Melbourne-based outfit Windwaker are a relatively new band, having only been around since 2014, but if this gig is anything to go by, they are already starting to find themselves as a unit, as songwriters and as a live entity. Their take on the proggy metalcore sound is already quite well-developed, and they put on quite a rousing, powerful live show that slowly but surely wins over a crowd that is mostly unfamiliar with them. They hit a very nice line between technical riffage and relatively straightforward, bouncy and highly moshable grooves. One feels that watching this band's career develop will be quite entertaining.  

Remi Gallego, the driving force behind The Algorithm, is doing something rather unique. The music itself is virtually a one-man effort, and he recruits an excellent drummer to play live with him when he goes on tour. The sound is a dynamic and distinctive fusing of electro stylings and technical metal — all instrumental, with not a vocal or line of lyrics within earshot. The duo's 50-minute set is a real head-trip, waves of orchestral electro coming at you with Gallego alternately smashing out riffs on his guitar, working the decks and even grinding out the lines on a heavily distorted bass guitar while drummer Jean Ferry slams out the twisted grooves. The Algorithm hold the Evelyn crowd spellbound this night.

Perth legends Voyager are arguably the happiest, most fun heavy metal band on the planet, and it's smiles all round from band and audience alike as they launch their fabulous sixth album Ghost Mile. This is a band that have re-jigged and renewed themselves on their last two records, adding subtle but definite modern influences into the mix, and this has done wonders for their national and international profile.

Their set this night borrows very heavily from those two releases. And why not? The newer songs are blistering, grandiose and catchy as all hell, smashed out by highly gifted musicians who look as though they are having an absolute ball. So the crowd does too. The only thing missing is their famed 'medley', where they slam out quick-fire versions of classic rock, metal and pop songs from the past, although they do slip in sneaky moments of Gangster's Paradise and I Like To Move It throughout the set.

A cathartic one-hour-and-ten-minute set proper, plus one encore, a frantic version of White Shadow, and Voyager send their Melbourne audience home with massive cheesy grins plastered across their faces.