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Mere weeks after cultivating one of the great feel good stories of 2021 – A fan led mega push that saw The Southern River Band play at the AFL Brownlow Medal Award to millions of […]
Due to high ticket demand, Frontier Touring and The Killers are thrilled to announce a second Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena show for Wednesday 14 December on the Imploding The Mirage Tour 2022. The first […]
Once again, symphonic metal titans EPICA are forced to reschedule their co-headline tour with Apocalyptica due to the still ongoing restrictions in various countries that make it impossible to plan a 2-month-long tour run […]
New Single – “Hounds Loose” – Released Friday 26 November 2021 Stream Single | Watch Video March/April 2022 UK Tour WITH SPECIAL GUEST *ARIELLE *ON ALL DATES EXCEPT MANCHESTER Tickets: www.thegigcartel.com, www.danpatlansky.com/shows “On record […]
ALLEGIANCE “Resurrection” Saturday 11 December 2021 – Gate One Theatre, Claremont Showgrounds WA Doors Open 6:00pm | Licensed 18+ Event Tickets $49.50 from Showtickets > https://www.showtickets.com.au/2021/12/11/allegiance-resurrection Australian metal legends ALLEGIANCE are back! […]
TOTO TO STAGE EIGHTEEN APPEARANCES WITH JOURNEY IN ARENAS – Tour Begins April 7 in San Diego and Ends May 11 in Hartford “AFRICA” CROSSES THRESHOLD OF ONE BILLION STREAMS ON SPOTIFY Watch Performance of […]
Fans of legendary Aussie band Boom Crash Opera are in for a treat as they announce the release of their first live single and EP. ‘Get Out Of The House Live’ is the initial […]
Melbourne’s finest purveyors of vintage rock, Devil Electric recently released their highly anticpated new album, Godless and once again the reviews have been outstanding with GC Live quoting ‘This album really is a vibe, the one I imagine […]
Today, Destroy All Lines are announcing something absolutely MONOLITHIC. MONOLITH FESTIVAL One Stage. Seven Acts. No Clashes. FOUR EPIC DATES ACROSS AUSTRALIA IN 2022. The demonstrably large and looming festival line-up will take place in March […]
Sweet, featuring original guitarist Andy Scott, embark on their “Hellraiser UK Tour” on November 25th. Special guest is Limehouse Lizzy. Tickets are available from www.thegigcartel.com This is the Sweet’s first major outing since restrictions were […]
Nick Barker has been a familiar painting hanging on the walls of the Australian music scene since the late 1980s. He further rose to prominence with his band The Reptiles, releasing the hit cover version […]
A VERY FILTHY XMAS returns for it’s 8th edition featuring veteran Industrial groove metal act ALL THIS FILTH who will be celebrating 10 years of their debut album “11 Past”. Joining them will be […]
Local Band Smokeout, established in 2014 is the brainchild of BG Goodrich, what started as a random thought has grown to become its own global entity. In a technological age where listeners are bombarded […]
Metal United Down Under releases Volume V of their annual compilation album, featuring a vast variety of the greatest heavy music to come out of Australia & New Zealand. Bringing you 19 face-melting tracks […]
Electric State are so pleased to announce the launch night for their forthcoming debut album ‘Green Machine’, on January 29th. The night will be opened by upcomers Satisfaction Guaranteed who have been racking up a […]
ARIA TOP 5 / NO.1 VINYL ALBUM, 30TH ANNIVERSARY RE-RECORDED EDITION OF ‘ALL FOR ONE’ OUT NOW Today The Screaming Jets have announced a very select run of dates, on their C’MON SUMMER tour of January and […]
Perth Metal Sensations Tempest Rising return with a monstrous new single ‘Kingdom’. Swerving between delicate dynamics and the extreme heat of their heaviness, ‘Kingdom’ unleashes an intensity that aims a punch right at the […]
Glasgow rockers GUN have been forced to delay some shows from their Autumn 2021 tour until next year, after the whole band and management team contracted Covid over the last few months. The delays caused […]
Wacken Metal Battle USA return in 2022 after two years of missed battles across America due to the Covid pandemic. For its last three years (2017-2019), Wacken Metal Battle USA has hosted battles across the country to […]
Once he was Australia’s ‘best kept secret’. Joe Matera, guitar-wielding troubadour whose musical prowess informed his secondary career, as a music journalist who could dig prodigiously beyond the norm. I caught him performing, live […]
Melbourne’s Orpheus Omega have rescheduled their 10 Year Anniversary ‘Bleed The Way’ Australian Tour with guests Triple Kill. With their aggressive approach to classic melodic death metal, Melbourne’s ORPHEUS OMEGA blends catchy hooks and […]
Jane Lee Hooker returns October 29th with new single All Good Things – an infectious blast of feel-good rock ‘n’ roll. Jane Lee Hooker received glowing reviews from fans and music press around the world […]
Australia’s number one Heavy Outlaw Sleaze Rock band, Snake Bite Whisky, release the third single and video off their critically acclaimed second album, Black Candy which was released globally by Sliptrick Records (Europe) on […]
Sydney Alt-Rockers Bad Moon Born release their monstrous new single ‘Waves (Of The Wild)’. ‘Waves’ unleashes a storm of brisk, sharp modern metal juxtaposed with graceful melody and infectious vocal hooks that warrants repeat […]
As Light Decays are a four-piece metal band from Perth, Western Australia. With influences ranging from Sepultura to Sylosis, ALD delivers a unique blend of thrash and groove metal, laden with strong lyrical content, […]
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