Indoor shows & a day on the green They’re two of music’s most iconic artists, the wondrous BLONDIE and the bewitching CYNDI LAUPER. In a world first, these two amazing artists are teaming up to […]
Bay Area veterans and one of the titans of thrash metal, Testament are about to release their latest offering in “Brotherhood Of The Snake”, a 10 track album chock full of the very best […]
Bay Area veterans and one of the titans of thrash metal, Testament are about to release their latest offering in “Brotherhood Of The Snake”, a 10 track album chock full of the very best […]
San Francisco thrash legends Testament are back with a new album, 4 years after their successful “Dark Roots Of Earth” album came crashing into the hands of their fans. With a world tour in […]
Perth does get some good things first and tonight it’s the first date of The Dandy Warhols’ ‘Distortland’ Tour. If you don’t know the Dandy’s you’ve probably heard them, but tonight is all about […]
The legendary Swedish melodic metal band In Flames returns with a new album and heads back to their long time label Nuclear Blast. The result is a total slammer of an album “Battles” which […]
THE LIVING END STARING DOWN THE HIGHWAY TOUR 2017 ANNOUNCEMENT NEW VIDEO FOR ‘STARING DOWN THE BARREL’ Tix $45 + BF On Sale Friday 28 October at 9am (local time) For more info head to […]
On a very cold Thursday the 20th October 2016, I eagerly lined up outside Metro City in Perth, braving the cold to see Bullet For My Valentine Kick off their 2016 Australian Tour with […]
Suicidal Tendencies has been a band that I have listened to since I was kid, one of the very first punk/thrash bands I ever got into. Speaking to Mike Muir was a dream come […]
For Aussie Scorpions fans that have waited patiently for the legendary Germans to hit our shores, last night’s performance at a sold out Palais Theatre certainly proved well worth the wait. The band tore […]
Filled with hate, made of terror; Death In Bloom are a quintet risen from the ashes of Melbourne’s metal core heavyweights past with their debut album ‘A Means To Disappear’ which was released independently […]
WEDNESDAY 13 has firmly cemented himself as the undisputed leader in Horrorpunk. There is no disputing that. Whether it be fronting his own band or the horrorpunk supergroup, Murderdolls his charisma and appeal can’t be […]
The Dandy Warhols return to Australia in support of their latest album, Distortland. The album was first recorded in frontman, Courtney Taylor’s basement on an 80s cassette recorder with the band putting on the […]
Handsome Tours are proud to announce the much anticipated return of Texan post-rock icons EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY to Australia in February 2017. In addition to headline performances at the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Recital Centre […]
Hailing from the city of Philadelphia, New Wave Of Traditional Heavy Metal band Corners Of Sanctuary have wasted no time since their inception 5 years ago with several releases including their latest album “Declaration […]
Back in the 1980’s Dire Straits was one of those bands that were larger than life. Those hit songs like “Money For Nothing” and “Sultans Of Swing” were played heavily on the radio and […]
The final Australian stop on Mayday Parade’s world tour at the Astor Theatre was a nightly spectacle of mostly pop-punk sensibilities. Supported by other pop-punk comrades Avastera and The Early November, the all-ages show […]
Tonight in Melbourne a packed house saw the return of Queensryche to Australian shores for the first time in almost ten years and the news is the band who surged to the top of […]
After five years of relentless touring that included playing on some of the most prestigious stages on the planet, Tyketto took their revitalized energy in to the studio in the spring of 2016. The […]
DIRECT TOURING PRESENTS DIRECT UNDERGROUND FEST Direct Touring’s Fifth Birthday Party! Sydney & Melbourne – March 2017 Melbourne based Direct Touring have been bringing some of the metal underground’s best bands to Australian cities […]
A sold out show in Perth’s Amplifier Bar kick started Lacuna Coil’s first ever headline tour of Australia in style and it seemed even the weather chimed in to welcome Italy’s finest with an […]
Fans all around the world never thought that we would be able to read the words “Underoath Reunion Tour” in a sentence that was factually correct. We were confident that this day would never come….think […]
New York based female fronted melodic power metal band Flames Of Fury bring together a traditional based brand of metal that harks back to the days when bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest […]
Halestorm, the Grammy-Award winning rock outfit from Red Lion, Pennsylvania in the USA are today announcing their Australian East Coast tour dates for January 2017 – and they are bringing their good friends Devilskin from […]
THE THRASH, BLAST AND GRIND FESTIVAL February 2017 Featuring King Parrot & Revocation (USA) with more to be announced! What would an Australian summer be without a touring music fest? Pretty bloody average to […]
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