Melbourne Alt-Pop Trio Nightlight recently took to the newly created outdoor stage at The Brightside for the Ocean Sleeper Metalcore Christmas Special; and we were lucky enough to be there to take photos and experience the night. You can see the full photo gallery here and read the review of the night here . Nightlight was kind enough to answer some questions for you all so lets jump into some band history and background information. How did you choose the name Nightlight?

No matter what you believe in, whatever or how you practice, no one can turn away from a celebration like Ocean Sleeper's Metalcore Christmas Special. Coming off the successful EU/UK and North American tour, Ocean Sleeper rounded out their year with the Sold Out Christmas bash on Saturday the 20th of December at The Brightside in Brisbane, Queensland. With seven incredible Australian bands over two stages (including the newly constructed outdoor entertainment area) and no cla

On Saturday 13th of December I stood in line at 7pm outside of Volcanic Brewing in Toowoomba waiting for what was bound to be an absolutely feral last show from Lust & Loathe for the year. In my experience thus far, the energy is always high in Toowoomba and I was not disappointed as it felt like the crowd had something to prove to round out the year's events. As I wandered towards the back to check out the merch tables I was greeted by the boys of Doombride who mentioned " Y

Gold Coast Metalcore band Pyrokinesis has unleashed " Holy Water ", the debut single from their upcoming EP 'Sulphur', to be released in March 2026. I have previously seen Holy Water performed live twice, firstly in July when Pyrokinesis opened for Diskust  and recently as they supported Twisted Lullaby , you can read my review of the night here . On both occasions the track was delivered with a high energy performance, however, my second time around, seeing the increased cro