News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
EMP Pathways, a new not for profit organisation creating entertainment industry opportunities for the youth of Adelaide, is pleased to announce it will be hosting a Metal Fundraiser at The Gov on Sunday, August […]
19th July 2019 is the detonation date for Melbourne heavy act Wither! They are set to unleash a whole new level of panic into the world with the announcement of their new single ‘Use […]
The world-first of its kind festival A Hitch To The Sticks returns in 2019, bringing Tex Perkins & His Fat Rubber Band, Magic Dirt, Stonefield, Ella Hooper, Dallas Crane and more to stages across […]
Leading audiences and listeners through a journey of uncompromising arrangements, crushing heavy riffs and soaring melodies, Perth’s enigmatic prog metallers CHAOS DIVINE return to their roots with False Flags – the blistering second single lifted from the band’s upcoming […]
The Little Lord Street Band have released a new video for the track “Frankies Back In Town” and have announced tour dates taking the band all around WA. “We can’t stay away from the […]
Young Ballarat alt-proggers Ebonivory have released the video for their brand new single, Patting the Black Dog, coinciding with them linking up with Melbourne riff specialists Circles on The ‘Winter’ Tour, which traverses 8 […]
After the release of Metal United the bonus track for the great worldwide Metal United World Wide-Festival. Envenomed now release their first official single and video Abandon Hope from the upcoming album The Walking […]
Ahoy crew! Few bands in recent years have shown the same level of dedication to their fanbase as Lagerstein, who have consistently hit the road spreading their love of partying, catchy pirate tunes, and […]
Taking place at Perth’s newest and most exciting live music venue, Freo.Social, the WAM Song of the Year, presented by Act-Belong-Commit has been taken out by Carla Geneve as the Overall Grand Prize winner […]
Melbourne’s M0DAL1TY are today releasing a beautifully crafted and shot, but ultimately intense and atmospheric video clip for their new single ‘Redemption’. The new single will see its release Friday June 28 into all […]
The sound of The Limbs is one steeped in rich rock and grunge. With their new single ‘Here’, the Perth four-piece show off another element of their dynamism as a rock band and excite, […]
Judging is now complete so it’s time to celebrate the next yield of budding stars at the WAM Song of the Year Awards Party presented by Act-Belong-Commit! All nominees (see full list here) will be […]
Borderline Bookings and Lacerated Enemy Records are very happy to announce details for South African brutal death metal fiends Vulvodynia’s Mob Justice Australian album launch tour. This will be the band’s first time there; […]
After announcing their upcoming Chemical Hearts tour only a couple of weeks ago, legendary Aussie rockers Grinspoon have already sold out The Forum in Melbourne and Waves in Wollongong, with a bunch of other […]
Windwaker are having a DREAM year. Their EP ‘Empire‘ dropped in March to a rabidly excited audience – who responded in kind by eating the EP up on iTunes, Spotify and all online outlets. […]
Sydney punk rockers, Bare Bones, are back on the scene with their brand new single ‘Crawl The Night‘, the first offering of new tunes since the debut album Bad Habits dropped in May of […]
OBEY THE RIFF legends – New Zealand’s Beastwars are edging ever closer to the release of their new album ‘IV‘ on Friday June 28 (out through Destroy Records) and today are releasing an emotional […]
Australia’s biggest new music event BIGSOUND has today unveiled its first drop of tomorrow’s superstars with Tones And I, Milan Ring, Tasman Keith, Bad//Dreems, yergurl, EGOISM, and Electric Fields leading a list of 76 […]
While the concept of pain is universal to all living beings, the understanding of phantom pain is one that eludes most. Gravemind‘s vocalist Dylan Gillies-Parsons channeled the imagery of the experience into the band’s emotionally […]
THE AMITY AFFLICTION, arguably Australia’s most successful heavy music exports have announced the addition of TROPHY EYES and MAKE THEM SUFFER to the huge “Heaven And Hell’ line up as part of Brisbane Festival’s […]
Sunshine Coast power trio, Muules have spent the last two years digging deeper, further exploring their progressive alternative rock sound, while still limiting themselves to just bass, drums, synth and vocals, and this new […]
Freshly signed to UNFD and armed with their colossal new EP Alpha // Survivor, Melbourne post-hardcore band Drown This City are marking a definitive new era. With lead single ‘In Your Image‘ at the helm, the […]
Australian hit machine Diesel has today announced the Sunset Suburbia project: a trilogy of EPs leading into an album in 2020. And to coincide with the release of new music, Diesel will hit the […]
It’s been a busy few months in the Hornography Camp with quiz nights, CD launches and interstate touring acts. In July we are back to our usual proceedings with a killer all-local metal lineup […]
The VANNS are gearing up for a massive second half of 2019 with the release of their striking new single, ‘Mother’. Taken from their long-awaited debut album, The VANNS have served up another slice […]
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