To kick off the year in which Motörhead’s seminal ‘Ace Of Spades’ album turns forty, the EVERY PLAYLIST LOUDER THAN EVERYONE ELSE site was launched in January. This interactive website enables fans to curate […]
The Pretenders are delighted to announce their brand new album Hate For Sale, is set for release on July 17 via BMG. The album is the first to be recorded with the now long-standing touring line-up of […]
“After a busy 2019 playing at Perth’s best venues including a coveted slot at Fremantle’s Hidden Treasures, Filth Wizard have sharpened their sound and recorded debut single ‘Snowflake‘ with Andy Lawson at Debaser Studios. […]
Australian heavy rock band Wicked Smile have announced ‘Delirium’ as the title of their forthcoming debut EP which is set for release on July 1st. The band is fronted by charismatic powerhouse lead vocalist […]
2019 was quite a year for melodic death metal band Hollow World. Not only did the Melbourne natives toured Europe with Psycroptic and Aversions Crown, Australia with Rings Of Saturn and played the boutique metal festival Halloween […]
Mike Garson’s A Bowie Celebration has announced specific dates for fourteen of the performances that were postponed or cancelled as a result of the global pandemic. The tour will resume on September 2 in Detroit. […]
The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal legends TOKYO BLADE announced the release of their 10th studio album, “Dark Revolution“, via Dissonance Productions and Back On Black Records. The album will include 11 new […]
Episode 16 of The Heaven & Hell show…presented by The Rockpit and sponsored by Dual Engraving. Each episode is split into 2 segments – The first hour is Heaven, which represents the hard rock […]
Opening instrumental track ‘The Joker’ has Spanish guitar, pipes and a South American flavour that stretches to just over a minute and a half before bursting into real opener ‘Gotta Get Away’ a song […]
I spoke to Mike last week, something I’ve done regularly over the years and usually in conjunction with an album or a tour but 2020 sees like the year when no one will be […]
Black Trillium release first single ‘Banished’ (featuring Tim Charles of Ne Obliviscaris) from their upcoming debut studio album ‘The Fatal Shore’, due for release April 29. Check out the first single and music video […]
The year 2020 marks the 50th Anniversary of music legends America. America Records is proud to release in early June the ultimate 8-disc Anniversary Box Set “Half Century.” Produced for release and Compiled by […]
PRIMAL FEAR recently finished the recording of their upcoming 13th studio album, set to be titled “Metal Commando“. The title of the album speaks for itself – “Metal Commando” contains 110% PRIMAL FEAR and […]
Canada and Rock and Roll – when you think of that what comes to mind? There’s such a rich musical history in the home of our our Commonwealth cousins from Rush to Lee Aaron […]
Frontier Touring and Faith No More wish to advise the rescheduling of the band’s upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand to February/March 2021, in light of the current COVID-19 crisis and subsequent Government […]
Due to ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19, Mad Caddies Australia and New Zealand tour is postponed to December 2020. All currently held tickets are valid for the new dates. Playing a massive bunch of shows […]
Hazzerd, one of thrash metal’s most exciting young contenders, have released a music video for their song “Waking Nightmare,” which captures the raw energy of the Calgary-based quartet as they jam the track live […]
Atmospheric French rockers Klone have premiered their new video for the track “Silver Gate” taken from their 2019 studio album Le Grand Voyage. Klone’s guitarist Guillaume Bernard explains how the track fits within the album “‘Silver […]
As with many artists with Australian tours originally scheduled for the first half of 2020, The VANNS have been working hard in adapting to these strange COVID-19 times and have announced that their national […]
“There will always come a time in our lives, that we must walk away from people we love, respect or admire. This includes family. This is a story about being the last one holding on […]
Industrial metal outfit Our Last Enemy have unleashed the first track from their long awaited second full length album. Never Coming Back is the first new music from OLE since their 2014 album, Pariah! Listen here. […]
Due to the current and ongoing global health crisis Helmet‘s touring schedule has been updated and sees their Australian tour now scheduled for November, 2020. All currently held tickets are valid for the new dates. […]
Karnivool have rescheduled their upcoming Australian tour. The Decade of Sound Awake Tour originally slated for April 2020 will now take place in September 2020. Tickets on sale now at Karnivool.com All tickets for […]
A message from Ed, Gavin & Robert In great news for Under The Southern Stars fans and patrons, the rescheduled dates of +LIVE+, Bush and Stone Temple Pilots tour are announced today! Despite the unprecedented […]
The new single from Palace Of The King – Tell It Like It Is, was written and recorded before the shit hit the fan during the antipodean summer, however Henwood’s lyric seems almost prophetic. […]
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