News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Hellfire N’ Hairspray is a new Australian music festival dedicated to the breed of heavy rock bands. The new waves of Hairmetal/Classic Rock/Glam/Sleaze are enjoying a massive resurgence in popularity internationally and Australia hasn’t […]
The 7th anniversary Apia Good Times All-Stars Tour kicks off in a little under a month with seven of our all-time favourite Australian music All-Stars – Vika & Linda Bull, Brian Cadd, Joe […]
Aussie bass artist PhaseOne has today released his collaboration with Australia’s metal overlord CJ McMahon, frontman of Thy Art is Murder! The track is available now on all good digital outlets and is part […]
The Last Martyr are today announcing the release of the title track from their EP ‘Creatrix‘, out Friday April 26! The single’s lyrics rails against the thought of getting stuck in self-destructive or unsatisfying […]
Sydney punk-rock upstarts The Mis-Made have launched a brand new single & video “Dead Man” and will be hitting the road to celebrate and introduce some fresh blood to their NSW & ACT fans. […]
The latest single from Terror Bite “Don’t Leave” represents a change a new direction for the group. This is their first release under the name Terror Bite and the first with the current lineup. It […]
Metalstep extraordinaire PhaseOne has today released a new track featuring Periphery‘s Spencer Sotelo! The track is available now on all good digital outlets and can be pre-saved as part of the ‘Transcendency’ album – […]
Clowns highly anticipated new record Nature/Nurture is OUT NOW and as you may have guessed, the gang will not be waiting long to take these tunes to the stage across Australia and abroad! Nature/Nurture will be getting it’s […]
Always thinking outside of the box when it comes to creating different ways of marketing and promoting its artists across all its labels, Golden Robot Global Entertainment recently launched a film and TV production […]
Chart-topping album ‘Heaven Knows’ was released through Sony Music in July 1992. Due to it’s massive success in 1993, Sony/Columbia Records released ‘Heaven Knows’ with a special limited edition bonus disc – ‘Rarities’. ‘Rarities’, […]
Australia’s kings of all things dark and creepy, DARKCELL release their long awaited new, self titled album, TODAY!! In honour of their incredible new release, the band now unveil their most ambitious music video so far! […]
Perth post-black metal quintet Illyria has followed their haunting single “Kenopsia” up with an almost triumphant second offering, “Wilderness” from the upcoming album ‘The Carpathian Summit‘, due out April 26. The new single “Wilderness” […]
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are taking 2019 by the horns! Announcing a new single in ‘Bill’s Mandolin’, a new album in ‘And Now For The Whatchamacallit’, their largest national Australian tour to date as well […]
New Zealand’s legendary Stoner Metal band Beastwars are returning to the world with a new lease on life, literally. Vocalist Matt Hyde underwent over 6 months of treatment for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in 2016, he […]
One of Australia’s most anticipated metal releases in 2019 has been the first single release of Melbourne melodic metal heavyweights Trigger, with their new vocalist Nathan Peachey (ex-Teramaze) in tow. Now released, “Demon Eyes” […]
Dan Howl’s releases his new single ‘King Si’ on 11th April and is a taster from his upcoming second album. Recorded at Rada studios by Matt Gio (Producer of Abbe Mays – Fruit & […]
Leading audiences and listeners through a journey of uncompromising arrangements, crushing heavy riffs and soaring melodies, Perth’s enigmatic prog metal five-piece CHAOS DIVINE have well and truly immersed themselves in a realm of sound […]
Sydney based Rockers White Bay have just released their new single and music video ‘Jump Into The Wind’. The band have also announced an upcoming show at Frankies Pizza on 19th May. White Bay […]
Melbourne’s legendary hard rockers, Electric Mary, recently released their kick ass new album, Mother! The band have just dropped a new music video for Mother’s opening track, Gimme Love. Gimme Love captures the band […]
Produced by Simon Hallett of heavy metal heroes Psychonaut, ‘Tuesday Girl’ is a rock’n’roll vehicle bound to get you hot under the hood. With it’s chugging rhythms locking into a groove set to cruise, […]
West Thebarton have today delivered their brand new single ‘Tops‘, alongside a new video, limited edition 7″ pre-orders and some tasty tour dates with A. Swayze and The Ghosts! Reading, Leeds, Pukkelpop, national Living End tour, triple j’s […]
WA blues shapeshifter Matty T Wall is set to continue his 2019 live assault of WA stages, with a full schedule of gigs over autumn. It comes as overseas acclaim continues to pour in. […]
BIGSOUND is back from September 3-6 in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley Live Music Precinct, with this year’s theme revealed as ‘The Artist As CEO’. The event will acknowledge the new music industry reality where artists […]
Metal United World Wide returns for a second year with Perth now being added to the world wide event! Based on the original Metal United Down Under in Australia, MUWW brings together the entire […]
Following on from releasing a pair of critically praised singles, Sydney-based artist Nathan Cavaleri has just revealed tour dates and latest cut ’29 Gold Stars’ – another gripping number lifted from his forthcoming debut […]
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