Underground Reviews

Event: Knotfest Location: Melbourne, Flemington Racecourse Date: Friday, March 24th 2023 Review/Photos: Ned Tepper   For our Knotfest adventure to begin, we have to rewind back to November 2022. I’m sitting in a theatre in Detroit waiting to see a movie, when I receive ...

Reviewer: Bec Scheucher Show: Arch Enemy/Valhalore Date: Tuesday February 14th, 2023 Location: The Gov, Adelaide Photos: Jodie Johannsen Nothing screams romance like a good Metal show on Valentine’s Day, and Adelaide were lucky enough to score Swedish Death Metal giants Arch

Good things festival 2022 2nd December Review by JC Apthorpe The Metal Gods have been kind, Melbourne has sunshine! It’s a sell out, with major acts like DEFTONES and BRING ME THE HORIZON headlining, why wouldn’t it be? There’s a buzz in the air, I’m rocking my high sock, ...

Show: I Prevail/Motionless In White/Windwaker Date: Saturday June 25th, 2022 Location: Forum, Melbourne Photos: Nicole Noy Review: Ned Tepper Firsts… You have to love them right? Saturday June 25th, 2022 saw a few! First time seeing Windwaker… First time seeing Motionless In

Event: Good Things Festival Location: Flemington Race Course, Melbourne Date: Friday December 6th, 2019 Photographer: Allison Byrnes (Bad Religion Band Photos – Nicole Noy) Reviewers: Nicole Noy, Jase L Herbert and Ned Tepper The hype and anticipation surrounding the ...

Band – Ice Nine Kills Venue – Stay Gold, Melbourne Date – December 5th, 2019 Review – Ned Tepper Photos – Nicole Noy Horror movies… Heavy music… What could be better? How about a combination of them both? That’s exactly what Boston based metalcore outfit ‘Ice Nine Kills’ do,

Artist: Wednesday 13 Album: Necrophaze Record Label: Nuclear Blast Records Release Date: September 27th Riddle me this, what do Rob Zombie, Misfits and Alice Cooper all have in common? If you answered they all use horror movie themes and elements in their music and live ...

Band: Wage War Album: Pressure Label: Fearless Records Released: August 30, 2019 There’s something magical about getting your hands on a brand new album, holding it in your hands, looking at the artwork and reading the lyrics. Maybe that’s the old school in me? ...

Band: Killswitch Engage Album: Atonement Release Date: August 16th, 2019 Label: Metal Blade Records Reviewer: Jase L Herbert Metalcore is a very divisive genre under the metal umbrella, some people love it while others claim to despise it completely. This unique blend of ...

Band: Northlane Title: Alien Release date: August 2nd Reviewer: Jase L Herbert One of the greatest things about the metal genre, is that it is open to extreme forms of creativity. Unlike pop or hip hop, you can do absolutely anything. Want some turntable scratching? go for ...