Glam FestMetro Theatre, SydneySunday, 18th February 2024. For those of a certain vintage, overseas metal mags, and this trusty publication back in the days of print, were the best source of information on the glam metal scene. Sadly, many of the bands in that heyday didn’t make the trek to our fine land, even after
www.atreyuofficial.com Latest album: The Beautiful Dark of Life Label: Spinefarm American metalcore band, Atreyu, are in town, with their We Want Your Skulls tour. Given they have been kicking around internationally for the better part of two and a half decades, they are well experienced with creating bone rattling music on the live front. Their
http://www.tyketto.com https://www.glamfest.com.au/ American hard rock band Tyketto are determined survivors. Decades ago, the band had all the groundwork set to become an international heavy hitter but it was a case of right place, wrong time, partially in tandem with the changing fashions, as the grunge movement took hold and label machinations meant many a band
http://katatonia.com/https://label.napalmrecords.com/Latest release: Sky Void of Stars Swedish metal band define musical evolution. Their discography includes around one hundred songs, many of which drift unhindered between subgenres of the wide and varied umbrella of metal. Their last official headlining tour was eight years ago, and since then the world has changed immeasurably, and it is a
Metal Church. Supports: Killrazer + TemtrisCrowbar, Leichhardt, SydneySaturday, 16th December, 2023 American West Coast thrash metal veterans, Metal Church last toured Australia, for the first time, at the end of winter in 2019. They’ve returned here on the back of their latest 13th studio album, Congregation of Annihilation, which sees them in somewhat heavier territory,
https://lagerfest.net/ Label: Nuclear Blast Album: Beyond the Black The upcoming Lagerfest tour promises not just to be an opportunity to sample the many variants of the nectar of the gods, but also offers a wide range of musical tastes to savour across the metal genre. Aside from the headliners of Sweden’s The Halo Effect, which
Steve VaiEnmore Theatre, Sydney.Sunday, 5th November, 2023.Rating: Five skulls. Charismatic and erudite, Grammy Award winning American guitarist, Steve Vai, has toured the major cities of the Pacific rim numerous times with his first visit here in 1988, during his tenure with the incommensurate Van Halen frontman, David Lee Roth [aka DLR]. Since then, he launched
Avantasia – The Flying Opera – Around The World In 20 Days Nuclear Blast Tobias Sammet, the frontman from German power metal band EDGUY was long ago encouraged by his producer and guitarist friend Sascha Paeth to venture into side project territory. After operatic releases, some more commercial styled efforts and a trilogy of bombastic,
KISS. Supports: The Delta Riggs, Regurgitator, and Weezer. Accor Stadium, Homebush SydneySaturday, the 7th of October, 2023. Kiss are a rock music staple; the formula and product delivered is never going to change and the aim was always global domination. To some extent, they achieved that aim, as when it comes to gigantic concert experiences,
Canadian death metal band Kataklysm survived the pandemic, and in delivering their 15th studio album, titled Goliath, have unleashed one of their most crushing and ferocious outings in years. Fuelled by a strong work ethic, and a sense of pride in their work, Goliath takes the theme of resilient defiance, and harnesses their non-compromising attitude into a body of work that pummels all and sundry with the musical salvo within a no-nonsense 40 minutes. Vocalist Maurizio Iacono barks with intensity and unbridled aggression, adding to the layered Kataklysm sound.