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Gorguts: Straight From The Bowels of Hell

"In the early 90’s you wouldn’t expect a death metal record to be singing about the birth of the Dalai Lama"

We had seen it all this morning; connectivity issues *shakes fist* pajamas, crumpets; let’s not go there.

Dodecahedron Premiere Full Album 'Kwintessens' via Metal As Fuck

Kwintessens is out today via Season of Mist!

Dodecahedron are very pleased to finally unleash their full musical narrative that is 'Kwintessens'.

Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson of Marduk: It’s a Natural Thing

Marduk's founder and guitarist Morgan on inspiration, protesters and coming back to Australia in the lead up to Direct Underground Fest.

Since their last onslaught on Australian stages in 2015, longstanding Swedish black metal band

Matt Young of King Parrot: Thrash Blast & Grind Fest

"The reasons we do these tours are very real and very true, its not about making money - its just about having great experiences and putting on a great show for the crowds. We'll see how the first one goes and see if it works
The smell of salt was in the air, not 100% sure if it was the coastal breeze or the King Parrot moshpit however the ever

Fredrik Åkesson of Opeth: Deliverance and Damnation in Australia

The man behind the guitars of Opeth talks us through the Sorcery, Deliverance and Damnation landing on Australian shores this February.

Swedish progressive rock giants Opeth are Australia-bound this February in the wake of the release of their twelfth studio a

Andreas Kisser of Sepultura: A New Chapter Begins

Andreas Kisser talks us through Sepultura's mighty new album Machine Messiah.

Hot on the heels of their epic two-year 30th Anniversary tour, thrash metal titans

Part III: Metal As Fuck's Top 20 of 2016

"You can't rush these things, 2016 was an incredible year for metal and it was hard to narrow down that number one". Carrie Gibson & Albert Petersen weigh in for 2016...

ALBERT PETERSEN

20. Brain Tentacles – Brain Tentacle (Relapse Records)

Part II: Metal As Fuck's Top 20 of 2016

Audrey Gerrard and Marco Hoertler get indulgent with their Top 20 of 2016 "2016 has been a phenomenal year for releases" writes Audrey. "Enormous releases from some of the mainstay metal bands and some insane debuts and sophomore local releases".

MARCO HOERTLER

10. Borknagar – Winter Thrice (Napalm Records)

Part I: Metal As Fuck's Top 20 of 2016

2016 proved to be a challenging year, here are some of the albums that helped us through it...

Our latest recruit, Lauz Vee has been blown away by the music showcased in 2016 and has a thing or two to say about it:

John Dyer Baizley and Baroness - In the country, right fucking now...

Melancholic triumph or triumphant melancholy...

Last week when I spoke to John Dyer Baizley, he was at home in Philadelphia. Now he’s here, in Australia, blowing our fucking minds with the rest of the Baroness fellas.