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

Brendan Crabb, Journalist

Features / Music
Why They Need To Keep Pushing Their Limits
"I sometimes write technical things that are challenging or that I can’t play right away."
Features / Music
"We're One Of The Last Men Standing"
"We’re the best live band and actually really sing, as opposed to people playing along to a Pro Tools session."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Black Dahlia Murder, Psychroptic, Boris The Blade, Collossvs
"Strnad’s bowel-loosening growls and animalistic shrieks were offset by taut execution."
Features / Music
When The Metal And Gothic Worlds Collide
"We have a good mélange of both our tastes in music."
Features / Music
Shihad
On German Vinyls, Working In Sudan And NZ Radio Shows
“I never even saw myself as someone who’d still be in a band 25 years later..."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Tremonti - Cauterize
"Quality heavy rock from the man partially responsible for 'With Arms Wide Open' – believe it."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Haunted, Insomnium, Daemon Pyre
"The reduced attendance detracted from the overall atmosphere, but the band ably persevered"
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Suffocation, Decapitated, Ouroborus, Viscera
"No-frills, but relentless; the fan who exited the pit with blood streaming down his face likely agreed"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Coal Chamber - Rivals
"A few memorable tunes are contrasted by rehashed riffs, and genre clichés"
Features / Music
On Near-Death Encounters, Being Robbed And Dry-Retching
"If I make my mum dry-retch I’m fucking happy"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Casanovas - Terra Casanova
"AC/DC–isms remain apparent, particularly in the riffage department"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Miles Away - Tide
"The more measured tempos explored alongside faster, aggressive passages could facilitate further creative possibilities"