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

Brendan Crabb, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Dream Theater - The Astonishing
"Overall it's somewhat less focused on hefty guitar crunch and instead ramps up the considerable drama..."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Nightwish, Taberah
"Another Nightwish Sydney show, another crowd-pleasing experience; the rabid, packed room could readily attest to that."
Features / Music
The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Brendan Crabb
Features / Music
Getting A New Band And Richard Dawkins On Board
"[Richard Dawkins is] a true gentleman with a mind the size of the cosmos, and we're massively honoured to have had him on the album."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Halestorm, Bellusira
"Frontwoman Lzzy Hale's charisma and presence was something to behold."
Features / Music
From School Jams To A Full Time Pay Cheque
"The thing is, you've just got to get on with it. It's the way it is, and if you're not happy, don't be in a fucking band."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Ne Obliviscaris, Plini, Daemon Pyre
"Being mere days removed from an exhaustive European jaunt, Ne Obliviscaris were obviously road-hardened and well-honed."
Features / Music
An Intimate Connection Or Grand Scale Energy?
"Looking out from the stage and seeing how much of an impact the music's having and how crazy people go..."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Nile, Unearth, Feed Her To The Sharks, Whoretopsy
"Dallas Toler-Wade assured all that "We will never fucking stop.""
Features / Music
Coming Up With New Characters And Rockin' Grannies
"I hope there won't be any more line-up changes, because it's getting really fucking hard to come up with new characters."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Paradise Lost - Symphony For The Lost
"Having previously recorded elements of orchestration in the studio, the live accompaniment often accentuates their melancholic atmospherics."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Def Leppard - Def Leppard
"It's been suggested good artists copy and great artists steal, and the rockers couldn't help themselves here."
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