavalera, his legendary status in metal. Going on to create original styles does that to you. His main squeeze musically these days, as we all know, is Soulfly, and tonight they plan to lay waste to Sydney on the... |
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NAPALM DEATH w/ Dying Fetus and Daemon Foetal Harvest The gates opened at the Factory Theatre on time to a small crowd of early gatherers awaiting the return of British grind legends Napalm Death to our soil. The first thing everyone noticed was how long we were going to have to wait to hear any band playing. After we all amused our selves with the... |
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LORD /w Rampage + Na Maza + Blind Eyed Gods Before Rampage took the stage, metalheads (and some non-metalheads) gathered at the bar, fervently awaiting the bands to start playing with their alcoholic beverages of choice in hand. The Maram has become a growing interest in the Canberran live music community, playing host to more than their... |
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LORD w/ The Sacred Truth + Rampage + Knightqueste With the closure of the Oxford Tavern, which was possibly Wollongong's longest running live venue that constantly supported metal, things were looking grim for the scene in this town. It seems that other venues have now decided to embrace the genre and let the bands reign once again, and this time... |
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DECAPITATED w/ Psycroptic, Misery Index and Origin Apart from the incoming rain, it was overtly clear as to why the hordes of punters were anxious to get inside, tonight’s line-up not only held Origin, Misery Index and Psycroptic, but the return of headliners – Decapitated. Heading into The Factory Theatre it was not a long wait before Origin hit... |
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MACHINE HEAD w/ Hatebreed, Bleeding Through and Emmure After a 3 year tour in support of the now legendary album 'The Blackening', Machine Head wrapped up their tour in Sydney, Australia on March 28th at the world famous Luna Park. With the likes of Hatebreed and Bleeding Through in attendance, we knew this would be a once in a lifetime show, and an... |
