News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
A Perth musician has made a teenage music fan’s day by giving him her drum kit. Kylie Soanes, drummer for the band Legs Electric, donated her beloved long-time drum kit to 14-year-old Rosco House. Ahead […]
Australian technical deathcore act, Zeolite, have announced a national tour set to kick off this May, which will see them hitting the East Coast of the country with the newly signed death metal outfit, […]
For the uninitiated, To Octavia is a melodic metalcore group from Melbourne, Australia, taking inspiration from modern metalcore and merging it with a variety of influences such as pop, and alternative rock. If that’s […]
It’s Wednesday! And Clowns have just dropped their new track ‘I Wanna Feel Again’, as premiered on triple j Good Nights earlier this week and taken from their highly anticipated fourth studio record Nature/Nurture, out April 12. […]
Melbourne’s blackened rock’n’rollers Pagan have announced the line up for their second annual THE HOLY COMMUNION II, as well as supports for their upcoming The Evil Eye tour – an extensive procession throughout Australia […]
• JOHN PAUL YOUNG • RUSSELL MORRIS • GLENN SHORROCK • DOUG PARKINSON • JACK JONES Five of Australia’s finest vocalists – JOHN PAUL YOUNG, RUSSELL MORRIS, GLENN SHORROCK, DOUG PARKINSON and JACK JONES – […]
Blue Mountains blues-rocker and award-winning independent artist Claude Hay stakes his claim on the Australian music landscape with the release of his new single ‘Give Me Something’. A fast-paced and upbeat foot-stomper with all […]
Introducing UsFest: a game-changing new event for the Sydney heavy music community, addressing the complex issue of gender diversity on Aussie festival lineups by aiming to inspire meaningful, positive change from the grassroots. Co-headlined […]
Auckland’s five-piece Crooked Royals is set to release their EP Rumination on Friday April 19 and they’ve just dropped first single of the same name with a video in the lead up. Rumination is […]
Perth’s post-black metal quintet Illyria is set to release their full-length album, ‘The Carpathian Summit‘, on April 26. The band premiered the single “Kenopsia” through triple j’s The Racket this week and dropped the […]
Melbourne’s Windwaker are on a roll. Several, actually. The five-piece rock/metalcore crew are today rolling out their second track and video from forthcoming EP Empire – entitled My Empire. The track is available now […]
In preparation for the release of their new album “Misery Season” on March 29th via Rockpit Records, Western Australia’s finest purveyors of heavy and aggressive music All This Filth released their first single “This […]
Following on from the success of a three-week season at His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth in March 2018, and having already sold out the forthcoming four nights at The Quarry Amphitheatre in City Beach, We […]
Pavement Entertainment (U.S.A) recording artists Snake Bite Whisky celebrate the global release of their critically acclaimed debut album with two exclusive shows in New Zealand featuring their trademark night high energy, over the top […]
Australian death-thrashers TRUTH CORRODED have unleashed their second song ‘Victims Left Lepers’ from the band’s upcoming new album Bloodlands, which will be released worldwide on 22nd March. The track is accompanied by a confronting […]
Nitro Zeus, the alternative rockers from Brisbane, Australia, have released their first single from the upcoming EP i.anomaly on 1 March. All Fail is available on Youtube, Spotify and iTunes. i.anomaly, Nitro Zeus’ debut […]
Avant-psych-noise-skuzz weirdo’s Tropical Fu*k Storm release their newest track… The Planet Of Straw Men. The first new music since 2018’s terrifying debut A Laughing Death In Meatspace, The Planet Of Straw Men is a […]
To borrow a saying from a very popular TV show, “WINTER IS COMING!”. Melbourne bred progressive alternative rock juggernaut Circles are today announcing their ‘Winter’ Tour across Australian landscapes, and to the shores of […]
Brisbane’s melodic hardcore quartet She Cries Wolf took the Australian Heavy Music scene by surprise late in February with the surprise-release of their third full-length ‘Liar‘! Teasing the record anonymously with the hashtag #everyonelovestheliar […]
Australian prog outfit VOYAGER are premiering a brand new single and stunning video via Prog Magazine. The song “Brightstar” is streaming at the link below. Directed by Red Empire Media, the music video encompasses […]
Hellfire N’ Hairspray is a new Australian music festival dedicated to the new breed of heavy rock bands. The new waves of Hairmetal/Classic Rock/Glam/Sleaze are enjoying a massive resurgence in popularity internationally and Australia […]
Since forming in late 2018 with a line-up made in music heaven and releasing their debut EP Restless Noise in the same blow, it seems LOSER have wasted no time in carving a path for themselves. Now they’ve dropped […]
Sydney’s future metallists, SETMEONFIRE have released their brand new album of cyber fuelled progressive tech metal, Lowtech, today! To mark the event, the band have released another incredible music video. This time for the track, Nerve. […]
The Last Martyr are today announcing the release of their EP ‘Creatrix‘ on Friday April 26. Originally slated for an earlier release – and under the name ‘Out of the Black’ – the band […]
Melbourne based touring, bookings and management company, Wild Thing Presents (together with its label arm, Wild Thing Records) who have been at the heart of Australia’s world renowned progressive and alternative rock scene, are thrilled to […]
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