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. 

Reclink Community Cup 2026

Sun 14 Jun 2026
PBS Presents

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

​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. 

National Reconciliation Week 2026

Wed 27 May 2026 to Wed 3 Jun 2026
Community News

National Reconciliation Week 2026 runs May 27 to June 3.

This year's Reconciliation Week theme is All In. It's a call for every Australian to commit wholeheartedly to reconciliation, not just this week, but every single day. Reconciliation isn't something that happens on its own, and it's not the sole responsibility of First Nations people, who have carried that weight for far too long. It asks something of all of us.

National Sorry Day - May 26

Tue 26 May 2026
Community News

Tuesday May 26 is National Sorry Day.

Each year on May 26, we acknowledge the Stolen Generations: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were forcibly removed from their families, communities and cultures under past government policies. We honour their strength, resilience and survival, and we stand with survivors and their families today.

Top Tracks Of The Week

Mon 25 May 2026 to Sun 31 May 2026
Feature Sounds

Check out the list of the top tracks the PBS team are loving this week! They are the releases soundtracking the first week of Radio Festival 2026 while we're busy packing memberships and prize packs! Fuel The Frequency with PBS and enjoy these tracks we're spinning.

TOP TRACKS WE'RE LOVING THIS WEEK:

traumprinz - 'the day after tomorrow'

Community Radio and Australian Music Report Published

Tue 19 May 2026
PBS News

A new report has for the first time quantified the economic, social, and cultural heavy lifting undertaken by Australia’s community radio music stations.

Top Tracks Of The Week

Mon 18 May 2026 to Sun 24 May 2026
Feature Sounds

Check out the list of the top tracks the PBS team are loving this week! They are the releases soundtracking the first week of Radio Festival 2026 while we're busy packing memberships and prize packs! Fuel The Frequency with PBS and enjoy these tracks we're spinning.

TOP TRACKS WE'RE LOVING THIS WEEK:

Laurence Pike - 'Guardians of Memory'

Aldous Harding - Train on the Island

Mon 11 May 2026 to Sun 17 May 2026
Feature Sounds

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Train on the Island, the fifth LP from Aotearoa musician and songwriter Aldous Harding.

25 Years of Burning Bitumen live at The Bergy Bandroom

Sat 9 May 2026
PBS Events

PBS Presents Burning Bitumen's Birthday Bonaza '25 Years of Evil'. To celebrate, we are bringing some of the scene's heaviest bands to rattle your bones at The Bergy Bandroom on Saturday May 9.