Heavy metal legends Sevendust have unveiled a new lyric video for their cover of the Soundgarden classic “The Day I Tried To Live.” The song is the first piece of new music from the band since […]
Venom formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal, Venom’s first two albums—’Welcome to Hell’ (1981) and ‘Black Metal’ (1982)—are considered […]
FnA Records adds to their classic catalog with the release of “Steeler: Come Hell Or Hollywood,” a collection of remastered rare recordings from 1981-1982. Many of these pre-Yngwie tracks have never been made public, […]
For New York singer-songwriter, and acclaimed soul & blues vocalist, Sari Schorr, 2020 has not just kindled her creative fires as an artist, it’s inflamed them and lit a beacon. Back in May, Sari […]
Back in February, before the global pandemic disrupted the whole of the music industry, I took a flight from Perth to Melbourne to catch one of my favourite UK bands, who were playing a […]
As a rule we don’t normally review releases that are past six months old, but there’s always an exception. This though has to be the oldest release we’ve committed to print though as it […]
Southern Rock has always stood the test of time and Ron Keel and co are keeping that alive on their latest release South X South Dakota – a collection of 11 tracks of some of […]
In what may be one of the most anticipated metal releases for 2020, “Project Regeneration” finally comes to light with it’s iminent release this week. Static-X fans have been waiting patiently to see what […]
Hardline Media and Napalm Records are very pleased to announce the release of Dee Snider’s FOR THE LOVE OF METAL LIVE! Featuring live footage from Hardline Media’s Dee Snider ‘Spoken and Shouted’ Tour (2019)! […]
Ensiferum are pleased to announce their record release show ‘Studio Live’, to take place on Friday, July 10 at 7:00 PM UK time / 4.00am Australian Eastern Time. The band will be performing a […]
Today, Australia’s influential punk icons The Meanies have officially released their new studio album, Desperate Measures through Cheersquad Records and Tapes, while also sharing a new single and video for ‘Monsters’. Desperate Measures […]
One of Australia’s most prominent up and coming acts, Glass Ocean have fast become key players on the global progressive scene. Today, the band release the video for third single, Bolero, from their highly anticipated debut album, The Remnants […]
Everyone’s favorite masked mutants, GHOUL, are back with “The Nectarnomicon,” a slime drenched single slab of atonal protoplasm straight from the stygian bowels of Creepsylvania, and only available on Bandcamp! Head to maniaxe.bandcamp.com to hear […]
Long-standing industrial-fused metal band SOCIETY 1 has revealed a futuristic, sci-fi-inspired video for “Bleed You Away,” from their upcoming sixth album, Black Level Six. As the head of his own production company, Lord Zane […]
Anthrax – Joey Belladonna/vocals, Frank Bello/bass, Scott Ian/guitars, and Charlie Benante/drums – invite you to get the inside story behind the making and promotion of the band’s fifth album, Persistence of Time, and its 30th […]
Today on Wednesday July 8th Byron Bay Bluesfest releases the largest FIRST Artist Announcement made in the history of the festival. This highly anticipated release includes many of the artists intended for this year’s event […]
Back in 2009 the late great Luther Allison had a live CD and DVD collection released posthumously by his label Ruf. Allison died on August 12, 1997, just five days before his 58th birthday, and […]
Australian hardcore punk act THE OWEN GUNS recently released their first single & video ‘F**k Cyclists’ on Riot Records (Part of the Golden Robot Global Entertainment Group). Now THE OWEN GUNS are back with a new single ‘It’s Too Late’. ‘It’s […]
You better give us all the money in your treasure chest – Or Kristof’s gonna take a shit on your fucking lawn. The notorious Pirate Kings ALESTORM hit the worldwide charts with their long-awaited long-player Curse Of […]
Do you ever wonder what would happen if Led Zeppelin went home with the Baby Animals and Aretha Franklin after a wine mixer? That beautiful night would surely bring into existence a delicious love child named ZENITH MOON. Hailing from Melbourne, […]
Synchronize is a verb meaning to make two or more objects or actions happen in the same moment. Outside the United States it is spelled properly – synchronise. I wonder then why a UK band […]
Los Angeles Desert Rockers BONE ACRE have been hard at work on their 2nd album, the follow up to 2018’s ‘Oll Korrect’ which was released via Bread and Butter Records (part of the Golden Robot Global Entertainment Group). Now they deliver […]
Cult Japanese black metal legends Sigh formed in 1989/90, featuring mainman Mirai Kawashima, Satoshi Fujinami & Kazuki Ozeki. Their masterful debut Scorn Defeat became one of the country’s greatest and most revered metal exports. With a journey through […]
The Under The Southern Stars spectacular rock music festival series featuring +LIVE+, Bush and the Stone Temple Pilots recently announced the postponed April tour would move to February 2021. In a recent plan dubbed the ‘COVID-Safe Road […]
Following the success of their acclaimed 2018 album ‘Invincible’, which spent an incredible ten consecutive weeks in the Top 30 Official German Rock and Metal Charts and was voted Sleaze’s Nation’s # 2 album […]
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