The loudest band in Australia played a shuffle. The Australian heavy metal bands worth hearing are the ones that left that rhythm behind: Heaven, Taipan, Pegazus, Dungeon, Black Majesty, Vanishing Point and Elm Street.
By Declan Rourke
28 September · 8 min read
Genre Histories
Guitar Hero III hid a DragonForce song behind its final boss, and for one winter power metal reached American teenagers through five plastic buttons. What that crossing changed for the genre...
By Julien Vasseur
Essential Albums
A radio quota carried Triumph, Helix, Kick Axe and Killer Dwarfs the length of the country and stopped at the border. The Canadian heavy metal bands the radio never played, from Anvil and Sw...
By Declan Rourke
Explainers
Who invented heavy metal? Not the word, the sound. Link Wray, the Kinks, Hendrix, Blue Cheer and Led Zeppelin each brought a part; one left-handed guitarist from Aston built the machine in N...
By Declan Rourke
Eirik Solvang
Black Metal
The Black Metal Records Collectors Chase
Andrzej Sawicki
Blackened Death
Viking, Folk and Everything Else Death Metal Absorbed
Rafael Quintero
Death Metal
The Death Metal Records Collectors Chase
Gareth Llewellyn
Grindcore
The Underrated Sludge Metal Albums
Ilse Brandt
Doom Metal
The Doom Metal Fonts
Declan Rourke
Heavy Metal
The Australian Heavy Metal Bands
| Date | Band | Album | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | Eternal | Conspiracy of Warheads | Full-length |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Zornheym | Descending into Madness | Full-length |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Methane | Demolate | Full-length |
| 30 Sep 2026 | Mana Diagram | Aether Cross | Full-length |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Asomvel | Set Your World on Fire | Full-length |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Tombstalker | Chaos Monolith | Full-length |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Stryga | Upon Stygian Wings | Full-length |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Hate Beast | Humanity Redacted | Full-length |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Sorcery | The Immaculate Sin | Full-length |
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