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Venom formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal, Venom’s first two albums—’Welcome to Hell’ (1981) and ‘Black Metal’ (1982)—are considered […]
FnA Records adds to their classic catalog with the release of “Steeler: Come Hell Or Hollywood,” a collection of remastered rare recordings from 1981-1982. Many of these pre-Yngwie tracks have never been made public, […]
Hardline Media and Napalm Records are very pleased to announce the release of Dee Snider’s FOR THE LOVE OF METAL LIVE! Featuring live footage from Hardline Media’s Dee Snider ‘Spoken and Shouted’ Tour (2019)! […]
Ensiferum are pleased to announce their record release show ‘Studio Live’, to take place on Friday, July 10 at 7:00 PM UK time / 4.00am Australian Eastern Time. The band will be performing a […]
Anthrax – Joey Belladonna/vocals, Frank Bello/bass, Scott Ian/guitars, and Charlie Benante/drums – invite you to get the inside story behind the making and promotion of the band’s fifth album, Persistence of Time, and its 30th […]
Today on Wednesday July 8th Byron Bay Bluesfest releases the largest FIRST Artist Announcement made in the history of the festival. This highly anticipated release includes many of the artists intended for this year’s event […]
You better give us all the money in your treasure chest – Or Kristof’s gonna take a shit on your fucking lawn. The notorious Pirate Kings ALESTORM hit the worldwide charts with their long-awaited long-player Curse Of […]
Cult Japanese black metal legends Sigh formed in 1989/90, featuring mainman Mirai Kawashima, Satoshi Fujinami & Kazuki Ozeki. Their masterful debut Scorn Defeat became one of the country’s greatest and most revered metal exports. With a journey through […]
The Under The Southern Stars spectacular rock music festival series featuring +LIVE+, Bush and the Stone Temple Pilots recently announced the postponed April tour would move to February 2021. In a recent plan dubbed the ‘COVID-Safe Road […]
There’s a new home for live music in the far North of Perth; ‘The Baltimore‘. With Covid-19 restrictions finally lifting in WA, ‘The Baltimore’ (located at The Sixty30 in Merriwa) would like to officially […]
HOOKERS & BLOW, the now legendary project formed by longtime Guns N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi, recently hit the studio to record a covers album that will be released later this year via Golden Robot Records. Now […]
DRAGONY Signs Worldwide Record Deal with Napalm Records, RUMAHOY Release New Single Treasure Gun, DARK SARAH Release Third Single “Illuminate”, CREMATORY Releases New Video “When The Children Cry”, SERUM 114 Announces New Album, Im […]
Following the success of their acclaimed 2018 album ‘Invincible’, which spent an incredible ten consecutive weeks in the Top 30 Official German Rock and Metal Charts and was voted Sleaze’s Nation’s # 2 album […]
Evanescence has released an iPhone-shot, neon nightmare of a music video for “The Game Is Over“, the second song from its upcoming album, “The Bitter Truth” (BMG). The band’s first collection of new original […]
Early September will see ZAKK SABBATH, the BLACK SABBATH tribute band featuring guitarist/vocalist Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne), bassist Blasko (Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie) and drummer Joey Castillo (Danzig, Queens of the […]
Today, British hard rock legends Lionheart reveal a new lyric video for “Thine is the Kingdom.” The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated new album, The Reality of Miracles, set for international release on July 31st […]
TONY HARNELL (the former voice of Norwegian/American band TNT) is racing ahead with one eye in the rear-view fronting ECHOBATS, a new allstar, quarantine inspired project alongside WHITESNAKE/TSO guitarist JOEL HOEKSTRA (guitar), NIGHT RANGER’S […]
Hold onto your snotty noses ladies and gentlemen, have we got some news for you! Wash those hands, horde that toilet paper, and get ready for the return of Perth’s favourite local metal night […]
KORPIKLAANI premiere their “Harmaja” live video, HEATHEN release album trailer, discussing the first single ‘The Blight’, DESTRUCTION release new live single “Born To Perish”. The folk metal superheroes KORPIKLAANI will premiere their […]
After 14 weeks of streaming from his remote Adelaide property and various breweries and wineries around Adelaide, Dave Gleeson and local guitarist mate Crafty have found a new home for their show and created […]
Australian rock and guitar legend Ian Moss has announced the release of the sixteen track concert album – LIVE – on Friday, 24 July 2020. Recorded at The Playhouse in Canberra and Sydney’s Enmore […]
Californian dark groove metallers Devildriver recently announced their upcoming double album, “Dealing With Demons“. The first volume — titled “Dealing With Demons I” — drops on October 9 via Napalm Records and marks the […]
The video for hard rockers Steelheart‘s timely, powerful, anthemic ballad “My Freedom” can be seen below. The song will be released digitally worldwide on Friday, July 3. Originally available on their most recent studio […]
Mongolia’s biggest rock band, The HU, have just dropped a beautiful new acoustic video for ‘SHIREG SHIREG’. The enchanting video for ‘SHIREG SHIREG’ shows behind-the-scenes footage of the band in the studio, offering fans […]
ELLEFSON the eponymous solo band of Grammy-Winning Megadeth bassist/co-founder David Ellefson has announced the release of NO COVER, an LP featuring 13+ cover songs including classic tracks from Motorhead, WASP, Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, […]
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