Words by Cameron Edney

New York Hardcore Punk rockers Biohazard is back with their ninth studio album ‘Reborn in Defiance’, one of the bands finest albums and the last to feature Evan Seinfeld. Now armed with a brand new member in Scott Roberts and that no compromising attitude that’s helped to shape this legendary band!

This month Biohazard will once again return to Australia taking part in the upcoming Soundwave Festivals as well as playing Side-shows with Cro-mags and Hatebreed.

I caught up with founding guitarist/vocalist Billy Graziadei recently to talk about the band’s new album, returning to Australia for the Soundwave Festivals and much more.

METROPOLIS TOURING, CENTURY MEDIA AND VENOM PRESENT:

ARCH ENEMY: AUSTRALIAN KHAOS TOUR 2012

Metal Hammer Magazine calls them ‘Swedish melodic death metal heavy weights’ We call them a force of nature.

With nine albums under their belts, the guys and girl are masters of their craft. They have never been a band to do anything without 110% commitment and their new album Khaos Legions is a testament to that fact. 

14 tracks of pure, honed intensity. The Amott brothers, Michael and Christopher, are in fine shredding form. The backbone, held strong via Sharlee D’Angelo and Daniel Erlandsson, is as furious as always and Angela Gossow’s instantly recognizable, hell hath no fury/take no prisoners vocal delivery puts all of her contemporaries to shame.

Arch Enemy will be bringing their trademarked sonic violence to our shores once again for 2 brutal shows in Sydney and Melbourne at the end of April.

If you’ve yet to see them in action, stop making excuses and get to a venue. If you don’t, we’ll tell Angela to come and kick your ass!!

Join The Legions!

SLIPKNOT IN AUSTRALIA FOR SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL AND SIDEWAVE SHOWS

LEAD SINGER COREY TAYLOR ANNOUNCES SYDNEY BOOK SIGNING

Words by Cameron Edney

Nineties death/doom metallers Paradise Lost are about to embark on their first Australian tour in more than fifteen years. Hitting our shores later this month as part of the travelling Soundwave Festival's Paradise Lost are sure to make up for lost time playing a fantastic set to suit fans of all eras of the band’s past.

Hailing from Halifax, England the band knew early on that they were creating music that would change not only their lives but the life's of hundreds of thousands of music lovers around the world. Releasing albums like 'Shades of God', 'Draconian Times' and 'In Requiem' showcased just how talented and phenomenal this band really is!

In April Paradise Lost will release their twelfth studio album titled 'Tragic Idol', an album which see's the bands return to the heavier and darker sound they are known and loved for portraying.  I had the pleasure of speaking with Paradise lost front-man Nick Holmes to talk about the band’s long over-due return to Australia, their upcoming album 'Tragic Idol' and no longer partying like a Rockstar on the road... here is what Nick had to say!

UNEARTH proudly stand at the forefront of modern metal leaving a trail of mosh pit devastation in their wake.

UNEARTH have delivered their most compelling statement with their 5^th full length ‘Darkness In Light’ driving a fist into the collective gut of every image-obsessed wannabe metal band currently cluttering up the landscape. UNEARTH set the new standard with Revolver magazine calling it ‘Stunning’ and Kerrang! declaring it “A truly riveting record from explosive start to crushing finish".

IN THIS MOMENT are firmly positioning themselves at the top of the metal pantheon. Their 3^rd album ‘A Star – Crossed wasteland’ has been touted by Alternative Press as “one of the years most anticipated albums”. It showcases IN THIS MOMENT at their unrelenting best with Rock Sound declaring it “Mixes metalcore savagery with neck – hair tugging melody…. their best album to date” 

If you’re looking for subtle, look elsewhere! KITTIE have never been for the faint of heart. Redefining the scope of their metal vision with their new album ‘I’ve Failed You’, forging extreme anger with extreme vulnerability and a foreboding doom with Metalholic calling it “their most diverse, cohesive, and emotionally resonating record to date”.

HEAVEN SHALL BURN are a heavy metal marvel, shattering the boundaries that once stood between death metal and hardcore. Their pummeling assault of pure power and sheer aggression has been further refined with every release. Their latest offering ‘Invictus’ (Iconoclast III) is “a sledgehammer-to-the-face!” – Loud Magazine