![[Heavy News] Australian doom outfit Ghostsmoker drop sludge-ridden new single ‘Elogium’.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1739178618771-GP77IX6D3PLLWRR3MHMN/ghostsmoker+band.jpg)
[Heavy News] Australian doom outfit Ghostsmoker drop sludge-ridden new single ‘Elogium’.
The hypnotic hypnotic dirge and dense atmosphere of ‘ Elogium’ shows why they are one of the finest sludge and doom bands in Australia today. The Melbourne-based doom-peddlers have crawled up from abyssal depths to spew forth a fine pile of well-crafted gristle. Yes, that’s possible. Don’t believe me? Click the link to listen to the stream direct, stream/download new single, check Melb/Syd tour dates and pre-order Inertia Cult, which drops March 21st, via Art as Catharsis records.
![[Podcast] A CONTENT-CHALLENGER Has Appeared! Please Welcome Newest ISC Team Member - Spiro ‘The Hype Guy’!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1737869823177-TP60EYGJTJJ0QKSR9W1Q/449489258_1601451417368496_1316748943146880322_n.jpg)
[Podcast] A CONTENT-CHALLENGER Has Appeared! Please Welcome Newest ISC Team Member - Spiro ‘The Hype Guy’!
Please give a warm and heartfelt welcome to the fourth addition to this humble podcast/blog/streaming platform at Inner-Strength Check, in SPIRO, aka THE HYPE GUY! As you’ll see in the post, that warrants Caps Lock. Check out his various energetic content-happenings and a primer on his recent projects, including a very important drive for the currently-struggling JamPot Studios on the Sunshine Coast. Welcome, mate!
![[Riffs] Interview with Adelaide’s SUNDOWNER, Pre-Froth and Fury 2024.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1737783213222-MV13J0FE4CD3P1V8UI1Q/sundowner.jpeg)
[Riffs] Interview with Adelaide’s SUNDOWNER, Pre-Froth and Fury 2024.
Originally posted on our unfortunately now-defunct old website in November 2024, prior to our coverage (and their fantastic set) of Froth and Fury Festival in Adelaide, SA. Since then, we’ve added in additional artist links, footage of their set from the festival and more! Doom on, enjoy some of SA’s most groovy and hostile blues.
![[Archive] ISC Pod EP. 28 (Part 1): Review of FROTH AND FURY FEST, Sat 9th Nov 2024 - A Day of Metal & Mayhem.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1737436311029-A1AK2X1WIG3J3DY0XEDV/458314957_821529990096799_6768939003107938271_n.png)
[Archive] ISC Pod EP. 28 (Part 1): Review of FROTH AND FURY FEST, Sat 9th Nov 2024 - A Day of Metal & Mayhem.
See here for Part 1 of Brady and Mal’s MASSIVE coverage of 2024’s Froth and Fury Festival in Adelaide, South Australia last November. We cover a swathe of detail raging from site and venue to the first half of our gig reviews from the day - Bifurcation, Sundowner, Signals, Lumen ad Mortem, Pizza Death, FANGZ, Future Static, Great American Ghost, Hands Like Houses and Dharma. Plus some of the wrestling and medieval fighting events (you heard right), cool vendors and more!
![[Archive] Review: Alithia - 'The Moon Has Fallen' LP.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1737193935694-DM1FU0SP7ZTRKMFD62M2/the-moon-has-falled.jpg)
[Archive] Review: Alithia - 'The Moon Has Fallen' LP.
Note: This review was originally posted on our now-defunct website (RIP), authored by fellow ISC contributor Hamza in 2024. Hamza provides a fantastic analysis of Melbourne-based progressive/post-rockers Alithia by way of The Moon Has Fallen LP. Check the link for the full review, album stream and more.
![[Archive - From The Legion #1]: MusoLegion Albums For 2024.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1736939085472-98KH4D79YXRWS10TV03E/image.png)
[Archive - From The Legion #1]: MusoLegion Albums For 2024.
Hearkening back to early 2024 from the old and now-defunct (RIP) website, here’s InnerStrengthCheck and MusoLegion’s first ever From The Legion feature! As part of Music Mondays, at ISC we bring regular updates from this heay/alternative music community of which myself and others are admins. Check link for MusoLegion Facebook group, subreddit, Spotify podcasts, Youtube channels and more. IG: @musolegion.