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

Brendan Crabb, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Refused, Sick Of It All, High Tension
"Trump administration-related banter proved a running theme."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Airbourne, The Ugly Kings
"Even 'Down On You''s lunkheaded lyrics elicited an audience-wide chant."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Aversions Crown - Xenocide
"Flickers of stirring melodies and deft electronic touches indicate a more measured approach to brutality."
Features / Music
On Gunning For A Grammy & Peripheral Enterprises
"It's a really good thing to be forced to be creative outside of your initial project, because it helps to create more."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Sepultura - Machine Messiah
"A solid exercise in visceral heavy metal."
Features / Music
The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Brendan Crabb
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Katatonia, Dumbsaint, James Norbert Ivanyi
"The members' sweaty, tangled mess of hair was mirrored by the adoring masses."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Trivium - Ember To Inferno: Ab Initio
"It's apparent why heavyweight label Roadrunner subsequently pursued them."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Cult, The Art
"Ian Astbury's cooler-than-a-naked-polar-bear demeanour engaged the faithful."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Deftones, Karnivool, Voyager
"'My Own Summer (Shove It)' dragged grizzled punters out of mosh retirement."
Features / Music
How Avenged Sevenfold Fooled Us All With Decoys & Chatbots
"We set up an Artificial Intelligent chatbot on our website, that would answer people's questions and that would send them in a different direction."
Features / Music
How Ne Obliviscaris Are Living On The Generosity Of Their Fans
"We came home for four months, a couple of the guys managed to get jobs by lying about the fact that they were in the band."
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