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OBITUARY remains as one of the most influential and groundbreaking bands in the death metal genre, one which they helped to create. Combining hyper-speed guitar riffing, complex arrangements and guttural screams, the band created […]
There’s nothing more Australian than hot sun, warm waves and Cold Chisel. The band’s classic songs like Khe Sanh, Flame Trees, Bow River, My Baby, Cheap Wine, Saturday Night and You Got Nothing I […]
Following on from their sold out shows across the UK, 10cc have just announced they are returning to our shores. They will play all the hits that have singled them out as one of […]
DeWolff are back and returning to your stereo this winter, but this time they strip down and go COMPACT! No drum kit, no Hammond and no guitar amps, as they present to you, the Tascam Tapes. […]
The Wildhearts are proud to announce the release of the Diagnosis mini album today through Graphite Records. This six track mini album, features five brand new songs and is released as a limited edition […]
After three sold out NZ shows, Jimmy Barnes brings his massive Shutting Down Your Town tour back to Australia this week for shows at WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong (Thursday, 3 October) and Sydney’s […]
The Poor plays AC/DC – it’ a no-brainer for the much loved hard rockin’ Aussie band who toured the world with AC/DC back in 1996. Early 2020, The Poor hits the road to showcase […]
Celebrated blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joe Bonamassa will return to the UK in April 2020 to perform six concerts. Dates include the Brighton Centre (25 April), Edinburgh Playhouse (27 April), Liverpool M&S Bank Arena […]
Junkyard opens the vault and blows the dust off a killer collection of recordings slated as the follow up to 1991’s “Sixes, Sevens and Nines.” Recorded in Los Angeles in 1992, “Old Habits Die […]
Technical death metal Egyptologists NILE are proud to reveal their ninth album, Vile Nilotic Rites, will be released on November 1st via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band offers a lyric video for the second […]
STATIC-X has released a video teaser for their new song, “HOLLOW,” off of their highly anticipated 7th studio album, PROJECT REGENERATION. The album is scheduled to release May 29, 2020 with all pre-ordered merchandise […]
During their performance at Rock in Rio Festival last Friday, Brazil’s metal icons SEPULTURA unveiled the first details of their upcoming studio album, and now want to make it official for their worldwide fanbase; […]
Legends of Punk is a collectable box set featuring the cream of the British Punk Rock underground. Live performances, interviews and fly-on -the-wall footage documenting the very best of some of the most loved, […]
Hypno5e To Release New Album A Distant (Dark) Source, The Shaking Sensations Release How Are We to Fight The Blight?, Wolves Like Us Releases New Video For Oil & Money, Astrosaur Release Video For […]
The world’s biggest heavy metal battle of the bands is coming to Australia with the band selections now announced! The legendary Wacken Metal Battle will be making it’s triumphant debut in the great southern […]
Before there was Black Label Society, there was Pride & Glory. Known at the time as a Zakk Wylde side project, Pride & Glory and their debut S/T record would lead to what Berzerkers […]
Eyehategod announce support acts for their upcoming “From The Elementary To The Penitentiary” Australia tour in November 2019. Eyehategod have become the high water mark when it comes to so called sludge metal, having […]
With less than three weeks until the band’s new album is available worldwide, Alter Bridge is releasing one more track from their upcoming release Walk The Sky (October 18th via Napalm Records). “Dying Light” is the album closer and […]
“It is tough to express without lyrics, but in Cell-0, we found particles of our universe previously unknown to us. Millions of notes combine to create music just as millions of cells combine to create life, and when you […]
The new Wayward Sons album, “The Truth Ain’t What It Used To Be” is a full-blooded (and full-throttled) R-O-C-K album. The songs within define the band as writers and players, exploding out of your […]
Few musicians have had a career as artistically diverse and successful as Alice in Chains frontman, William DuVall. From forming legendary Atlanta hardcore band Neon Christ as a teenager in 1983 all the way […]
Hard Rock collective The Dead Daisies, who recently revealed that they’ve been working with legendary Bassist/Vocalist Glenn Hughes, are set to unleash the first offering from this new and exciting collaboration with ‘Righteous Days’ […]
Texas Metalcore mainstays Kublai Khan TX will drop their brand new album Absolute on October 4 via Rise Records. The band will also be in Australia during January 2020 as part of the Unify […]
Babylon A.D. proudly announces Nick Hernandez as the band’s new guitarist, following the swift departure of Marc “SPYDER” Webb. The new line-up includes founding members lead vocalist Derek Davis, guitarist John Matthews, and drummer […]
CULT OF LUNA will return to the US for a North American headlining tour early next year. The journey will run from February 25th through March 13th. Support will be provided by Emma Ruth […]
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