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 Lightfoot
Thu 10:00pm
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
Tue 10:00pm
Hard Heavy

TNT

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

No Barriers

Hardcore Punk
Robyn Challands
Wed 12:00am
Hard Heavy

Test Pressing

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

The Doom Saloon

Beyond heavy
JRoc
Fri 12:00am
Hard Heavy

News

Town Folk Festival 2026

Sat 21 Nov 2026
PBS Presents

Town Folk Festival unveils its first 21 artists for 2026, bringing a standout mix of local and international talent to Djaara/Castlemaine on Saturday November 21. 

Now or Never 2026

Wed 19 Aug 2026 to Sun 30 Aug 2026
PBS Presents
Just Announced

Now or Never returns this winter, taking place around Naarm/Melbourne August 19 - 30.

Leaps and Bounds Festival 2026

Thu 16 Jul 2026 to Sun 26 Jul 2026
PBS Presents

Yarra City Council's longstanding winter music festival is back and bigger than ever. Spanning ten days, they're celebrating the pubs, clubs, venues and bars that make Yarra a live music mecca. Check out the full lineup online now!

NAIDOC Week 2026

Sun 5 Jul 2026 to Sun 12 Jul 2026
PBS News

NAIDOC Week 2026 runs from Sunday July 5 - Sunday July 12.

DJ Plead - Please

Mon 29 Jun 2026 to Sun 5 Jul 2026
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Please, the latest release from Berlin-based DJ Plead.

A lot can happen in a few years. For DJ Plead's Jarred Beeler that means making a whole new album, throwing it away, then releasing something else entirely. Gleaned from a folder of 120 demos and sketches made between 2023 and 2025, Please is a cool composite of the Lebanese-Australian producer's distinctive musical palette blending the techno, house, and dub of the club with the dabke, mijwiz and shaabi keys of a Levantine dancing circle.

Leah Senior - Pt. Roadknight

Mon 22 Jun 2026 to Sun 28 Jun 2026
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Pt. Roadknight, the new full length release from luminous folk diviner Leah Senior.

Vika & Linda - Where Do You Come From?

Mon 15 Jun 2026 to Sun 21 Jun 2026
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Where Do You Come From?, the ninth studio album from trailblazing vocal duo Vika & Linda.

Reclink Community Cup 2026

Sun 14 Jun 2026
PBS Presents

Reclink Community Cup will return to Victoria Park, Abbotsford, on Sunday 14 June.

Watch: ​Sacred Cowboys​​ Studio 5 Live

Thu 11 Jun 2026
Studio 5 Live

Naarm group Sacred Cowboys formed in early 1982 by lead singer-songwriter Garry Gray and Mark Ferrie on bass, both drawing from their experiences in the local post-punk scene - Gray from the proto-punk outfit Negatives and Ferrie from the new wave band The Models. The band's name was inspired by the 'Sacred Cows' characters from an episode of the 1960s TV show Get Smart, reflecting their iconoclastic approach that rejected genre labels, fashion trends and commercial hype in favor of boundary-pushing rock music. 

Krakatau - Terra Ignota

Mon 8 Jun 2026 to Sun 14 Jun 2026
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Terra Ignota, the long-awaited new full length release from elusive Naarm-based fusion ensemble Krakatau.