News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Sydney thrashers Flaming Wrekage and Brisbane sludge lords The Black Swamp are joining forces for the Witches and Wolves Tour set to disrupt Australia across Feb and March 2018. The Black Swamp trample back […]
Melbourne rock lords Palace Of The King recently released their four on the floor belter, It’s Been A Long Time Coming through powerhouse indie record label, Golden Robot Records. With smashing stadium rock production and all the Oz […]
Australia’s best Power, Thrash & Melodic Metal bands will unite in Perth for the 5th installment of the annual Stormrider Heavy Metal Festival on April 7 at Badlands Bar. The 2018 festival will be […]
Northern Territorians Tapestry are today marking a return to the fore of the Australian heavy music scene with a brand new single and a heads-up to expect a brand new EP in the first […]
Raised By Eagles are very much looking forward to celebrating Christmas 2017. It’s been a busy and stunning year for the Melbourne based 4-piec.e outfit. Signing to ABC Music early in the year, the […]
For the past 4 years, Miami On the Gold Coast has played host to one of the region’s most revered annual parties – OzFest! Back for 2018, OzFest again promises to give you the […]
Sydney-based melodic metal core band FOR ALL ETERNITY brought their signature beauty-laced brutality to Facedown Records with their label debut Metanoia. After two self-released projects, FAE released Metanoia in 2015, and the album’s blend […]
Calling all Frankston-based music lovers – The Pier Street Party is officially set to shake up Melbourne’s outer suburbs once again on February 24, 2018. For the second year running, the outdoor festival will […]
In Hearts Wake have released a video for “Freak”: taken from Spawn (Again): A Tribute To Silverchair, out now on UNFD, as well as announced supports for their epic Australian regional tour in early 2018. The […]
Bolting straight out the gate with triple j airplay, Hobart’s Verticoli have served up new single ‘Free Will’, the blistering title track from their EP which was just released December 1. With support slots under their belt for […]
Falls Festival is getting set to deliver Australia’s biggest NYE summer Silver Jubilee party! As our 25th anniversary approaches we have just added 22 names to the original home of Falls, our farm in […]
In late 2016, LORD was invited to play the prestigious ProgPower USA festival in Atlanta, Georgia. This show was professionally filmed and recorded and now it’s available to download or stream.The epic live performance […]
Sanctum & Solace, North Queensland’s most fire new heavy act, are today bringing their tropical heat to everyone. Today they are dropping their new track/lyric video Slave, a brand new taste of a forthcoming […]
The Falls Music and Arts Festival have once again teamed-up with Music Tasmania to showcase a bunch of local acts at this year’s Marion Bay festival. This is the third year that Homebrewed has […]
Pollard Row is a post-metal trio based in Adelaide, Australia. The band’s artistic outreach is to invite listeners into a texture of sound, flowing from warm melodies to heavy passages of music, all held […]
Ah, the Christmas single. As collectible as a Beatles’ fan club flexi-disc and as timeless as Wham!, it’s that little touch of sonic mistletoe that brings you and your favourite band together when you need […]
Following their debut in early 2017, Brisbane’s newest pop punk trio comes out swinging with new single and ‘Don’t Look’ and accompanying video, premiering via CONTROL Zine this week. Reminiscent of house parties in rickety […]
Lycanthrope are today announcing the release of their debut full-length album, Chapters, on Friday February 16 2018! To celebrate, they are unleashing a brand new track and video into the world, entitled ‘Like A […]
Melbourne’s CAMP COPE are thrilled to finally reveal the full details of their highly anticipated sophomore album. Featuring the “searing” first single ‘The Opener’, their new album How To Socialise & Make Friends will […]
Ready? Of course you are. Hose out your mind, locate your tent pegs and pack your flannies; BOOGIE FESTIVAL is back on the farm, more fabulous than ever. It’ll be getting good weird in Tallarook, […]
In what has been an epic year, 2017 has seen The Smith Street Band release their fourth album, play some of the country’s finest theatres and festivals, tour North America, the UK and Europe, and […]
Drunk Mums return from a successful European tour with hard-hitting single ‘Hot Flush’ from their forthcoming EP, Denim, and head out on tour in January. The forthcoming EP, recorded by bass player and vocalist […]
Northern Rivers hell-raisers, Hammers, have had an eventful 2017. The band kicked off the year by supporting Aussie Rock stalwarts The Screaming Jets for a run of shows through regional NSW, before returning home […]
Ram-Raid Entertainment and Soundworks Touring are proud to welcome back SLAYFEST into WA’s music calendar in 2018. On 9 March 2007, in the year when Myspace was the go to, the I-phone was launching, […]
Perth based Female Fronted Melodic Metal band Icarus Lives have had a stellar 2017, releasing their debut album Vantablack to a rampant home crowd, performing at 3 renowned Australian festivals in Perth, Sydney & […]
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