special on MTV's Headbangers Ball dedicated to the acts on that year's Gigantour festival. Haug has stated that he did not leave Triple J's The Racket voluntarily. In June 2012 Haug revealed his plan to create a dedicated rock and metal online radio station in Australia. The station was officially launched on 20 November 2012. In 2017, the station started a partnership with platform iHeartRadio. From 2012, Haug hosted a weekly two-hour metal show, Haugmetal for Soundwave festival's online radio station, Soundwave Pirate Radio. Haug has written music columns for Kerrang! Australia, Roadrunner Australia's Outsider Magazine, plus weekly metal music columns for various street press magazines. He was the sole label and marketing manager at the Australian branch of German-based record label Century Media (Arch Enemy, Suicide Silence, Lacuna Coil, Architects) from 1998 to 2014 full time. Haug manages and plays drums for heavy metal band Contrive with his twin brother Paul. They have released two EPs and three albums to date, and toured the UA in May 2019 with Riverside also played in Australia with Machine Head, Opeth, Stone Sour, Cavalera Conspiracy, Testament, Sepultura, Soilwork, Mayhem, Skinlab, and Parkway Drive. References External links Triple J – Andrew Haug's Profile Triple J – Full Metal Racket site Andrew Haug's Facebook Group The Official Contrive Website The Official Andrew Haug 24/7 Rock & Metal Streaming Radio Website Triple J announcers Australian heavy metal drummers Musicians from Melbourne Living people 21st-century drummers Year of birth missing (living people)