Clutch and Killswitch Engage have announced co-headline US tour dates for this summer. Tickets go on sale on Friday, May 17th at 10am. Both bands will also be appearing on several festivals during their […]
Supersonic Blues Machine will be releasing their brand new live-album, Road Chronicles on July 12, 2019 via Provogue/Mascot Label Group. Road Chronicles is their first live album, following the release of two acclaimed studio […]
Phoenix, AZ’s MOTIVE will be unleashing their latest album, “Fight The World“, on vinyl, July 12, 2019, via Metal Devastation Records. Released digitally and on CD December 1, 2018, the album is fast, aggressive, and a chunky blend of thrash […]
The legendary Rhapsody alumni Fabio Lione and Luca Turilli have re-united at long last, and together they are set to conquer Australian shores off the back of their latest opus Zero Gravity (Rebirth & […]
Well, well, well….with over 30 years of attending live music events and here in 2019 thinking I’d probably witnessed it all, Tobias Sammett’s Avantasia nonchantly takes the stage to deliver nothing short of a […]
In their 10th year since conception, Disentomb has emerged as one of the most unique and dynamic bands in modern death metal. The brutal death metal band has forged a completely unique sound, combining […]
After revealing their sophomore record Aura in April, Brisbane metallers The Brave are amping up the momentum with the announcement of a national headline tour throughout August. The album garnered a whopping 9/10 rating from Discovered Magazine, nabbed compliments […]
Melbourne’s alt-rock queens The Beautiful Monument will release their new record, I’m The Reaper, on June 28 on their new home Greyscale Records. The second taste of their new album comes via their darkly […]
Stand by for a double shot of dirty, gritty, sleazy, street wise Rock ‘n’ Roll as Los Angeles’ notorious, multi-platinum-selling rock band BUCKCHERRY team up with special guests Sweden’s Kings of thrashy sleaze rock HARDCORE […]
Legendary, GRAMMY-award winning band FLEETWOOD MAC have today released an exciting selection of production hold seats across all price types, and for all dates on their Australian tour. This will provide fans with an […]
Known as the charismatic , no nonsense front man for International Alternative Rock powerhouse STONE EMPIRE, his brutal on stage presence, killer vocals and absolutely killer guitar riffs it may come as a shock […]
The Sweet Things – NYC’s buzzed-about, young, dirty rock n’ roll band–have released a blazing new single and video “Liquor Lightning” from their debut album IN BORROWED SHOES, ON BORROWED TIME, out Friday, May […]
Polaris, arguably Australia’s fastest rising, elite heavy music exports announce a string of shows in August through out North Queensland and Western Australia. Brisbane’s Stepson will support the Sydney five-piece on the North Queensland dates while […]
Brisbane was home to the final show of the The Painted Progression tour which featured an incredible lineup of some of prog metal’s most valued acts coming from not only Australia but from the […]
British rock band Bring Me The Horizon (BMTH) has become somewhat a polarizer in the metal/rock community. With their earlier works being in true deathcore style, the band slowly started to change their sound […]
Devin Townsend‘s Melbourne show at the Thornbury Theatre sold out within 2 days and due to popular demand, the Canadian progressive heavy music genius has added a 2nd and final Melbourne show to his very […]
Australian thrash metallers Warrior Within have released the song Opus from their deput EP In Darkness Act 1 as video. Warrior Within are purveyors of good wholesome thrash metal. They do not stick to […]
On Saturday 31 August, four of WA’s finest heavy acts hit the lights at Capitol for a huge metal salute to Metallica… in tribute to one of the all-time greats. Set to unleash a […]
Hard rock juggernaut HALESTORM are delighted to announce plans for their December 2019 Australian headline tour, presented by MJR Presents by arrangement with UTA. Recently in Australia for the second annual Download Festival Australia, […]
I met the guys from Bai Bang in a place called the Backyard Bar in Tulsa Oklahoma in 2009 (another venue I think is sadly closed now) on my second visit to that fair State. […]
In our fourth and final interview in our Avantasia Series we managed to get some talk time with Norwegian hard rock & heavy metal singer/songwriter Jorn Lande who’s resume stretches across a multitude of genres, […]
PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS will continue their 2019 worldwide live takeover with a month-long European tour. Set to commence on June 20th and run through July 20th, the journey includes a host […]
Simon Chainsaw – the man who helped make Daibutsu Rock N Roll 7″ happen and famed for being an instrumental part of the Vanilla Chainsaws, has announced tour dates down the East Coast of […]
Formed by longtime friends François, Laurent and Frank (formerly from Shovel and Houston Swing Engine), Hey Satan has some huge influences including Led Zeppelin, RATM and Kyuss. Now whilst the latter band might conjure up […]
As part of our new ‘Off the Record’ feature, after our May 2019 interview with Crazy Lixx’ Danny Rexon all about the new Crazy Lixx album ‘Forever Wild’ we took time out to dig deeper […]
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