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November 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Tour Announcement: Sepultura – NZ Tour (May, 2018)
Brazilian Heavy Metal Icons Sepultura + San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Legends Death Angel tour this May! Get your tickets here: “The second Sepultura entered the stage the whole place went absolutely crazy. Neck-breaking headbanging, mosh pits and crowdsurfers were there right from the first minute to the very last note” – Heavy Metal Bands Info (Sepultura Review)Archive
November 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 90 – Jules Desmond (Take 1)
Welcome to episode 90 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This is a conversation with Jules Desmond. It’s the first of two conversations I’ve had with him for the podcast – this one was recorded over a year ago. We sat down, had a good chat – my aim […]Archive
May 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Into Orbit: Unearthing
Into Orbit Unearthing (Independent/Bandcamp) There are few things in life better – as a music reviewer – than when you have high hopes for a second (or subsequent) album and those high hopes are met, and then exceeded. Such is the case with album number two from the duo Into Orbit. I can’t hide – […]Archive
April 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Metal on Metal – That’s What I Crave: Ten ‘Gateway Drug’ Metal Albums In My Life
Recently I posted this – about “Ten important hip-hop albums”. I’m going to repeat the opening paragraph from that post: We all know that lists are subjective – that is the point of them. So I’ve decided to do a series of top 10 albums across genres. They’ll appear sporadically. And rather than call them “Top 10” […]Archive
April 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Second Best Guns N’ Roses Album: “The Spaghetti Incident?”
It’s the second best Guns N’ Roses album – after Chinese Democracy, naturally. Alright, I might be kidding about that, so hear me out. “The Spaghetti Incident?” – even with its daft in-joke title, annoying question-mark and appalling cover is an amazing album; an important album even. It’s peculiar – it sits out on its […]Archive
December 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Silent Lucidity: A Place I Like To Hide
In 1990 a song was released called Silent Lucidity. Essentially it is answer to the question could anyone take the career of Pink Floyd more seriously than Pink Floyd? Enter Queensryche. The progressive metal act formed in 1981 and had released three albums and an EP before 1990’s Empire (which featured Silent Lucidity). Two years […]Archive
November 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Story of GG Allin & The Murder Junkies
GG Allin and The Murder Junkies might be the most tasteless band you ever hear. And yet the story is riveting. I first heard about GG Allin quite a few years back. I knew a couple of people that raved about his irreverence – he was a guy that worked as a performance-artist, doing spoken […]Archive
November 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Worst: # 19 Disturbed Repeatedly
I am a survivor of three separate Disturbed concerts. The first – comically – was on Valentine’s Day. I met Katy after work and told her to come to the show with me. I pointed out it wouldn’t be her cup of tea, there’s a clue when you say the band’s name is “Disturbed”. We […]Archive
November 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Neurosis: Two NZ Shows (Feb, 2017)
The mighty Neurosis will perform its first ever NZ shows in February 2017. LIFE IS NOISE is proud to return the post metal legends to Australia and then on to New Zealand for the first time ever – with shows at Wellington’s San Fran and Auckland’s Kings Arms on February 14 and 15. Tickets from […]Archive
October 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: Rocktober
October is “Rocktober” – well, that’s if you ever believed the commercial meathead-rock radio stations. I put together a Rocktober playlist that isn’t at all ironic, it’s made up of songs I dig – but the Rocktober tag is slightly facetious; well it’s not. These songs were the basis of a DJ set I did […]Archive
October 1, 2016 by Simon Sweetman