DOWNFALL OF GAIA Releases Third Single, “Of Withering Violet Leaves”, ALLEGAEON Reveals details for new album, ‘Apoptosis’, MOTHER FEATHER Release Rich and Visually Engaging New Video THIS Friday, February 8th sees Downfall […]
Long running Novocastrian power metal band, Ilium have been plying their craft for over 20 years! Forming from the ashes of Oracle in 1998, the band have built a solid global fanbase and amassed […]
Omnium Gatherum has been a mainstay in the Melodic Death Metal world since their conception in Finland in 1996 by guitarist Markus Vanhala (also of Insomnium fame). The band has grown from strength to […]
The world’s fastest growing independent record label, Golden Robot Records, continues it’s upward trajectory into 2019. Starting the year off with a bang, the label is honored to welcome to the family, the guitar […]
Kicking off the new year Ed Kuepper continues on where he left 2018 with a wealth of activity both with The Aints! and in solo mode. With The Aints! Ed & co join an […]
Adelaide death thrashers TRUTH CORRODED have unleashed the lead single and lyric video for ‘To The Carnal Earth‘ from the band’s upcoming new album Bloodlands. The new album will be released 22nd March via […]
Joining RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS on their instantly sold out Australian 2019 tour will be the one and only Grandfather of Funk, GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC. By arrangement with the Byron Bay Bluesfest, […]
Ahh when a band splits the fallout never really goes away in the eyes of the fans does it! Whilst ex-Queensryche vocalist Geoff Tate’s ‘Operation Mindcrime’ project went for variety and subtlety in it’s […]
UNI/VS from Brisbane formed in early 2017 and have rapidly established themselves as ones to watch in not just the Brisbane, but the Australian heavy scene. The Melodic Hardcore outfit are today announcing their […]
The Pinheads kicked of their national tour this weekend, Brisbane, Byron and Gold Coast fans getting their fill of all things Pin! Their new single ‘Innocent Crime’, the leisurelier paced, trance-inducing follow up to […]
Active Hard Rock favourites Trapt return down under to play highlights from their self-titled classic album ‘Trapt’ plus a selection of their other hits including Bring It, It’s Over, Who’s Going Home With You […]
It was the final show of the Australia & New Zealand tour for Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators in Perth on Sunday night. Never have these guys been a let down and […]
Episode 2 of The Heaven & Hell show…presented by The Rockpit. Each episode will be split into 2 segments – The first hour is Heaven, which represents the hard rock and blues and the […]
With the Dee Snider/Twisted Sister versus Clive Palmer stoush in the lead up to Dee’s long overdue return to Australia, pretty much every man and his dog would have known that Dee fucking Snider […]
Roundhouse Entertainment, in conjunction with Chugg Entertainment, is thrilled to announce SIR ELTON JOHN will perform three very special a day on the green outdoor concerts as part of the epic 15-date Australian leg […]
South African origin, now state of Arizona based, alternative rock band Kongos are on tour supporting their latest album 1929, Pt.1 which was released on January 18th this year. They are supported by Los […]
CHILDREN OF BODOM second single & lyric video, ELUVEITIE first single & music video released, ARRIVAL OF AUTUMN to release “Harbinger” this March Finland’s melodic death superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM are going […]
JOHN 5 and The Creatures – comprised of world-renowned guitarist JOHN 5, bassist Ian Ross and drummer Logan Miles Nix – have launched another music video from their forthcoming full-length album, Invasion, for a […]
Yngwie Malmsteen will release “Blue Lightning” globally on March 29 via Mascot Records / Mascot Label Group. To call Yngwie Malmsteen a ‘maestro’ or ‘virtuoso’ is to state the obvious. But such terms don’t […]
Legendary vocalist Time “Ripper” Owens is not a man who rests on laurels, always keeping busy and getting involved in numerous projects over the years including Judas Priest, Iced Earth and now his latest […]
Rags N Riches frontman Scott Ginn will release his third solo album in March 2019. ‘Only the quick and the dead‘ is the follow-up to his 2015 release ‘At the brink of eternity‘ and […]
One of the unsung heroes of 60’s rock, famed as one of its best live bands and one of its most enduring forces, Canned Heat, are on their way down under. They come back […]
A unique and powerful live band, Western Australia’s Tempest Rising hit the road as often as they can. Since 2012 they have toured anywhere and everywhere – from gleaming capital cities to dusty outback […]
Fast-rising fusion guitarist STEVE DADAIAN releases his new full-length concept album, Follow The Light, today, Friday, February 1, 2019. Today, following the release of his three latest tracks/videos for “Follow the Light”, “Soul Connection” […]
The INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival recently announced its return to the historic Ohio State Reformatory, a.k.a. Shawshank Prison, in Mansfield, OH on July 12, 13 and 14. This year’s massive line-up will […]
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