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Throughout March and April, some of the world’s greatest guitarists will come together to raise money and celebrate the music of legendary guitarist and composer Jason Becker, who has been living with ALS for […]
Internationally renowned Renaissance folk rock band Blackmore’s Night release the official music video for their new single ‘Second Element‘, taken from their new studio album “Nature’s Light“, released on March 12 Blackmore’s Night have […]
ORDEN OGAN release “Let The Fire Rain” Music Video, ARION release Music video for single “I Love To Be Your Enemy”, MOTORJESUS Release New Video “Car Wars”. Sometimes the fiery pleasure comes […]
When psychedelic rock icons MONSTER MAGNET got off the plane in the USA after their Powertrip tour of Europe in February 2020, they already realized that they’d dodged a bullet. The band members were all healthy, […]
Such has been the demand for tickets, acclaimed singer songwriter James Reyne has announced a further 6 dates on his national tour, THE BOYS LIGHT UP 41. There is a second show at Sydney’s […]
Provogue will be releasing a new album, featuring previously unreleased material, from the iconic blues-rock master Gary Moore. “How Blue Can You Get” will be released on April 30, Pre-Order Here: https://smarturl.it/GaryMoore. This month marks ten […]
Coopers Brewery and Live Nation are today excited to announce the next round of artists to feature in the popular Live, Loud and Local gig series by today adding Birds of Tokyo in Perth. […]
Twice Grammy-nominated band AUGUST BURNS RED — JB Brubaker [lead guitar], Brent Rambler [rhythm guitar], Matt Greiner [drums], Jake Luhrs [lead vocals], and Dustin Davidson [bass] — have been sharing previously unreleased tracks, such […]
Grammy Award winners BODY COUNT have never shied away from keeping it raw and real. In that spirit, Ice-T and crew launched a contest for fans to illuminate the musical and lyrical ballistics to […]
Megadeth bassist David Ellefson and Sons of Apollo vocalist Jeff Scott Soto have been collaborating on some new material recently under the moniker ELLEFSON-SOTO. The Ellefson-Soto version of the Riot classic “Swords & Tequila” […]
SILVERBACK TOURING knows the importance of live music, the effect it has on us all and the fact it’s something we have been sadly missing due to a Global Event that none of us […]
KINGSWOOD are set to perform one of their biggest shows to date, with the announcement of a special event presented by Triple M: KINGSWOOD LIVE AT THE PALAIS THEATRE. Taking place on Saturday, June […]
Johnny Thunders is a true punk rock legend. He shot to stardom as a founding member of the iconic NEW YORK DOLLS. After a stint with the Dolls he then went on to for his own band Johnny […]
Arizona’s GO AHEAD AND DIE is proud to announce their self-titled debut album will be released on June 11th via Nuclear Blast Records. GO AHEAD AND DIE is a raw, urgent, unrelenting, thrillingly shocking, […]
BURNING WITCHES release new single & video, OCEANS release new single ‘VOICES’ featuring Lena Scissorhands, ALMANAC release previously unreleased version of “Kingdom Of The Blind”. Swiss/Dutch heavy metal coven BURNING WITCHES are […]
POP EVIL have debuted their new single “Set Me Free” today (3/19) along with announcing May 21 as the release date for their much-anticipated sixth full-length album VERSATILE via Entertainment One (eOne). The release […]
BLACK STONE CHERRY have released a new digital single, ‘Again (Live),’ taken from their Live From The Sky streaming event recorded last October. The show coincided with the release of their new studio album, The Human Condition, out now […]
LAMB OF GOD has premiered the official video for “Memento Mori (Live)” from the Lamb of God: Live in Richmond, VA DVD, which is part of the upcoming CD+DVD, due out March 26th via […]
After releasing Best of Lizzy Borden, Vol. 2 last year, Lizzy Borden has now announced his feature film acting debut in Die Influencers Die – a blood-splattering, heavy metal-fueled, social media spoofing, feature length […]
On May 7th, Artillery will release their tenth full-length, X, via Metal Blade Records. For a first preview of X, the new single, “In Thrash We Trust“, can be heard at: metalblade.com/artillery In the […]
SIRENIA Releases New Official Lyric Video for “This Curse Of Mine”, GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT Releases New Official Video “In Flux”, TROLLFEST Releases Cover of Pharrell Williams Hit “Happy”. Symphonic metal foursome SIRENIA […]
EVILE are back – straight from the abyss! April 30, 2021 will see British thrash titans EVILE release their brand new studio album, entitled Hell Unleashed, via Napalm Records – the band’s first album […]
Anthrax‘s Charlie Benante announces a brand new album, 14-tracks that feature an all-star cast of “who’s who” in the thrash, metal, and rock worlds. With all cuts culled from Benante’s acclaimed ‘quarantine jam video […]
The all Australian metal festival Metal United Down Under (MUDU) is announced today along with the release of this year’s official artwork created by Tristan Tait Illustrations! The 8th instalment of the event will […]
Serj Tankian‘s critically-revered Elasticity EP, the System of a Down singer’s first solo release since 2013’s Orca, is available today! The Los Angeles and New Zealand based musician has simultaneously unveiled a second video featuring music from […]
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