Eora/Sydney-based punk rock quintet FANGZ have just revealed their frenetic single Wasting Time and its accompanying B-side Nothing To Lose'. The tracks arrive as the band hits the road with one of their biggest inspirations, Canadian hardcore legends, Cancer Bats.  It's the latest in an mpressive list of accomplishments for a band that very nearly didn't exist. As the band explains in this Maniacs exclusive feature, FANGZ was born out of a make-or-break moment for its founding members and required them to defy not only the notion of being 'too old' to 'make it' but overcome the bleak reality of being stranded at Heathrow Airport with their musical hopes and dreams in tatters.

The 25 best heavy tracks that were released in February. This is February Fire.

With so many new metal releases dropping every week, it can be hard to know what to listen to, so we've taken it upon ourselves to do the heavy lifting, sorting the 'hell yeah' from the 'hell meh' you don't have to. 

Sydney rock lords FANGZ have been on an absolute tear of late, releasing their incendiary sophomore EP But No Thanks to critical acclaim last year, and now they're here to kick 2021 square in the face with their roaring new single 'Self Medicate'!