In 2026, prepare for the return of THE PLOT IN YOU to Australian shores, with the band today announcing a national headline run next January, joined by special guests FIT FOR A KING (USA), BOUNDARIES […]
LUNA KILLS has officially dropped their highly anticipated album, DEATHMATCH, via Sharptone Records, bringing their signature raw energy and fierce attitude to fans worldwide. Accompanying the release, the band has unveiled a brand-new music video for […]
Bay Area icons MACHINE HEAD have sharpened their sound into its most direct and impactful form with the release of their eleventh album, UNATØNED. The record – which will be released on April 25th via Nuclear Blast Records – is a testament to momentum, […]
British death metal legends, BENEDICTION, are celebrating the release of their highly anticipated new album Ravage Of Empires, not only with the coinciding release of a lyric video for the album’s devastating opening track ‘A […]
Metal titans BLEED FROM WITHIN have today released their brand new studio album, Zenith, via Nuclear Blast Records. After their most successful year to date, Zenith‘s whirlwind of accomplished songwriting, white-hot metal fury and hard-earned confidence proves the best is yet to […]
Depressive black metallers GHOST BATH have emerged from beyond the veil with their new album, Rose Thorn Necklace, which will be released on May 9th via Nuclear Blast Records. The band, in their 12th year of existence, are not in the […]
Queensland groove metal four-piece AWAKEN THE HATE are proud to announce their first full national tour DEATH WAR FIRE blazing across Australia this May. Following the success of their debut single Monster in the Mirror and the epic B-side Fight or Die, the […]
I’m sure all fans of The Dead Daisies will be aware that whilst recording the album that saw the return of John Corabi – ‘Light ‘Em Up,’ producer Marti Frederiksen heard the band jamming an […]
Hot on the heels of last year’s ‘Light ‘Em Up,’ which saw the return of John Corabi to the band, The Dead Daisies are back on May 30th with a new album of Blues covers […]
Multi-Platinum & Gold ARIA-certified, ARIA-nominated, and 4x Golden Guitar nominees, KINGSWOOD, return with a powerful tribute to one of rock’s greatest icons. Blending the raw energy of classic rock with the rich storytelling of modern […]
Hardcore/hip-hop band UNITYTX have released their brand new single HEINOUS, out now via Pure Noise Records. HENIOUS is the band’s first brand new music since the release of their album FERALITY which was released in late […]
Cleveland’s favorite filth metal practitioners, MIDNIGHT, will unleash Steel, Rust And Disgust on May 23rd via Metal Blade Records. One-man-army, Athenar, has been spewing out an ungodly racket, dropping countless demos, splits, EPs, and LPs […]
Canadian rock duo The Blue Stones have released their eagerly anticipated fourth album, “Metro”, via Thirty Tigers, alongside leading single ‘Happy Cry’, both available to stream here. You settle into the worn seat of a […]
“Morgue Rat” is the latest single from Swedish death metal behemoths, LIK. The track, which features guest vocals by Linnea Landstedt (Tyranex, Ice Age), appears on the band’s impending fourth full-length album, Necro, set for […]
French multi-instrumentalist and producer Gautier Serre has been operating under the name IGORRR for twenty years now, yet each new record still resounds with a startling freshness and radical vitality. Steadfastly unclassifiable fifth album Amen, […]
For over three decades, the personification of determination, founder/vocalist/guitarist Robb Flynn, has led Bay Area icons MACHINE HEAD on an uncompromising path – one fuelled by defiance, reinvention, and a relentless pursuit of evolution. UNATØNED, the band’s eleventh album, will […]
German metalcore outfit THROATCUT return with their heaviest and most uncompromising release yet – the brand new single “Blasphemous.”. Known for their raw energy and unfiltered aggression, the band takes things up a notch with […]
Impactful, melancholic, and energetic – these are qualities with which Lost in Hollywood’s vocalist Amon Garrasi, guitarist Timo Dymala, bassist Julian Utz and drummer Samuel Minio capture the emotions of their listeners. Their new modern […]
On the heels of playing LA’s Kia Forum, and releasing recent single ‘Nod’ – “the anthem we need right now” (VICE) – Rise Against have shared their second new single of 2025. Out now on […]
The wait is over, and today an astonishing new era for Melbourne’s Thornhill has arrived via their brand new studio album BODIES, out now via UNFD. A dauntless pastiche of creative freedom and ingenuity, BODIES […]
Naarm/Melbourne-based rock/punk duo Mannequin Death Squad make a triumphant return with their sophomore album, ‘Wise and Dangerous‘ – produced by the band, mixed by Brent Quirk and mastered by Matt Gray (Violent Soho, The Veronicas). Accompanying the release is the music […]
Formed many lifetimes ago (well, 1980) THE CHURCH has earned a rightfully revered place in Australian rock music history along with a thoroughly deserved place in the ARIA Hall Of Fame. The Church continue to […]
Townsville based Indie/Punk Rockers Poison Oak have released their new single called ‘Replay’, which premiered via The Point Music News. The single is the latest offering from their upcoming album release. Poison Oak have spent […]
Newcastle based Pop Punk artist Warwick Smith has released his highly anticipated new EP called ‘Beyond The Sea’, which premiered exclusively via AAA Backstage. He has also announced that he will be playing a free […]
Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission have announced a new seven track maxi single (that’s an ‘EP’ for those who don’t remember Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons’ So Young and Loud & Clear 7-tracker) First Step in […]
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