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Turilli / Lione RHAPSODY unveil lyric video for new digital single ‘D.N.A., MAJESTICA release music video for “Above The Sky” title track, NORTHTALE release digital single & lyric video ‘Higher’ & “Welcome To Paradise”, […]
San Diego, California-based metal outfit CARNIFEX are proud to announce their 7th studio album, »World War X«, will be released on August 2nd via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band releases the first single, ‘No […]
Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde, Nuno Bettencourt, and Tosin Abasi, collectively Generation Axe, will release The Guitars That Destroyed The World (Live in China) via earMUSIC / Edel on June 28. Today, Guitar […]
In advance of next week’s launch of YES‘ much-anticipated North American “The Royal Affair Tour,” the prog rock pioneers and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees have released online a nearly 40-minute documentary, […]
Nordic Noise was established in 2013 and is considered one of the most important Heavy Rock festivals in Scandinavia. In 2019 the festival is expanding to the UK for the first time and Nordic […]
Thy Art Is Murder have delivered another master lesson in brutality via their new single/video “Death Squad Anthem”. A champion for the youth who are fed up with the current political system, “Death Squad […]
Amon Amarth released their 11th full-length, Berserker, last month to critical acclaim via Sony Music Australia, and recently concluded their North American trek with Slayer, Lamb of God, and Cannibal Corpse. Mjolner, Hammer Of […]
Bass Drum of Death are heading back to Australia for the first time in over four years this October to bring their primordial garage quicksand to Yours & Owls Festival in Wollongong, along with […]
Sometimes you’ve just got to tell it like it is and make the best of a bad situation. Tyla, it seems is one of the many artists and fans to be ‘done over’ by Pledge […]
After recently completing a US tour with Whitechapel and Dying Fetus, REVOCATION will embark upon a North American co-headlining with Voivod. The month-long trek will see REVOCATION play their latest album, The Outer Ones, […]
GRAND MAGUS release video clip for “Untamed”, THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA announce brand new song, MEMORIAM release official lyric video for ‘Undefeated’. Two months ago, Swedish riff lords GRAND MAGUS have released […]
Following on from the release of their successful debut album Resurrection, MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST have completed the recordings for their second studio album, which is now scheduled to be released on (attention, new date:) […]
From a Sydney garage to Abbey Road Studios in London, Australian dream rock band, Crystal Cities, have come a long way in just over 2 years. In March of 2017 Crystal Cities released their critically […]
Ohio rockers Beartooth have today coupled the release of their slick new music video ‘Afterall’ with the reveal of two epic supports for their upcoming Australian Disease Tour in July, of which the Melbourne leg […]
Visceral, musically cinematic, otherworldly but strangely familiar and a bit unsettling, welcome to Pixies‘ brand-new studio album, Beneath the Eyrie, where tales of witches, Daniel Boone, misfits and other characters fit utterly into the […]
New York death metal giants IMMOLATION are proud to release the music video for ‘The Distorting Light’ off their latest release “Atonement”. The video was created and directed by Robert Vigna while Angelo Damanti handled the camera work […]
After announcing an interstate expansion last week, the hotly anticipated line up for SCENE & HEARD has landed. Hitting three locations including Cairns, Brisbane and Newcastle this October and November, festival organisers have locked […]
Norwegian black metal titans ABBATH are now releasing the third new track, taken from their upcoming full length ‘Outstrider’. The album is set for worldwide release on July 5, 2019. The title track is now […]
Get Ready For A Massive Concussion of Rock and Roll with The Dandy Warhols as they’ve just announced they’ll be heading to Australia to perform a special run of shows to celebrate their 25th […]
The INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival will return to the historic Ohio State Reformatory, a.k.a. Shawshank Prison, in Mansfield, OH, on July 12, 13 and 14! This year’s massive line-up will be led by […]
Grammy winner, Creed frontman, & platinum-certified solo artist, Scott Stapp has posted a lyric video for “Name” on his social platforms to highlight a song that pledges to break the cycle of abuse. The […]
Legendary Aussie rockers Grinspoon have today announced their epic Chemical Hearts national tour, set to make its way around the country in October and November, supported by The Hard Aches, Gooch Palms and Bugs. In celebration of the tour, the band will […]
Sammy Hagar & The Circle released their debut album of original material, Space Between on May 10 through BMG. The album debuted in the US charts at #4! The album, written by Hagar, unfolds […]
Davis’ new album, “Resonator Blues” was released on June 1st. His single, “Mississippi Mud” reached #1 on the US iTunes Blues Singles chart. Derek is such a star in his own right, and I grew […]
CANNIBAL CORPSE Unveil Brutal New “Red Before Black” Video, HATE Launches New Single, Seventh Manvantara, EXUMER Launches Video For King’s End, DESTRAGE Launches Video For New Single, Hey, Stranger, VULTURE Launch New Single, Murderous […]
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