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CHELSEA WOLFE'S STUNNING AND GRIPPING LIVE EXPERIENCE AT THE FORUM, MAY 23/5/25. WORDS BY MARK JENKINS, BREATHTAKING PHOTOS BY DAN MCKAY.

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  CHELSEA WOLFE'S STUNNING AND GRIPPING LIVE EXPERIENCE AT THE FORUM, MELBOURNE, MAY 23/5/25. WORDS BY MARK JENKINS, BREATHTAKING PHOTOS BY DAN MCKAY. Chelsea Wolfe’s remarkable performance at The Forum on Friday truly marked a triumphant return for the acclaimed American singer-songwriter. It offered fans a rare opportunity to witness her haunting, genre-defying sound in one of the country’s most atmospheric venues. Touring in support of her critically lauded seventh studio album, She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She , Wolfe delivered a stunningly intimate, immersive performance that showcased both her new material and her expansive back catalogue. APHIR Australian dark experimental electronica/dreampop artist Aphir opened the show, adding a warm layer of intensity with her eclectic sound, broadening the sensory palette of the evening. Aphir(Becki Whitton) utilises a smothering mix of synth, dark beats and very layered, graceful vocals to give as many Kate Bush/Tori Amos...

Copulaters-To The Bone album review. FFO: Old school, pacy killer hardcore. By Mark Jenkins.

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  Copulaters-To The Bone album review. FFO: Old school, pacy killer hardcore. By Mark Jenkins. This is another cracking musical project of Sir Paul Lindsay, singer of Vicious Circle(who are still going since 1983!), and Cop-U-Laters will rip you a new one if you dig frenzied, blazing old school hardcore. And I am talking the top-tier stuff like Circle Jerks, Negative Approach, SSD, The Mob, Urban Waste, Negative FX, Early Agnostic Front, Ill Repute, as well as Discharge, Lärm, Cryptic Slaughter and many more, you get the picture. Fast, unpretentious and bullshit free classic hardcore. The longest track is 57 seconds...hell yes.  And it is flawless because its members are from: Abrasion, DREAD, International Karate, Neck Grip, Flamethrower, Vicious Circle, Rue Morgue, and LOCO Diablo. So expect non-young folk(I am in that category also, so I am being respectful..okay!)playing tough arse, but superbly written anthems from start to the very end. Bio: Initially, with getting ...