Burning Bitumen

Driven by a love of all that is heavy in the live music scene of Melbourne, Kat Wartooth is set to bring the community together - with shower caps, unicorns and all. Tune in this Tuesday night, where she will be guest programming and showcasing some of Melbourne's choicest chops, along with chatting to Kene and Leah about the Melbourne Metal Mates crew.

Titans of thrash metal, Testament, have delivered some of the greatest metal anthems of all time. Recently inducted into Decibel Magazine’s prestigious Hall of Fame - alongside legends like Metallica, Black Sabbath, and Motörhead - the USA group will return to Australian shores this month for the first time in a decade. Tune in to Burning Bitumen as Kene and Leah chat with founding member Eric Peterson about their upcoming show at Northcote Theatre on June 21.

For the first time ever, UK thrash metal band Onslaught are set to hit Australia, celebrating four decades of fury since the release of their seminal debut Power From Hell. Fans can expect a series of bone-crushing shows featuring this iconic album played in full — and in album order — for the very first time… and the very last. Tune in to Burning Bitumen to hear Kene and Leah catch up with bassist Jeff Williams.

Pizza Death are crashing into Arockalypse Now with a live set that’s as greasy as it is gnarly. Hailing from Naarm, this cult thrash-punk crew serves up blistering crossover anthems about three things: pizza, death, and—you're on the money—death by pizza. Riding high on the global buzz of their sophomore record 'Reign of the Anticrust', Pizza Death has topped Coretex Records’ charts and left sold-out crowds sauced and stunned. Catch the most brutal dinner-and-a-show experience on August 2.