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WEREWOLVES: THE PISS-TAKING BOUT WITH AUSTRALIAN DEATH METAL'S MOST UNPLEASANT BASTARDS An Interview by Mark Jenkins. BAND INTRODUCTION Rising from the fetid underbelly of Melbourne's extreme metal scene like a pustulent boil that refuses to heal, Werewolves have spent the better part of a decade systematically torturing audiences with their brand of deliberately moronic death metal. What began as yet another project in Australia's oversaturated metal landscape has evolved into something far more sinister: a band genuinely committed to making music that hurts. Fronted by the perpetually unhinged Sam, Werewolves are currently six albums deep into their masochistic "ten albums in ten years" mission—a goal that seems less like artistic ambition and more like an elaborate form of self-harm. Their latest offering, "The Ugliest Of All" , promises to be their most deliberately unenjoyable effort yet, which is saying something considering their previous wor...

NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER - I Watched You Burn album reviewed by Mark Jenkins. Label:  Bleeding Art Collective and Blood Blast Distribution (Nuclear Blast Records/ Believe) Genre: Metallic Hardcore/Deathcore   Rating: 10/10 Nicolas Cage Fighter delivers exactly what their name promises – unhinged brutality with zero compromise. Their latest offering, I Watched You Burn , is ten tracks of relentless metallic hardcore that sounds like it was forged in the same fires that created the underground's most punishing releases. Opening with the crushing title track, NCF immediately establishes their territory: the brutal intersection where Unearth's technical precision meets The Acacia Strain's bone-crushing heaviness. Vocalist Nick alternates between guttural death growls and throat-shredding screams, delivering each line with the kind of conviction that separates the real from the posers. The production hits that sweet spot between clarity and devastation. Guitar tones are sh...

Your Mothers Disgusting Window - Your Mothers Disgusting Window.A purging of psychological toxins through layers of suffocating industrial sludge.  As reviewed by Mark Jenkins. Marfa Lights Records | C60 Cassette/Digital | ★★★★☆ There's something deeply unsettling about confronting your own capacity for self-hatred, and Your Mothers Disgusting Window's self-titled debut doesn't just knock on that door—it kicks it in and sets fire to everything inside. This isn't music in any conventional sense; it's an exorcism, a purging of psychological toxins through layers of suffocating industrial sludge that feels less performed than excavated from some diseased corner of the human psyche. The album opens like a descent into madness, with hypnotic bass lines so downtuned they barely register as melody, more felt than heard as they vibrate through your ribcage. The drum machine pounds with the mechanical persistence of intrusive thoughts, while feedback-drenched guitars create ...

KOOLOOZ - Blood Mountain EP Review By Mark Jenkins. ★★★★☆ Melbourne's KOOLOOZ don't just make music—they manufacture anxiety. Their debut EP Blood Mountain is a four-track descent into industrial purgatory that feels like being trapped inside a malfunctioning surveillance state while your sanity slowly bleeds out through the speakers. This Naarm two-piece has weaponised their minimal setup into maximum brutality. What emerges is a relentless barrage of sample-heavy carnage that sits somewhere between early Nine Inch Nails' factory-floor nightmares and the caustic electronics of Author & Punisher. But KOOLOOZ aren't interested in nostalgia—this is Y2K paranoia for the surveillance capitalism era, where every beat hits like a jackboot and every synth line cuts like broken glass. The title track Blood Mountain opens with ritualistic precision—a hypnotic pulse that immediately establishes KOOLOOZ's gothic-industrial manifesto. There's something deeply seduct...

GRIND APOCALYPSE: PIG DESTROYER/ WORMROT/TONGUE SCUM LEVELS MELBOURNE. Max Watt's Becomes Ground Zero for 17 Years of Pent-Up Fury. Words by Mark Jenkins/Photos by Dan McKay. September 5, 2025 - Max Watt's House of Music The queue snaking around the block was the first warning sign. Seventy-five deep and stretching further than I've witnessed in half a decade, punters knew they were about to witness something biblical. This wasn't just another metal show—this was grindcore resurrection, with Virginia's Pig Destroyer finally returning to Australian soil after a 17-year exile that felt like purgatory for local devotees. TONGUE SCUM: Local Legends Claim Their Throne Before the international heavyweights could spill blood, Melbourne's own Tongue Scum had to prove they belonged on this altar of extremity. And fuck me, did they ever. Frank and his crew of local legends faced a packed room—not the typical opener's half-empty venue, but a seething mass of bodies ...

COMBICHRIST Interview : Featuring Andy LaPlegua - Industrial Metal Icon Join us for an explosive conversation with Andy LaPlegua, the mastermind behind Norwegian/American aggrotech and industrial metal juggernaut COMBICHRIST. In this in-depth video interview, we dive deep into the band's latest album CMBCRST , their creative evolution, and what keeps the industrial metal fire burning after two decades of sonic brutality. Video Interview Link:   https://youtu.be/fV3XIFbKh0I The Return to Raw Aggression Andy discusses the deliberate stripping back to unfiltered industrial assault on CMBCRST , moving away from the more melodic elements of One Fire to deliver a freight train of apocalyptic aggression. We explore the headspace behind crushing tracks like "Desolation" and the broader themes driving COMBICHRIST's current creative direction. Two Decades of Industrial Evolution After 20 years in the scene, what still fuels that trademark COMBICHRIST rage? Andy opens up abo...