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Simply Red are back with ‘Blue Eyed Soul’, a ten track masterclass in funky, brassy soul music and emotionally charged ballads, available to pre-order now. It’s their first new studio album in four years and the 12th in […]
Get ready for the biggest hard rock tour of the year! German icons SCORPIONS return to Australia in 2020 with WHITESNAKE, the legendary rock’n’roll band founded and formed by former Deep Purple singer and […]
Good Things come to those who wait and Good Things Festival are thrilled to announce headline sideshows from some of the artists on the huge festival line up. Simple Plan, the multi-platinum, Canadian pop punk […]
Banding together this festive season, John Farnham will lead a cast of Aussie entertainers to raise important funds for Rural Aid with the Hay Mate – A Bush Christmas Appeal for Our Aussie Farmers. […]
Pride & Glory releases a new music video for the track “Machine Gun Man” along with the brand-new, reissue of the self-titled album today. The video, compiled from live footage during the pride & glory […]
SOILWORK release brand new song ‘Feverish’, AVATARIUM unveil acoustic performance video for new track ‘Lay Me Down’, PHIL CAMPBELL releases brand new song ‘Straight Up featuring Rob Halford. Swedish visionary metallers SOILWORK […]
Fire From the Gods will release their second album American Sun on November 1 via Eleven Seven and Rise Records in conjunction with the start of their US arena tour with Five Finger Death […]
Mainstream rock breakout band Bad Wolves have released their sophomore album, N.A.T.I.O.N., worldwide via Eleven Seven Music, The album was produced by vocalist Tommy Vext and drummer John Boecklin. The album immediately rocketed into […]
Amberian Dawn Release New Single & Lyric Video “United”, Lord Of The Lost Releases New Official Video for “Ruins” from Chart-Breaking Album Thornstar, Unleash The Archers Release New Lyric Video for “Heartless World”. […]
If you follow 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise on social media, you may have noticed that they are notorious for using the term “SOON” when it comes to […]
Between them they’ve amassed eight figure album sales, streams in the billions, headlined festivals across every continent on earth and soundtracked some of the most iconic movies in recent pop culture, so when Australian […]
In 2020, Sunnyboys will celebrate 40 years since their inception (though a mere 12 years of actual existence) via a new release SUNNYBOYS 40 that brings together the first ever re-release of the band’s much loved 1980 eponymous […]
The return of Bay Area’s heavy metal sluggers, Skinlab, is officially upon us… SKINLAB will release their brand new record produced by Ulrich Wild, VENOMOUS, on October 25th, 2019, via Art is War Records. […]
Channeling your inner rock star? Now’s your chance to be Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter OZZY OSBOURNE this Halloween AND win a copy of his new SEE […]
LINDEMANN, the second coming: the German-Swedish power duo Till Lindemann (Rammstein frontman) and Peter Tägtgren (mastermind behind legendary metal bands Pain and Hypocrisy) are set to unleash the second LINDEMANN album on November 22! In […]
Hailing from Örebro, Sweden, Truckfighters have become a fundament in the ‘stoner rock/metal’ sub-genre with fans all over the world. With the two founding members Dango and Ozo as the intact core, with a […]
TOM KEIFER with #keiferband–Savannah Keifer, Tony Higbee, Billy Mercer, Kendra Chantelle, Jarred Pope, Kory Myers—has released the stirring concept lyric video for “Waiting On The Demons” from his highly anticipated album, RISE. It’s a […]
Britpop luminaries THE BLUETONES are returning to Australia and New Zealand in May 2020! The band will be performing their breakthrough debut album Expecting To Fly IN FULL along with a set of their greatest hits! Expecting To Fly was […]
James Hetfield, frontman to the world’s biggest heavy metal band ‘Metallica’, recently checked himself into rehab, cancelling the Australian and NZ legs of the band’s international WorldWired tour. Perth- based agency Lethal Digital has spent this […]
Sleaford Mods have announced they’re finally making their way to Australia playing a run of headline dates and festivals through February and March 2020. As one of the most important, politically charged and thought-provoking bands […]
California based extreme metal titans, SUICIDE SILENCE are proud to reveal the cover and track listing of their sixth studio album, “Become The Hunter“. The album is scheduled to be released in early 2020 with pre-orders expected […]
Multi-platinum, Grammy nominated, quintet Bring Me The Horizon have released the official video for single in the dark today. Written, directed and edited by the band’s frontman Oliver Sykes, the visual stars Oscar, Emmy and […]
After an award-winning sell out Australian tour in 2017, the Godmother of Punk – Patti Smith is returning to play Melbourne and Sydney this April! Just when we thought it was all over, Patti […]
The Ukrainian Progressive Groove Metal wrecking machine known as JINJER caused a huge stir with the announcement of their Australian tour that due to popular demand 2 new shows have been added to the […]
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