As John Peel once said of The Fall, “Always different, always the same,” so too one could say the same of Darkthrone. Things change, times change, people change, and yet even when sounding fresh and […]
LIVING WRECKAGE, featuring members of Anthrax, Shadows Fall, Act Of Defiance, Death Ray Vision, Downpour and Let Us Prey, is smashing into the metal scene with the debut of the supergroup’s first single and […]
Bodom After Midnight’s EP Paint the Sky with Blood was released April 23, 2021 and as expected has a classic Children of Bodom vibe. The last piece of Alexi’s music history lies here, a […]
Friends, music elite & former members to contribute series of video testimonials starting May 3, leading up to Official July 18 Anniversary Celebration to culminate with a Special Anthrax Livestream Event offering a set list […]
Dutch symphonic metal heavyweights EPICA announce their first-ever streaming event titled Ωmega Alive. The universal streaming event will mark the band’s triumphant return to the stage to perform for the first time in support […]
Back in the Summer of 1981, MOTÖRHEAD got louder, dirtier and more universal, and you’re getting an invitation to relive this most glorious of achievements once again… Following on from 2020’s year-long celebration of […]
For those that were there at Rocklahoma back in the day when it all began there was a constant, a band that initially sneaked onto the bill and the came back every year to become […]
The wonderful Melodic Rock of Captain Blackbeard has been on my playlist since 2011 when I heard their first record and 2021 sees them with a new EP hot on the heels of last […]
The hype around these guys has of course been kinda crazy, but after a hugely solid debut EP there was nothing to believe that the debut album wouldn’t be just as solid. The path […]
Black Label Society shared their newest music video for the rip-roaring single “Heart of Darkness” today in continued celebration of their NONE MORE BLACK box set, available now via Entertainment One (eOne). The track […]
Perth’s monthly metal event HORNOGRAPHY keeps pumping along in 2021, and now in May we have our first interstate act of the year! Finally with border restrictions easing, we can start welcoming some touring […]
Snake Bite Whisky’s own website states that the band embodies “Full throttled, no compromise, in yer face sleaze soaked rock n’ roll. A much needed injection of nitro glycerine, “fuck you” heavy rock with attitude […]
After nearly seven years, GRAMMY and Academy Award- nominated rock band Counting Crows announce their highly anticipated new project, ‘BUTTER MIRACLE, SUITE ONE.’ Produced by Brian Deck, the four-track, nineteen-minute suite is set for […]
This one comes bursting out the speakers nicely before settling into a groove and rocking out, adding a wonderfully soul-touched vocal and some wonderfully toned thrusting guitars. It’s a song whose insistent rhythm and […]
Melbourne hard-rock quartet Dracorex have announced their next hometown headline show at The Bendigo Hotel on May 21st 2021 with support from The Crookeds, Torrential Thrill and Hellz Abyss. The event has been named […]
Karnivool present The Decade of Sound Awake livestream – an exclusive event from the Heath Ledger Theatre in their home city of Perth, Western Australia. The one-time livestream event will see the band perform […]
Buckcherry will release their 9th studio album Hellbound on June 25th. The 10-track record was produced by Marti Frederiksen, who previously produced the band’s 4th album, Black Butterfly, and co-wrote one of their biggest […]
In February, California quartet OF MICE & MEN released the Timeless EP via SharpTone Records. Timeless is the first in a series of EPs that will eventually comprise the band’s next album. The band has […]
Frontier Touring are excited to announce that Jimmy Barnes is set to hit the road in support of his forthcoming album Flesh And Blood. Touring theatres across Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Brisbane and […]
North Carolina hard rockers STONE WHISKEY are set to release their debut album, Rebels of the Sun, a record chock full of hard-hitting rebellious rock ‘n’ roll, on May 7. “This album screams rock […]
Three years after Kennedy’s debut solo record ‘Year of the Tiger’ comes his second full-length solo album, ‘The Ides Of March’ out on May 14th. It is, shall we say, an ‘interesting mix,’ taking […]
Th press release tells a familiar story the world over “New album, Tail End of a Hurricane, is released on 7th May 2021, and is preceded by the feel good tune ‘Rock Kids of […]
Dropkick Murphys are preparing to release their 10th full-length studio album, Turn Up That Dial, April 30 via band-owned Born & Bred Records. Volume cranked, heads held high, smiles wide, eyes on the prize, […]
The second album from Joel Hoekstra’s 13 is upon us and it sounds great! Joel Hoekstra, of course is best known as the current guitarist for Whitesnake and Trans-Siberian Orchestra as well as his work […]
Voïvod’s “Hypercube Sessions” began last August with a blazing live set from RadicArt studios, the studio where Voivod recorded their Juno award winning album The Wake, and continues with Voïvod’s “Hypercube Session 2”, where the band will be […]
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