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