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NYC based rockers Tempt are releasing their first official video and they are getting an extra boost from rock legends Def Leppard who shouted out their video cover of “Women” on their social media […]
Los Angeles psychedelic rock’n’rollers THE FREEKS are back with their fourth album “Crazy World” this spring on Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Los Angeles’ THE FREEKS know that as the Earth revolves, the Sun and the […]
Drum legend Terry Bozzio is known for his work with Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Korn, UK, Missing Persons, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Alan Holdsworth, Tony Levin, Steve Vai, Quincy Jones, Ken Scott, Metropole Orkest […]
The teenage bad-boy Reece Mastin, who stole hearts across the country back in 2011, is no longer. In his place stands Mastin, a full-grown man; someone contemplative, and earnest – a man who has […]
The Cambridge English Dictionary defines mechanism as ‘a mechanical contrivance; structure of a machine.’ Well, that dictionary will soon need a new entry, which reads ‘Meka Nism: totally uncontrived, a new structure of metal […]
Norwegian metallers SUSPERIA release new single “Heretic” taken from their upcoming album “The Lyricist”, due out in two weeks (March 16th) via Agonia Records. SUSPERIA is comprised of former Dimmu Borgir, Satyricon and Old Man’s Child members. Their new album “The Lyricist” will arrive […]
The cosmos has now aligned, and with great honour Ritual Productions announce BONG‘s return after three years with a new and momentous rite. ‘Thought and Existence‘ is their sixth album for Ritual Productions and will be unveiled […]
Finnish band Dyecrest is returning after a long hiatus and has just released a new song called Red Alert. It is a second single from the upcoming full-length album Are You Not Entertained? (Inverse […]
Sydney’s The Elk Collective are dropping their new EP on Friday March 16 and it is CHOKKAS full of Post-Hardcore bangaz. Their new single Chokkas is out today and to celebrate, they have a […]
Tying in with the release of six-string master Ethan Brosh’s third album, ‘Conspiracy’ (which was released February 16th), will be a run of North American dates supporting former Dictators/Manowar guitarist Ross the Boss. The […]
Foxblood have become synonymous with evolution in the Australian heavy music scene since the introduction of 2016’s critically acclaimed debut album The Devil, The Dark & The Rain. They continue to surpass artistic barriers as […]
Brisbane hardcore groove metal act, Massic will release their debut album, Redshift, on March 30. Watch the recently released video for first single Devolve here In support of their debut album Redshift the band […]
You know, when you can’t label a band your onto something unique. Better yet, you slide into a hard groove and skip into styles you didn’t expect of a metal core band. Expect this […]
Machine Man Records recording artist Quo is set to release TRAMA on March 6th 2018. For fans of Queensryche, The Rue and Devin Townsend, Quo is a solo side-project from Nate Exx Gradowski of […]
Melbourne two-piece metal machine, Contrive, consisting of twin brothers Paul and Andrew Haug released their new album, Slow Dissolve late last year to global acclaim! They recently shot their foot stomping and head crushing […]
Perth’s favourite sons Verge Collection invite more friends to the party, introducing a healthy mix of supports to their national tour in support of debut album Flaneur, out March 30. As Aussie as bare […]
Melbourne’s Pretty City are soon bound for the wild vibes of Texas and SXSW but before the band departs, they’re leaving fans with a sneaky parting gift in new single, ‘Simone’. Taken from the […]
BLACKEN OPEN AIR returns to Alice Springs this Easter with a massive lineup of heavy acts from around the country. This is the sixth incarnation of the annual festival which takes place over two […]
High Tension have returned with a powerful new single titled Ghost To Ghost, the first bite of new music from the Melbourne based heavy quartet since their 2015 breakthrough album, Bully. Following the release of Bully new members, Mike […]
Chicago pop-punk band Welcome to Jonestown has released the official lyric video for their single, “Lazy” off of their upcoming EP. Releasing digitally March 1st, Go Punk Yourself! is the second EP from the […]
Pittsburgh, PA traditional metal force ARGUS have released the official video for “Devils of your Time,” a track from 2017 Cruz Del Sur Music album From Fields of Fire. The video (the band’s first ever) […]
Miami, FL hard rock band GEARS has released the Official Music Video for their track, “King,” the first single off of their upcoming EP. “Society has become so soft and forgiving, that’s not necessarily […]
Sheffield trio AWOOGA return to the fold with their debut full-length, Conduit, set for release on 20 April via Rockosmos. They have also unveiled new video ‘Waterhole‘ which can be seen below. A culmination […]
Metal never dies. In the 50 years since it first spewed forth from northern English guitars, heavy metal has grown into a world dominating and ever expanding genre of endless subgenres. But sometimes, you […]
Military vets to now rockers, Contending has just released their new music video for their latest single, “The Storm“. Melodic and heartfelt choruses on the single talk about two very close friends of the […]
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