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Adelaide's own Donni Heat has released a new single called 'Pull Me Down' paired with one of the coolest music videos i've ever seen. it's giving tron... it's giving ready player one... it's giving the vibe that i am sure as shit everybody would love. the story of the song and the story i get from the video basically is like you're going around is circles, waiting for that final lap and victory on somebody coming back to you cause you know they're the only one who can pull ou

Wake up elder emos, Brisbane based pop-punkers ‘All Hours’ are back with a hot new single ‘Let Me Go’. We love to see a female fronted band coming out of Australia, especially one that pairs heavy breakdowns with poppy y2k choruses, there's something among their discography for everyone. This track preempts their debut album ‘Everything in Between’, after almost 10 years as a band. The track includes distorted vocals, reminiscent of a 2000’s movie score, paired with intense

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and those of you who identify as neither, please take your seats, the show is about to begin. Slothrust have returned. Highly anticipated new album, What They Grow In The Garden, is finally hear via Equal Vision Records and Civilians. Slothrust by levi price Slothrust return for their sixth full length album in fourteen years. Off the back of 2021’s Parallel Timeline, the band spent time working hard on some smaller projects. 2023’s EP

“The more we can look at each other as human beings and treat this world a little bit more fucking kindly, the better this planet will be.” Daniel Winter-Bates On Wednesday 9th September, Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre housed one of the most diverse heavy lineups I’ve attended in a while. From Aussie hip-hop-influenced metal, to the UK’s legendary Bury Tomorrow, the stage truly transformed, fitting the atmosphere of each band. I’d like to give each incredible artist on the bil

photo credit: Ethan white If you're into local live music in Sydney, Or you just love a good emo night- you've probably heard of Last Words. But If you haven't, let me introduce you. Last words is a weekly alternative party run at Bootleggers in Newtown every Saturday with DJs, drink specials and live bands once a month. Last week, last words hosted Diamond Construct, Harroway and Aurateque. From the start of the night the room was full, which is always good to see, lots of t

Over the last month here at Hot & Heavy, there has been one name that has been on the tips of everyone’s tongues and across our keyboards; and that name is Sage. Sage is Melbourne’s reigning queen of bitch-punk, and along with drummer Jareth, the duo have just dropped their debut album ‘Free Brainwashing’. Sage has proven time and time again that she is an absolute force to be reckoned with, and this debut album is a total testament to that fact. Her bandcamp bio describes h

You know those stupid AI SLOP photos of Barbie looking like she just woke up after a 4 day bender. This basically summarizes you after you listen to The Nameless. No matter what situation you're in or what aspect we're talking about. Your AI posters and art look like shit, by the way. Sort yourself out, losers. We wanted to write something that was a bit different to our usual sound, maybe a bit more modern sounding? A bit more groovey and in your face. It's the first track w

thats right, folks! our queen of bitch punk, sage, is back with the final single before the release of the ep 'free brainwashing', which comes out on september 9th. official single artwork the single is titled 'ascendent no more' which is (in her words) 'the surf punk song about feeling like a piece of shit' sign me the fuck up. 'ascendent no more' is a duet (of sorts) with drummer, Jareth jumping on the clean vocals. it starts off with that 80's surf guitar riff that we all

Faceless Australian extreme-metal band NYCTALOR have just released their debut EP ‘EP I: The Collapse’, and it is a brutally beautiful sonic tour de force. ‘EP I: The Collapse’ comprises of two tracks, spanning over twenty minutes of cataclysmic darkness and an underlying building of tension. Drawing on influences like black, death and doom metal, NYCTALOR have crafted a sound that is both suffocating and expressive. The first track, ‘The Harrowing’ is unrelentingly dark and

South arcade at the croxton photographed by June (@staticDawn__) On a drizzly August evening in Melbourne, South Arcade Kicked off their entirely sold out Australian tour. june and I were given the absolute pleasure of being tasked with shooting and reviewing the night. i love the croxton. it's a great venue that i always look forward to returning to. South Arcade have been busy, making their third visit to Australia in just over a year. The band’s first trip was in May 202

oh... hell yeah, guys. this was a fun night. The hammo was packed to the brim with metalheads for the insanley goated line up. BLINDER Blinder are new on my radar and immediely i thought. 'these guys are a great fit' for fans of thornhill and loathe with the get up of a 90s-00s time capsule. imagine floating on the clouds but the sky in that beautiful lilac and blue you get when the suns is just about to make an appearence. i'm getting there... But you're listening to some g

