Australian prog outfit VOYAGER are premiering a brand new single and stunning video via Prog Magazine. The song “Brightstar” is streaming at the link below. Directed by Red Empire Media, the music video encompasses […]
After reforming with their original lineup last year and hitting the road on an extensive tour run, The Butterfly Effect return in 2019 with the only shows they will perform in Australia for the […]
Hellfire N’ Hairspray is a new Australian music festival dedicated to the new breed of heavy rock bands. The new waves of Hairmetal/Classic Rock/Glam/Sleaze are enjoying a massive resurgence in popularity internationally and Australia […]
Finnish heavy metal sextet BATTLE BEAST will release their fifth studio album No More Hollywood Endings, in only three weeks, on March 22, 2019 through Nuclear Blast Records. Today the band is unleashing another […]
Fans of completely unpredictable progressive metal, lend your ears! Hailing from New York, instrumental quartet VALENCE is here to feed your need for sweet technicality, masterful melody and outstanding musical genius – wrapped tight […]
Hot on the heels of her new single “BROKEN“, MADAME MAYHEM announced that she will be heading out on tour with SHIM this March. The tour will kick off on Saturday March 2nd at […]
Serendipitous is an adjective that describes accidentally being in the right place at the right time, like bumping into a good friend in some unusual location, or finding a hundred dollar bill on the […]
Portland heavy metal unit LORD DYING will release their anticipated third studio album Mysterium Tremendum worldwide on April 26th via Entertainment One (eOne). Captured at Los Angeles’ West Valley Recording Studios in August of […]
Since forming in late 2018 with a line-up made in music heaven and releasing their debut EP Restless Noise in the same blow, it seems LOSER have wasted no time in carving a path for themselves. Now they’ve dropped […]
Sydney’s future metallists, SETMEONFIRE have released their brand new album of cyber fuelled progressive tech metal, Lowtech, today! To mark the event, the band have released another incredible music video. This time for the track, Nerve. […]
The Last Martyr are today announcing the release of their EP ‘Creatrix‘ on Friday April 26. Originally slated for an earlier release – and under the name ‘Out of the Black’ – the band […]
Streaming is killing music, so why are you still streaming? Yes, I’m looking at you! Part one: the slide to streaming Not that long ago, certainly in most of our lifetimes, music was a product […]
Some bands have that indefinable ‘something’ – an attitude and a belief that both transcends the music they make and also helps define it. Adelaide’s The Babes are just such a band -playing a dirty […]
The daily band lineups have been announced for Rocklahoma, taking place on Friday, May 24, Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26, 2019 at Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, just outside […]
FURY announce their anxiously awaited sophomore album, Failed Entertainment, coming May 3 on Run For Cover Records — their first release since signing to the label last year. Forming in 2014, FURY have established themselves quickly. They built on the melodic legacy […]
Italian prog rock/metal outfit KINGCROW has released an official video for “Drenched,” a track from the band’s epic new album, The Persistence, out now through Sensory Records. KINGCROW’s new video for “Drenched” was filmed […]
NWOBHM pioneers DIAMOND HEAD are thrilled to announce they have signed a worldwide record deal with international label Silver Lining Music. Comments the band, “We’re delighted to be bringing the DIAMOND HEAD lightning to […]
The godfathers of American doom metal SAINT VITUS are now releasing the first brand new track and album details of their forthcoming album ‘Saint Vitus‘ which will be released on May 17, 2019. The new […]
One of the nations longest running and most respected heavy music acts, Superheist have teamed up with Alaskan riff masters 36 Crazyfists for one monster of a tour! Heist Fest will consume all in its path as it […]
Melbourne based touring, bookings and management company, Wild Thing Presents (together with its label arm, Wild Thing Records) who have been at the heart of Australia’s world renowned progressive and alternative rock scene, are thrilled to […]
FROM THE JAM finally make their return to Australia in September to play all The Jam’s Greatest Hits. FROM THE JAM features Bruce Foxton from the original line-up of The Jam. The words legend […]
UNFD are thrilled to announce the signing of Sleep Talk. The Adelaide band will release debut album Everything In Colour on Friday May 3 and have today unveiled the video for the title track. Heavy bands […]
You have all been waiting so patiently Downloaders…highlighters ready…. Download 2019 set times are here!!!! Get planning! With Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter Ozzy Osbourne cancelling his trip […]
EYEHATEGOD are pleased to announce the second leg of their previously announced 4 Strikes… From The Elementary To The Penitentiary tour. Slated to commence on May 7th in Hamden, Connecticut and run through May […]
PELICAN, the instrumental quartet whose singular vision of heavy music eschews classification, is set to release their first new music in six years via a two-song 7″ on Southern Lord coming as an indie […]
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