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Blunt #108 is on sale now!

March 16th, 2012 by Emily | 1 Comment | Filed in Issues


See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. This month’s cover is graced by the likes of Soundwave frontmen Jeremy McKinnon, Bert McCracken and Josh Franceschi aka the revolution in noise! Speaking of noise, we’ve also gathered the hottest and heaviest tracks to give you a bonus Ear Bleeders sampler CD featuring the likes of Chimaira, Sienna Skies, Hearts Like Wolves, Delawarewolves and more. Get that up ya!


Filling the pages of Blunt this month we’ve got:

- Soulfly: We quiz Max Cavalera on his musical juggling act.
- Meshuggah are wiping out entire cities in a groovy sort of way. Just don’t call them djent!
- Every Time I Die prove they’re just as sarcastic as ever.
- A Day To Remember: Get a load of our photo montage tour diary!
- Sleigh Bells‘ Derek Miller tell us why he ditched the metalcore scene to play alongside DJs.
- You Me At Six frontmen Josh Franceschi and Max Helyer open up about the dark side of pop-punk.
- The Used: A new record? A new label? Cookbooks?! Bert McCracken isn’t fucking around this time.


Plus The Menzingers, Napalm Death, In Trenches, Say Anything, Psycroptic, a live poster of hair metal revivalists Steel Panther and all the usual BLUNT good bits!

Soundwave Edition Poster Mags On Sale!

February 17th, 2012 by Emily | No Comments | Filed in Issues, Photos


With Soundwave just around the corner, we’re sure you’ll be keen as mustard to get your hands on the latest issues of Twisted and Blunt Posters. On sale today, both mags feature an epic selection of the bands on the festival for you to feast your eyes on before it all kicks off later this Feb. Hey, you can even take the mags along to the signing tents so all your faves can scrawl their names all over their own pics. Enjoy \m/


Featured in Blunt we’ve got:

  • Angels and Airwaves
  • Tonight Alive
  • Enter Shikari
  • Four Year Strong
  • A Day To Remember
  • Black Veil Brides
  • Dream On, Dreamer

Plus more!


Featured in Twisted we’ve got:

  • Marilyn Manson
  • Trivium
  • Meshuggah
  • The Dillinger Escape Plan
  • Machine Head
  • Lamb Of God
  • Mastodon

Plus more!

First issue of 2012 on sale now!

January 9th, 2012 by Emily | No Comments | Filed in Issues


In the midst of Christmas feasts and a few sneaky New Year’s beverages, the new issue of BLUNT went on sale! Check out part one of our Summer Festival Guide with Parkway Drive, Frenzal Rhomb, The Getaway Plan, The Amity Affliction and other show-stoppers gracing the stages of this year’s Big Day Out. Stay tuned for the next issue where we hit you up with part two of our guide featuring the not-so-friendly faces of the bands on the 2012 Soundwave lineup.


Filling the pages of Blunt this month we’ve got:

- Tonight Alive show America how the pop punk kids do it Down Under.
- Fireworks: See what mischief the US lads got up to in Japan with BLUNT’s editor along for the ride.
- Enter Shikari show us that they aren’t here to make friends.
- Nightwish are back with another slab of grandiose noise.
- Lamb Of God unveil their next exercise in auditory terror.
- Summer Festival Guide: Get a load of BLUNT’s must-sees for this year’s Big Day Out.


Plus Break Even, Heroes For Hire, Animals As Leaders, Northlane, Toxic Avenger, Mike Patton, a live poster of Fooey’s frontman Dave Grohl and all the usual BLUNT good bits!

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Twisted Posters 61 ON SALE NOW!

December 23rd, 2011 by Tracey | 7 Comments | Filed in Issues, Photos

Hit up your newsagents to get your hands on these wicked posters and more:

  • Death
  • Classic ’90s Soundgarden
  • Slipknot legendary Iowa 10th Anniversary poster
  • Henry Rollins
  • Cradle Of Filth
  • Children Of Bodom
  • Cavelera Conspiracy

Final issue of Blunt Posters for 2011 is ON SALE NOW!

December 16th, 2011 by Tracey | 10 Comments | Filed in Issues, Photos


What better way to reward all of your support during 2011 than a request-heavy issue? We tallied up the votes and we were stoked to see such interest in Aussie up-and-comers The Bride, Dangerous!, I Exist, and Northlane – who had so many votes they scored a double poster!


Plus these juicy posters and more:

  • Man Overboard
  • Silverstein
  • Sleeping With Sirens
  • New look Gallows
  • Classic Foo Fighters
  • The Devil Wears Prada
  • You Me At Six

2011 Yearbook Edition is on sale now!

November 22nd, 2011 by Emily | No Comments | Filed in Issues


Blunt’s 2011 Yearbook Edition is on sale now with your handpicked band of the year The Amity Affliction on the cover! Along with the battered and bruised cover stars, we feature the results of the Blunt Readers’ Choice Awards and look back on the best and worst bits of 2011 with our 100 albums you had to hear this year and 20 up-and-comers to look forward to in 2012. For your listening pleasure, we’ve also included an I’d Rather Be Moshing CD featuring the likes of The Bride, Strangers and I Am Villain to keep in your player alllll summer long.


