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Rod Whitfield, Journalist

Rod Whitfield

Rod Whitfield is a retired musician and long-time music writer. He joined his first band on drums way back in 1987, playing in myriad original rock acts before hanging up the sticks and retiring in 2015. In 1995, he joined Forte Magazine, Geelong’s premier street press magazine, as a journalist and has not stopped writing about music since. He has written for The Music, UK Prog Magazine, Beat, was The Buzz Magazine’s chief rock and metal writer for eight years, and has worked for countless online publications and zines. 

Since retiring from the original band scene, he has become a novelist, and at the time of writing he is completing work on his fourth book, the third work in a trilogy based on an upcoming fantasy/combat/adventure video game, as well as designing the narrative of the game itself. Keep an eye out for the release of Brides of Vampira in the coming years. 

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Sunk Loto
"15 years of build-up has been released in a tsunami-like catharsis."
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Live Review: Make Them Suffer
Their stagecraft displays a band that has been around and toured like road dogs for well over a decade.
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Live Review: The Butterfly Effect, Thornhill, Caligula’s Horse
"A Butters show isn’t as much a rock show as it is a catharsis, a celebration, and the elated punters react with a decade of pent-up adulation."
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Live Review: Sleepmakeswaves
"It is virtually impossible to imagine instrumental rock music being any better than this."
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Live Review: Erra
"Erra are tighter than a clenched fist and hit even harder."
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Live Review: Mammal
"Mammal are still the very essence of rock‘n'roll in a live setting."
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Live Review: Voyager
"It’s rare to see so many cheesy grins at a heavy music show, but that’s the effect Voyager have."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Circles
"A passion that is real and raw and hits you right in the feels."
Features / Interviews
Even Ian Kenny Doesn’t Quite Understand Karnivool
“I’m like, ‘Right, I can hear it, I don’t know what it is. What the fuck am I supposed to sing to that?!’”
Reviews / Live
Live Review: While She Sleeps
'"Another enjoyable and memorable evening of heavy music in Melbourne.
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Live Review: Northlane
Only headliners Northlane get to play for a decent length of time tonight, and it’s a good thing too, for they put on the type of show that needs at least an hour to do it justice.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Northlane - 'Obsidian'
“This album is quantity AND quality.”