Danish thrash/power metallers, MANTICORA, are presenting the cover artwork for their upcoming (8th) album – a stunning picture, painted by the extremely talented Danish painter David Troest. As the new album “To Kill To […]
German Psychedelic Progressive Rock Gurus, Samsara Blues Experiment travel down under for their debut tour of Australia and New Zealand in September 2018. The trio will commence their tour over in the West, Perth […]
A Soundtrack and A Game The Swedish pioneers of timeless slowness are back in top form, distilling the essence of epic doom metal! It only takes a few short bars of the title track […]
Tremonti, the band comprised of Mark Tremonti on vocals/guitars, Eric Friedman on guitars/backing vocals, and Garrett Whitlock on drums, have released the first official music video for the debut single from their fourth full-length […]
Bury Tomorrow have announced the release of their fifth album (and first for Music For Nations / Sony Music Australia), Black Flame, on July 13th. The band, who have this week been inviting fans […]
Originally released in early 2012, the fifth album “The Power Within” by Dragonforce is back as “Re-Powered Within” – completely remastered, remixed and repowered. Prepared by Damien Rainaud (Fear Factory, Babymetal) at award-winning studio […]
Bruce Soord, The Pineapple Thief’s composer, lyricist and driving force, has checked in from the studio with an update on the progress of the band’s new album, the follow up to 2016’s acclaimed Your […]
Melbourne’s Bury The Kings last month announced the release of their new EP, ‘V‘, a concept EP dealing with the 5 stages of grief – it will be out May 18th. The EP is […]
Aussie melodic death-thrashers Naberus will release their upcoming sophomore full-length album entitled Hollow on June 29, 2018 via Eclipse Records. The album was produced by James Ash at Kremation Studios, mixed by Henrik Udd […]
The Magpie Salute which brings together the reunited definitive Black Crowes guitar duo of Rich Robinson and Marc Ford, bassist Sven Pipien (also from the Crowes) along with lead singer John Hogg (Hookah Brown, Moke), and drummer Joe […]
Smokin’ Delta Voodoo the sought after EVERY MOTHER’S NIGHTMARE release is scheduled to street June 8th via HighVolMusic and distributed by Alliance/Amped Distribution.. Originally 12 tracks and released in 2000, Smokin’ Delta Voodoo contains some […]
Multi-national Symphonic Metal six-piece TRAGUL released their new single “Before I Say Goodbye” on Friday, April 13th. The lyric video for the song is streaming now via the band’s official YouTube channel. “Before I Say Goodbye” […]
Western Canada’s decibel breaking heavy metal festival LOUD AS HELL announce their 2018 line up featuring headliners New Jersey’s deathcore titans FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY, Vancouver tech death giants ARCHSPIRE, Regina’s progressive melo-death masters INTO ETERNITY […]
Dubbed as “the UK’s next brightest metal hope” (Metal Hammer) and Planet Rock’s‘Best New Band 2017’ award winners, The Raven Age have today announced the addition of former Wild Lies vocalist Matt James who […]
Tommy Shaw, James “JY” Young, and Lawrence Gowan of the chart-topping rockers STYX sit down with Dan Rather for a revealing conversation, as they open up about the driving force that compels them to […]
LA Based Metal Rock Band RED DEVIL VORTEX has released the Official Music Video for the debut, title single off of their upcoming EP, Something Has to Die, due out May 8th but available […]
‘Beirut’ is the latest offering from BATS; a slightly more upbeat tune than the rest of their debut LP, ‘Truthless Faithless’, yet no lighter in subject matter. The song focuses on the always-present pull […]
WA’s biggest songwriting competition continues to deliver the goods; with WAM Song of the Year again recognising and uncovering the absolute cream of WA’s rich songwriting crop, and providing even greater opportunities and rewards […]
Swedish death metal band NONEXIST returns with new EP feat. prominent guests “In Praise of Death” – in praise of deathmetal that is. This ep is an homage, a tribute to this genre that has meant so […]
ROTTING CHRIST have been arrested in the Eastern European state of Georgia on spurious grounds involving charges of terrorism allegedly based on the band’s name. ROTTING CHRIST frontman Sakis Tolis relates the events in his own […]
Prog rockers Factory combine the legendary sound of the late 70’s true rock n roll era with a unique modern fusion to bring a classic sound firmly into the 21stcentury. Factory was formed in the […]
Modern melodic / heavy rock band Vile Caliber from Helsinki have released a new track ‘Willpower’. They combine influences from rock/metal classics such as Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Whitesnake and KISS, […]
FOREIGNER‘s timeless anthems continue to rock the charts with ten multi-platinum albums, sixteen Top 30 hits and album sales now exceeding 75 million copies. For the first time ever, FOREIGNER will present all their […]
A roundup of the latest news from Mighty Music. DD VERNI from Overkill is releasing his debut album in October and this is the first single ‘Fire Up’. A hard hitting up tempo punk […]
Perth’s incredibly talented and musically diverse prog-rock/metal outfit Dark Universe are pleased to announce the arrival of their new album Into The Black. Built around Jaime Page’s apocalyptic and haunting guitar work, the ten track offering is spearheaded by first […]
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