Just because you’re a fan of heavy music doesn’t mean you have to spend your summer holidays checking out burned down churches in Norway and Sweden. I mean, yeah, it’s cool: but when you’re so cool that you have to keep a hot water bottle stuffed down your trousers to prevent frostbite in an area that you really don’t want any kind of bites on, it’s a different story. Happily, the metal music scene in the Land Down Under is thriving: so pack the factor 50 suncream and jump on those flights to Oz, pronto.

Welcome to a new feature at GrooveTraveler where we’ll be spotlighting major destinations from around the world and picking them apart to the sounds of searing music running through our drug and drink-addled minds. That’s right, it’s The Muso’s Guide. A regular spot dedicated to highlighting the big sights with music in mind, expect a back-country walk through musical landscapes, contemporary discotheques and “I-wish-we-never-went-there” cultural undergrounds. First up. Prague. City of beer but also a place I remember fondly due to the brain-frying effects of absinthe. Let’s pick out what’s hot to see as we journey around the Czech capital!