Lining the pages of Blunt this month we’ve got:

- Megadeth: The legendary redbearded stepchild of thash is back, and they mean business!
- KoЯn reinvent the nightmare with Skrillex.
- The Amity Affliction: Your band of the year reveal everything about their biggest year yet!
- The Devil Wears Prada unleash their heaviest collection of jams to date.
- You Me At Six and Heroes For Hire battle it out in the pop punk Ashes!
- Check out our list of the 100 albums you had to hear in 2011.
- Blunt get psychic on your arses and list 20 bands that will be killing it in 2012.


Plus Chimaira, The Bride, Misfits, Thrice, Off!, a Dream On, Dreamer poster and all the usual Blunt good bits!

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Blunt #104 on sale now!

October 19th, 2011 by Emily | No Comments | Filed in Issues


Issue #104 is on sale now with legendary pop-punk rockers Blink-182 on the cover! Get the scoop on their sixth studio album and latest release, Neighborhoods, and what it’s like to pick up the pieces after their years apart. Plus, cast your minds back over the past year to think about who YOU want to vote for in our annual BLUNT Readers’ poll! Presented by our good buddies at Atticus, you’ve got the chance to pick up a load of awesome swag just for giving your two cents. No sweat.


Featured on the pages of Blunt this month we’ve got:


- La Dispute dig deep for their latest release, Wildlife.
- Mastodon return to earth to chat about the audio psychedelia of The Hunter.
- New Found Glory are showing no signs of slowing down.
- Machine Head cast doubt on The Locust being “the one”.
- Blink-182: Back in the studio and back on the horse, the raucous trio are back, baby.
- Don’t forget to get your votes in for our annual Blunt Readers’ Poll here.


Plus Confession, We Came As Romans, Dropkick Murphys, Crashdïet, a You Met At Six poster and all the usual Blunt good bits!

Blunt Posters #24 On Sale Now!

October 10th, 2011 by Emily | 13 Comments | Filed in Issues


It’s important to appreciate great bands while they last! Can you believe it’s the 20th Anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind? We’ve included a classic shot of the band in their prime for your wall. Sadly, this month we’re saying goodbye to Canada’s post-hardcore heavy hitters Alexisonfire and due to huge demand, we’ve included a one-off special memorial collage dedicated to the band as a major mega poster. Also getting the mega treatment this issue are prog-rock giants Mastodon, Aussie favourites The Amity Affliction and rising stars The Devil Wears Prada.


Don’t forget to make some room on your walls to tack these guys up as well:

- New Found Glory
- We Came As Romans
- Pierce The Veil
- Tonight Alive
- The Ghost Inside
- Bury Your Dead
-The Acacia Strain


Plus loads more!

Blunt #103 is on Sale Now!

September 6th, 2011 by Emily | 2 Comments | Filed in Issues


Issue #103 is on sale now and we’ve crammed it full of all your favourites plus a few little extras. This month’s issue comes equipped with your very own 3Wise Records Spring Sampler, including the likes of Zebrahead, Madina Lake, Fireworks, Make Do & Mend, Man Overboard and more! Make sure you hound your local newsagent if your copy isn’t attached.


Dotting the pages of Blunt this month we’ve got:


- Black Veil Brides: the re-birth of cock rock, glam and goth in one skinny little package.
- D.R.U.G.S.’ Craig Owens is back on the horse. No, not that one!
- The Jezabels: the understated Aussies sticking it to everyone.
- Falling in Reverse’s Ronnie Radke is fresh outta the joint and hell bent on revenge!
- Opeth: the Swedish gentlemen of metal revisit their ’70s heritage.
- Bastardfest: Get the low-down on the dirtiest, thrashiest, heaviest and ugliest music festival as it comes to town this month.


Plus Alexisonfire, Redcoats, Russian Circles, Psycroptic, Horrible Crowes and all the usual Blunt good bits!

Blunt #102 is on Sale Now!

August 11th, 2011 by Emily | No Comments | Filed in Issues


The cancellation of next month’s Soundwave Revolution got you down? Us too, so why not wipe those tears with the fresh pages of Blunt #102, available in newsagents now!


In this month’s issue we’ve managed to cram in:


- Avenged Sevenfold are back with a vengeance.
- Suicide Silence tell the haters where they can shove it.
- Taking Back Sunday reunite and get back to basics.
- August Burns Red: Level. Erase. Improve. Repeat.
- Trivium’s Matt Heafy tells us how the band’s molten metal is modern art.
- The Getaway Plan get freaky in Canada and rediscover that special something.


Plus Calling All Cars, Rise Against, In Flames, Dream On, Dreamer and all the usual Blunt good bits!