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In 1990 five blokes from Newcastle called The Screaming Jets took the Aussie music scene by the scruff of the neck and gave a red hot shake. Before they had even signed their first […]
NZ musical legends DEVILSKIN and KORA band together to co-headline a nine-date winter tour across the country, kicking off in Palmerston North this June. This winter tour will see an epic accumulation of songs that […]
Evanescence have released the brand new music video for their latest single, Better Without You taken from their new album, The Bitter Truth, out now on Sony Music Australia. A kiss-off to the naysayers and […]
Arizona’s GO AHEAD AND DIE will release their self-titled debut album on June 11th via Nuclear Blast Records. GO AHEAD AND DIE is a raw, urgent, unrelenting, thrillingly shocking, and vibrant new band. Today the band releases the […]
DESTRUCTION Sign Worldwide Record Deal with Napalm Records, HIRAES (ex-DAWN OF DISEASE) Announces Debut Album, Solitary, WOLFHEART Reveals Music Video for Chilling Acoustic Version of “Aeon Of Cold”, THE VINTAGE CARAVAN Reveals New Single […]
Arizona’s iconic thrashers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have released a brand new song and video clip, taken from their forthcoming album, Blood In The Water, which will be out on June 4, 2021 via AFM Records! FLOTSAM AND […]
Industrial-tinged extreme metal pioneers, FEAR FACTORY are proud to announce their tenth studio album Aggression Continuum, will be released on June 18th via Nuclear Blast just in time for the band’s 30th anniversary. Today, FEAR FACTORY offers fans the first […]
Italian metal giants LACUNA COIL have just announced the release of their new live album, Live From The Apocalypse, set for release on June 25th. Live From The Apocalypse is the fruit of an unprecedented time. Unlike previous […]
The Duke of Spook and his devilish ghouls, WEDNESDAY 13, have returned from the crypt to release a new digital EP titled “Necrophaze – Antidote” that’s out today from Nuclear Blast. The EP features rare and unreleased music from recording […]
Blackened avant-gardists Enslaved have launched into their 30th year with thunder and flames. Although their Utgard European Tour will now take place in spring 2022, with support coming from Intronaut, Obsidian Kingdom and Crown, the band are proud to announce four […]
Teenage Fanclub have shared a final preview of their highly-anticipated album with a new song and video for “In Our Dreams“. Written by the band’s Raymond McGinley, it’s the fifth single off Endless Arcade, out April […]
Hilarious musical pranksters, Green Jellÿ (formerly Green Jellö) – best known for their 1993 hit “Three Little Pigs” – are back to blow your house down with this brand-new studio album, Garbage Band Kids! […]
Powerhouse rock act AshenMoon are back with their brand new single ‘Ashen Moon’, out now on all digital platforms via Golden Robot Records. ‘Ashen Moon‘ is the first new music from the band since last year’s critically acclaimed EP Umbra […]
This July, Sydney guitar-wizard PLINI is set to return to the stage to celebrate the release of his latest album, Impulse Voices. After a year of show postponements and cancellations, PLINI and his band […]
Described as “rock that rolls with primitive swagger,” Holy Roller Baby’s latest album release offers rock lovers the intensity of a rock album with the heart of a soul record. Seeking to illuminate the […]
With the release of his second solo album a few weeks away, MYLES KENNEDY is unveiling another official music video from The Ides Of March. The new video for album opener “Get Along” is an animated short film based […]
Emerging from lockdown and ready to rock, The Angels have put something special together for their fans, and it doesn’t get any bigger or better than this – an unbelievable greatest hits show, “The […]
TOTO and The Players Club / Mascot Label Group have announced the global release of With A Little Help From My Friends on June 25. The performance captures one special night on November 21, 2020 when Steve […]
Black Sabbath was embroiled in a protracted legal battle with its former manager in 1975 when the band started recording its sixth studio album, Sabotage. The group felt sabotaged at every turn – hence […]
Mick Jagger today unveils an exciting surprise for his fans worldwide in the form of the instant release of a track titled ‘Eazy Sleazy.’ The hard-rocking tune written by Mick in lockdown features Jagger […]
German Metal Commando PRIMAL FEAR release their new 5-track single ‘I Will Be Gone’ and present the video clip for the beautiful title-track, featuring Tarja Turunen. “There were three famous vocalists on our final […]
SALIVA has revealed the second single, “Click Click Boom,” from Every Twenty Years, an EP featuring re-recorded classics with current vocalist Bobby Amaru to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of their major label debut, Every […]
On April 2nd, the single called “Where The Angels Fly” came out, which has been bubbling the rumor mill for weeks: when the video for the song went online, it triggered a huge social media storm. […]
One of Australia’s most loved bands, Boom Crash Opera, return with live shows from May this year. The Kick It Out Live 2021 tour, presented by Triple M, will see them perform hits, gems and rarities in both electric and acoustic […]
AFI have now shared two more tracks from the upcoming new “Bodies” album – “Dulcería” and “Far Too Near“. The swaggering “Dulcería” — which was co-written by The Smashing Pumpkins‘ Billy Corgan — is […]
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