Ulcerate Absolved in Perdition tour w/ Supports
Artists: Ulcerate, The Amenta, MUNTVenue: Max Watts, Melbourne, Australia (Woiwurrung country)Date: 8th May 2026 Review by: UlffePhotos by: Ben Eldström Goddamn. I still remember the moment I saw that this show was announced. I would jump on the chance to get this one. Another opportunity to be hypnotised by Ulcerate once more on this album cycle,…
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Mountain Wizard Death Cult Vitrify EP Launch w/ Supports
Artists: Mountain Wizard Death Cult, Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows, GIANTVenue: The Curtin Hotel, Melbourne, Australia (Woiwurrung country)Date: 17th April 2026 Review by: UlffePhotos by: Ben Eldström It’s a rare treat getting a bill like this at the Curtin. Before the show I was getting into the weekend spirit, downstairs burning my mouth out on…
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Mammon’s Throne Album Launch w/ Supports
Artists: Mammon’s Throne, Aquilus, Chief WhipVenue: The Leadbeater Hotel, Melbourne, Australia (Woiwurrung country)Date: 14th March 2026 Review by: Ben EldströmPhotos by: Mark Hoffman It has finally been unleashed unto the world; the third full length album from Mammon’s Throne, My Body to the Worms, was celebrated last night with heavy doses of theatricality and subversion. Chief…
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YOB w/ Supports @ Max Watt’s
Artists: YOB, Mountain Wizard Death Cult, ISUAVenue: Max Watts, Melbourne, Australia (Woiwurrung country)Date: 19th Feb 2026 Review by: Jess JRocPhotos by: Ben Eldström After a decade between dances underground at the mighty Max Watt’s, YOB is back on Australian shores, my face hurts, because I haven’t stopped smiling. YOB returns, with the Sydney lads of Mountain…
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SUMAC w/ Supports @ Stay Gold
Artists: SUMAC, Convulsing, Amby DownsVenue: Stay Gold, Melbourne, Australia (Woiwurrung country)Date: 17th Jan 2026 Review by: Jess JRocPhotos by: Dave Collopy Ahoy, first review of the year for me, and I’ve chosen the loudest one on earth. I am honoured to be sonically crushed by SUMAC, Convulsing and Amby Downs, on a Thursday, in the hazy…
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(the real) Batushka w/ Support @ The Corner
Artists: Batushka, GermVenue: The Corner, Melbourne, Australia (Woiwurrung country)Date: 17th Jan 2026 Review by: Ulffe Photos by: Dave Collopy Ambient buzz fills the Corner Hotel this warm Friday evening. I’m energised by that warm pre‑set hum where everyone’s half‑chatting, half‑waiting for something to happen. Emerald lights wash over the room. Someone near the bar breaks the…
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Kilat Xmas Party @ The Tote
Artists: Mammon’s Throne, TBX, Kilat, NON, Dominant Hand, Timberfinish, Alloxylon, Sulphur GardenVenue: The Tote, Melbourne, Australia (Woiwurrung country)Date: 20th December 2025 Review and photos by: Ben Eldström What a huge night at the Tote to close out the year! BA from Kilat put on a huge show with a wide variety mixed bill of genres, and…
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Birds Robe 15th Birthday (MikeFest) – Melbourne Night 3
Artists: …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Closure in Moscow, Toehider, Anubis, Kodiak Empire, Echotide, Svntax Error, Myriad DroneVenue: Max Watts, Melbourne, Australia (Woiwurrung country)Date: 13th December 2025 Review by: Ziggy Thunders & UlffePhotos by: Dave Collopy & Mark Hoffman The air was warm outside Max Watts, but that wouldn’t stop the…
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Birds Robe 15th Birthday (MikeFest) – Melbourne Night 2
Artists: COG, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Mushroom Giant, SEIMS, The Sea Shall Not Have ThemVenue: Max Watts, Melbourne, Australia (Woiwurrung country)Date: 12th December 2025 Review by: Ben EldströmPhotos by: Mark Hoffmann We’re back for the second of three Melbourne shows celebrating Bird’s Robe and Mike Solo, collectively a huge driving…
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Birds Robe 15th Birthday (MikeFest) – Melbourne Night 1
Artists: Caspian, Suldusk, Meniscus, Solkyri, Squat Club, Treebeard, LORESPINNERVenue: Max Watts, Melbourne, Australia (Woiwurrung country)Date: 6th December 2025 Review by: Ziggy ThundersPhotos by: Dave Collopy We gather in celebration of Mike Solo, the captain behind the Bird’s Robe ship we all know and love, who’s been the biggest supporter of post rock and all out super…
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Burden Man w/ Supports @ The Leadbeater