Who doesn’t love finding new bands? let alone getting on at the ground floor before they (inevitably) take off! Sydney’s pop-punk scene’s newest band are here. Facelift have announced their arrival with their debut single, ‘Ceiling Fan’. Photo by Gabrielle Michael Driven for a desire to return the pop-punk scene to its pre-2020 former glory, Facelift are on a mission. 'Ceiling Fan' is a great jumping off point. catchy, relatable and the perfect amount of emo. The band cite in

vocalist Lucas woodland from holding absence in Sydney. photo by Ethan white. recently Ethan and I got given the honour and privelige to shoot and review the welsh powerhouses Holding Absence , with Ethan shooting at liberty hall in Sydney and me reviewing in Melbourne at 170 Russell . this is holding absence's very first Australian headline tour, and it is one of the first shows the band have played in a year and a half, due to taking a break from touring to focus on their

Terrestrials celebrated the release of their new track ‘Many Moons’ on August 15th a special night, joined on the bill by Transience and Precious Mess. Both supporting acts brought some serious fire to the stage and got the room warmed up nicely for what was about to come. transience credit: dave collopy precious mess credit: dave collopy First of all, a massive congratulations to Terrestrials and the whole team on sellin

Rising from the innermost parts of Lebanon’s underground music scene, Borrowed Time are hitting hard in 2026 with their newest single 'Withered'. 'Withered' takes existential dread plus those questions that keep us awake at night, and provides a haven for anyone weighed down by a heavy mind. Did I make the right decisions? Have my sacrifices in life been worth it? 'Withered' deals with these feelings of burnout and turns them into something worthwhile. By entwining elements o

self proclaimed queen of bitch punk sage has once again laid it all out on her fiery new track "butchers block, which was released on Thursday. "butchers block" is the next installment of what has already been a whirlwind year for sage, who's been playing pretty consistent shows , as well as dropping an Ep in march and another single "vagrant" in July. sage playing the final stay gold show. photo credit @dinkum.archives on ig unapologetic and direct, "butchers block" hits o

If you're a fan of Nirvana, Silverchair and Soundgarden, Adelaide's Jonny Amoral has just released a second album called 'Delirium ', and it's definitely the album for you. Listening to the first track, 'Pull The Trigger ', made me feel like I had taken a time machine back to the 90s grunge scene. Nostalgic but fresh, I could tell I was going to like this album straight off the bat! Moving on to 'Here ', where do I even begin? The verse melody is so addictive and angsty, ramp

Citizen are back. Tell your mum, tell your cousin, tell your dog. Halcyon Blues has finally dropped. Photo: Atiba Jefferson Three years on from their last album, Calling the Dogs, Citizen are letting everyone know they aren't slowing down. Album six comes off the back of celebrating ten years of Everybody is Going to Heaven in 2025. Since breaking onto the scene with debut album Youth in 2013, Citizen have only pushed themselves from strength to strength. Youth is one of thos

It's been a long 7 years, but they are back, baby! The beautiful monument dropped their new album 'Euphoric Thriller' via Greyscale Records. The band has spent the last 12 months writing, recording, and perfecting their favourite tracks with the help of Chris Lalic. LET'S BREAK IT DOWN. wE'LL GO THROUGH hAYES' then move over to Steph's. Mayday With a song called Mayday, you're gonna expect some type of action movie type of vibe. We're running out of time. Things are getting t

Torn From Hope are a newly formed modern metalcore band from Brisbane. There is definitely something in those Queensland waters, because Torn From Hope deliver sheer and relentless brutality with ease and authenticity with “Lights Out”. This aggression serves as a backdrop to raw and honest lyricism that demonstrate Torn From Hope’s core mission to give a voice to those fighting battles that often go unseen. "Lights Out" is unapologetically heavy right from the very first not