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Around March 2020 the world took a break from live music with the onset of a worldwide pandemic, in case you hadn’t heard? When the world stage shut down, WOLFMOTHER’s Andrew Stockdale took to […]
Limited Editions To Feature Live Bootleg Recordings As Bonus & Ltd. LP+CD Boxset Will Include Exclusive KREATOR Comic Book! German thrash metal gods KREATOR will release a very special re-rissue of their 2001 masterpiece “Violent Revolution” for […]
OF MICE & MEN SHARE NEW TRACK ‘ECHO’ — LISTEN SONG IS THE TITLE TRACK TO NEW ALBUM OUT DECEMBER 3 VIA SHARPTONE Gold-selling hard rockers Of Mice & Men — Aaron Pauley (bass + vocals […]
The Damaged Goods EP features La Roux’s cover of the Gang of Four classic from the multi-artist compilation album The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four plus five brand new club remixes […]
We guarantee this will be our last Christmas post! (Well maybe!). THE OFFSPRING “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” Holiday track produced by Bob Rock. Originally released by Darlene Love, The Offspring put their unique […]
Live music isn’t just back, it is UNCAGED. The newest rock festival on the Australian festival circuit, UNCAGED, has just gotten bigger with its second line up announcement. Boasting three stages and featuring a who’s […]
GYPSY PISTOLEROS the swashbuckling renegade flamenco rock rumba punk ‘n’ roll pioneers are aiming for the XMas No.1 spot with a cracking version of the world anthem, Livin la Vida Loca! Straight in at 33/1 […]
After re-signing to Nuclear Blast in early 2021, the Finnish heavy metal sextet BATTLE BEAST are once again getting ready to unleash their force upon the world in the shape of their brand new […]
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 […]
Sharing music from the release of his debut country solo album at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, Andrew Farriss now has lots more to celebrate with a nomination in the 2022 Golden Guitar awards […]
Bay Area thrash legends DEATH ANGEL have released their heavily anticipated new live record titled “The Bastard Tracks” today with Nuclear Blast. Recorded live at The Great American Music Hall in their hometown of San Francisco on […]
THE ICONIC BLACK SABBATH GUITARIST RELEASES NEW SINGLE ‘SCENT OF DARK’ AND LAUNCHES ACCOMPANYING FRAGRANCE THROUGH ITALIAN LUXURY PERFUME HOUSE XERJOFF LISTEN/BUY ‘SCENT OF DARK’ HERE: Tony Iommi, iconic guitarist for Black Sabbath, […]
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! […]
Pre-orders Flooding in for His Stunning New ‘Inspirations’ series Album & Bernie Unveils a Making Of Chess Video. National Treasure, Bernie Marsden reveals a fascinating insight into the motivation, method and creation of his […]
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 […]
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 […]
Earlier this year Sydney thrash/death metal band TERRORENTIAL released their debut album VISIONS. Off the back of this tremendously brutal album, TERRORENTIAL has treated fans by releasing a lyric video to the track Flood […]
Motor City Madman Ted Nugent releases his brand new single “Come and Take It.” The song is a powerful, patriotic rock anthem that reminds Americans of our sacred 1rst and 2nd Amendment rights. Rights […]
With a bond forged in youth and decades-old friendship, the undisputed masters of thrash metal release their eleventh studio album, PERSONA NON GRATA via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band releases the lyric video for the track ‘Prescribing Horror’ which can be viewed […]
Formed in the summer of 2017, Dutch band MOUNTAIN EYE has taken the alternative metal sound that bands like Korn, Linkin Park and Slipknot presented to the world in the beginning of the century and transformed it to a sound that fits our […]
Today, Finnish metal legends NIGHTWISH announce new tour dates for all the shows of their ”HUMAN.:||:NATURE.” tour that had to be postponed. Find the new dates below: NIGHTWISH EUROPEAN TOUR 2022 SUPPORT: BEAST IN BLACK, TURMION […]
‘Gonna Take You Higher’s surreal vocals and heavy guitars summon up visions of old Led Zeppelin and Richie Blackmore’s ‘Rainbow’. The latest single from Jizzy Pearl’s Love/Hate is about Jack Parsons, one of the pioneers of rocketry aviation who also […]
Channeling Bad Santa In The Official Video (Photo Credit: Travis Shinn) Band Joining Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard on 2022 North American Stadium Tour Debut Album Set to be Released Next Year “CLASSLESS ACT […]
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 […]
Under The Southern Stars the spectacular rock music concert series, is thrilled to be taking place in March 2022. Featuring rock royalty Cheap Trick, global rock superstars, Bush and the legendary Stone Temple Pilots! As well as Australian rock royalty Rose Tattoo and rock […]
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