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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 […]
Raleigh, NC metal band Lightning Born, featuring bassist Mike Dean (Corrosion of Conformity), vocalist Brenna Leath (The Hell No), drummer Doza Hawes (Mega Colossus, ex-Bloody Hammers; ex-Hour of 13) and guitarist Erik Sugg (Demon Eye) will release its debut album Lightning Born this […]
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 […]
Ooooh yeah, baby! Psychedelic-blues renegades DeWolff return to display the full force of their live experience on their new record Live & Outta Sight II, which will be released on Mascot Records on June […]
LA Indie Rockers, Valley Queen recently caused a stir when they dropped Boiling Water into the Australian market in early May! The first single from their forthcoming Supergiant album set the net ablaze and received a […]
Los Angeles based Alt-Rock newcomers, Trope have unveiled the first single, Lambs, from their forthcoming debut album Eleutheromania to be released later in 2019 via Golden Robot Records. With its hypnotic bass guitar hook […]
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 […]
You might know him for his 10 year long relationship as the guitarist for Glenn Hughes (ex-Deep Purple), but the 46 year old Dane Soren Andersen is much more. Producer, co-owner of famed Medley […]
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 […]
Hard rockers Like A Storm and Through Fire have just announced their U.S. co-headline Firestorm Tour 2019. The tour starts on July 12th in Neillsville, WI and wraps in August 10th in Lincoln, NE and […]
Start your engine and speed into the night! A Million Stars will be with you. Formed only last year, Nightbound is a young Hard n’ Heavy band from Asunción, Paraguay. The band has made […]
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 […]
South African blues-rock duo The Amblers have released the video for Ratty Old Mo’, the title track from their latest EP. The band aren’t keen on delving too deep into the meaning behind their […]
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 […]
From a backyard gathering to a local institution, Yours & Owls Festival has escalated into a must-attend event on the national festival calendar. An event that showcases Wollongong at its finest, the beautiful beach […]
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 […]
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