Review: Fistfull Of Rock – Brisbane 2022 Live Review by Hear2Zen Magazine - May 1, 20220 Artists - Fistfull Of Rock (The Poor, Rose Tattoo, Baby Animals, The Angels)Date: 29/04/2022Venue: Eatons Hill Hotel - BrisbaneReviewer: Mert TysonPhotographer: Andrew Treadwell Photography I felt like my DeLorean took me back to 90’s when the Poor were heading for Aussie Hard rock domination! Well ladies and gentlemen grab your drink and hold on! Skenie and the boys are back and blew the roof of Eaton’s Hill last night. What do you get when you throw these lads into the mix? Well, you get a fucking Queensland cyclone of passion, raw energy and full-on entertainment. Belting out classic’s “poison” “Manowar” and “Dirty Money” and the cracker new single “Paybacks a Bitch” A strong thumping masterclass rhythm section led by Gavin Hansen
News: Nothing More Release Video For “Tired Of Winning” News by Hear2Zen Magazine - April 29, 20220 Rock audiences count NOTHING MORE among the most cherished acts, the kind of band who straddle the line between populism and intimacy with every performance. The San Antonio, Texas-born quartet builds unapologetically massive anthems from catchy hooks. Crowd-pleasers clear a path for heady, confessional, thought-provoking emotionalism. Fresh rewards reveal themselves with repeat listens, welcoming like-minded seekers with rich melodicism, like the best of Deftones or Tool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR4yR_rjhEg Kerrang! named NOTHING MORE one of 22 Artists Shaping the Future of Rock, alongside Nine Inch Nails, Twenty One Pilots, and Bring Me The Horizon. And frontman Jonny Hawkins, who met guitarist Mark Vollelunga before they were old enough to drive, appeared with Billie Joe Armstrong, Dave Grohl, and Hayley Williams in the English tastemaker’s
Album Review: Ocean Grove – Up In The Air Forever Album Reviews by Hear2Zen Magazine - April 28, 2022April 28, 20220 Artist: Ocean GroveAlbum: Up In The Air ForeverLabel: UNFDRelease Date: April 22nd 2022Reviewer: Belinda Mann Ocean Grove are an Australian band from Melbourne who formed in 2010. Their musical style is generally considered nu metal, grunge, nu metalcore and hardcore punk. The band themselves often describe their sound as ‘Odd World Music”. Up in the Air Forever is a 10 track, genre-bending epic musical journey. Evolving from the trio’s early heavier sounds, the album finds Ocean Grove moving into the world of pop, grunge and punk that solidifies them as a creative force not to be reckoned with. Fans would say they are no longer metalcore and I would have to agree as its clearly evidenced in this latest release that their sound
News: Check Out The Debut Solo Single From Amy Sheppard “Nothing But Wild” News by Hear2Zen Magazine - April 26, 20220 Internationally acclaimed artist Amy Sheppard is packaging up her pop stylings and fusing them with country influences, today releasing her debut solo single Nothing But Wild. While definitely not her first official foray into the genre, previously already a Golden Guitar Award winner for her vocals on Lee Kernaghan’s Spirit of the Anzacs, Nothing But Wild offers an up-tempo and affably jangly stomper that fans can also catch in action this weekend at the Toyota Tamworth Country Music Festival and KIX Live in the Park, as well as CMC Rocks QLD later this year. Nothing But Wild gifts the perfect salve for those who have had their wanderlust evaporate throughout the global pandemic, as travel and leaving one’s own four walls
Live Review: Uncaged Festival Brisbane 2022 Live Review by Hear2Zen Magazine - April 26, 20220 Last minute changes are hard for everyone, including the promoter. But rather than be defeated by circumstance, Silverback Touring did everything they could to still give us a music festival on Sunday, after all the Covid shit they have endured already, and they have been proactive in ensuring there is still opportunity for the artists we didn’t get to see to take the stage and put on a show for us. So make sure you get out and support them. And if you’re not going to, then learn to shut your mouth and let the people working hard to bring us these tours do the great job they are doing.
