The Smith Street Band’s inaugural Pool House Party smashed through Coburg Velodrome at the weekend, seeing the likes of Press Club, The Bennies, Bec Sandridge, Tired Lion, Baker Boy and more absolutely tear it […]
Following their explosive exploits on tour with Leprous (Norway), both in Europe and Australia, Melbourne 7-piece tribal progressive/psychedelic rock live-wire AlithiA will be joining The Contortionist (USA) & SikTh (UK) on their upcoming ‘Clairvoyant’ Australian Tour […]
Following on from a successful release and tour cycle of debut album Colourize, Melbourne’s Pretty City are now ready to introduce fans to the second instalment of their growing body of work: 2018’s Cancel […]
The Sydney Guitar Festival returns this Thursday 9 August – Sunday 19 August. Sydney’s premier guitar event, the festival celebrates the diverse instrument’s rich history and exciting future, and today announces a packed first […]
Iconoclastic purveyors of drone-laden psychedelia, The Brian Jonestown Massacre make their long-awaited Australian return in June, 2018. With their brand new album Something Else and an exclusive invitation as guests of Vivid Sydney, the […]
Craft Recordings is proud to announce the release of EVANESCENCE‘s Lost Whispers, available exclusively for Record Store Day, on April 21, 2018. Presented on blue translucent vinyl and limited to 2,500 copies, this represents […]
Following the announcement that Ritual Productions has expanded its roster with the signing of Drug Cult – a four-piece occultist doom collective – we now unveil a new video for the opening track ‘Serpent Therapy’, in addition […]
LA based Theatrical Metal Band RAVEN BLACK has announced the pre-order launch for their highly anticipated 2nd album, 13. The incredibly visual quartet has also released the pre-order for their debut comic book, A […]
South-East coast post-rockers COLDBONES have released ‘Lost’, the latest video from the band’s upcoming debut album Where It All Began, set for release on 6 April via Crooked Noise Records. Combining elements of prog, shoegaze, metal […]
Pretoria’s riff wizard’s Ruff Majik release their new single Come All Ye Druids today, taken from their full length album Seasons which is set for release on the 20th April 2018. “With this release, […]
“‘Who We Are‘ by Weesp: more juicy sounds from the upcoming ‘Black Sails’ album. We’ve already seen two releases by rockers Weesp: ‘illumination’ and ‘Not Over’ singles that clearly showed how the band is […]
We are thrilled to announce the next artists taking part in our Hendrix Flat Sessions, filmed here at 23 Brook Street, London. Handel & Hendrix in London includes the third-floor Mayfair flat which Jimi […]
Sydney’s genre bending heavy act Black Rheno are currently on the road across Australia, taking on their most ambitious headline tour to date with a massive national tour hitting all major capitols plus a […]
Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON concluded their triumphant North American co-headlining run with German thrash titans and label mates KREATOR a few days ago but before they fly over to Australia to continue their world tour, […]
Stormzone are thrilled to announce the release of ‘Dark Hedges’, the first official video from their new album ‘Lucifer’s Factory’ which will be available worldwide on April 23rd 2018 via Metal Nation Records. This […]
HYBORIAN are releasing a video for “Maelstrom”. The track has been taken from the band’s debut album ‘Hyborian Vol. I’ (2017), which is currently re-issued by Season of Mist. The animated and bloodthirsty clip has been […]
Helsingborg, Sweden Melodic Metal Band SINS IN VAIN has released the official music video for their tribute to KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, “The End of Heartache.” ““Sins In Vain’s cover of ‘The End of Heartache’ is […]
Melbourne-based blackened rock’n’roll band PAGAN have today unleashed their new single ‘Death Before Disco’ together with the announcement of their single launch (a party aptly titled the Holy Communion) going down in Melbourne next […]
It’s a nice day for a faux wedding! We are very excited to welcome the Inflatable Church to spread their love and unholy matrimony to Download Melbourne! Grab your luvah, your best people, and walk […]
UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS, A Metal Festival dedicated to all styles of metal, returns for its 10th year running!! With 9 years of successful history, the annual event has grown into a mandatory date […]
Brisbane trio Columbus are back and they are here to offer A Hot Take On Heartbreak – their second album set for release on May 25 via UNFD. The first single lifted from the […]
Aussie metal legends King Parrot are heading back out on the road across country towns in Australia, dubbed the ‘Regional Rampage’ tour. The tour kicks off first in Melbourne at the first ever Download […]
Less than a year since the release of their latest album, the explosive Forgetting The Future, British India are thrilled to announce they’ll be returning to stages around the country in May and June […]
Bursting on to the scene in 2012, Canterbury quartet Moose Blood solidified themselves as one of the UK’s hottest exports. With an absolutely exceptional clutch of new songs under their belt, Moose Blood are thrilled […]
Ahead of the release of TesseracT’s highly anticipated new studio album Sonder the band have revealed their first official video, for their new single King. The emotive and viscerally challenging clip, was directed by […]
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