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

Brendan Crabb, Journalist

Features / Music
Re-Evaluating Your Choices On The Road
"Playing the shows came second and getting pissed was number one priority half the time. But I think as we've gotten bigger as a band and older and wiser as humans that's definitely dawned on us."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Thy Art Is Murder; Graves; I, Valiance; Blind Oracle
"That's the best I've seen Thy Art play," one fan remarked.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Schoenberg Automaton - Apus
"Off-kilter chord progressions and incisive riffage keep the listener enthused."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Despised Icon - Beast
"'Beast' is a snarling, teeth-gnashing creature."
Features / Music
Why Parkway Drive Have Their Roadies Test The Water First... Literally
"We don't have any plans of stopping, unless we're forced to."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Gojira - Magma
"The hysteria is largely warranted."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Fear Factory, Circles, Tensions Arise
"The turnout writhed and pogo-ed to the barrage of industrialised anthems."
Features / Music
Why Jon Toogood Is Like A Kid In A Candy Store
"Usually when we make a record I'm like a little kid in a candy store. I just listen to it over and over again."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Hellyeah - Unden!able
"Hellyeah's output has typically been about as deep as a puddle."
Features / Music
How 'Northwake' Tackle Cultural And Political Issues Head On
"But also spreading that message, that positive message or spreading an idea that things can be different, things can be change."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Lacuna Coil - Delirium
"Overall they're seemingly on track to creatively mattering again."
Features / Music
Why Queensryche Won't Be Donning Their '80s Vampire Outfits Anytime Soon
"My kids look at that and they go, 'Oh my God, Dad, what were you thinking?'"
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