Fresh Finds: Class Of 2025 – Aussie Acts To Add To Your Playlist

Tom Peasley, Journalist

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Live Review: Deadyet?, Cold Hearts, Seismic Toss, Uncle Buck
"The whole night is testament to level of hardcore talent Brisbane is producing."
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Live Review: Kyser Soze, Daemon Pyre, Vyrion
"The perfect soundtrack to do your neck exercises to."
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Live Review: Deafheaven, High Tension, Hope Drone
"The band is impossible to pigeonhole."
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Live Review: Between The Buried & Me, Chon, Weightless In Orbit
"There's rarely movement of any kind except picking one's jaw back up from the floor."
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Live Review: Ecca Vandal, Waax, Average Art Club
"The audience are on their toes from start to finish as they get whisked through this impossible-to-pigeonhole rollercoaster."
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Live Review: Northlane, August Burns Red, Like Moths To Flames, Buried In Verona, Ocean Grove
"It quickly becomes evident just why these guys are sitting atop the Aussie heavy music food chain."
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Live Review: Devin Townsend, Periphery
"This is not only one of the most talented names in music, but also one of the most genuine."
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Live Review: Behemoth, Watain, Bölzer
"Even if attending this show means a one-way ticket to hell, it's definitely worth it."
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Live Review: Uncle Buck, Donnie's Guns, Sound Of Truth
"The initial disappointment of Uncle Buck not actually consisting of a zombie John Candy is quickly compensated for when they kick into gear."
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Live Review: Regurgitator, Godswounds, Mystery School
"Until you've seen grown men onstage wearing gold capes and a crowd screaming "I will lick your asshole," at full volume, you haven't lived.
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Live Review: Chelsea Grin, Boris The Blade, Graves, Bayharbour, Consider Me Heartless
"These guys are pure brutality."
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Live Review: Birds Of Tokyo, Ecca Vandal
"There’s a lot of people having conversations during the songs, which speaks volumes."