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

Brendan Crabb, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Taberah - Sinner's Lament
"Their stock-in-trade is traditional power metal that's oftentimes anthemic, yet sometimes cheesier than a mouse's dinner."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Darkness
"They're not the trendiest rock outfit treading the boards, but they certainly rank among the more entertaining."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Voyager - Ghost Mile
"'Ghost Mile' is everything quality modern prog should be."
Features / Music
From Peeing In Bottles To Carving Their Mark Worldwide, Black Stone Cherry Stay Humble
"We're just a grassroots band, man."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: While She Sleeps - You Are We
"... There's still sufficient moments of bristling metalcore intensity and gang chants to sate mosh fiends."
Features / Music
The Darkness
The Darkness Have A Queen Kid For A Drummer And A Singer With Queen Tattoos
"Some people said we were the gay AC/DC, and other people said we were the straight Queen."
Features / Music
Helmet
Helmet Were Never Trying To Be Hitmakers, Just Musicians
"I don't think it's healthy as a musician to recapture something just because there was some accidental success."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Alter Bridge, Like A Storm
"Myles Kennedy's soulful, golden pipes can pervade a cavernous arena, let alone a theatre-sized room."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Deep Purple - Infinite
"This sounds effortlessly '70s Purple."
Features / Music
After A Meteoric Rise It's Time For Windhand To Stop & Smell The Roses
"I was a fan before I was in the band."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Body Count - Bloodlust
"Anger is a gift, and Body Count channel it to the fullest."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Arch Enemy - As The Stages Burn! (Live At Wacken 2016)
"...a worthy addition to the canon, albeit one for die-hards only."
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