Brendan Crabb, Journalist

"It’s a few knockout tunes short of a great record"

Freelancer

Sleep returned to Manning Bar to deliver a nostalgic set to a hazy crowd.

In Flames & Trivium kept metal fans grinning in Sydney.

Are Thy Art the hardest-working band in the country? They think so.

"Anybody starting at this point in time is in a really bad position, a lot worse because there is no infrastructure to the industry anymore."

"Few curveballs, but they remain sturdily reliable performers."

Dream Theater did not disappoint die hard fans at the final gig of their world tour.

“If you want to be racist and say that it’s not okay to slag off the flag, well then you can go and join the fucking Nazi socialist party and we can all have fascism.”