Interview

It was early in the year 2000 when the buzz started to go around the music scene about this brand new band called Linkin Park. People were starting to talk about this band out of California, people knew there was something great coming but couldn’t quite put their finger on what it was. I remember […]

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The mighty Finns are back! With sold-out world tours and some of the highest selling albums of the past decade it is hard to imagine that the talented juggernaut that is Nightwish could get any bigger. Yet the release of their brand new album Human :II: Nature last week has seen the band reach new […]

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SOLD OUT! Witchskull: A Driftwood Cross $70.99 Read more While some bands have gone into hibernation during the Covid-19 quarantine one band that certainly hasn’t is Canberra’s Witchskull. Not only has their latest album, A Driftwood Cross, been released during this period but when the ACT’s quarantine restrictions were lifted slightly the band managed to [...] Continue Reading

Brisbane’s very own Aversions Crown have been wowing fans right around the world with their own style of sci-fi metal over the past decade and now they are returning with their brand new album Hell Will Come For Us All which the band promises captures a new sound that sometimes borders on the heaviest the […]

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When it comes to longevity only a few bands can boast being in the music industry as long as German hard rock outfit Bonfire. The band originally started out way back in 1972 under the name of Cacumen. After seven years together and two albums the band signed with BMG Records who suggested that their […]

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When it comes to music Brian Tichy has drummed for Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, Whitesnake, Billy Idol, Foreigner and The Dead Daisies just to name a few. Now he has teamed up with Pete Shoulder from The Union and Winterville to form a new rock band called Silverthorne. With Silverthorne now releasing their debut EP – […]

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When it comes to extreme metal bands few have shared the sucsess of The Black Dahlia Murder over the past few years. Rising from being a small death metal band in Waterford, Michigan, the band now have eight albums under their belt and regularly headline some of the biggest festivals in Europe. Now their fans […]

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To use the word icon to describe an artist is a description that should only be used for the true legends of the music industry. Perhaps when you think of Vader you aren’t sure whether this is a band that deserves to be bestowed with the title of icon, but when you consider that these […]

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When you have bands of the ilk of Nightwish, Lacuna Col, HIM and Cradle Of Filth claiming that you inspired them and their careers to date you know as a band that you are doing something right. To be honest Paradise Lost have been doing that ‘something right’ since the late 1980s and once again […]

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No Aussie music compilation is complete without some dirty bluesy rock, right? Well bringing that to the table on the Murders In The Rue Morgue Vol 1 album is Melbourne band Southbound Snake Charmers. This is a band who describe themselves as dirtier than a roadhouse bathroom and guaranteed to make you slither like a […]

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The Covid-19 outbreak has not treated thrash metal legends Testament well. First the band were forced to cancel their trip to Australia for the Download Festival and then in a bad twist of fate lead vocalist Chuck Billy came down with the virus himself. When I get a chance to chat to Billy about the […]

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When Nergal isn’t thrilling the world with his amazing talents with the mighty Behemoth he is exploring the darker side of folk music with his side project Me And That Man. Their first album Songs Of Death And Love landed in 2017 and was well received by both critics and fans alike. Now three years […]

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For anybody who saw the last tour of Slash, Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators one thing lingered in their mind after the show. Sure we were all thinking about how amazing the main act was but we were all expecting that – the other thing in our mind was just how impressive the opening act […]

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One artist that couldn’t be more excited about having a track on the Murder In The Rue Morgue Volume 1 compilation is solo musician Grant Burns. Burns has made a name for himself over the years performing with bands such as Mason, Vulgod, Vespers Descent, Darkenium and Watercolour Ghosts and he released his solo album […]

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If you are a fan of Dio then you are about to be in for a very special treat indeed. BMG are about to release some very special remastered versions of Angry Machines, Magica, Killing The Dragon and Master Of The Moon in memory of the tenth anniversary of the passing of Ronnie James Dio. […]

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For anybody that thinks that the Murders In The Rue Morgue Volume 1 compilation might just be Melbourne-centric then think again. The next artist to feature on the compilation that we are taking a look at hails from Western Australia and was one of the earliest signing to Rue Morgue Records when the label was […]

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Melbourne band Nothing Sacred are certainly not new to the scene. They have been around since the early 1980s and are a proud member of the Rue Morgue Records stable, so it is not surprising that they were one of the first bands selected to have a track included on the Murders In The Rue […]

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When Scottish punk band The Exploited  arrive on our shores next week it will be an absolute miracle that they are here. I don’t use the word miracle in a form of journalistic shock either, it will be a true miracle as lead singer Wattie Buchan has had a number of heart attacks over the […]

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There is perhaps no busier man in the heavy metal world than Bjorn ‘Speed’ Strid. Strid is the permanent front-man of not only the mighty Soilwork but also the highly energetic Night Flight Orchestra. Nobody really likes to talk about it but Night Flight Orchestra really began as a side project for Strid alongside his […]

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Metalcore Gods Atereyu are at the point of their career where they could just sit back and rest on their laurels. They have just celebrated twenty years in the business, their albums chart each time they have a new release and they have toured alongside greats such as Slipknot, Chris Cornell, Linkin Park and Avenged […]

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The mighty Sepultura are back with their brand new album Quadra and boy is this an album with a difference. The world has been blessed with the music of these mighty giants now for thirty-five years with many believing their 1986 album Morbid Visions was a game changer when it came to the thrash genre. […]

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It is hard to believe that the legendary The Quireboys have never been to Australia before. The hard rockers started out in Newcastle, England way back in 1984. Back then of course they were actually called The Choirboys before a reworking saw them become The Queerboys. However 1987 saw them change their name to The […]

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  It is hard to imagine the hard rock world without the imposing figure of David Coverdale. Born in Yorkshire in 1951 Coverdale starting performing when he was just 14 years old and by the time he was 17 he had started his first band – Vintage 67. From there Coverdale soon started other local […]

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photo by Alex Morgan Since its arrival on the stages of Boston’s heavy scene in 2006 Revocation have become a band who have used their unique blend of thrash and death metal to repeatedly change the sound of the genre. That time period has seen them deliver seven studio albums including the Lovecraft inspired The […]

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Photo by Alex Solca Long before most people had any idea at all what climate change meant one band was already out there spreading important information about social issues such as the climate and the deplorable treatment dished out to many innocent animals around the world. That band has been Cattle Decapitation a band who […]

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Melbourne’s very own Riff Raiders are hitting 2020 with a bang. Aside from heading out on a tour that will see them headline the Kilmore Rock Festival the band also have their vinyl Double A-Side single landing on February 18th through Rue Morgue Records and then release their brand new album Rock ‘N’ Roll Daydream […]

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The year was 1979 and a tiny Irish punk band were about to send out a shockwave that would not only change the genre but forever impact on the wider music scene. Surprisingly the band responsible – Belfast’s very own Stiff Little Fingers – had no idea what they about to do. How could they? […]

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You wouldn’t know it if you walked past but nestled away behind some shops in Pier Street Altona sits one of the Melbourne’s most exciting recording studios. Owned and operated by Melbourne musician Mat Robins Coloursound Recording Studio is already beginning to carve out a history for itself in the Melbourne music scene as bands […]

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