METALOCALYPSTICK, the Western Canadian festival that just doesn’t celebrate heavy metal, but embraces the power of women in metal, punk and rock is proud to announce their 2018 line up being hosted in Lone Butte, BC at the Lone […]
Rose Tattoo are for many including myself ‘the’ great Aussie Rock band. Sure AC/DC made it bigger and burned brighter but the Tatts kept it dirtier, grittier and had the real passion and fury […]
A roundup of the latest news from Nuclear Blast including updates on Earthless, Overkill, Ministry, Corrosion Of Conformity and Paradise Lost. Only one week after the release of their new album »AmeriKKKant«, […]
Over the last five years the Dead Daisies have produced three damn good studio albums, a rather tasty live album and now their fourth album ‘Burn It Down’ is about to drop. It’s an album […]
Mark: Hi, Glenn, how are you? I must admit to being a long term fan of Squeeze, takes me back to my youth, and to find you guys coming over for the first time since […]
A roundup of the latest tour news from hard rock big names including Bruce Dickinson, Alice In Chains, Joe Perry, Alice Cooper Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson will be holding a special […]
Los Angeles, CA’s modern prog rock/metal outfit Sifting have just been confirmed as support for two different upcoming U.S. tours. The band will be supporting Prong (March 29 – April 8) on the West […]
Screaming Eagles will release their new live album ‘Live At Bonfest’ on March 29th 2018. The album will be released on CD and digitally with pre-orders available from March 16th 2018. ‘Live At Bonfest’ captures […]
Figurehead’s youth belies the subversive protest lyrics of the band’s latest single; their eulogy to the beloved but now defunct 106 Bus. For years, Uni students and school girls and boys have hopped on […]
Call them what you will – Stoner rock, heavy metal, hard rock. Whichever it is, Red Fang know how to hammer out some truly great riff oriented rock n’ roll and this May sees […]
One of Australia’s biggest rock n roll festivals Rock The Boat once again hits the high seas in 2018, with an incredible local and international line-up. With a theme focused on embracing the best […]
In today’s world, there is an undeniable, ever-growing sea of noise. Like an ocean, it swirls together the sounds of humanity into a churning vat of anonymity, and we are drowning. It is from […]
Elton John today announces ‘Revamp’, released on April 6th on EMI Music Australia. Bringing together a carefully curated selection of the world’s biggest and best artists, ‘Revamp’ sees Elton John and co-writer Bernie Taupin’s best […]
Three teenagers, known as ALIEN WEAPONRY, from a tiny town in the small South Pacific nation of New Zealand have managed to capture the imaginations of people all over the world with their unique […]
Following its bumper first line-up announce, Blues on Broadbeach driven by Frizelle Sunshine has revealed 30 more acts to perform at the free festival, which takes place on the stunning Broadbeach, Gold Coast foreshore […]
A roundup of the latest news from Metal Blade Records including news on Primordial, Rivers Of Nihil, Lizzy Borden and Gozu. Irish Pagan Metal Gods Primordial will release their new album, Exile […]
Brisbane’s Sunset Junkies debut single “Inertia” is the culmination of decades of experience within the band. Heavy guitar and instrumentation combined with lush chorus vocals all mixed together with David Bottrill‘s (Tool, Silverchair, Peter Gabriel) signature sound makes […]
The wait is over for fans of Sydney’s Flickertail with the band’s 5-track debut EP, Hurry Up and Wait, dropping today via Golden Robot Records on CD and digital. One could say this is […]
STUMPS may still be fresh faces to many but make no mistake, this Sydney four piece have wasted no time at all in snatching the attention of music fans, industry heads and tastemakers around […]
ABRAHAM emerged from the flourishing Swiss music scene of the past decade. During their now 8 years of existence and through festivals and tours supporting Cult of Luna and The Ocean, the band have forged […]
A roundup of the latest news from napalm Records including news from W.A.S.P., Candlemass and Paddy And The Rats. On February 2nd, 2018 W.A.S.P. released their critically acclaimed 25th anniversary edition “ReIdolized […]
After the successful first edition of DIRECT UNDERGROUND FEST in 2017, this year will see the return of the mini-festival bringing together some of the best and darkest bands in the heavy music realm. […]
RADIO HAZE leave their own original mark on today’s map of rock music. Far from the still prevailing wave of contemporary retro-rock that is already on the verge of drowning itself in repetitive monotony, these […]
Prior to the release of their new album, available from 6 April 2018 from Headshell Records and all good download services, STAGMA are streaming a new video, ‘Promise Me’, which is out now. ‘Promise […]
California-based heavy rock trio AVON (with ex-Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age drummer Alfredo Hernandez) share a new video taken off their sophomore album “Dave’s Dungeon“, out now on HPS Records. AVON launch […]
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