With a record-breaking 40% increase in patrons experiencing the event in 2017, Australia’s four-day international music industry gathering BIGSOUND is announcing a raft of changes for 2018 as dates are unveiled, tickets go on […]
The outstandingly prolific BONG share a video for ‘The Golden Fields’ in its glorious 17-minute entirety, taken from their upcoming rite ‘Thought and Existence’ (May 4th, Ritual Productions). It happened, as it always does in dreams, when you […]
THE WHITE ALBUM – THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT WITH CHRIS CHENEY, PHIL JAMIESON, JOSH PYKE & TIM ROGERS It’s one of the most successful Beatles events ever staged in Australia. Following two sold-out tours, in […]
If you’re a fan of going to live shows I can’t imagine it matters where you live in the world, going to an awesome venue just enhances the experience. That’s what I was treated […]
Melbourne’s Devil Electric released their mesmerising self titled debut album in August 2017 to rave reviews to world over! The 37minute, 9-track LP is a riff heavy, doom encrusted rock n roll ride of […]
After seeing John Waite live for the first time tonight all I can say is that for those that missed out on this first visit to Australia you really missed something very special indeed. Waite, […]
Gravemind are not a band who do things by the book. They are known for their off-kilter rollouts, their insanely detailed and perfectly-crafted videoclips and their ability to stand out in a niche-within-niche genre […]
A lineup of some some great classic rock and metal hit Detroit at the tail end of March as Judas Priest brought long with them Saxon and Black Star Riders for a show that […]
Today GODSMACK premiered the official music video for “Bulletproof”, the lead single from the multi-platinum US band’s upcoming WHEN LEGENDS RISE album due out April 27th via Spinefarm Records. Directed by filmmaker Troy Smith, […]
There are a seemingly infinite number of bands out there releasing new music, but there is only one Windwaker – who are today releasing the first taste of their new music. An all-out assault […]
Driven by escalating guitars and production, Nighthawk’s new single ‘Right Time’ is strong step into 2018 from one of Melbourne’s exciting new crop of artists on the scene. The sounds that Nighthawk have been […]
There’s a showiness and jauntiness to the lead guitar on opening track ‘No Mercy’ that clearly says we’re not in 1988 anymore. The thrust is still there, that wonderfully spiky riff, that raw aggression but […]
THE DEAD DAISIES release their new Album “BURN IT DOWN” via Spitfire Music / SPV on Friday, April 6th, 2018 as well as a 2018 WORLD TOUR which will Bring the Heat to a Town […]
Hard Rock Band A KILLER’S CONFESSION, led by former Mushroomhead vocalist Waylon Reavis, has released the Official Music Video for their new single, “Angel On The Outside.” “This song is about a transition I […]
South African female fronted alternative rock band Asila teamed up with TITE Productions for the video for their first single, Resistance, taken from their forthcoming album Acid Rain set for release later this year. […]
Blasting out of the speakers with herculean riffs and razor sharp vocal hooks, the debut single Thrill Pill by Pacing The Cage is like a case of hand grenades with their pins pulled out. Working away on a […]
The 29th Annual Bluesfest Byron Bay held over the Easter long weekend (29 March – 2 April) has been a huge success, with just over 95K attendees enjoying some of the world’s greatest talent, from […]
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, one of the biggest British hard rock acts in music history, will release their new opus, Gravity, on June 29th 2018. Gravity marks BFMV’s first album release under the Search and […]
Clutch have finished recording their new album in Nashville, TN with producer Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton, Old 97s, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, Red Fang) and some of the setting, the process, […]
Southern California pop-punk/punk band Audio Karate’s are reforming for a series of shows supporting for Descendents in May and October. The band recently announced the re-issue of their beloved 2002 debut album ‘Space Camp’ […]
California metal veterans IMPENDING DOOM have announced a new song today titled “The Wretched and Godless” exclusively via ALTERNATIVE PRESS. The new track is the first song being released from the band’s all-new LP due […]
Founded in 1982 the legendary trio Destruction reached the top of the national thrash metal movement, with albums such as ‘Infernal Overkill’ and ‘Eternal Devastation’ nestling in their impressive heavy metal canon. Even later […]
BulletBoys kick off their latest release with a rather cool little number called ‘Apocalypto’ that starts out with a funky little verse and bursts into a fiery rocker with every chorus. It works well and […]
Progressive metal stalwarts Between The Buried And Me recently released their latest offering, “Automata I“, the first part of a 2 part double concept album. The story takes place in a dream world where […]
As live albums go this one is a keeper, and as someone who has seen the show live it’s a damned fine representation of what John and his band do onstage. For those of you […]
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