Formed 50 years ago in 1968 by the legendary line-up of Dan McCafferty, Manny Charlton, Pete Agnew and Darrell Sweet, a line-up that endured till 1990 (occasionally adding a second guitarist or keys) Nazareth were […]
DOWNFALL OF GAIA Announces New Album, ‘Ethic Of Radical Finitude’, HATE Death/black metallers from Poland enter the studio, VOMITORY ‘Raped In Their Own Blood’ and ‘Redemption’ re-issue, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS New Live Album Out […]
Don’t miss out this January when the heaviest tour of 2019 hits Australian shores with Harms Way (USA) returning on their new album ‘Posthuman‘ with support from NSW’s finest in Honest Crooks. Harms Way’s […]
The Ocean‘s highly anticipated 8th studio album Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic is out now via Wild Thing Records. The band are heading to Australia in January as part of the epic Progfest 2019! As a […]
NIGHTWISH present a monumental live video for the song “Ghost Love Score” taken from their upcoming »End Of An Era« re-issue October 21st 2005 is a historic date for every NIGHTWISH fan – many […]
Metallica is set to release an LP titled Helping Hands: Live & Acoustic at the Masonic on Feb. 1 consisting of songs performed at their acoustic benefit concert in San Francisco earlier this month. […]
Bay Area metal outfit Hatchets For Hands have announced the release of their new single “Bad Men”. The duo continues to deliver their ferocious brand of melodic death metal on the heels of their […]
With over a half million albums sold around the globe, UNEARTH’S astounding legacy has never been more self-evident. Festival vets and road warrior renegades, UNEARTH was a standout in a sea of worthy contenders […]
Start off with a killer song and keep the party going till the last note of the very last track appears to have been Vega’s ‘raison d’être’ going into album number five ‘Only Human’ and […]
Every now and again an incredible album gets released & some people, for whatever reason, miss out on hearing it, therefore seeing it slip away into obscurity. Melbourne’s Serpentine Sky (formerly Serpentine) had the reputation […]
If you’ve followed Melbourne’s The Radio Sun over the last five years you’ll have witnessed a band who aren’t afraid of hard work – playing stages around the world and still making the time to […]
Whether with his classic outfit ‘The Fro’, or in various other guises, Byron Shire local Marshall Okell has become one of the most enduring faces of the blues and roots festival scene in Australia, […]
On 18th January 2019, Mascot Records will be reissuing Torque’s 1996 stand-alone self-titled album which features former Machine Head/Vio-lence guitarist Phil Demmel. The album includes 4 bonus tracks and as well as CD, will […]
After warming you up with our first announcement in September, it’s time to break out the big guns. Today we’re adding 16 killer bands to DESERTFEST LONDON, including the lineup for 2019’s Old Empire […]
Good news, Slaves fans! The punk duo, already announced to perform at Download Festival in Melbourne and Sydney will be playing their debut headline shows at Amplifer Bar in Perth and The Brightside in […]
After selling out shows in Auckland plus Brisbane, Melbourne and now Sydney, seminal American rock band Eagles have now added additional shows to each sold out city. The best-selling American band of the 70s […]
Cradle of Filth keyboardist and female vocalist LINDSAY SCHOOLCRAFT is embarking on her first ever solo tour, and has chosen the far-flung and haunted shores of Australia for a round of DJ sets in […]
Armenian-American fusion guitarist STEVE DADAIAN discovered his love for the guitar at a young age. Even while studying at the prestigious Columbia University in the city of New York, Dadaian continued to hone his […]
The UK’s obsession with Blackberry Smoke has always been a fascination for me, not that I’m not a fan of the band, just that it’s not the sort of music that traditionally the UK’s rock […]
Buckcherry will release their new studio album, Warpaint, on March 8, 2019. The 12 song album, featuring 11 new Buckcherry songs along with their cover of the Nine Inch Nails track Head like a […]
Things will get a whole lot darker and more sinister in December as Sydney and Melbourne play host to MICHALE GRAVES for 2 nights of pure Horror Madness and a set list Heavy with […]
Legendary New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL will unleash their 19th studio record, »The Wings Of War« , on February 22nd, 2019 via Nuclear Blast . Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth comments: “It was a blast making The […]
Finland’s melodic death superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM are proud to the announce the release of their tenth album, »Hexed«, on March 8, 2019 via Nuclear Blast Records, COB frontman, guitarist, and mastermind Alexi Laiho comments “People […]
Melbourne melodic masterminds To An End release their debut album Redefine. When you hear the term melodic and put it in front of metal, any die hard fan would expect to hear the very […]
ACCEPT‘s founding bassist Peter Baltes has announced his exit from the band. He said in a statement: “ To all ACCEPT fans: I hereby announce my departure as bass player from ACCEPT. I have […]
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