With International Women's Day happening on Sunday, we here at Maniacs wanted to pay tribute to all the amazing women that help make heavy music a more balanced and inclusive affair, whether it be in a band or just a fan!

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Australia's biggest heavy exports Parkway Drive have done their bit towards helping recover from the devastating bushfires which ravaged large parts of the country over the last couple of months.

With August Burns Red, it's a pretty safe bet that whenever you see they've dropped something new, it's going to be pretty good.

After teasing something new on their socials only a couple of days ago, the rumours were true - Trivium have revealed that a new album called What The Dead Men Say will be out on April 24!

Sydney has a great track record of producing some killer heavy bands, and post-hardcore/metalcore five-piece Inertia are absolutely no exception to that rule!

It's that excruciating time of year again where we must all make some tough decisions, because set times for Download Festival 2020 are officially here!