Artists: Burden Man, Irreparable, The Nihilistic Front, NighteyesVenue: The Leadbeater Hotel, Melbourne, Australia (Woiwurrung country)Date: 29th November 2025 Review by: Ziggy ThundersPhotos by: Dave Collopy Onwards into a slow, plundering journey into the void at The Leadbeater. Nighteyes Nighteyes provided the ideal soundtrack to send us off into the void on a dreary Friday evening with…
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Electric Wizard by ISUA – Halloween @ The Bendi
Artists: ISUA, Burial Pit, GhostsmokerVenue: The Bendi, Melbourne, Australia (Woiwurrung country)Date: 31st October 2025 Review by: Jess JRocPhotos by: Dave Collopy The night of nights is finally here, after an enormous return of Halloween to The Bendigo Hotel in 2025, with the best in the biz Mikey organising the hoorah, with ISUA bring the best of…
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Threefold Death @ The Bendi
Artists: MUNT, Writhing, Resin Tomb, TumourVenue: The Bendi, Melbourne, Australia (Woiwurrung country)Date: 25th October 2025 Review by: UlffePhotos by: Ben Eldström Tumour The Bendi floor was packed and Tumour punished it, sonically and physically.Their frontman was chaos in motion. In a moment, he crouched low to the stage floor, belting out ghastly vocals then suddenly springing…
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Pestilential Shadows w. Supports @ The Tote
Artists: Pestilential Shadows, Midnight Odyssey, ThrallVenue: The Tote, Melbourne, Australia (Woiwurrung country)Date: 23rd October 2025 Review by: UlffePhotos by: Dave Collopy Thursday Night’s Black Metal Baptism at The Tote. Thrall I’ve barely had time to blink between now and the last time Thrall took the stage in Melbourne. Just over a month has passed since their…
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KHAN Australia Tour 2025
Artists: Khan, Myriad Drone, Skin ThiefVenue: The Barwon Club, Geelong, Australia (Wadawurrung country)Date: 3rd October 2025 Review by: Ziggy ThundersPhotos by: Dave Collopy We’ve ditched Melbourne and made the trip down to South Geelong because a line up like this is absolutely worth the chaotic two hour drive in peak hour traffic to witness. Skin Thief…
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Uada Australia Tour
Artists: Uada, Malignant Aura, ThrallVenue: Stay Gold, Melbourne, Australia (Naarm, Woiwurrung country)Date: 20th September 2025 Review by: UlffePhotos by: Ben Eldström Thrall I really feel for Thrall tonight. It’s been a hot minute since we’ve seen the band that originated in Tassie. They are legends, whose members have been associated with some pretty legendary acts (Whitehorse,…
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Dead Kennedy’s Give Me Dystopia Or Give Me Death AUS Tour
Artists: Dead Kennedy’s, Mannequin Death SquadVenue: The Northcote Theatre, Melbourne, Australia (Naarm, Woiwurrung country)Date: 19th September 2025 Review By: Dave Collopy & Ziggy ThundersPhotos By: Dave Collopy We’re back again at the Northcote Theatre and on this wild Friday night we’re testing the walls of this fine establishment with a ferocious line up of legendary…
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My Dying Bride Australia Tour
Artists: My Dying Bride, Mammon’s ThroneVenue: The Northcote Theatre, Melbourne, Australia (Naarm, Woiwurrung country)Date: 17th September 2025 Review by: UlffePhotos by: Dave Collopy The Northcote Theatre is an elegant venue that has seen more than its fair share of incredible international acts in its 100 years of existence. On this woeful Wednesday night the foundations were…
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Pig Destroyer Australia Tour
Artists: Pig Destroyer, Wormrot, Tongue ScumVenue: Max Watt’s, Melbourne, Australia (Naarm, Woiwurrung country)Date: 5th September 2025 Review by: Jess JRocPhotos by: Ben Eldström I can’t believe I am here to tell the tale, after the most brutal night in international grind. For the first time in a fucking long time, which is around 18 years, the…
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The Bendi 1 Year Revival
Artists: Mammon’s Throne, Algor Mortis, Munitions, Who BastardVenue: The Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne, Australia (Naarm, Woiwurrung country)Date: 29th August 2025 Review by: Omi KouPhotos by: Ben Eldström The Bendigo Hotel is arguably the beating heart of Melbourne’s heavy music community. Since its revival a year ago, the room has seen its share of chaotic mosh pits and…
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