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The 7th installment of Metal United Down Under (MUDU) was planned for 4 April 2020 when COVID-19 hit us with a big rain check. Now that are restrictions easing in most states, we hope […]
Melbourne melodic metal veterans Vanishing Point have just released Salvus, the second single from their forthcoming album, Dead Elysium, their first in 7 years! It’s been four weeks now since the band surprised the metal community worldwide with their […]
New Zealand noise makers Spook The Horses, have released a video for Cell Death. Taken from their new album, Empty Body to be released on August 28 via Pelagic Records The band say of the clip “Spook […]
Foundation Of Bones is the new EP from death metal practitioners ENTERPRISE EARTH. Released via Entertainment One (eOne), the EP serves as a surprise bridge piece from their latest full-length effort, Luciferous, into the […]
New Zealand black thrash four-piece group Bulletbelt have just revealed a music video for “Punishment of God“, which comes off the band’s fourth album “Warlords” released earlier this month on Impaler Records. Directed by […]
Sit down, get comfortable, take three deep breaths and let your mind wander from the cold doom of this 2020 winter to the warmth of the impending 2021 summer. Picture the sand between your […]
Aussie artist Corey Legge has released a second single “Fireball” from the upcoming new album “Some Days“. ‘Fireball’ is an alt-country/rock juggernaut that just keeps building and building, until the catchy chorus explodes and […]
Accidental President are a female fronted Alt-Rock 3 piece playing their own brand of hard rock mixed heavily with goth and metal influences – with a theatrical flair. The band released their self titled […]
‘Don’t Give Me A Dime‘ is the 2nd single from Mike Elrington‘s new album ‘Aftershock‘ due out in September this year. The song, like the lead single ‘She’s On My Mind‘ is another curveball […]
UK Indie Rockers THE CROOKS recently released a brand-new single ‘In Time’. The single has gathered strong airplay and has pushed THE CROOKS into the global spotlight. The Crooks Volume 1 contains stripped-back acoustic versions of their new single ‘In Time’ and […]
BIGSOUND is pleased to announce that it will proceed in 2020 with a revised program of conference, live music and parties, ensuring that its long-standing role of providing forward thinking, listening, learning, discovering and […]
Sydney-based hardcore punk band KIDS OF SKIDS recently signed to Riot Records (Part of the Golden Robot Global Entertainment Group) and have released their debut single Army Store. Army Store is exactly what it sounds like, a song about the band’s favourite store. This […]
Iconic Los Angeles rock radio station KLOS-FM, and legendary Sunset Blvd. nightclub The Viper Room will join forces with L.A.’s hottest new rock band Dirty Honey for “Lockdown Live at The Viper Room,” a […]
Theatrical metal band RAVEN BLACK has revealed a poignant new video for the song “Hear Me Cry,” from their upcoming third album, The Key. “‘Hear Me Cry’ is about the chaotic and deeply disturbing […]
Melodic hard rock band Black Paisley is back with a song more in line with traditional radio rock than metal.“ The new Paisley song “Need Some Soul” is a straight energetic rocktune with a […]
Six piece East London based (Aussie grown) indie rock outfit Harriet Comfort will release their debut single, ‘Time Is Now’, on Friday July 10. Recorded and produced behind closed doors during the COVID-19 London […]
The Perth metal scene is back and making some noise! August 14th at Amplifier Bar in Perth is set to go off with some of Perth’s best hard hitting metal acts. With lockdown over […]
Red Cain‘s new single “Sunshine (Blood Sun Empire)” ushers in the follow-up album to 2019’s “Kindred: Act I”; entitled “Kindred: Act II”, which follows the warrior Zalcoatl and combines ancient myths and stories with a […]
Nathan Cavaleri is back and set to release his first solo album, Demons (out August 6) since being signed to Michael Jackson’s label at age twelve, today sharing his affecting new single, Before You Check Out, an […]
For New York singer-songwriter, and acclaimed soul & blues vocalist, Sari Schorr, 2020 has not just kindled her creative fires as an artist, it’s inflamed them and lit a beacon. Back in May, Sari […]
Today, Australia’s influential punk icons The Meanies have officially released their new studio album, Desperate Measures through Cheersquad Records and Tapes, while also sharing a new single and video for ‘Monsters’. Desperate Measures […]
One of Australia’s most prominent up and coming acts, Glass Ocean have fast become key players on the global progressive scene. Today, the band release the video for third single, Bolero, from their highly anticipated debut album, The Remnants […]
Everyone’s favorite masked mutants, GHOUL, are back with “The Nectarnomicon,” a slime drenched single slab of atonal protoplasm straight from the stygian bowels of Creepsylvania, and only available on Bandcamp! Head to maniaxe.bandcamp.com to hear […]
Long-standing industrial-fused metal band SOCIETY 1 has revealed a futuristic, sci-fi-inspired video for “Bleed You Away,” from their upcoming sixth album, Black Level Six. As the head of his own production company, Lord Zane […]
Australian hardcore punk act THE OWEN GUNS recently released their first single & video ‘F**k Cyclists’ on Riot Records (Part of the Golden Robot Global Entertainment Group). Now THE OWEN GUNS are back with a new single ‘It’s Too Late’. ‘It’s […]
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