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Black Fuel is a three-piece Melbourne band that refuses to leave the powder dry as they proudly unleash their debut album, Oblivienne, to the public this month. Anyone who has witnessed their adrenalin-charged live shows knows damn well the trio – Chris Ball (guitar/lead vocals), David Geraghty (drums), John Coupe (bass/backing vocals) – leave nothing in the tank. That’s why their gigs continue to swell with numbers as venue owners double-check their property’s foundations after Black Fuel continually deliver on their promise to leave the punters pumped in dishing up one wall-rattling performance after another. Now that energy has been rechanneled and refined in the recording studio with Oblivienne, 14 tracks that blend a unique brand of hard rock with splashes of punk rock and funk, yet the lads can just as easily take their foot off the gas with a more gentler approach that comprises lush, harmony-laden ballads featuring acoustic guitars and strings. In simple terms, when it