Released through Broken Hive Records, "Fresh Air/ Dead Lungs", is the Melbourne metalcore band's debut album. Musically this is kind of a mix between Miles Away and pre Isolation era Carpathian perhaps. There is some top notch musicianship on show here and the melodic guitars really compliment each other well in songs and the strongest parts of the record really are the more melodic interludes. That being said, most songs hit a predictable breakdown stage that I find a bit unnecessary and annoying. There are some interesting vocal effects to mix things up and keep it interesting. In all a solid effort from a band I'm sure we will be hearing more about soon.
HIGHLIGHTS
2024: THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Introducing REND From Adelaide
SECRET WORLD Interview With Guitarist Josh Campiao
CROSSCHECK Interview With Drummer George
NEWS
JIVEBOMB Release Video For "Seraphim (Marina's Song)"
JIVEBOMB announce their debut full-length ETHEREAL set for release March 28th on Flatspot Records.
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PROPAGANDHI Announce New Album "At Peace"
Following an eight-year hiatus,Propagandhi announce their eighth album At Peace, due for release on ...
GRAVITATE Release New Track "Endless War"
Melbourne’s Metallic hardcore band, GRAVITATE unleash their new single, "Endless War," via Loudmouth...
BENEDICTION Release New Track Off "Ravage Of Empires"
British death metal legends, BENEDICTION, announce new studio album, Ravage Of Empires, released on ...
GLARE Release New Song Off Debut LP "Sunset Funeral"
Glare announce debut full-length album Sunset Funeral out April 4th on Deathwish Inc. + Sunday ...
IRON LUNG Drop New Tracks Off "Adapting // Crawling"
IRON LUNG To Release First New Full Length In 12 Years: Adapting // Crawling Out April 18 via Iron L...
TOURS
THE GIFTHORSE "Give My Body To This Town"...
After a few years on hiatus and a couple of new bands forming out of the ashes of the initial breaku...
OUTRIGHT "Avalanche" Reason and Rage
What felt like a long time coming, has definitely been so damn well worth the wait. Melbourne's Outr...
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM "Get Hurt" Island Records
The Gaslight Anthem return with their fifth full length album, having released last album "H...
NEW BLOOD
Introducing REND From Adelaide
REND are a new band out of Adelaide who dropped an awesome two track EP last year off the back of a ...
Introducing DEFIANT GROUND From The Gold Coast
DEFIANT GROUND are a new band out of the Gold Coast who have just released their demo through Set Th...
Introducing BULLY SQUAD From Sydney
BULLY SQUAD are a new band out of Sydney who dropped an impressive demo this year through New Ethic ...
INTERVIEWS
SECRET WORLD Interview With Guitarist Josh Campiao
We catch up with Josh Campiao from Sydney band SECRET WORLD to talk about their debut 7inch "Guilt I...
2024 The Year In Review
Welcome to our annual end of year wrap up, as we celebrate and dissect 2024, the year that was.
CROSSCHECK Interview With Drummer George
Perth (Boorloo) band CROSSCHECK are set to release a new 7 track EP "On The Offensive" through ...
LOOKING BACK
Revisiting BAD BRAINS 1994 Australian Tour w/ THE...
The "Rise" tour of 1994 was the one and only visit the BAD BRAINS would make to Australia with THE M...
Looking Back On HENRY ROLLINS and the HARD...
In this latest feature of Looking Back we investigate how the classic release of "Let There Be Rock"...
Revisiting NIRVANA's 1992 Australian Tour
Nirvana's 1992 tour of Australia is etched into the history books as a feat of legend for many reaso...
COLLECTORS
Inside REGAN CADD's Record Collection
Regan Cadd is from Melbourne and really likes youth crew hardcore, especially the glory days of R...
Inside MATT FOOTY HORVATH'S Record Collection
Matt "Footy" Horvath has been an avid collector for a very long time and owns some very. very, ra...
Inside RYAN WILLMOTT's Record Collection
Take a peek into the record collection of Ryan Willmott, filled with Mindsnare, Radio Birdm...
CRUCIAL FIVE
Graham Nixon on TRIAL AND ERROR RECORDS
Resist Records kingpin, Graham Nixon breaks down his top five favourite releases from the Trial an...
Nigel Melder on RESIST RECORDS
Trial and Error Records mastermind, Nigel Melder breaks down his top five favourite releases from ...
Nick Horsnell on REVELATION RECORDS
Miles Away frontman, Nick Horsnell delivers his top five releases from the Revealtion Records cata...
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