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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: Motionless In White - Graveyard Shift
"Graveyard Shift is a fired-up slab of electronic-infused metal-core."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Deadlights - Mesma
"Doing their thing and doing it extremely well."
Features / Music
Regurgitator Are Clinging To Youth Via A Punk Record For Kids
"It doesn't matter if you're 60 and you act like a five-year-old. As long as you don't hurt people."
Reviews / Arts
Gearard McGeown & Cait Johnson: Mucho Relaxo Melbo (MICF)
"While possibly not what you would deem to be side-splittingly funny, these two put on slick, tasteful, entertaining sets."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Falling In Reverse - Coming Home
"Falling In Reverse are pissed off."
Reviews / Arts
Becky Lucas: Little Bitch (MICF)
"Lucas's show is refreshing and endearing."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Ezekiel Ox, King Of The North, Horrorwood Mannequins
"The man himself is a true force of nature and actually one of the great modern rock'n'roll political revolutionaries."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Caution: Thieves - Songs From The Great Divide
"These guys are purveyors of pounding post-hardcore, make no mistake."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Deez Nuts - Binge & Purgatory
"Shitloads of fun."
Features / Music
The Resignators May Have Kids Now, But They Can Still Kick Out The Party Jams
"We are always high energy, but this album will be our most adventurous to date."
Features / Music
Cate Blanchett Loves Vintage Trouble & So Should You
"I'm not really ever starstruck, but for Cate Blanchett to say she loves my band... I'll never forget it."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Copia - Epoch
"The raw potential is absolutely there for these guys, there is just a little more work to do."