Author: Ivan
Meet the Admins! Avant-garde & Prog Metal Group
One of the highlights of last year for me personally, was being invited into one of the most friendly and supportive music groups I’ve ever witnessed on Facebook. The Avant-garde…
Interview with Jack Chuter of ATTN Magazine
Throughout 2021 we were blessed to discover so many wonderful musicians, promoters, music-lovers and communities online. Of these, ATTN:Magazine’s site holds a special place in my heart. It’s a go-to…
Darkstereo Compilation – A Decade Would Be Too Long
It is coming up to 9 years since a Dawn Industry project released its last music compilation. Back then, Darkstereo was a side project of DEMUS, and a lot has…
Interview with The Idiot Flesh
A trio from New Hampshire and Maine! Oh, I can already tell that this is going to be a fun one. We took some time out to have a virtual…
Sleeplab’s to the forest to the end
Not so very long ago in late November, Melbourne’s Sleeplab released its new 7 track album “to the forest to the end“. The arrival came as a great surprise; a…
Get Some Extremo Into you!
Now here’s a little end of year present for your ears! The team at Facebook’s Avant-garde & Prog Metal group are closing out 2021 with a massive free compilation. Yes,…
Interview with Act of Entropy
Earlier in the year we spent quite some time exploring a range of progressive metal and experimental music communities online. Within these discoveries in social media, we came upon a…
Being There with Symmetrix
In a former life, I had the great pleasure of meeting Marita of Symmetrix at numerous Melbourne live electronic music events. A fellow solo artist, I always appreciated the work…
Scigod. Canberra’s Symphonic, Power and Progressive Metal
Following on from our exploration of Metal music in the Canberra region back in August, we recently had a chat with Scigod to see how things were shaping up for…
2DCAT. Sometimes curiosity makes the feline
There are times when one assesses personal and key moments of the past, and how they’ve effected one’s creative future. One such time for us many a year ago, was…