Sydney’s Utopia Records Plans Midnight Opening For Record Store Day

Genre-bending duo mark a major career moment with a new label partnership and the release of their latest track and official music video.

A new era of Finnish metal arrives as the band unveil their most ambitious record yet, led by the single “Blood Diamond” and a cinematic shift in sound by Paul Cashmere

Los Angeles metal heavyweights Lions At The Gate have returned with their latest single, Burn The Candle, marking the band's first official release since signing with Reigning Phoenix Music. The track arrives with a visually striking video directed by Vicente Cordero, setting the tone for what fans can expect as the band gears up for a major creative surge in 2026.

Sepultura will bring their global farewell tour to Australia in March, closing the final chapter on a career that reshaped heavy music and placed Brazilian metal firmly on the international map. After four decades, countless world tours and more than 20 million records sold, the band has chosen to end their journey through a conscious final act that celebrates everything they built.

A sweaty crowd suitably warmed up by our local Gravemind and Brisbane’s legendary death metal stalwarts Disentomb packed into 170 Russell when right on cue, the band everyone was here to see - New Jersey’s Lorna Shore - hit the stage. They launched into ‘Oblivion’ from their two-month old album ‘I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me’ and it was on.

Tool's return to New Zealand has offered Australian fans a preview of what to expect when the band arrives later this month. The Los Angeles progressive metal innovators performed two consecutive nights in Auckland on 22 and 23 November, delivering setlists that diverged sharply across the two shows and included a remarkable selection of rarely played catalogue deep cuts. For a group renowned for its precision, its disciplined touring cycles, and its aversion to nostalgia, this was a significant display of musical archival excavation.

Disturbed have announced an indefinite hiatus following one of the most turbulent years of their career, bringing a sudden pause to a band that once defined American metal's modern resurgence.