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Mark Hebblewhite, Journalist

Mark Hebblewhite has been a contributor to The Music since its inception and has also written for Kerrang, Rolling Stone, MTV Screen, Drum Media and 3D World. 

Mark covers all things loud and obnoxious whether it be from the worlds of metal, punk/hardcore or old school hip hop (although in his old age he'll also go a bit of proggy dad rock).

Features / Music
'Mish'ion Accomplished
"The heavy music scene in Sydney is getting more eclectic every day; there are so many great bands out there doing amazing things and we’re just honoured to be a part of it all.”
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Hardcore 2012 - The Hi-Fi
These guys exude a righteous love of hardcore, a love that infects everyone in the band’s vicinity.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Baroness - Yellow And Green
Baroness are the absolute darlings of the music press and, for once, the hype is justified.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Kreator Phantom Antichrist
. The playing on Phantom Antichrist is flawlessly energetic with the dual leads of Petrozza and Sami Yli-Sirniö particularly satisfying.
Features / Music
Defenders Of The Faith
"To me hardcore is about walking away from what society expects you to do or be. It’s about standing up for yourself and your choices whatever the consequences and whatever the shit you cop from other people for doing it."
Features / Music
Murder, He Wrote
Serial killer-obsessed metal veterans Macabre are ready to slash and burn their way across Australia. Mark Hebblewhite approaches guitarist Lance ‘Corporate Death’ Lencioni and lives to tell the tale.
Features / Music
Notorious B.I.V.
Sydney’s Buried In Verona have a brand spanking new record and a desire to get in the van. Mark Hebblewhite tracked down guitarist Richie Newman to discuss everything from unfortunate monikers right through to the plight of rural youth.
Features / Music
Thanks For Asking
We’re about to get a taste of America’s black metal underground in the form of Seattle’s bleakest duo Inquisition. Mark Hebblewhite tracks down guitarist Dagon and finds out that Australian metal is revered worldwide.
Features / Music
Flying... Not Falling
“I know there are people out there who’ve started well but only ended up having a one album career."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Def Wish Cast - The Evolution Machine
The Evolution Machine isn’t just the best Australian hip hop album of the last two years, it’s the best hip hop album of the last couple of years, period.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Sick Of It All, Agnostic Front, Toe To Toe - Manning Bar
Reviews / Album
Album Review: High On Fire De Vermis Mysteriis
Subtle isn’t in Matt Pike’s lexicon and De Vermis Mysteriis will hit you straight between the eyes without an ounce of pretension. And in a world of piss-poor metalcore clones, pop-drenched ‘power metal’ and hair metal revival acts, this is a fact we should be eternally grateful for.
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