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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmy Taylor of Amyl and the Sniffers\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Heavy music is enjoying a streaming surge in Australia.<\/p>\n
According to data shared with The Music Network, there\u2019s been a 105% increase in metal streams in Australia over the last five years; an 80% increase in punk streams; and an 80% increase in rock streams in the same time period (2020 to 2025).<\/p>\n
Heavy music is even outpacing the pack as one of Australia\u2019s fastest-growing genres, surpassing gains seen in dance\/electronic (+74%) and hip-hop (+31%) from 2020 to 2025.<\/p>\n
Heavy music\u2019s rise isn\u2019t limited to Australia, however, with metal streams up globally by 115%, punk streams by 168%, and rock streams up by 96% from 2020 to 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cRock, punk, and metal are having a genuine cultural moment again, and it\u2019s being fuelled by both global icons and a boundary-pushing new wave of artists,\u201d says Spotify Senior Music Editor Joe Khan. \u201cHuge local tours from the likes of Metallica, Green Day, Linkin Park, and AC\/DC have reignited mainstream attention, while artists such as Turnstile, Fontaines D.C., and Sleep Token have reshaped what these genres look, sound, and feel like for a new generation.<\/p>\n
Khan continues: \u201cThat momentum is being mirrored with Australian artists too, with the global success of Melbourne punk outfit Amyl and the Sniffers who nabbed a Grammy nomination last year, and ARIA Award winning Sydney hardcore band SPEED, who have long invested in their local scene, even recently using their $80,000 NSW Music Prize win to launch a free, all-ages live music series to support the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to speak to the rise of these genres without acknowledging the pressures shaping how people are feeling right now. As audiences navigate post-pandemic realities, cost-of-living pressures and an increasingly uncertain and divided world, they\u2019re reconnecting with genres that have long offered catharsis, resistance and a sense of belonging, making rock, punk and metal feel more relevant and vital than ever,\u201d Khan adds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amy Taylor of Amyl and the Sniffers Heavy music is enjoying a streaming surge in Australia. According to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,5282,2708],"class_list":["post-651981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-spotify","tag-streaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}