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ABORTED: VAULT OF HORRORS UNLEASHED DOWN UNDER Icelandic shred master Daníel Máni Konráðsson talks tech-death, lineup changes, and bringing brutal death metal to Australian shores Belgian death metal institution Aborted is set to devastate Australia this January, bringing their latest horror-soaked opus "Vault of Horrors" to stages across the country. Fresh off a relentless European touring cycle and armed with Nuclear Blast's backing, the band—led by founding mastermind Sven de Caluwé—is ready to unleash their trademark blend of surgical brutality and cinematic terror on Aussie audiences. AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES: with Archspire January 16 – The Triffid, Brisbane January 17 – Manning Bar, Sydney January 18 – Max Watts, Melbourne FROTH & FURY FESTIVAL: January 25 – Capitol, Perth January 26 – Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide We sat down with guitarist Daníel Máni Konráðsson—formerly of Icelandic tech-death wizards Ophidian I—to discuss his transition into one of extreme metal...

SNOT RISES FROM THE GRAVE: JOHN TUMOR ON RESURRECTION, NEW BLOOD, AND BRINGING THE CHAOS DOWN UNDER The nu-metal legends return with mystery vocalist Andy Knapp for Australian demolition with Soulfly and Nailbomb. Twenty-seven years after Lynn Strait's death should have buried them, SNOT are back from the dead and angrier than ever. The Santa Barbara savages who gave us Get Some—that unholy 1997 masterpiece of groove, rage, and absolute fucking chaos—have clawed their way out of retirement with a new throat, new music, and a killer Australian tour package that reads like a fever dream from 1998. This January, guitarist John Tumor and the boys are bringing their refurbished assault weapon to Sydney's Enmore Theatre and Melbourne's Forum Theatre alongside Max Cavalera's Soulfly and the newly-reformed Nailbomb, plus a scorching appearance at Adelaide's Froth and Fury Festival. It's a triple threat of artists who rewrote heavy music's rulebook when labels were s...

DOUBLE HEADER FROM THE ABYSS: BLOOD INCANTATION & SECRET CHIEFS 3 ANNIHILATE NORTHCOTE THEATRE Melbourne, November 8th, 2025.WORDS BY MARK J./PICS BY DAN MCKAY. Some nights redefine what live music can be, and then there's what went down at Northcote Theatre on a sweltering Friday in early November. Two acts operating at opposite ends of the experimental spectrum—Blood Incantation's cosmic death metal and Secret Chiefs 3's genre-obliterating mysticism—converged for a double bill that felt less like a concert and more like a ritual summoning. SECRET CHIEFS 3: THE CEREMONY BEGINS Trey Spruance's Secret Chiefs 3 opened the evening with the kind of precision-chaos that only decades of outsider musicianship can forge. From the moment "Spiritus Intelligentiae: Jophiel" erupted through the PA, it was clear this wasn't going to be background music. The band moved through their set like archaeologists excavating forbidden frequencies—Middle Eastern scales colli...

 POSSESSED 40th Anniversary Seven Churches Tour 2025 Croxton Park Hotel, Melbourne | 31 October 2025 Support: In Malice's Wake The unholy trinity of Halloween, death metal's founding fathers, and the Croxton's sweat-drenched walls converged on October 31st for a ritual forty years in the making. Possessed rolled into Melbourne to celebrate the four decades since Seven Churches scorched its way into existence, and they brought the kind of fury that reminds you why they coined the term "death metal" in the first damn place. In Malice's Wake Melbourne's own In Malice's Wake tore open the night with the precision of a band that's been sharpening its blades in the underground for years.  These local legends didn't just warm up the crowd—they ignited it. Their brand of savage thrash-death set the perfect bloodthirsty tone, proving once again why they're Melbourne metal royalty. The newer tracks have more bite and venom; this were one of the best ...