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Rod Whitfield, Journalist

Rod Whitfield

Rod Whitfield is a retired musician and long-time music writer. He joined his first band on drums way back in 1987, playing in myriad original rock acts before hanging up the sticks and retiring in 2015. In 1995, he joined Forte Magazine, Geelong’s premier street press magazine, as a journalist and has not stopped writing about music since. He has written for The Music, UK Prog Magazine, Beat, was The Buzz Magazine’s chief rock and metal writer for eight years, and has worked for countless online publications and zines. 

Since retiring from the original band scene, he has become a novelist, and at the time of writing he is completing work on his fourth book, the third work in a trilogy based on an upcoming fantasy/combat/adventure video game, as well as designing the narrative of the game itself. Keep an eye out for the release of Brides of Vampira in the coming years. 

Reviews / Album
Album Review: August Burns Red - Phantom Anthem
"Some may deem it formulaic, but these guys also inject just enough of the progressive and the unexpected to keep it interesting."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Caligula’s Horse, I Built The Sky, Branch Arterial
"Brisbane's Caligula's Horse are now a true headlining force to be reckoned with."
Features / Music
Dealing With Elton John Digging Your Tunes
"It's probably the best thing about my life at the moment, that Elton knows about Winston."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Dream Theater
"The band deliver these songs with the exuberance of men half their age and technical prowess befitting the masters that they truly are."
Features / Music
It's Been A Year Of Personal Development (Not Least In Figuring Out The Ukulele)
"It's been a highly emotional time. So the album was written from a very vulnerable place."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Make Them Suffer, Wage War, Alpha Wolf, DREGG
"Make Them Suffer's bombastic, orchestral feel and use of ethereal female vocals amid the grind are what sets them apart in this scene."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Mercury Sky - Infra
"With 'Infra', they enter a brand new musical realm."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Cradle Of Filth - Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness Of Decay
"It's darker than hell, it's frantic and frenetic."
Features / Music
Strange Tales And Stab-Happy Exes
"There was a lot of violence, and if you were kind of an effeminate man with long blue hair or something, you're going to attract a bit of attention."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Majora - Aphotic
"This four-piece creates thoroughly kaleidoscopic instrumental post-rock that ebbs and flows like a king tide on a beautiful deserted tropical beach."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Nothing More - The Stories We Tell Ourselves
"18 tracks and one hour of powerhouse rock with all manner of twists and turns."
Features / Music
The Toxic Nature Of Social Media That Influenced Their Latest Release
"There's something happening [on Facebook], and it's coming out into the real world now, it's like the comment section has come alive."