Rod Whitfield
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Be'lakor
Vessels
By Rod Whitfield | 23 June, 2016
This is one band that has truly improved with every release they’ve put out there, and with Vessels, these Melbourne boys have put themselves fairly and squarely on the world class map.
Vessels is an apt name for thi...
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Lacuna Coil
Delirium
By Rod Whitfield | 30 May, 2016
These Italian masters released their absolute classic album Comalies way back in ’02. That album, similar to Nightwish’s Once, is a true seminal moment in the development of the female fronted gothic metal phenomenon....
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Drown this City
False Idols
By Rod Whitfield | 24 May, 2016
In a heavily crowded post hardcore/melodic metalcore scene veritably bursting at the seams with cookie-cutter bands, this Melbourne-based five piece is poised to take a big step forward and howl ‘look at me!’ at the top of its lungs. A...
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Infernal Outcry
Mass Extinction Requiem I
By Rod Whitfield | 17 May, 2016
These Tassie devils have obviously taken pretty solid cues from their fellow Taswegians Psycroptic. Such comparisons are inevitable when you play tech death and you hail from the Apple Isle (and this EP was even produced by Psycroptic guitarist Jo...