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From Belo Horizonte to the world: Sepultura's descendants
Brazilian heavy metal did not simply appear on the world map; it erupted, dragged by the unmistakable growl of a band whose early demos circulated through tape…
Why the three-minute rock song remains a perfect art form
Rock music has always had an odd relationship with time. While classical pieces stretch across movements and prog rock explores twenty-minute suites, the bulk…
From Tape to Digital: Preserving Live Shows for New Audiences
For decades, the raw electricity of a live rock or metal show has existed primarily in the memories of those who were there, the bootleg cassettes traded in…
How Mississippi Country Blues Forged the Soul of Stoner Rock
When most punters at a doom gig in Brunswick or Fitzroy crank up their favourite Kyuss record, they're unlikely thinking about a sharecropper's shack in 1930s…
Glam Rock's Visual Legacy Echoes Through Modern Metal Fashion
When Ziggy Stardust first peeled off a sequined bodysuit on Top of the Pops back in 1972, the reaction reached well beyond music fans. Television producers…
Judas Priest’s Painkiller at Thirty and the Speed Metal Revolution
When Judas Priest released Painkiller in September 1990, heavy metal was entering a period of uncertainty. Thrash had accelerated the genre, glam metal…
Hunting heavy: a metalhead's guide to independent US record stores
For Australian metalheads, the legend of the American record shop is as potent as the riffs that have come out of the Pacific Northwest or the Bay Area.…
How to Write a Killer Press Release for Your New Album
A strong album press release gives journalists, editors, radio producers and playlist curators a clear reason to pay attention. It is not a biography…
The Hellacopters on Swedish hard rock’s global reach
The Hellacopters have always understood that hard rock travels best when it carries a strong local accent. Their music may draw from Detroit garage rock,…
Prog Rock’s Most Complex Drum Patterns Explained
Progressive rock treats the drum kit as a compositional instrument rather than a device that simply marks time. A kick drum may establish one pulse while the…