Hard Heavy

Where will you find death metal, progressive, old school, punk, industrial, garage, stoner rock, hardcore and more in one place? PBS is where. All the best of hard and heavy releases from around the globe.

Burning Bitumen

Terrifying music
Kene & Leah Noir 
Hard Heavy

Fang It!

Outlaw rock'n'roll
Ruari Currin
Thu 5:00pm
Hard Heavy

Pojama People

Prog & stoner rock
Chris Pearson
Tue 8:00pm
Hard Heavy

Screaming Symphony

Progressive metal
Peter and Gary
Thu 10:00pm
Hard Heavy

Sunglasses After Dark

Punk & Garage
Phil MacDougall
Thu 8:00pm
Hard Heavy

Through The Collapse

Extreme Metal
Mitch
Fri 12:00am
Hard Heavy

Bleeding Black Hearts Revue

Dark Gothy Grooves
Kristen Solury
Wed 8:00pm
Hard Heavy

Tyrannocoreus

Hardcore and Metal
Ryan Evans
Wed 12:00am
Hard Heavy

TNT

Hard Rock and Metal
Tomarch and Takla
Thu 2:00am
Hard Heavy

No Barriers

Hardcore Punk
Robyn Challands
Fri 2:00am
Hard Heavy

Rotations

New program ideas
Various Presenters
Blues RootsElectronic Hip-HopFunk SoulGlobalHard HeavyJazzRock Indie

Test Pressing

New program ideas
Tue 7:00pm
Electronic Hip-HopFunk SoulGlobalHard HeavyJazzRock Indie

News

Sounds Like Community Radio

Wed 3 Sep 2025 to Thu 4 Sep 2025
Community News

Celebrate independent airwaves supporting local music, Tune In and Turn Up! First-time callers, long-time listeners from across the community radio landscape - Sounds Like Community Radio returns to Meanjin/Brisbane station 4ZZZFM, in celebration of their 50th year. 

Milly Strange - Milly Strange

Mon 18 Aug 2025 to Sun 24 Aug 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is the self-titled debut album from Milly Strange. 

Blending raw lyrical honesty with vivid imagery and a dynamic alt-rock sound, Milly Strange captures the tension between vulnerability and strength as she moves through pain toward renewal. The eight-track release is a cathartic exploration of grief, inner conflict, and personal transformation, tracing the emotional terrain of heartbreak, old friendships, and versions of the self left behind. 

Minor Gold - Way To The Sun

Mon 11 Aug 2025 to Sun 17 Aug 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is Way To The Sun, the sophomore album by award-winning duo Minor Gold.

EDEN Studio 5 Live

Wed 6 Aug 2025
Studio 5 Live

Post-punk and darkwave masters EDEN return to PBS for a moody, powerful and emotionally charged Studio 5 Live session that reaffirms their long-standing connection to Melbourne’s independent music community. Catching up with Kristen Solury on Bleeding Black Hearts Revue, the band will be discussing their upcoming album due next year. 

Crown and Country - Crown and Country

Mon 4 Aug 2025 to Sun 10 Aug 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is the debut electronic collaboration from Warlpiri elders Crown and Country.

Step into a world of profound beauty and extraordinary ceremonial knowledge, in the vast desert
landscapes of the immersive First Nations audiovisual project, Crown and Country.

Folk Bitch Trio - Now Would Be A Good Time

Mon 28 Jul 2025 to Sun 3 Aug 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is Now Would Be A Good Time, the debut album from Naarm group Folk Bitch Trio.

The Maes - Abreast

Mon 21 Jul 2025 to Sun 27 Jul 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is Abreast, the fourth studio album from sister duo The Maes. 

Maggie and Elsie Rigby bring modern folk to life with lush harmonies and acoustic mastery on guitar, mandolin, fiddle and banjo, drawing their audiences in like your sweetest and scariest friend.

Fade Evare - Welcome Back

Mon 14 Jul 2025 to Sun 20 Jul 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is Welcome Back, the full-length debut album by Naarm-based tripwave outfit Fade Evare.

Centred around the brother-sister partnership of Mira Holleman and Tori Holleman (Retiree), Fade Evare rests on the push and pull of the siblings’ respective musical journeys, with Mira’s starry-eyed youthfulness complementing Tori’s quietly assured, tasteful production.

UpStart Award 2025 - entries open now

Mon 14 Jul 2025 to Sun 31 Aug 2025
Community News

Entries have opened for the annual UpStart Award, closing at midnight on August 31.

The UpStart Award is an annual grant for emerging Victorian singer-songwriters. Each year the winner of the award receives a grant of $10,000, with 2nd place receiving $3000 and 3rd place receiving $2000. The remaining 7 artists, who make up the top 10, will receive a grant of $1000. The award is funded by a music loving family in Melbourne and the winner will be decided by a panel of local artists and music experts.

Little Simz - Lotus

Mon 7 Jul 2025 to Sun 13 Jul 2025
Feature Sounds

This week's PBS Feature Album is Lotus, the highly anticipated sixth studio album by English rapper Little Simz.

A prolific name in the R&B/hip-hop scene, Little Simz has crafted a career founded on innovation and experimentation. At 13-tracks long, Lotus is an expansive yet deeply personal project. It sees Little Simz divulge her inner world onto record in her most intimate, daring and honest form to date.