Musique Machine

On the last day of January in 2025, the much awaited return of Perth’s Deadspace and Adelaide’s own Christ DIsmembered to the miserable cesspit that is Melbourne. Alongside Melbourne acts Requite and Irreparable, Both bands took to the recently reopened Bendigo Hotel (now run by the awesome people at the attached Mill Brewery) to send the whole place STRAIGHT BACK TO HELL. = Requite To kick off the night, five-piece post-black metallers Requite opened the show.

As most people following weird black metal would suspect nowadays, I Voidhanger hasn’t really had an “off” year release-wise. While not everything they drop is everyone’s cup of tea, without question, that label is dropping some of the best black metal of our time. One album that I really have to talk about today is the debut release of Daniele Vergine, AKA OCCULTA VERITAS.

Tonight marked a huge moment for Melbourne black metal as giants Harakiri For The Sky and Austere made their debut Melbourne performances at Richmond’s Corner Hotel. Alongside for the ride were local death/thrash act Munitions and the blackened folk stylings of Suldusk. Suldusk Suldusk as an opener made a tonne of sense for this show considering it was with Austere and Harakiri.