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REMAINS ALBUM LAUNCH - FRIDAY, JULY 25TH When Australian Death/Grind Legends Prove They Give Zero Fucks About Trends. Word by Mark, Amazing Pics By Dan.

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REMAINS ALBUM LAUNCH - FRIDAY, JULY 25TH When Australian Death/Grind Legends Prove They Give Zero Fucks About Trends The underground was buzzing all week—Remains were finally launching Grinding From the Grave, and every extreme metal devotee worth their battle jacket knew this would be special. What we got was a masterclass in deathgrind brutality, infectious humour, and pure professional excellence that reminded everyone why these supergroup veterans have been crushing skulls for decades. THE NIGHT UNFOLDS: NEPHALEM opened the assault with their crossover hardcore fury that had the early crowd throwing fists from the opening riff.  These legends brought that loose, anthemic quality that feels akin to a classic hardcore band covering (Wolverine Blues era) Entombed- awesome chunky crossover that hits like a brick to the teeth. Their energy was infectious, setting the perfect foundation for the carnage to follow. BLACK JESUS took the stage next with blackened hardcore venom la...

100 Years War-Onwards to Death album review by Mark Jenkins.

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100 YEARS WAR: THE ENDLESS CAMPAIGN BY MARK JENKINS. From "Onwards to Death" Through the Trenches of Extreme Music By Mark Jenkins Listen up, you trench-dwellers and basement-lurkers. If you've been sleeping on 100 Years War since their sophomore effort Onwards to Death dropped, you've been missing one of the most relentless, unforgiving campaigns in modern extreme music. This isn't your sanitised, Instagram-friendly metal – this is warfare distilled into pure sonic aggression. THE TURNING POINT: "ONWARDS TO DEATH" (2025) When these Australian d-beat death merchants dropped their second full-length, they didn't just step up their game – they napalmed the entire battlefield and rebuilt it from the ashes. Gone were the tentative experiments of their debut. What emerged was a band that had found its identity in the furnace of endless touring and had refined its hybrid of crushing death metal and relentless d-beat punk to surgical precision. The pr...

FALL & RESIST - DISSOLVED IN MISERY EP: The Ballarat Legends Return with Their Darkest Hour as reviewed by Mark Jenkins.

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FALL & RESIST - DISSOLVED IN MISERY EP The Ballarat Legends Return with Their Darkest Hour Released August 5, 2025 Listen up, freaks—Fall & Resist just dropped a goddamn masterpiece, and if you're sleeping on this, you're part of the problem. These Ballarat warriors have been grinding in the trenches for YEARS, and Dissolved in Misery is their blood-soaked victory lap. Four tracks that'll rearrange your spine and rewire your brain. THE SONIC CARNAGE: "Living the Lie" kicks the door off its hinges with Frosty's throat-shredding howls cutting through riffs sharper than broken glass. This isn't just melo-death worship—it's channelling At the Gates' primal fury through a modern meat grinder. The accompanying lyric video? Bleak as a morgue at midnight, matching every desperate scream about deception and self-destruction. First track in, and your neck's already destroyed. "Moments of Clarity" proves these legends know dyna...