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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 […]
KK’s PRIEST, the band comprised of renowned former Judas Priest guitarist, KK Downing and former vocalist Tim “Ripper” Owens, is pleased to announce the release of the single “Brothers Of The Road” off their […]
On the heels of the recent announcements of their fifth studio album, TREMONTI have released their music video for the debut single from Marching In Time scheduled for global release on September 24 via Napalm Records. The track “If Not For […]
Rise Against have shared a new acoustic version of their soaring, impassioned rock hit Nowhere Generation, featuring vocals by Meg Myers, alongside a new video. The song—a stripped back take of the punchy original is the […]
Progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD have just announced a Kickstarter campaign to fundraise for the continuation of their documentary film We Are Connected. The band have joined forces with metal film director Felipe Belalcázar, […]
I Prevail will be returning to Australia in June 2022! These rescheduled dates will include Motionless In White and Windwaker. All previously purchased tickets and VIP will be honoured and tickets for the new […]
TIMES OF GRACE, featuring Adam Dutkiewicz and Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage, following the release of their long awaited second album Songs of Loss and Separation last week, have released a new visualizer for […]
As Covid lockdowns continue to wreak more havoc than Wally Meanie at a wine tasting, The Meanies have had to rejig a whole bunch more dates of their ‘BETTER LATE THAN NEVER DESPERATE MEASURES TOUR‘. The […]
Pilgrimage of the Soul is the 11th studio album in the 22-year career of Japanese experimental rock legends, MONO. Recorded and mixed – cautiously, anxiously, yet optimistically during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Japanese […]
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