News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Long running Melbourne metallers, Alarum have released a video for the track Delta which comes from their highly praised, recently released new album, Circle’s End out now via Dinner For Wolves label. The video project was […]
KINGSWOOD are rounding off what has been a massive year of music for the band with their take on some Christmas classics in forthcoming album – A Kingswood Christmas. Engaging a long lasting love […]
Lucy’s Love Shack will play host to a night of blackened death and doom as “Nocturnal Cacophony” is unleashed on Friday January 22nd in the year 2021. Featuring 4 bands with diverse backgrounds spanning […]
As public gathering restrictions begin to ease around the country, Dashville is excited to be able to share some forward movement with the announcement of the first four acts for heavy music event Thrashville, […]
Since releasing their ARIA-nominated album, High Risk Behaviour in March this year, one could be forgiven for thinking that The Chats had returned to the bong shed with a ute-load of ‘Chats Goon’ to ride out the covid […]
Brisbane extreme metallers Gangs Of Old Ladies are back once again. This time sees the boys with an even more refined sound and what has been hailed by some as an excellent view into […]
Reaver releases the second single/video Broken Smoker from the upcoming split EP The Nobody Crowd. The EP will be released together with Acrolysis. Get the Single at Bandcamp. Broken Smoker addresses the topic of […]
Melbourne Alt Rockers Elephant Gun have returned from the wilderness to release their first new music in two decades! Their new album, Now To Survive, will be released on November 20 via Dinner For Wolves. […]
‘Busted Up’ the brand new dispatch from WA’s The Southern River Band – out November 27th, 2020 – finds leader Cal Kramer & Co in fighting form. Distilling the global frustration of this annus […]
Perth’s monthly metal event HORNOGRAPHY is back in November for another heavy hitting party! This month we are paying homage to a classic AT THE GATES album! Released this month 25 years ago, SLAUGHTER […]
Perth four-piece Indie Pop Rock band, Band of Missfits release their long awaited single ‘Crickets‘ and there is certainly no awkward silence as the new track is already making a lot of noise even […]
For those under 18 in Perth looking to get some live music fix, the YMCA HQ is holding a heavy music event this Saturday November 7th featuring 6 bands. Dubbed MIAS III Mosh In […]
One of Australia’s leading Power Metal bands, Silent Knight, have signed to the nations newest metal label, Octane Records! Label owner Bailey Graham comments on the signing “I’m absolutely thrilled that Octane Records will be […]
Melbourne-based alternate hard rockers Cicadastone have today released their new single Out of Sight via Golden Robot Records. Out of Sight is the follow up to the recently release singles Dying In Sunshine and Box Of […]
Melbourne’s Sci-fi Thrashers Sithlord release the title track From Out Of Darkness as an animated lyric video by Moshriff Creative. The song has been taken from their current album From Out Of The Darkness. […]
Melbourne’s Casanovas have released their latest single and video, “Reptilian Overlord“, taken from their recent album of the same name. The album was produced by legendary Australian producer Mark Opitz (AC/DC, ANGELS, DIVINYLS, COLD […]
On November 13th, Harlott will release their new album, Detritus of the Final Age, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of Detritus of the Final Age, the title track can be heard now below. The first […]
Melbourne bruisers High As Hell crashed onto the scene last month with their monstrously huge debut single, House Of The Holy. Today, the band deliver an equally abrasive knock-out punch with the release of the video for […]
Just in time for Halloween, dark brooding blues-rockers The Blackwater Fever burst back onto the scene with ‘The Boogie Woogie’, an ode to the Boogie Man! Frontman Shane Hicks explains that ‘The Boogie Woogie’ […]
Melbourne Australia’s Zenith Moon have created quite a stir over the last few months by releasing 3 critically acclaimed singles Going Under, Gypsy and Fight For Me via Golden Robot Records. Zenith Moon’s latest single, Illuminate is a run […]
“An iron will is only ever hardened within the forge” words that echo from the announcement of Alpha Wolf‘s sophomore album ‘a quiet place to die‘, through to the the album debuting at #6 […]
Australia’s progressive music specialists Wild Thing Records recently welcomed Melbourne post-traumatic prog-death metal three piece, Growth, to their label roster. The band plan to release a trilogy of albums, through Wild Thing Records, that explore the very human aspects of […]
2020 saw the return of KINGSWOOD, the Melbourne favourites delivering a career-defining, critically acclaimed third studio album in Juveniles. The album, signalling a new era for the band, landed at #13 on the ARIA […]
Perth rock act The Silent Deeds have released their new EP “Down With Me” officially today. After releasing two videos for “The Race” and “Come Alive” plus the most recent new track and third […]
Having been out-of-print for a couple of decades, the Cosmic Psychos have dug up some old masters, given them a spit and polish, and are ready to release TWO absolute classics on coloured vinyl […]
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