CLASSIFIED: SOUND RADAR
Welcome to the Sound Radar, your exclusive guide to the Australian underground's sonic landscape. As part of the KIDVEAN Culture Pack, you're now plugged into a curated feed of raw, unfiltered music discoveries that fuel our creative process and brand ethos.
Think of this as our little watch list. Don't say I never told you so when some of these guys inevitably break out into stardom.
CLASSIC RAP
Nothing beats that old school boom-bap energy. These are the youngens keeping it fresh in 2025
ALLCAPITAL - South Australian wordsmith ALL CAPITAL cuts through the noise with razor-sharp bars and gritty boom-bap flavour, cementing his place in the underground scene.
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MUKS DIED - From dark trap origins to the grungy, genre defying force he has grown into, kiwi-born MUKS DIED continues to dominate the Australian underground with relentless evolution and a grindset work ethic.
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TOMMYYTERROR - From Adelaide's southern suburbs to the forefront of South Australia's hip-hop evolution, TommyyTerror bridges generational sounds with five years of self-produced heat and an unwavering DIY spirit
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EMO/NEW WAVE
We all get in our feels sometimes. These are the artists pushing the melancholy anthems of the era.
HELL ZEN - From late-night mumbles to underground notoriety: HELL ZEN evolves beyond trap-metal roots with his 'MUD' EP, proving raw emotion and genre-bending grit can emerge from Australian dirt tracks.
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DREDD - Melbourne's DREDD unleashes trap metal chaos with alongside the SMNDIF movement. Their style, merging screamo breakdowns and hypnotic hooks over trap beats is reshaping Victoria's underground.
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BRADILY - Melbourne's 22-year-old Aboriginal artist BRADILY weaves angelic vocals through melancholic soundscapes, his classic rap roots and soul-stirring melodies setting a new standard in Australia's underground.
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ARMLOCK - Australian experimentalists ARMLOCK blur the lines between folk and grunge with 'Seashell Angel Lucky Charm', their raw DIY spirit resonating from local underground to European stages.
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CLOUD/EDM
Like floating on a cloud. These creators are taking inspiration from the rising trends of high energy, futuristic EDM and dance music.
NABII - Korean-Australian artist nabii transforms dancefloor despair into euphoric release on 'Take Me Home', their hyperpop-meets-trance debut EP weaving soft vocals through pulsing underground soundscapes.
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SOFTPORN - After finding indie success under the Jye name, Melbourne's SOFT PORN emerges from his bedroom pop origins into darker territories. Crafting ethereal soundscapes and rolling basslines that prove sometimes the underground calls louder than mainstream success.
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NATHAN YOGURT - Melbourne's NATHAN YOGURT builds a hyperpop mythology beyond his three singles, turning unfiltered personality and outrageous looks into a movement that's reshaping the city's underground party scene.
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M4TOROLA - Queensland's cloud rap architect M4TOROLA drifts through digital soundscapes on their self-titled debut, weaving ethereal production and international collaborations into Australia's evolving underground.
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STOKAHR - Naarm's genre-defying force STOKAHR soars beyond viral 'MAGPIES' success, crafting their own #TRANSDANCE movement where electronic rave energy collides with alt-rock rebellion. Hyperpop done differently from down-under.
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ALT/METAL
All this rap and edm stuff is cute, but hardcore headbanging music holds a special place in the KIDVEAN story. These are a few of the names rising from the circle pits of australian venues.
VOLATILE WAYS - Newcastle's VOLATILE WAYS unleashes hell through female-fronted fury on the 'Perfect Dark' LP, their face-crushing deathcore assault proving Australia's heaviest nightmares come in 25-minute bursts.
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DISKUST - Eight years deep in Australia's metal trenches, DISKUST evolves from sharing stages with scene titans to forging their own melodic metalcore legacy with 'Never Have I Ever' and 'Nether'.
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FLESH TORRENT - Sunshine Coast's no-frills three-piece band FLESH TORRENT cuts through Queensland's metal underground with raw homegrown fury, proving sometimes less is more in Australia's heavy scene.
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NPCEDE - Industrial chaos merchants blur stage boundaries with freight-train bass and synth warfare, their possessed performances turning Australian venues into battlegrounds of beautiful destruction
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"CLASSIC RAP" Image - ALLCAPITAL shot by Chris Hails
"EMO/NEW WAVE" Image - HELL ZEN shot by Max Ridgeon
"CLOUD/EDM" Image - NABII shot by lucienne creative
"ALT/METAL" Image - VOLATILE WAYS shot by Chris Roese