News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Perth groove metal act Bayview Suspect have had a stellar year in 2019 so far, first supporting the legendary Phil Anselmo & The Illegals alongside King Parrot at this year’s sold out Slayfest and […]
Australian Power Metal outfit Silent Knight have released a new cover song, Dethrone Tyranny by Gamma Ray on digital platforms available now. The idea came from Hungarian record label Burning Sun Records who had previously released a Helloween tribute […]
Australian Metal-Band Envenomed release “Metal United” – the Festival Anthem of the eponymous festival series Metal United World Wide! “Metal United” is the bonus track on the upcoming album “The Walking Shred” out on […]
“Tear it down and start again,” goes the infectious thorough-line of All The Colours’ new single; a fitting return from one of Melbourne’s beloved rock bands, ‘Tear It Down’ heralds a new chapter. One marked […]
Australia’s foremost authority on progressive rock, Caligula’s Horse, have announced the Let It Grow tour for August. The tour will celebrate their cult classic The Tide, The Thief & River’s End and breakout progressive […]
Adelaide’s traditional heavy metal newcomers Plague 9 are releasing their debut EP MR ASS on 5 July 2019. The stunning artwork was created by Dusan Markovic who has worked with Dragony, Mystic Prophecy, Dragonheart […]
In April, Envenomed signed to the pirate label El Puerto Records, giving the band from Down Under a signed worldwide contract with the Europeans. Now the band release the artwork and tracklist for The […]
Australia’s favourite barnstorming five-piece Bad//Dreems are back with their latest single ‘Double Dreaming’, the first taste of what to expect from their forthcoming album due out October this year via Farmer and the Owl, […]
Melbourne prog band, Teramaze will release their new album Are We Soldiers on June 21, 2019 via Mascot Label Group. Teramaze will perform two launch shows for the album on release. Teramaze guitarist, Dean Wells says of […]
With their heavily-anticipated mixtape The Deathbed Sessions now out in full, Cursed Earth are appeasing the masses with the announcement that they’ll be taking it on the road. Gnashing their teeth to share the mixtape live, Cursed Earth will […]
Australia’s favourite winter warmers Frenzal Rhomb are getting around some of the nation’s kinda-hot-but-not-too-toasty spots this year. Kicking off right between the party towns of Caloundra and Redcliffe in the sleepy seaside hamlet of […]
Melbourne rockers Palace Of The King recently released a brand new rock n roll belter in the shape of One Of These Days. The track is the first new music since the release of […]
The Great Barrier Reef is under threat… … and in response a new collaboration of artists, musicians, film-makers and performers have united to create a poetic statement on the future of the natural wonder […]
Introducing sixteen year old Cassidy Paris from Melbourne, Australia. Following in the footsteps of female rockers Avril Lavigne, Pink and Lzzy Hale, Cassidy Paris promotes girl power by bringing back rock chic fronted melodic […]
Five Survive are a 5 peice alternative metal band from Sydney Australia, who have now been banging out riffs together for approximately 5 years, collectively crafting a unique brand of heavy music. A group of 5 life long […]
It’s time to celebrate the next yield of budding stars as we reveal this year’s WAM Song of the Year nominees! 2018-19 is the year for doubling down, with Ben Matthews, Camarano, Farraday’s Cage, […]
While the world burns to the ground, “Armageddon Hard Rock” just rolled into town with the new music video clip ‘Jaws of the Universe’ from Brisbane band GUTTERFIRE! With their debut single release GUTTERFIRE! […]
Approach Of The Epoch is the first single off of the forthcoming Nightmares Of The Sun album due July 2019. A mixture of huge tuned down metal riffs, clean melodic passages and an outro straight […]
Ahoy there, all ye crusty crusaders of the seven seas! ‘Tis a fortuitous day indeed for the infamous privateers and pirate metal outfit Lagerstein, who have announced details of their upcoming third studio album! […]
Gold Coast rock duo Salt & Steel have just released their new single ‘The Beast, The Devil and Me’ and have announced a run of national tour dates to celebrate. The single is the […]
Never ones to do things in halves, Melbourne metal entrepreneurs Gravemind teased their upcoming album in a way their fans have come to expect. Via their (at the time unannounced) new home Greyscale Records; first […]
After clawing their way through the nuclear fallout created by dropping their first single “HITECH-LOWLIFE X DINO CAZARES”, KAOSIS have recalibrated their sonic weaponry and unleashed their follow-up single “ZOMBIE”. KAOSIS polarised global metal […]
Melbourne prog band, Teramaze will release their new album Are We Soldiers on June 21, 2019 via Mascot Label Group. The band have just released the second track from the album. Watch the music video for Fight […]
Ahead of revealing the full force of their mixtape this Friday, Cursed Earth are unleashing one more brutal taste of The Deathbed Sessions in the form of new single ‘Tyranny Forever‘. Featuring ferocious guest vocals from Venom Prison’s Larissa Stupar, ‘Tyranny Forever’ […]
Moana is the creative project of artist Moana Mayatrix, once described by Triple J’s Gemma Pike as one of Australia’s fiercest front women. Since the group’s inception in 2013, countless words have been written […]
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