Have you ever seen Mario in a circle pit? Thanks to Zuko I can now say I have. Having watched the band perform three times last year with Alpha Wolf, Stray From The Path and finally at their headlining show in Toowoomba I knew what I was in for coming into this show and the excitement was at its peak before I even arrived in Brisbane. Having watched the rapid growth of Zuko's fan base over 2025 I was so happy for the band to see most of their shows sell out well before perfor

Sydney Metalcore band Engraved (formed in 2020) will be on tour this year with several individual shows and a ten show tour alongside tribute bands Chop Suey and Slip-Not. Engraved hit the scene with their debut single ' Follow Your Idol ' in 2022, followed by their EP ' Unleashed ' (2022) and singles ' Wake Up ' (2023), ' Deadline ' (2023), ' The Wretched One ' (2024), ' NCB ' (2024) and ' The Fallen ' in (2025). Engrave have previously appeared on HeavyFest #3, Southern Sim

Meanjin/Brisbane Metalcore band DisKust are on tour from next month, celebrating their release of EP Skin Cage, released on February 13th. While you wait for your tour date, including DisKust's appearance in Dubbo at WhisperFest on April 11th, you can listen to Skin Cage here, to get yourself pumped. DisKust will be appearing at Riffs, Filth, Regret tour in Sydney and Newcastle New South Wales with Deprivation , Where The Devil and Shatterface . Tickets are $25 at the door.

Hellbound have announced their intention to spread their heavy music cruise experience to a second voyage with Hellbound II. The cruise will occur from 17-21 January 2027. Presale goes on sale at 11am on the 4th of February and General Sale at 11am on the 5th of February. After Hellbound I selling out in Presale in less than ten minutes, with email issues and no General sale available, there have been issues raised about a repeat of the previous cruises launching events. Hell

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

Female fronted Alt-Metal band Twisted Lullaby hit the stage at the newly renovated TOMCAT in Brisbane on Friday the 28th of November with local support acts Pyrokinesis and Call The Mourning . Twisted Lullaby released their fourth single 'Siren Song' in October and in celebration we reviewed the track, which you can read here . After walking up the mammoth set of stairs at 7pm to the top of the venue I walked into a long room full of graffiti artwork, band flyers and sticke

Sometimes in life you just have to travel for five hours to have a once in a lifetime experience, and that for me was Scasm Fest 2025. For way too long I was counting down the days to this event because it just felt like one of those things that was going to be incredible, with a stacked line-up of varying alternative genres of up and coming bands, I was so in. As I walked up the stairs to be greeted by a sign saying "No Fuckwits" I knew I was in for a treat and surrounded by

Temperamental Machine are coming for you this November with three massive shows, so if you are in Queensland or New South Wales, get ready! Three-piece "delinquent Sludgy Surf Punk" Gold Coast band Temperamental Machine have been performing since 2023, before beginning their music releasing journey in 2024, when they unleashed their singles " Kookaburra song " in April and " Don't look at me " in October. Let's get into the breakdown of the three shows and what you can expect

Arkfést is back for 2025, after a sold out debut in 2024, and this time it is Halloween themed, so put on your costume and let's get into the line-up that is so good it will make you jealous if you live outside of New South Wales. Sodens Hotel in Albury, NSW will be holding this special event on Saturday the 1st of November. Arkfést is strictly 18+ so keep that in mind when grabbing your tickets. Due to popular demand the venue capacity has been increased. Doors open at 3pm s