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

Brendan Crabb, Journalist

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Album Review: BABYMETAL – Metal Galaxy
"'Metal Galaxy' should continue their world-conquering momentum."
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Album Review: Lacuna Coil – Black Anima
"Lacuna Coil's place in the modern metal pantheon remains assured."
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'It Used To Annoy Me': The Darkness Don't Care If You Think They're Taking The Piss
"Rock'n'roll, your time has finally come," The Darkness proclaim on their new record. Frontman Justin Hawkins talks to Brendan Crabb about their latest full-length, Ed Sheeran and how it might be nice to become a postman.
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Album Review: Hellyeah – Welcome Home
"[A] heartfelt ode to a fallen brother."
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Album Review: Black Star Riders - Another State Of Grace
"[T]his is a band not content to merely recycle past glories."
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Album Review: Tarja – In The Raw
"The Finnish soprano's vocal talents are really beyond reproach."
Features / Music
DevilDriver's Dez Fafara Is Pretty Impressed He's Not Dead Yet
As US groove-metal merchants DevilDriver return to Australian shores, growler Dez Fafara talks to Brendan Crabb about outlaw country, his work ethic and writing his life story.
News / Music
Slipknot Will 'Never' Reveal Who Their New Member Is: 'It's Driven People Fucking Crazy'
“We didn't want the emphasis to be on the new guy, we wanted the emphasis to be on the music."
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Album Review: Killswitch Engage – Atonement
"The record isn't found wanting in the catchy as flypaper hooks department."
Features / Music
The "Righteous Anger" Killswitch Engage's New Album Is "A Positive Thing" According To Jesse Leach
20-year metalcore vets Killswitch Engage return with a blistering new album bristling with what vocalist Jesse Leach describes as “righteous anger”. Brendan Crabb finds out more.
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Corey Taylor Says Slipknot Seek Perfection: 'Good Enough Has Never Been In The Vocabulary'
20 years ago, masked metallers Slipknot's self-titled debut was a game-changer. As they unleash a new album and tackle Australia's stadiums alongside Metallica, vocalist Corey Taylor talks to Brendan Crabb about maintaining a sense of integrity and mystery.
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Album Review: Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind
"Executed with the characteristic self-assurance you'd expect of one of metal's biggest names."
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