British progressive rock band, The Pineapple Thief, have always produced high quality music but they are most certainly improving with age and are currently experiencing a notable, well-earned upwards career trajectory.
Italian musician and composer Luca Turilli has created a huge back catalogue of great symphonic and power metal music over a good couple of decades. Initially, the band that became better known as Rhapsody of Fire released a slew of fantasy based metal music that was globally praised and influential on many a musician. About
Swedish symphonic metal band Therion is the lifework of guitarist Christofer Johnsson and with thirty years in the business, he has embarked on the most ambitious project of his career. Beloved Antichrist is a sprawling rock opera based on Russian philosopher and poet Vladímir Soloviov’s story A Short Tale of the Antichrist. Johnsson’s three act masterpiece contains 30 different characters and is a truly epic undertaking such that many a rock opera will pale by comparison as far as sheer complexity is concerned.
Supports: Hazmat + TemtrisCrowbar, Leichhardt, SydneyFriday, 30th August, 2019 There is nothing quite like an old school heavy metal show to bring out the devoted metallers of yesteryear in sleeveless battle jackets littered with patches, eager to update their wardrobe with a new version of t-shirt for a legendary band. It also provides an opportunity
When the thrash metal movement started to really gain traction in the States, in the wake of other sub genres of metal that were already established, there was a surge of bands in the Bay Area of San Francisco and surrounds who wanted no part of the glam metal scene that was firmly entrenched in
Supports: Darker Half and Sabïre.Manning Bar, Sydney UniversitySaturday, 8th of June, 2019. English rock singer Graham Bonnet has a pretty decent ongoing profile in Australia. Returning to our shores for a quick three date run of shows of Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney meant that tonight’s show was the last of the Australian dates. With the
English rock singer Graham Bonnet has sung alongside some of the most celebrated names in virtuoso guitar. His career as an established solo artist commenced in the late sixties and included decent success in the late seventies which also had a sizeable profile on the rise in Australia. Poached by the ubiquitous guitar force of
Supports: Metreya and Temtris Crowbar, Leichhardt, SydneyFriday, 10th of May, 2019. For a long time, Japan’s Loudness was firmly in the category of one of those huge international bands that wasn’t ever going to make it to our shores. Well, in what has been a bit of a change of late, some bands in that
When metal opera project Avantasia gained traction as a formidable live act, it was largely through the driving force of both Edguy vocalist Tobias Sammet and German music industry workhorse, Sascha Paeth. The guitarist, producer and mixer put together a touring band which then allowed a plethora of guest musicians to contribute when their main band duties allowed.
Japanese heavy metal band Loudness have a global reputation which was firmly set in place in the early to mid-eighties when they burst onto the glam metal scene with both solid songs and the incredible virtuosity of guitarist and band leader Akira Takasaki.