ONLINE METAL PROMO, FOCUS ON METAL podcast (USA) and MARIC MEDIA (Australia) have partnered to offer “Metal of Oz”, a free digital download music compilation featuring a mix of 40 past, current and unreleased original songs from established and up and coming bands from the United States, Canada and Australia.

Legendary Australia rock / metal industry publicist Chris Maric has checked in with the following statement:

Australia’s impact on the global scene is at an all time high and in the last few years the quality of musicianship coming out of our country has been world class. The bands represented on this compilation cover so many of metals intricate genres that Im sure there is something there for everyone. Enjoy!!

Bands featured on the compilation include:

1. Arcane Saints
2. Azrael’s Bane
3. Blackened Angel
4. Blasted to Static
5. Broken Teeth
6. Canedy
7. Corners of Sanctuary
8. Daemon Pyre
9. Diamond Lane
10. Envenomed
11. Eternal Voyager
12. Flames of Fury
13. Gods of Eden
14. Gundriver
15. Hasta La Muerte
16. Hazmat
17. Heaven The Axe
18. Jimmy Lardner Brown
19. Kara and the Dam Band
20. Killen
21. Killrazer
22. Lillye
23. Lord
24. Lords of the Trident
25. Love N War
26. Maxxxwell Carlisle
27. Melody Black
28. One Kingdom
29. Orpheus Omega
30. Our Last Enemy
31. Outlaws & Moonshine
32. Platinum Brunette
33. Rabid Assassin
34. Segression
35. Shallow Ground
36. Silent Knight
37. The Arbitrary Method
38. Vanlade
39. Whoretopsy
40. Witchcross

Download the free songs, compilation artwork and track listing at the following location: OMP, Focus on Metal Compilation Download Link.

Focus on Metal Podcast Official Site.

Maric Media Site.

The latest issue of Germany’s Metal Gods Magazine has published a 2 page featured interview with Max. The interview covers a variety of subjects including the Maxxxwell Carlisle live band, the latest full-length release “Visions of Speed and Thunder”, playing in HELLION and upcoming projects. Max also gives his opinion on the “guitar hero” label and why so many guitarist avoid it. Other topics like the value of music videos, working with guest musicians and the influence of Grunge on the current music scene, are also covered.

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Metal news giants BraveWords have reviewed Maxxxwell’s latest full-length album, “Visions of Speed and Thunder”.

Fist-pumping, American heavy metal is what you’ll get from mohawk-sporting bodybuilder guitarist Maxxxwell Carlisle…As you can imagine, the guitar skills from every player here is exceptional…If headbangable, straight-ahead metal songs is what you crave, then Visions Of Speed And Thunder will more than do the trick.

Click here for the full review.