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

Brendan Crabb, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: In Flames - Battles
"Those favouring latter-day excursions should be satisfied; anyone who gave up on In Flames eons ago won't be returning."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Slipknot, Lamb Of God, In Hearts Wake
"Their arena-metal aggression still possesses plenty of cache among the heavy music faithful."
Features / Music
Move Over Metalcore, Prog Rock Is The New 'Cool'
"Prog's been cool since forever, brah."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Superheist - Ghosts Of The Social Dead
"It ought to arrive with accompanying wallet chain."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Serpentine Dominion - Serpentine Dominion
"The results feel fresh and vibrant, if hardly revolutionary."
Features / Music
Why Buried In Verona - The "Band People Love To Hate" - Is Disbanding
"That's the lowest point in probably band life and personal life. That rippled through band, personal lives, relationships..."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Queensryche, Lord, Hemina
"The more mature metal punters craved the Seattle mob's classics."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Korn - The Serenity Of Suffering
"The winds of fortune are seemingly blowing Korn's way again."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Lacuna Coil, Orpheus Omega, Gods Of Eden
"Decked-out like a group of escaped mental patients."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason
"Nearly 30 years in they continue to shape and tweak their polyrhythmic attack with tunnel vision."
Features / Music
The Aristocrats' Bryan Beller On Adopting Cliff Burton's Flicking Technique
"It's a big part of my solo voice and I owe that really directly to Cliff."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Alter Bridge - The Last Hero
"Executed with characteristic self-assurance and melodic sensibility."
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