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A letter to my former self: Pagan’s Nikki Brumen
“You have to rise above and remember the feeling you have now, the feeling of being part of a minority…”
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Cursed Earth return with ‘Fear’, announce ‘The Deathbed Sessions’
Cursed Earth are back.
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Feature: The Rise Of Nik Nocturnal
“The most important thing I learned is that you need to find something that people need but aren’t getting.”
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Track-by-track: Reside’s Liam Guinane takes us through ‘The Light That You Saw’ EP
Reside’s Liam Guinane walk us through the songwriting & lyrical heart of their new EP, ‘The Light That You Saw’.
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August Burns Red’s Brent Rambler reflects on ‘Constellations’
August Burns Red’s Brent Rambler takes us back to ‘Constellations’.
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‘1971’: World View take us behind their latest jam
World View takes us behind the lyrics & creation of their latest single, ‘1971’.
We Set Sail head towards LP number three with ‘Ordinary’
Brisbane’s We Set Sail embark towards their next record with new single, ‘Ordinary’.
Frank Iero enters The Future Violents era with ‘Young and Doomed’
With new album ‘Barriers’ arriving in May, Frank Iero forges into The Future Violents era with ‘Young and Doomed’.
Chelsea Wolfe features on new Saudade (Chino Moreno) track, ‘Shadows & Light’
A gorgeous yet bleak new track from Chino Moreno’s Saudade project, featuring the one & only Chelsea Wolfe.
Bury Your Dead return with ‘Collateral’
Bury Your Dead: still all about that beauty and the breakdown in 2019, baby.
Dance Gavin Dance release new song, ‘Head Hunter’
Not even a year out from releasing ‘Artificial Selection’, Dance Gavin Dance have hit us all with a new song!
Live Review
Download Festival Sydney lands with an explosive first year!
Download Festival Sydney feels like a supreme European metal fest, with legions flocking to Parramatta Park to witness the world’s bes...
Fatality: Alpha Wolf show their teeth with ‘Sub-Zero’
Yep, ‘Sub-Zero’ might just be Alpha Wolf’s heaviest song to date.
Employed To Serve combat mental illness on ‘Harsh Truth’
In ‘Harsh Truth’, Employed To Serve are here to tell you that the world is better with you in it; that it does get better.
‘Call Back’: a long lost nothing,nowhere. cut is finally released
An old nothing,nowhere. finally track gets it’s a proper release.
Live Review
A big review for a big day: Download Festival Melbourne 2019
Download Festival Melbourne returned in 2019 for yet another massive year of heavy music!
Port Noir announce new album, ‘The New Routine’
Port Noir’s new album, ‘The New Routine’ – AKA your favourite rock record of 2019 – will release on May 10th. ...
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International Women’s Day 2019: the artists that we love
A list of the great female talent that we here at KYS enjoy & respect to mark International Women’s Day 2019.
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Life Pilot take you inside their share-house on ‘Dark, Dark, Goose’
Thank you Life Pilot, very cool!
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A letter to my former self: Windwaker’s Will King
“It will be painful, but don’t let it break you, dude. You’ve got to keep pushing, but we both know that, don’t we?”
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Video premiere: Illyria’s beautifully bleak ‘Kenopsia’
Illyria significantly up their black metal game with magical new song, ‘Kenopsia’.
Earthbøund get themselves some metalcore with ‘Continuum’ single
Enter the space time prog-metalcore continuum with Earthbøund’s latest.
Defeater return with new song, ‘Mothers’ Son’
Defeater are back with a new single, ‘Mothers’ Son’.
Burning Empires (Misery Signals, 7A7P, Fall Out Boy) EP finally releases digitally
Made up of members of Misery Signals, 7A7P and Fall Out Boy, Burning Empires’ 2010 EP is now finally available online.