Category: Metal/Hard Rock

Guitar Rock, Live Photos, Live Reviews, Metal/Hard Rock

LIVE REVIEW: Power Trip @ Bald Faced Stag, Sydney

Power Trip, Flaming Wrekage, Shackles Bald Faced Stag, Leichhardt NSW, Australia September 22nd, 2018 As legends of the thrash scene such as Slayer, play farewell tours, attention starts to shift to who will lead the next wave of metal. On the back of their acclaimed Nightmare Logic album, Power Trip are widely considered the reigning princes of a new breed of thrash. Accordingly it was … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Power Trip @ Bald Faced Stag, Sydney

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ALBUM REVIEW: Alice In Chains – Rainier Fog

They were one of the heavyweights of the 90s metal/grunge scene, successfully blending melodic, down-tuned riffs and harmonies with crunching distortion and classic rock elements. Of course theirs is a tale of tragedy with the drug issues and subsequent death of singer Layne Staley curtailing them for a decade, but it is also one of resurrection, determination and integrity.  Recruiting vocalist William DuVall 12 years … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Alice In Chains – Rainier Fog

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Album Covers, Album Reviews, Guitar Rock, Metal/Hard Rock, New Music, Psych, Video

ALBUM REVIEW: Earthless – Black Heaven

The trio, renowned for their epic psych rock and metal instrumentals that can reach the 20 minute mark, are back with a new album that turns that reputation on its head by way of shorter songs and most noticeably, the addition of vocals. Guitarist Isaiah Mitchell steps up the mic on Black Heaven and it’s a move that shifts the dynamic of the band. His … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Earthless – Black Heaven

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Americana / Alt-Country, Guitar Rock, Live Photos, Live Reviews, Metal/Hard Rock

LIVE REVIEW: Cosmic Psychos @ Bald Faced Stag

Cosmic Psychos, Birdcloud, The Chats @ Bald Faced Stag, Sydney, April 6th 2018 Who said rock n roll is dead? The top echelon may be uninspiring but down at ground level guitar rock is still brimming with passion, humour and free-spirited energy A sold out venue and mosh-pit ready crowd greeted young upstarts The Chats. Joining the Cosmic Psychos tour from the Sunshine Coast they were like … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Cosmic Psychos @ Bald Faced Stag

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Americana / Alt-Country, Electronica, Folk, Funk, Guitar Rock, Hip Hop, Indie Rock, Metal/Hard Rock, New Music, Pop, Post-Punk, Reggae / Dub, Soul, Stream

DOUBTFUL SOUNDS – Spotify Mix Series

We’ve got a new series of mixes happening over on Spotify. As is our want, these are all over the show. One minute you’re in downtown LA in the 80s, next you’re off to New Orleans in the 20s before a quick jaunt to Auckland in the 1990s. Dub, post-punk, glam metal, ambient, pop, country and jazz. Anything goes. Catch up with the first three … Continue reading DOUBTFUL SOUNDS – Spotify Mix Series

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Guitar Rock, Metal/Hard Rock, News, Stream

NEWS: Dylan Carlson (Earth) Announces Solo LP

Dylan Carlson, he of the slow motion, distorted, drag and drone guitar soundscapes, has announced a new solo album, his first under his own name. Apart from a now quarter century of Earth albums he has also recorded under the drcarlsonalbion, releasing the soundtrack for the film Gold and a smattering of other projects. Conquistador will be released on the Sargent House label on April … Continue reading NEWS: Dylan Carlson (Earth) Announces Solo LP

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Guitar Rock, Live Photos, Live Reviews, Metal/Hard Rock, Post-Punk

LIVE REVIEW: Pissed Jeans @ OAF, Sydney 2017

Pissed Jeans, BB & The Blips, L.A Suffocated @ Oxford Art Factory 6th Dec 2017 After the unfortunate dropout of the original support acts, relative unknowns La Suffocated and BB& The Blips stepped in to warm the crowd and set the scene for Pissed Jeans’ first show on Australian soil. L.A Suffocated only played a handful of songs, with a low-key vibe from behind their table of … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Pissed Jeans @ OAF, Sydney 2017

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ALBUM REVIEW: Pissed Jeans – Why Love Now

Humour in heavy rock music requires just the right amount of tongue-in-cheek irreverence to avoid it tipping over into slapstick and immaturity. Bands such as Revolting Cocks, TAD and Killdozer all found that balance between savage guitars, a pummelling rhythm section and cutting, sarcastic lyrics, and in these modern times the masters of wit and riffs are Pissed Jeans. Why Love Now finds them further … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Pissed Jeans – Why Love Now

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ALBUM REVIEW: Queens Of The Stone Age – Villains

The fascinating evolution of Joshua Homme continues on this, the band’s seventh album. He’s spoken of not wanting them to become a parody of their own original sound and if you rewind back to Regular John, the opening track on their self-titled debut it sounds positively primitive and a million miles away from how they sound now. Back then he was peddling Kyuss mark II … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Queens Of The Stone Age – Villains

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Album Covers, Album Reviews, Audio Stream, Experimental, Guitar Rock, Metal/Hard Rock, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Psych, Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Boris – Dear

Boris are now 25 years into a career that has stretched from the barren expanse of doom to hazy dream pop renderings and onto avant garde soundscapes and blistering, psychedelic punk rock. They hone in on a style and explore it to its logical extreme. On Dear they again hit the heavy button but this time they go deep into the detail, exploring both heaviosity … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Boris – Dear

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ALBUM REVIEW: Dinosaur Jr – Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not

When people drop the needle on the record, insert the CD or click play on their phone and hear the distinctive roar of dense and distorted guitar on the new Dinosaur Jr album a great number of them will think “this sounds like just another Dinosaur Jr album”. That was my gut reaction on first listen. All the components are there. The symbiotic fusion of … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Dinosaur Jr – Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not

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Live Reviews, Metal/Hard Rock

LIVE REVIEW: Shihad @ The Factory Theatre, Sydney (15/07/16)

Shihad have been investing a lot of time in revisiting their back catalogue in recent years with reissues, tours of their best albums and greatest hits shows. That threatened to cement their place as a band built on past glories until the brutal and re-energised FVEY album came out in 2014. This night, though focused on celebrating their self-titled yet commonly known as The Fish … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Shihad @ The Factory Theatre, Sydney (15/07/16)

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