Introducing Music+Mayhem

This is the first official column of Music+Mayhem!! In this column I will be discussing the latest music news, who might be paying us a visit here is aus, who to look out for, and much much more! So let’s get down to the nitty!

Hello, my name is Tayra, and ill be your entertainer this evening;)

Aha, 2008 is set to be a great year on the hard rock calendar. British metal legends, ‘Dragonforce’ are expected to grace our Aussie stages around October, so for all those metal fans, this is the gig for you! For all the abstract music lovers, who are into minor chord progression, all-so-wrong-and-yet-so-right lyrics and crazy arsed costumes, ‘Lola the Vamp’ may be paying us a visit again later this year!

As well as some awesome hard rock bands visiting aus, Alternative emo rock is said to make a dent in the charts, with heaps of new bands already fighting for a piece of the limelight. A surprise appearance from Miley Cyruss’ brother, Trace Cyrus, playing in the band ‘MetroStation’ has so far left fans aching for more of the emo-alternative wonder! Be prepared however, you won’t find any shredding in this playlist, instead think ‘HelloGoodbye’ style electronic beats, and simply odd lyrics.

One band that keeps jumping out from my iTunes Library is “Within Temptation”. If you haven’t already heard of them, hit them up on their myspace at

www.myspace.com/withintemptation.

Within temptation focus on gothic rock, with an excellent vocal artist and heavy rock instrumentals. This band are slightly more heavy metal than Evanescence, which I for one, think is refreshing, it is rare to find a band with as much talent as Evanescence, but who use it to the full potential, so check it out!NEWS FLASH! Sunshine Coast hard rock band, ‘From the Hearts Of Heroes’ have just released their new EP. The disk has six awsome tracks that the band have selected and recorded just for the Screamo lovers in society. If your into hard rock and screamo, hit them up on their myspace, or alternatively, you can purchase their EP from Mosh Pit Music, located in Queenslands sunshine coast.

Enough of the headlines, what’s been happening around Australia in the music scene? Actually, something very worrying has been brought to the attention of this aussie hardcore reporter (that’s me:p). Everywhere I turn there seems to be some show of disrespect to the music-loving community. Bands such as ‘Enolas Secret” have been getting their gear stolen from right under their noses, while Other bands are forced to witness violent attacks on their fans from the ‘haters’ in our society. Come on, enough is enough! Sure, we get it that so called ‘emos (generally music loving people)’ are becoming a large part of Australia’s youth, and we also accept that there are some people out there that would rather dig their ear drums out with a toothpick than listen to our beats, BUT WHY RESORT TO PETTY THEIVING AND VIOLENCE! Come on guys, enough is enough. Respect our music, and respect our equipment!

Finally, I’d like to give a shout out to the members of Enolas Secret, who have suffered greatly from this thieving wave. Its just great to see the support of the community on their myspace blog. Want to know more about Enolas secret? Check out our exclusive interview now!

Well, that’s it from me this fortnight my pretties, if you would like any of your topics to be discussed in my next column drop me a comment

, and leave some suggestions! ill be sure to get back to you..