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The Pinheads kicked of their national tour this weekend, Brisbane, Byron and Gold Coast fans getting their fill of all things Pin! Their new single ‘Innocent Crime’, the leisurelier paced, trance-inducing follow up to […]
Rags N Riches frontman Scott Ginn will release his third solo album in March 2019. ‘Only the quick and the dead‘ is the follow-up to his 2015 release ‘At the brink of eternity‘ and […]
A unique and powerful live band, Western Australia’s Tempest Rising hit the road as often as they can. Since 2012 they have toured anywhere and everywhere – from gleaming capital cities to dusty outback […]
Fast-rising fusion guitarist STEVE DADAIAN releases his new full-length concept album, Follow The Light, today, Friday, February 1, 2019. Today, following the release of his three latest tracks/videos for “Follow the Light”, “Soul Connection” […]
The INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival recently announced its return to the historic Ohio State Reformatory, a.k.a. Shawshank Prison, in Mansfield, OH on July 12, 13 and 14. This year’s massive line-up will […]
The fifth album by Norwegian rock band PRISTINE marks a point of evolution as well as diversification in their sound. Heidi Solheim, Tromsö native and driving force behind the band, fuses musical as well […]
Multi-Award-winning American Blues guitarist and singer-songwriter Samantha Fish is happy to announce that London-based Americana band Curse Of Lono will be special guests on her May 2019 UK Tour. The band released their second […]
Doing something new in the realm of heavy music takes vision, creativity and a hell of a lot of guts as there is always a risk. A risk of getting it wrong, of alienating […]
In one of the most hotly anticipated returns since Jon Snow and his curls to Game of Thrones, Brisbane’s favourite prog sons Osaka Punch are starting 2019 off with a roar, kicking ass and […]
Perth’s newest and rapidly growing metal club HORNOGRAPHY is raring to go for the February edition! After a huge Aussie Day party in January, we are back with a home ground advantage at THE […]
G4L Records, the label founded by West Coast Entrepreneur and Marketer Markus Muller-Stach and whose A&R is headed up by Candlebox Frontman Kevin Martin, has announced the signing of its second artist – Alt […]
The Alt-rock duo The Blue Stones have announced a heaping dose of tour dates throughout The States surrounding their support tour with Grandson. The band will perform on select radio shows and festivals, most […]
2019 sees the release of Wear Your Sins – a watershed release that presents a massive shift in the overall tone of Orpheus Omega. Displaying the result of cumulative experience over the past decade […]
The masked mutants of Creepsylvania, GHOUL, are pleased to undrape their hilarious, animated visual accompaniment to “Shred The Dead” via Revolver Magazine. The track comes by way of the band’s Dungeon Bastards full-length, released […]
Black Oak County will release it’s second album, “Theatre Of The Mind“, on April 26th. The record was produced by Jacob Hansen (Amaranthe, Pretty Maids, Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, Volbeat), with the mixing and mastering […]
The eagerly anticipated full-length album Carnival Of Fools from Brisbane dirty-soul act Blues Arcadia is a record that almost didn’t get made. Personal struggles and a band implosion shortly after they began the process […]
Boston’s MAGIC CIRCLE returns with their triumphant third LP, Departed Souls. Ending a four-year gap since the band’s acclaimed Journey Blind LP, Departed Souls will see release through 20 Buck Spin. Ahead of its March […]
Due to popular demand, RIVERS OF NIHIL will play their latest album, Where Owls Know My Name, in its entirety at every date of their upcoming North American tour. The band will be bringing […]
It’s been silent for a while in the camp of Swedish metallers ENFORCER – too silent! But now the quartet is back with their highly anticipated fifth studio album entitled »Zenith«. The record will […]
Melbourne one woman atmospheric, blackened Neo-Folk artist Suldusk has just announced the release of her debut album, Lunar Falls, via German label Northern Silence Productions. Suldusk have just released a trio of tracks from […]
Snake Bite Whisky, one of Australia’s number one sleaze bands, just released their debut album This Side from Hell via Pavement Entertainment and Sony Red on 25 January 2019. This Side Of Hell was […]
Making a name for your band in the Northern Territory is tough going. Not only is it isolated and hot, but it is literally hundreds of kilometres away from the well-worn band touring circuit […]
Melbourne’s legendary hard rockers, Electric Mary, will release their new album, Mother, on February 15! The band have a hand full of shows lined up to celebrate the release with more dates to come […]
IMONOLITH, the new metal powerhouse featuring vocalist Jon Howard (Threat Signal, Arkaea), drummer Ryan ‘RVP’ Van Poederooyen (Devin Townsend Project), guitarist Brian Waddell (Devin Townsend Project), bassist Byron Stroud (Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory), […]
Swedish hardcore metal act Through the Noise will release their upcoming sophomore full-length album entitled Dualism on April 12, 2019 via Eclipse Records. The album was engineered by Ermin Hamadovic (Periphery, Devin Townsend Project, […]
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