News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Arguably the pioneers of death metal in Australia, ABRAMELIN have recently completed recording their first album in almost 20 years: “Never Enough Snuff” and are set to release the violence and brutality on May […]
Australian metal combo Shatter Brain have just revealed a new music video for their song Death Goes On, the song is taking from the debut album “Pitchfork Justice”, scheduled to be released on May […]
With the 2017 Jon Doe EP and 2019 single release Stonewall already under their belts, Five SurVive are back for 2020. The band is very proud to release brand new single Precognition with accompanying […]
Sydney death metal titans, Daemon Pyre are set to release their long awaited second album, Serpent Gods And A Dying Sun on May 22. Today they release their first new music in over two years via the […]
Perth rock act NEIN are set to release their new album “Obstreperous” this Friday April 24th. Check out a lyric video below for the single “The Fun One“. NEIN is a four-piece band hailing […]
Young Aussie artist Corey Legge has released the first single from the forthcoming new album “Some Days“, titled “Last Night I Dreamt Of You“. Corey Legge plays heartfelt alt-country, folk and rock, drawing influence […]
One of the fastest rising acts of the burgeoning Australian progressive music scene, Ballarat’s Ebonivory have today released their powerful brand new single, Introvection. The track comes from their highly anticipated new album, The […]
Avalanche are an electrifying, misfit, piss-off band of rock n’ rollers for a new generation. They first started playing music together in a steel factory in western Sydney after closing time, and after just […]
Founded in 2012, Magnus‘ (brainchild of Arne Heeres) mantra was to bring their urgency, fearlessness in experimentation and healthy disregard for genres to Australian music. Since then they’ve released their critically acclaimed debut album in 2016, cut […]
The Atomic Beau Project are Brisbane’s newest prog/heavy powerhouses. Today, they bring forth to the world their epic new single and video ‘Time‘. The single will find itself into the world on Friday April […]
The Date are one of Perth’s most beloved and enduring bands. Now into their fifth album, the band remain true to their ethos of ‘write for yourself but play for your fans’ on the […]
Caligula’s Horse, hailing from Brisbane, Australia, a leading light in contemporary progressive metal worldwide, recently announced their fifth studio album Rise Radiant for release on May 22. Produced by the group’s Sam Vallen, and […]
The official music video for Cicadastone’s latest single, Box of Anger, is out now through Golden Robot Records. It was filmed and directed by good friend to the band, Michael Stifter, after Mat Robins […]
The Chats have rescheduled their upcoming Australian Tour. The High Risk Behaviour tour, originally scheduled for August, will now happen in November and December, 2020. Since forming in their mate’s bong shed in 2016 […]
Off the back of a sold out tour, a towering new single, and killer sets at Good Things festival, Australia’s favourite rockers The Butterfly Effect have today served up the video for their first new musical […]
Today, The Smith Street Band release new single ‘I Still Dream About You’, as premiered last night on triple j Good Nights. ‘I Still Dream About You’ is the second single from the band’s […]
In a world where Punk Rock seems to change definition more times than most people change their minds, RADIO REJECTS stick to the true definition of the genre. Influenced by Old Skool 4-Chord and 90s Skate Punk, […]
Following the release of their debut album “South Of Everything” in 2015, Dellacoma toured extensively across the USA, UK and Europe. In 2019, after several line-up changes lead singer and namesake Dellacoma Rio took […]
UNIFY Gathering is set to return to Tarwin Lower from January 21 – 24 2021 with an all-Australian lineup. Read the festival statement below: It’s no secret that the music industry is one of the […]
“After a busy 2019 playing at Perth’s best venues including a coveted slot at Fremantle’s Hidden Treasures, Filth Wizard have sharpened their sound and recorded debut single ‘Snowflake‘ with Andy Lawson at Debaser Studios. […]
Australian heavy rock band Wicked Smile have announced ‘Delirium’ as the title of their forthcoming debut EP which is set for release on July 1st. The band is fronted by charismatic powerhouse lead vocalist […]
2019 was quite a year for melodic death metal band Hollow World. Not only did the Melbourne natives toured Europe with Psycroptic and Aversions Crown, Australia with Rings Of Saturn and played the boutique metal festival Halloween […]
Black Trillium release first single ‘Banished’ (featuring Tim Charles of Ne Obliviscaris) from their upcoming debut studio album ‘The Fatal Shore’, due for release April 29. Check out the first single and music video […]
As with many artists with Australian tours originally scheduled for the first half of 2020, The VANNS have been working hard in adapting to these strange COVID-19 times and have announced that their national […]
“There will always come a time in our lives, that we must walk away from people we love, respect or admire. This includes family. This is a story about being the last one holding on […]
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