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Dubbed as “the UK’s next brightest metal hope” (Metal Hammer) and Planet Rock’s‘Best New Band 2017’ award winners, The Raven Age have today announced the addition of former Wild Lies vocalist Matt James who […]
LA Based Metal Rock Band RED DEVIL VORTEX has released the Official Music Video for the debut, title single off of their upcoming EP, Something Has to Die, due out May 8th but available […]
‘Beirut’ is the latest offering from BATS; a slightly more upbeat tune than the rest of their debut LP, ‘Truthless Faithless’, yet no lighter in subject matter. The song focuses on the always-present pull […]
WA’s biggest songwriting competition continues to deliver the goods; with WAM Song of the Year again recognising and uncovering the absolute cream of WA’s rich songwriting crop, and providing even greater opportunities and rewards […]
Swedish death metal band NONEXIST returns with new EP feat. prominent guests “In Praise of Death” – in praise of deathmetal that is. This ep is an homage, a tribute to this genre that has meant so […]
ROTTING CHRIST have been arrested in the Eastern European state of Georgia on spurious grounds involving charges of terrorism allegedly based on the band’s name. ROTTING CHRIST frontman Sakis Tolis relates the events in his own […]
Prog rockers Factory combine the legendary sound of the late 70’s true rock n roll era with a unique modern fusion to bring a classic sound firmly into the 21stcentury. Factory was formed in the […]
Modern melodic / heavy rock band Vile Caliber from Helsinki have released a new track ‘Willpower’. They combine influences from rock/metal classics such as Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Whitesnake and KISS, […]
Perth’s incredibly talented and musically diverse prog-rock/metal outfit Dark Universe are pleased to announce the arrival of their new album Into The Black. Built around Jaime Page’s apocalyptic and haunting guitar work, the ten track offering is spearheaded by first […]
Warrnambool’s groove-thrash metal rising stars The Ascended have announced their debut, full-length studio album ‘Awaken Within’ to be released on May 4th via Truth Inc Records. The Ascended blend traditional groove elements and new-age, […]
“This is the place where technology and the human spirit meet.” – Steve Balbi The world became a very different place from Wednesday 11 April for millions of Australians, thanks to a suite of breakthrough […]
Psychedelic trio DeWolff are delighted to reveal their new single for Big Talk. The track is taken from their upcoming album THRUST, out May 4th via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group. Speaking about the track […]
After an exclusive pre-release at Deichman Musikkavdelingen, Few Dollars More‘s single Not For Sale has an official video released. Not For Sale is the story of the search for fame, and a wish to […]
If you think Rollercoasters and sticks of rock are the best things to come out of Blackpool, then you haven’t heard of the UK Metal band, Ravenface! The band had been on a creative […]
Pacific Northwest-based stoner-metal outfit Jollymon is set to self-release their fifth full-length, Void Walker, their first in eighteen years, in June. Jollymon – comprised of frontman/principal songwriter Carey Rich (vocals, bass), Mark Blackburn (drums), […]
Legendary, melodic Greek black metallers VARATHRON, reveal the fourth and last single from the “Patriarchs Of Evil” album, due out on April 27th via Agonia Records. Co-founded in 1988 by Stefan Necroabyssious, the band’s vocalist and sole original member, VARATHRON has […]
ARMSTRONG METALFEST is proud to reveal their next batch of bands to perform on this year’s 2018 line-up. Preparing for their milestone of a decade of metal in Canada’s Okanagan Valley, this year’s festivities are gearing up to be […]
Celeb Car Crash announce the release of a new EP, titled “CCCover”, due for release on the 20th of April via Zeta Factory Records; it will feature five cover songs, whose historical impact has […]
Melbourne rockers The Ugly Kings have dropped their highly anticipated debut album, Darkness Is My Home, today via German label Kozmik Artifactz! The have also released a very cool ONE SHOT video for the […]
High Tension have announced their brutal new album Purge, out June 15 on Cooking Vinyl Australia. The band’s third album is a fierce piece of work, filled with the sound of frustration, fear, disgust, horror, […]
The day has finally arrived! Friday, April 13, sees The Lockhearts long-awaited debut full-length album Americana Doom Fuzz, released to stores as they prepare to hit their straps for a run of album launch shows […]
‘Rubber Bullies’ is a crushing finale from Tropical F*ck Storm, the closing track on their forthcoming debut album A Laughing Death in Meatspace and the last in a series of four 7” singles, each […]
Serbian technical thrashers Quasarborn have just released a video for the title track off their debut album entitled “The Odyssey to Room 101”. Filmed and edited by the young Djordje Stojiljkovic, the video gruesomely […]
UK thrash band Solitary have today released a brand new music video. ‘Wait’ is taken from the band’s critically acclaimed album The Diseased Heart Of Society, which was released late last year to a […]
Over a decade since the release of their debut album, UK’s stoner/progressive metallers Sons of Alpha Centauri return for their sophomore album – an epic introspective journey of abrasive and ambient progressive electronic alt rock entitled Continuum. […]
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