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Australia’s masters of brutality Thy Art Is Murder have announced the Human Target Australian Tour, set to cause carnage across the country in May 2020. Their first headline run since the release of their […]
Ex-Noiseworks, Dead Daisies & INXS front man Jon Stevens will be alongside his son Levi when they take on the enduring Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea from March 9 – 19 as they […]
The Boomtown Rats will mark 2020 (The Year Of The Rat) with the release of ‘Citizens Of Boomtown’, their first new studio album since 1984. The Boomtown Rats – are Bob Geldof on vocals, […]
Support acts have been announced for Carcass on their Australian tour which kicks off at this year’s Download Festival in Sydney and Melbourne and ends in Perth at the annual Slayfest. CARCASS are the […]
Following the success of their Christmas UK Tour in 2019, legendary 70’s rock band SWEET will once again embark upon a pre-Christmas UK Tour. The 14-date nationwide tour will start on November 30th and […]
The Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best just ranked Panama City Beach #8 in their list of Top 25 Beaches in the United States, and that’s exactly where thousands of music fans will Rock the […]
May 2020 will see the wildest, wettest, dirtiest, hardest, heaviest most rocking heavy metal tour to hit Australian shores ever in the history of anything ever. MJR Presents are bringing Steel Panther to Australia […]
“Everybody’s waiting for the night” “Waiting For The Night”, the third single off AUDREY HORNE’s upcoming same-titled first live album, to be released on February 28 via Napalm Records, is a purely energetic, compelling audiovisual […]
Groove/Thrash Metal Icons EKTOMORF Sign With Napalm Records, BLACK MIRRORS Release Official Unplugged Video for “Whispering Ghost”, AETHER REALM To Release New Album “Redneck Vikings From Hell”, (0) To Release Debut Album SkamHan. […]
German hard rock icons, Bonfire, will release their brand new album, Fistful Of Fire on April 3 via AFM Records. The music video for Rock ‘N’ Roll Survivors has just been released. The video […]
Due to overwhelming demand, and the band choosing to stick around down under for another day… Ukrainian modern metal frontrunners JINJER are pleased to announce a second show in Brisbane! The band also release the […]
As you have previously seen, Hard Rock Hell have recently announced Hard Rock Hell Spring Break, which will boast 3 arenas over 4 days and 60 bands playing over multiple genres including AOR, Glam, […]
West coast metal veterans Metal Church will release “From the Vault” via Reaper ENtertainment on April 10, 2020 in Europe. The band has released a lyric video for the first track from the collection, […]
After enjoying a run of four hit singles since late 2018 Birds Of Tokyo will finally bundle all these songs plus seven more onto a new album called “Human Design”. The release will land […]
It’s finally time to start over! Today, THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA release their new album “Aeromantic” via Nuclear Blast! Guitarrst David Andersson states: “Aeromantic is the fifth album by THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA, or […]
James Hetfield of Metallica as issued a statement regarding his current treatment in rehab and the future of the band’s upcoming shows scheduled for US festivals later in the year. Dear Metallica Family, It […]
“Returning to Boom Crash Opera feels like putting on a cosy pair of well-loved shoes again… it’s a natural fit for us all…” – Dale Ryder Now that Dale Ryder is back to stay, […]
August Burns Red just dropped the new song “Bones” from their upcoming eighth full length, ‘Guardians‘, out April 3 on Fearless Records/Caroline Australia. “Bones is a song about taking a step back and realizing […]
Crossover thrashers Toxic Holocaust are pleased to unveil the official video for “New World Beyond,” now playing at Revolver. The track comes by way of the band’s latest full-length, Primal Future: 2019, released last Fall […]
On April 24, Eagle Rock Entertainment will present legendary British Rock ‘N’ Roll icons and Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame® inductees Def Leppard: London to Vegas. This limited edition 2Blu-ray+4CD, 2DVD+4CD, DVD/Blu-ray+2CD and digital […]
Deep Purple have announced the title and release date of their brand-new studio album! “Whoosh!” follows their worldwide chart-topping albums “inFinite” (2017) and “NOW What?!” (2013). After the suspense and speculations among the fan […]
Over the past 20 years, Grammy-nominated band TRIVIUM – Matt Heafy [vocals, guitar], Corey Beaulieu [guitar], Paolo Gregoletto [bass], and Alex Bent [drums] – have quietly claimed their place at the forefront of heavy […]
May the 1st will see the release of “Second Time Around“, the new album from MIKE TRAMP. And while the ex-White Lion and Freak of Nature frontman is no rookie to releases in his […]
The preparation for METAL UNITED WORLD WIDE 2020 is in full force. We are working on new artwork, new countries and new cities on recruitment for line ups on our remaining shows around the globe. Read […]
Italian orchestral-death metal giants FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE have unveiled a stunningly beautiful new cinematic masterpiece video for the band’s latest single “Monnalisa.” “Monnalisa” is featured on the band’s critically praised 2019 album, Veleno, that’s available […]
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