As if 2025 wasn’t already shaping up to be a huge year for Metal touring activities, the 20th Anniversary of Australian Metalcore heroes Parkway Drive is going to be celebrated in style. A career spanning set from them as well as performances from fellow countrymen Thy Art Is Murder and The Amity Affliction feels wholly
Back when Dinosaurs roamed the Earth Australian Deathcore brutes Thy Art Is Murder entered Machine Shop Studios in Belleville New Jersey with Will Putney (Knocked Loose, Body Count, Fit For An Autopsy) for five days of pre-production before drum tracking followed by the laying down of the material that would become their sophomore album “Hate“.
Much to our surprise at the beginning of June Canadian Melodic Metalcore beasts Counterparts played early sets at Slam Dunk Festival and while they were there vocalist Brendan Murphy sat on the couch with KnotFest’s interview Queen Alicia Atout to talk about the bands 7th October via Pure Noise Records dropping new record “A Eulogy
Five days after “Unwavering Vow” appeared via Pure Noise Records as a single out of the blue from Canadian Melodic Metalcore quintet Counterparts, their name has now appeared alongside Gideon and See You Space Cowboy in support of The Amity Affliction across Europe in October. The run has four shows in the United Kingdom as
When it comes to Deez Nuts it seems that JJ Peters had a real fire for Hardcore coming from being the drummer in I Killed The Prom Queen but the key was keeping it heavy. He used more abrasive guitar tones and a more confrontational approach to his lyrics to get things off his chest
Hugely successful Australian grunge act Silverchair started out their career back in 1995, when the band members were only 15 years old, dropping their debut album via major label Epic Records. The physical appearance of vocalist and guitarist Daniel Johns being similar to the late Kurt Cobain was something that his widow Courtney Love found
Joined by Nikki Brumen of Pagen fame, The Amity Affliction performed “Anchors” from “Youngbloods” for the first time in… a very long time… live at Heaven & Hell Festival this past weekend. The set was filmed on 14th September at Riverstage Brisbane Australia by Paul “Browny” Brown for Wal Of Sound.
Having shared their cover of “Wild Thing” by The Troggs last week to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Baseball Comedy “Major League” and announced The Amity Affliction as main support for their headlining European Tour at the same time, Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo isn’t taking a reset. Instead the former Attack! Attack! Vocalist is ramping
Having parted ways with original vocalist Jazmine Luders, Perth Australia’s Cursed Earth have taken the path that a small number of other bands (Snot, Biohazard) have taken and enlisted the help of no less than eight guest vocalists to appear on this new album. Perhaps surprisingly, they have included not only appearances from their friends
Japanese Metallers Crystal Lake have announced a trio of shows upon our shores this summer as they look to fill in the off dates around a European Festival run. They will join The Amity Affliction and Cane Hill for some of those dates including Dublin, before breaking off for a pair of headlining shows of
