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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS (John Flansburgh) Tour Interview

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Alternative music duo They Might be Giants might well have started out as quirky, American college favoured surrealist musicians. However, by the end of the eighties, and shortly before the grunge scene exploded internationally, they had already found a global following, touring with a backing band, and found success in early 1990, with their third studio album, Flood, that had them on a major label, being promoted on alternate radio and associated video clip shows of the day.

CRADLE OF FILTH Live Review, 2024

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Supports: Infected Rain and Our Last Enemy Saturday, the 28th of September 2024 Metro Theatre, Sydney Score: 4 ½ skulls. As a queue of largely band artwork based black t-shirts stretched down the nearby venue alleyway, it was clear a sold-out metal show was on. To pick the sub-genre though, there was also odd bit

CRADLE OF FILTH (Zoë Marie Federoff) Tour Interview

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English extreme metal band, Cradle of Filth, the core band for founding member and frontman, Dani Filth, often intentionally courted controversy in their early days. Whether via confrontational t-shirts, occult curious literature, forays into horror film acting or just unsettling artwork based on disturbing themes, Filth and cohorts appeared to be pushing boundaries between decadence and nihilism.

AMARANTHE Live Review, 2024

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AmarantheSupport: AuratequeMetro Theatre, Sydney.Friday, 30th August 2024. Swedish melodic metal band Amaranthe were finally in Australia for the first time ever and touring on the back of seventh album, The Catalyst, it was going to be interesting to see what the setlist would entail. But based on the turnout this evening, there were no concerns.

AMARANTHE (Olof Mörck) Tour Interview

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Sweden’s melodic metal band Amaranthe’s international profile has deservedly been steadily rising in popularity. Now, with their February released seventh album, The Catalyst adding even more musical excellent genre crossover material to their current setlist, together with a slew of classic tracks, the band are finally in Australia, for their first ever tour which see them venturing across the country.

MOOD LIFTERS (Ben King, Rocky Kuner and Mat Miranda) Interview

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Canadian three-piece Rush defined the power trio in progressive rock circles. For many musicians, there is no greater pinnacle of musicianship as found in the vast discography of Rush’s works. Sadly, their 2015 R40 Live Tour, which commemorated the 40th anniversary of celebrated drummer, the late Neil Peart, aka ‘The Professor’, joining the band, proved to be their last tour for what is known as the definitive line-up.

MUNICIPAL WASTE Live Review, 2024

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Supports: The Neptune Power Federation + The Vee Bees Saturday, 6th July, 2024 Venue: Liberty Hall, Moore Park, Sydney. Rating: Four skulls. It was apt for Australian punk rock band The Vee Bees to be the opening support for Municipal Waste’s return tour to Australia, after a good decade of absence by the latter, from

MUNICIPAL WASTE (Dave Witte) Tour Interview

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Thrash metal crossover band, Municipal Waste, last graced our wide brown land with their presence in 2013. So finally, they’re back to wreak havoc, and pummel eardrums, now with a couple more albums under their bullet belts to add to their sonic artillery. Those uninitiated with the Municipal Waste live experience are in for a steep learning curve.