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New Orleans sludge metal behemoths CROWBAR will support Sepultura and Sacred Reich on their long-anticipated tour next Spring. Initially scheduled as a 2020 run, the North America Cuadra Tour 2022 kicks off March 4th […]
Rock supergoup MR. BIG is celebrating the 30th anniversary of their chart-topping Lean into It album with a remastered and expanded anniversary edition reissue, available digitally, on CD and as a highly collectible limited […]
More than 30 years after its release, OZZY OSBOURNE’s sixth solo album–the Top 10 (#7) and quadruple platinum NO MORE TEARS will be celebrated with an expanded digital audio album due out September 17 […]
Legendary guitarist Steve Hackett, releases his new studio rock album Surrender of Silence on 10th September 2021, via Inside Out Music. The album features 11 new songs as Steve has been working hard through […]
LIGHT THE TORCH released their brilliant new album ‘You Will Be The Death Of Me‘ in June the album hit the Official Australian Digital albums chart at # 18 and drew critical acclaim for […]
The announcement of the brand new JINJER record, Wallflowers, out August 27 via Napalm Records, has not only caused immediate ripples around the world and delighted international reviewers and fans alike, but the band’s first single, “Vortex“, has […]
On September 24th, Rivers of Nihil will release their fourth full-length, The Work, via Metal Blade Records. For a first preview of the album, a video for the new single “Clean” (directed by Mike […]
It has been a tumultuous year and a half for Australian rock fans with no new international tour announcements but that changes now. With the governments four phase plan underway, which anticipates more flexible […]
Craft Recordings is pleased to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Violent Femmes’ Why Do Birds Sing? with a reissue of the bestselling album from the folk-punk pioneers. Due out October 8th and available […]
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are thrilled to share ‘Catching Smoke‘, their most delightfully mad video yet. ‘Catching Smoke’ is one of the standouts from their recently released and critically-acclaimed Butterfly 3000 album. Following […]
The daily band lineups have been announced for Rocklahoma, taking place on Friday, September 3, Saturday, September 4, and Sunday, September 5 at Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, just outside of […]
Legendary heavy metal vocalist and pop culture icon DEE SNIDER recently announced his triumphant fifth full-length album, Leave A Scar, out July 30, 2021 via Napalm Records. To commemorate the release of his new album, DEE SNIDER has announced […]
The Full Tilt Festival has had to make another schedule change to the festival dates, this time in Brisbane. An official statement is below: It’s another devastating blow, but due to the current Covid-19 lockdowns, […]
Bullet For My Valentine have released Parasite, the second single from their recently announced self-titled album Bullet For My Valentine. “For Parasite we just wanted to let the song rip,” says director, Fiona Garden. […]
The legendary masters of NOLA sludge, CROWBAR, will return to the stage this November supporting Municipal Waste. The ten-date US journey will commence November 13th in Indianapolis, Indiana and come to a close November […]
The undisputed masters of blackened deathcore, CARNIFEX, have returned to ignite sonic memories of albums past with the scorch of old-school sound. On September 3rd, the band will release their eighth studio album via Nuclear […]
BRIAN SETZER has shared “Smash Up On Highway One,” the second single from GOTTA HAVE THE RUMBLE, his first solo album in 7 years. The album will be out August 27 on Surfdog Records […]
YES, who are Steve Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison and Billy Sherwood, recently announced they will release their new studio album THE QUEST on InsideOutMusic/Sony Music on October 1. The album was […]
Nonpoint announced tour dates for this September and October! “We’re coming out of the pandemic swinging! The bands and the shows will leave fans talking for weeks.. Production is new, show is BRAND NEW, […]
Mighty Los Angeles-born, guitar-driven, heavy metal icons, ALCATRAZZ, announce the release of their fifth studio album, aptly titled V, which is set for release via Silver Lining Music on October 15th, 2021. In advance […]
Black Label Society has announced five additional dates on the DOOM TROOPING OVER NORTH AMERICA tour taking place later this year. Last month, the band initially announced more than forty dates spanning coast to […]
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA is back! Sweden’s most famous cabin crew is proud to announce the second part of the “Aeromantic” saga today, seeing the light of the day on September 3rd. “Aeromantic II” […]
Belgium’s most infamous death metal band ABORTED have just released their second single “Drag me to Hell” off their forthcoming album ManiaCult, which will be released worldwide on September 10th via Century Media Records. Watch the visualizer […]
Blues rock artist Joe Bonamassa is back with a brand-new single from his highly anticipated upcoming album, due out later this year. “Notches” exemplifies the unwavering journey Joe has experienced while taking the road […]
British rock legends Thunder have announced the release of the expanded edition of their 13th studio album, ‘All The Right Noises‘ on 24th September 2021 on BMG. It follows on from the album’s original […]
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