Sludge
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Review: Frenzal Rhomb @ Miami Marketta (Gold Coast)
Etched into my memories from the '90s is a particular album cover. It shows a fast food restaurant demolished and a large 'M' sitting in the rubble. The album cover reads
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Review: Mastodon & Kerry King @ Roundhouse (Sydney)
The last time Kerry King stood on a stage in Australia circa 2019, it was to farewell Slayer – the pioneering thrash metal band that he co-founded nearly 40 years
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Review: Full Of Hell & Thou @ Crown & Anchor Hotel (Adelaide)
It's official. Adelaide's cherished live music venue The Cranker has been saved!
What better way to ring in a collective sigh of relief that one of Adelaide's... -
Review: Full Of Hell & Thou @ The Brightside (Brisbane)
Strange weather brewed on Brisbane's midweek public holiday.
Usually, the EKKA holiday sees the city overwhelmed by cold gales. Instead, the depths of this... -
King Parrot & Weedeater Australia 2024 Tour
Aussie grindcore-thrash legends King Parrot are teaming with American stoner-sludge metal heroes Weedeater, for a massive 11-date Australian tour in
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Review: Eyehategod & Goatwhore @ The Triffid (Brisbane)
I meet with a small army of black tees and battle jackets, who are out for a little neck wrecking at Brisbane's The Triffid (28 July).
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Review: Orange Goblin @ The Zoo (Brisbane)
I arrive at Brisbane's well-known live music venue The Zoo (11 April), following the throng of people climbing its black and gold glittered steps.
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Review Mr. Bungle & Melvins @ Hindley Street Music Hall (Adelaide)
After an extended hiatus of nearly two decades, Mr. Bungle have reconvened to promote the retconned 'The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo' album.
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Review: Chelsea Wolfe @ The Gov (Adelaide)
Descriptive labelling is a problematic concept but if forced to define styles, Chelsea Wolfe's work for some time has been primarily in the realm of sludge
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5 Sydney Underground Bands Astrodeath Highly Recommend
Sydney sludge/ hard rock duo Astrodeath, who recently dropped their new single 'Ceremonial Blood', are currently on the road touring.
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Beastwars Are Back From The Grave, Kinda
With a sound that cascades from savage to tender and back again, NZ stoner metallers Beastwars return (with a new lease on life, literally) with their fourth album –
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Pissed Jeans Brisbane Review @ The Foundry
As Brisbane was preparing for heavy weather, a massive storm brewed inside The Foundry (9 December) thanks to American hardcore punks Pissed Jeans.
The band have... -
Torche: Bringing The Doom Down Under
From their blistering melodies to their bulldozer riffs, Miami quartet Torche are one of the most innovative bands in metal today, blurring the borders between metal, sludge
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