Hook Riff & Banger

24/11/2024

The entrancing stunned the Melbourne crowd gathered at the last night to open the stage for .

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27/10/2024

The ever confusing and entertaining are truly peerless not only in Australia but worldwide.
We count ourselves lucky each time we catch them live, and they rounded out an amazing bill of sludge last night at with and .traitor.

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27/10/2024

It's astounding that the walls didn't cave in around us last night as crushed some skulls at . Seriously catchy riffs with a heavy undertone of mean low end chug.

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27/10/2024

.traitor hurt in all the best ways and heads were pounding last night after they opened up the stage at to support and .

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20/10/2024

The room was packed and absolutely went off for the show to celebrate the launch of their album Blood, Salt and Ash on Friday.

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20/10/2024

Some gut-wrenching sludge and doom from always hits the spot, and it was great to see them step up to support the album launch gig on such short notice.

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19/10/2024

Red hot off the back of their new album Snowman, .band treated us to some amazing riffs and a surprise special guest on stage at the album launch show on Friday.

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19/10/2024

We take any chance we can to catch the hypnotic gloomy sounds of .aleph, and their set opening for the album launch on Friday certainly didn't fail to impress!

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29/09/2024

All the way from South Africa, the legends in turned into a never ending circle pit with their crushing tunes.


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29/09/2024

We’ve been marked safe from the biggest wall of death we’ve ever seen that instigated at last night. This was a set we won’t forget anytime soon.
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29/09/2024

Perth locals brought a barrage of breakdowns that could’ve torn the walls down at last night.


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29/09/2024

Nightmare at courtesy of ’s bone crushing heaviness and relentless energy. One hell of a way to kick off an evening of brutality for headline show.
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10/08/2024

Raw black metal from at to end a night of aural chaos.

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10/08/2024

bringing soul crushing death metal to last night!


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10/08/2024

NERVE captivated the crowd with infectious industrial techno at last night.


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10/08/2024

brought a set full of electronic dread from another world to last night.


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02/08/2024

A frosty Melbourne winter night made the perfect backdrop for an evening of genre-defying extreme metal to celebrate the release of Ulcerate's latest album Starved of the World. Backed by support from Pestilential Shadows and Altars, punters were treated to a masterclass on how to push metal forward.

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Arcane Delve Booking

Ulcerate, headlining at the Espy for their Starved of the Word – Australasia tour. What a lovely nightmare.

24/07/2024

It was a huge night celebrating 20 years of Mushroom Giant with help from Bear the Mammoth and All Is Violent at Northcote Social Club.

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Celebrating 20 years of local progressive metal legends Mushroom Giant with a night of instrumental madness, featuring Bear The Mammoth and All Is Violent.