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Well, I hope everyone had a good Christmas/New Year break and is ready for another great Metal year ahead.

After taking a couple of months off prior to Christmas to work on some new material (and for Nat to take a well deserved break) and after a couple or three weeks off over Christmas/New Year, we finally got our arses back into the rehearsal studio to blow some cobwebs off and to start knocking some of our new tunes into shape.

We are hoping to get into the recording studio shortly and start knocking out some demos in preparation for a new CD that (if all goes according to plan) will be out later this year. We are also hoping to put some gigs together shortly, but more about that as details are sorted out.

In the meantime, it’s looking like another big year for international bands heading down under. Nightwish last Wednesday night were very impressive. I am personally not the biggest Nightwish fan around but I was thoroughly impressed when they played the Corner Hotel in 2005. Since then there has been the much publicized departure/sacking of original vocalist Tarja Turunen. The new Nightwish CD was released just before Christmas and I personally didn’t think it stacked up to the previous effort, “Once” (although it has been growing on me!). So, with more than a little curiosity, I headed into the Palais Theatre to see how the new line-up checked out in the live format. With some very large shoes to fill, I have to say that new vocalist Anette Olzon really stepped up to the plate and spanked it out of the park. The band were energetic, the songs sounded epic (with a very high quality mix) and Olzon interacted with the crowd (and her band-mates) in a far more relaxed, and much less distant, manner than her predecessor. Much more “rock-chick” than “ice-maiden”, in my opinion, invited the crowd to participate in a way that Tarja didn’t quite achieve. A highly impressive show all-round, and congrats to our buddies in Eyefear for scoring the support slot.

With Iron Maiden this coming Wednesday night, Helloween at the end of the month, and Wasp later in the year it really is shaping up to be another great Metal year. In the meantime, don’t forget your local metal bands. We work just as hard, we’re cheaper to go and see and if you don’t support your local scene, then there won’t be a local scene to support.

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