Saxon, Armored Saint, Backyard Babies – Rock Hard Festival Day Three, Gelsenkirchen 20/05/18
We filled our heads with heavy metal thunder, again...
Overkill, Axel Rudi Pell, Marduk, Cirith Ungol Rock Hard Fest Festival Day Two, Gelsenkirchen 19/05/18
Gavin Strickmann delivers more verdicts on the good and not so good on day two of Germany's Rock Hard Festival...
Sodom, Diamond Head, Attic – Rock Hard Fest Day One, Gelsenkirchen, 18/05/2018
Gavin Strickmann has been sampling the Euro festival vibe again...
Cradle of Filth, Claret Ash – Basement, Canberra, 09/05/18
Scott Adams sees Cradle of Filth open up their 2018 Australian Tour in explosive style...
Venom Inc., Desecrator, Reign of Terror – Basement, Canberra, 22/02/18
History is made as one of black metal's great names makes Antipodean landfall for the first time...
Rise Against, Hordern Pavilion, Sydney 13/02/2018
Enduring US punkers return as reconquering heroes...
Foo Fighters, Coopers Stadium, Adelaide, 23/01/2018
Paul Kerr sees Dave Grohl and company treat Adelaide to a lot of their back catalogue...
Mayhem – The Triffid, Brisbane, 19/01/2018
Albert Petersen enjoys a night out in Brisbane in the company of Norwegian black metal titans Mayhem... and some nob-heads.
Paradise Lost, Rise of Avernus, Cruciform – The Metro, Sydney, 15/12/17
Yorkshire's finest deliver the goods in Sydney...
8 Foot Sativa, Frankenbok, Just One Fix, Silent Torture – Galatos, Auckland, 08/12/17
Sass_Metal was on hand as 8 Foot Sativa, Frankenbok, Just One Fix and Silent Torture entertained a metal-hungry Auckland crowd last week...
Ugly Kid Joe – Manning Bar, Sydney, 03/12/17
All the hits and more... but no Sandwich?
Cats in Space – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, 20/11/17
The sky's the limit for these Cats on the evidence of this storming performance...