The Sepulnation is alive and well! Following their crushingly successful 2014 Australian Tour, Brazilian Metal Icons SEPULTURA unleash a heavy metal hurricane upon the Sepulnation in May 2018. Armed with their finest album in […]
A roundup of the latest news from Nuclear Blast including updates on In Flames, Tax The Heat, Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons and Almanac. Gothenburg-based metal heavyweights IN FLAMES surprise fans with […]
It is with deepest sorrow that we inform you of the death of Malcolm Young, beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother. Malcolm had been suffering from Dementia for several years and passed away peacefully on […]
Aerosmith‘s Joe Perry will release Sweetzerland Manifesto, his first non-holiday solo album in eight years, on January 19. “Sweetzerland Manifesto” marks Perry‘s sixth solo album and is comprised of 10 new tracks. The project features collaborations with Robin Zander of Cheap Trick, as […]
Formed in the Spring of 2016 in Chicago’s suburbs, emo/grunge group Skylines will release their debut EP Whats Left of Home on December 15th via Wilhelm Records, with pre-orders available here. Sam Sanetra (vocals/guitar), Steve […]
“I didn’t get into music because I wanted to be a big success…I originally went after music because I simply loved it. There wasn’t anything else for me. Nothing moved me like music did, and […]
No-nonsense garage punk rockers Pretty Pistol reveal their ripper of a single in ‘Cry Wolf’, out today – 17.11.17 via SaySomething Records. Recorded with John Mitchell (Architects, Enter Shikari, You Me At Six) and […]
“Breaking Free“, first full-length of swedish hard rockers Aerodyne, is set for release on December 15, 2017 via Street Symphonies Records / Burning Minds Music Group, distributed by Sound Trek in Italy, AnderStein Music […]
Formed in 2015, ANARCHEON features vocalist Kaija Kinney, founder of Metalocalypstick Fest, the BC metal fest celebrating women in metal, along with guitarist Clayton Bach, bassist Sylvain Maltais and drummer Steve “Machine” Richardo (ex-Messiah, ex-Green Jellÿ). With a band name playing off […]
THE PLOT IN YOU have announced that their new album for Fearless Records, ‘DISPOSE’, will be released on 16th February, 2018. The Ohio rock band – composed of Landon Tewers (Vocals), Josh Childress (Guitar), […]
If there’s ever been a more likeable rock band than WALKEN, we’ll eat our shoes. The bombastic Brisbane maestros of lovable grungy pop punk have a brand new song to bounce off your brain […]
Sydney doom masters Hypergiant have just released their debut album Father Sky! To celebrate they have unleashed the epic video for Colossi, with a riff as big as its title suggests! Featuring riffs that […]
Perth’s best boutique all-ages festival is back in 2018 with a huge line-up of scorching hot local and national talent. HyperFest is set to take over Midland Oval once again on Saturday 24 February […]
THRASH ATTACK! If head snapping riffs, mosh stomping beats & loud, drunken, rowdy shows whet your metal appetite, then this banger is for you. LICH KING (USA) tour our region for the first time […]
There’s something about the sweetly melancholic indie rock of Fragile Animals that just tingles the spine. From their blissfully catchy-but-sombre melodies, to the exquisite daydreamy voice of singer Victoria Jenkins, the Sunshine Coast three-piece create music that moves […]
Lincoln le Fevre & the Insiders are at the height of form following the release of Come Undone and a tour culminating in a sweaty sold out show at the Poison City Weekender. It […]
Legendary Australian rock band Horsehead have signed with powerhouse independent record label Golden Robot Records who will be re-releasing the band’s catalogue and previously unreleased material internationally throughout 2018. The band’s first two albums, Horsehead and Onism, will also be made available digitally for […]
Melbourne punk band CAMP COPE are thrilled to release their new single ‘The Opener’, available on all platforms today. The first piece of recorded music from the trio since ‘Keep Growing’ late last year, […]
San Francisco Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD, will release their highly anticipated new album Catharsis on January 26 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Today, the band has released a brand-new track from the album entitled “Beyond The […]
Venom Inc. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUSTRALIA! The formidable Abaddon, Mantas and Demolition Man descend on Aussie shores for their Avé Australis Tour in February 2018. Formed as Venom in 1979 in Newcastle […]
Perth cerebral prog metal act Nucleust have released video footage from their recent extensive tour around Australia in support of their latest album “Terra Cerebral” where the band hit all regions across the country […]
Ambient punk/post-rock quartet, Romancer has released their new music video and single “Nausicaa“, which comes of their upcoming EP titled, Honeybee, set to release November 24th. The new single is the first since group’s debut […]
Doomed and Stoned is pleased to release “Doomed and Stoned in Texas“, a compilation for hurricane Harvey relief, with proceeds going to Houston Food Bank. Featuring over 60 Texas doom metal and stoner rock […]
Legendary American thrash metal band EXHORDER are back and have signed a worldwide management deal with All Independent Service Alliance (AISA) . The Exhorder reunion is lead by founding members Vinnie LaBella (Guitar) and Kyle Thomas […]
Fort Lauderdale based Future Goth duo Modern Mimes recently covered epochal Goth Metal legends Type O Negative’s 2003 “I Don’t Wanna Be Me,” and paired it with a visually alluring music video, and not […]
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