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Berlin, Germany-based rock overlords KADAVAR have revealed the cover and release date for their upcoming new album, For The Dead Travel Fast. For The Dead Travel Fast will be released on September 20, 2019 […]
The Contortionist have announced a new EP today and the release of a new single and music video titled “Early Grave.” Produced and Directed by Corey Norman and produced and edited by vocalist Michael […]
KORN has announced details of their widely anticipated new LP, The Nothing, which will be released September 13th on Roadrunner Records / Elektra. Today, the band has shared the album’s first single You’ll Never […]
Last Friday, German metal commandos PRIMAL FEAR (re-)released their first three studio albums – »Primal Fear«, »Jaws Of Death«, and »Nuclear Fire« – on marbled vinyl, which can be ordered via the links below. Now the […]
Guitarists Dave Navarro (Jane’s Addiction) and Billy Morrison (Billy Idol) have announced the second annual “ABOVE GROUND” benefit concert on Monday, September 16 at The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. As with last year’s successful event, […]
Just in time for the US summer, revolutionary musicians Prophets Of Rage: Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk, Chuck D, B-Real and DJ Lord have released the combustible new single Made With Hate produced by […]
Jon Stevens is hitting the road with a show jam-packed full of hits, hits and more hits. The Noiseworks & INXS Collection tour will showcase the best of Noiseworks’ smash hits and Jon’s favourite […]
Grammy-nominated and Gold-selling hard rock heavyweights Killswitch Engage have announced their eighth album Atonement, out August 16 on Sony Music Entertainment (World ex N. America) / Metal Blade Records (North America). The band have […]
GODSMACK will extend their in-progress world tour with additional dates taking the band into the fall. The new shows, with Halestorm supporting, kick off September 20 in Green Bay, WI and wrap October 18 […]
The war rages on! The third album from old school metal veterans MEMORIAM, »Requiem For Mankind«, was released last Friday. Just a year after the release of their second album »The Silent Vigil«, the band returns with […]
Fresh off the release of their critically praised new album, High Crimes, heavy rock powerhouse THE DAMNED THINGS has released a brand new animated video for their fan-favorite single ‘Something Good.’ Watch it now […]
On September 6th, Finnish melodic metal titans SONATA ARCTICA will release their tenth studio album, called »Talviyö« (which means »Winter Night«), including eleven new tracks. “We were talking about having an album cover made […]
One year on from the success of their potent performance at Download Festival Australia, NEW YEARS DAY will touch down for their first-ever Australian headline tour in March 2020. New Years Day, the U.S. […]
Stevie D featuring Corey Glover, a musical partnership by producer and multi-instrumentalist Stephen DeAcutis aka Stevie D and legendary singer Corey Glover (Living Colour), will release their first album together “Torn From The Pages” […]
For the first time ever, after four decades buried deep in his vaults, a previously unreleased version of ‘Time’, recorded in 1986 by Freddie Mercury for the concept album of the hit musical of […]
Craft Recordings is set to release a deluxe, 20th anniversary reissue of Filter’s platinum-selling, sophomore album Title of Record. Due out August 9th, the album has been remastered and will be available on vinyl […]
Philip H. Anselmo’s EN MINOR will release its debut seven-inch this August via Housecore Records. A project inadvertently in the making since his earliest days as a child in the French Quarter, the band […]
German Hard Rockers THE NEW ROSES are back to climb the rock Olympus with their fourth studio album Nothing But Wild! After successful live appearances all over the world, lately opening for KISS, and […]
Sum 41 have dropped an emotionally charged ballad today with the release of “Never There.” Dedicated to single parents everywhere, the song is a personal letter from lead singer Deryck Whibley. “Never There” is […]
UFO bassist Rob De Luca has checked in from the road while on tour with UFO across Europe. A message from Rob: This has been such a crazy year… SwedenRock Festival was amazing for […]
It’s a very good day for Off With Their Heads fans as the band reveal details of their forthcoming album Be Good, set for release on August 16, and announce their return to Australian shores this November. To accompany […]
LA’s Sasquatch are an undeniable power house of stoner rock! Having started Philadelphia back in 2000 and soon after moving LA, the band have now produced 5 studio albums, toured the world extensively and […]
It’s been a busy few months in the Hornography Camp with quiz nights, CD launches and interstate touring acts. In July we are back to our usual proceedings with a killer all-local metal lineup […]
HELLYEAH will release their sixth studio album, Welcome Home on, Friday, September 27, via Eleven Seven Music. Pre orders available now! Welcome Home, the eagerly anticipated new album featuring the late Vinnie Paul’s final recordings, […]
Hot off the heels of the release of their latest album Future Ruins earlier this year, which saw them stamp their authority as the OG purveyors of widescreen psychedelic shoegaze, Swervedriver are ready to […]
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