With Thrash Metal back in the spotlight in recent years, legendary thrash metal band Kreator are one of the leaders of the pack, still chugging away with new albums like the criticially acclaimed “Phantom […]
This year Gov’t Mule celebrates 20 years of ‘kicking ass’ and they’re coming Down-Under to kick some serious ass here too! Hot on the back of last year’s sensational Shout! album The Mule head […]
These days the Melodic Rock scene has so many great bands you’d think that it would be hard to find one that truly shines out above the rest. We have found them, like many […]
Back in 1983 I bought the first Hellion EP. Listening to the ‘To Hellion and Back’ Anthology today the band has lost none of its power – and new music is on the way. […]
Tyketto was the band that should have been huge with songs most bands would die for and a vocalist with one of the best voices in the business. It was all a case of […]
Lacuna Coil is busy in the midst of their current US Tour, then it’s on to Mexico and South America to mark the first outing for material from the excellent new album ‘Broken Crown […]
One of the hottest metal tours coming to Australia in 2014 is Toxic Holocaust and Skeletonwitch, the latter which will be their first time on Australian soil. Skeletonwitch have only been around for a […]
In the extreme metal world, it’s fairly difficult to get much attention aside from the few hardcore fans that love that kind of music. But with the right attitude, some solid writing and obviously […]
Destrage have two albums behind them, but number three should open up their crazy world to all of us. Metal never sounded as original, crazy and chaotic as this! Mark talks to Matteo Digioia […]
It wasn’t too long ago that Australia was hit by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth when they toured the country and now they have just released their latest critically acclaimed album “The Satanist” which […]
Magnum is a band that has always had a legion of loyal fans in the UK and growing numbers in Europe. Their new album ‘Escape from the Shadow Garden’ is so good it could […]
A new musical force to be reckoned with is about to turn the rock world upside down with the release of their self-titled debut, KXM. KXM is comprised of dUg Pinnick of King’s X […]
Sadly to some outside the US Night Ranger has always been ‘just’ the band that did ‘Sister Christian’ Kelly Keagy’s monster ballad from 1984. Now that is where you’ve all been missing out because […]
UGLY KID JOE burned brightly for a time back in the nineties and at the height of their fame they were topping charts around the world, the guys did particularly well downunder and now […]
BETH HART has a truly remarkable voice and has played with some of the great rock guitarists like Jeff Beck, Slash and Joe Bonamassa. She’s visiting us in April for BLUESFEST, some solo shows […]
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