Dark Tranquility – Built to Last Latest Release: Construct (Century Media/EMI) Website: www.darktranquility.com Swedish melodic death metal is a term bandied about for years, probably as a nice category for marketing purposes. Similarly, the Gothenburg sound tag has, like any label, both aided and frustrated those at the receiving end. Dark Tranquility experienced this first
Olympic Park, HomebushSunday the 23rd of February, 2014. As the crowds rolled into the Sydney date of the Australia wide Soundwave Festival, the prior build up dramas of timetables, cancellations, additions and whines about clashes of favoured band appearances seemingly dissipated. Amongst a sea of black t-shirts and the odd pre Gwar white t-shirt, numerous
The Enmore Theatre SydneyWednesday the 26th of February, 2014. American pop metal idols Bon Jovi have sold truckloads of albums, toured the world packing out arenas and cleaned up awards galore. Admittedly not revered by everyone and clearly able to dodge a bullet or two over massive musical taste shifts, one of their core reasons
Alter Bridge + Living Colour The Hi-Fi Bar, Moore Park, SydneyTuesday the 25th of February, 2014. A sold out venue in Sydney for this Sidewave had many musos and fans, not keen on the festival vibe queuing around the block for a club shred fest. The PA rumbled Alice in Chains, Rob Zombie and Maiden
San Francisco, Bay Area thrash metal titans Testament will be in Australia as part of the mammoth touring festival known as Soundwave, as well as headlining some Sidewave shows. Following on from their most recent live DVD release that documents their most recent ‘The Dark Roots Of The Earth’ album tour, the band will once
Manning Bar, SydneyFriday 13th December, 2013 Opening the cranial pummeling this evening was Deprivation who hail from Orange in country New South Wales. Their sound includes triggered drums, barked vocals and galloping guitars sometimes meshed with a slower grind feel. Tonight they stuck to heavier snare and cymbal brutalising over repetitive hammering with guitar shred
Sirenia: Across Blue Oceans to our Wide Brown Land. Latest Release: Perils Of The Deep Blue (Riot! /Nuclear Blast) Website: www.sirenia.no Music should entertain, evoke a response and make the listener want to hear more. Norwegian metal band Sirenia, who have mastered symphonic gothic metal sounds brilliantly have that captivating effect. Utilising both male and
Recently touring Australia for the first time with his own band Firewind, current Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Gus G spoke to Australian Guitar (Paul Southwell) via phone about all things guitar. Highly acclaimed worldwide with an array of signature musical equipment gear and with a hard earned virtuoso playing skill, those who saw him live in
Raising Hell. Interview: Andy Sneap from HELL Legendary theatrical metal band HELL are back with their latest release titled ‘Curse and Chapter’. Mining old material combined with a wealth of new ideas, their resurgence has them cranking more riffs but in a tighter recorded set, borne from honing their fiendish craft in a furnace of
It is generally accepted within the guitar community that Yngwie Malmsteen’s incredible guitar playing skills set the benchmark for virtuosity. His level of technical precision, impeccable tone and sense of melody are unquestionable. He also entered the classical realm to compose a concerto that was performed live with an orchestra, indicating his depth of musical