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After reforming with their original lineup last year and hitting the road on an extensive tour run, The Butterfly Effect return in 2019 with the only shows they will perform in Australia for the […]
Finnish heavy metal sextet BATTLE BEAST will release their fifth studio album No More Hollywood Endings, in only three weeks, on March 22, 2019 through Nuclear Blast Records. Today the band is unleashing another […]
The daily band lineups have been announced for Rocklahoma, taking place on Friday, May 24, Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26, 2019 at Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, just outside […]
NWOBHM pioneers DIAMOND HEAD are thrilled to announce they have signed a worldwide record deal with international label Silver Lining Music. Comments the band, “We’re delighted to be bringing the DIAMOND HEAD lightning to […]
The godfathers of American doom metal SAINT VITUS are now releasing the first brand new track and album details of their forthcoming album ‘Saint Vitus‘ which will be released on May 17, 2019. The new […]
One of the nations longest running and most respected heavy music acts, Superheist have teamed up with Alaskan riff masters 36 Crazyfists for one monster of a tour! Heist Fest will consume all in its path as it […]
FROM THE JAM finally make their return to Australia in September to play all The Jam’s Greatest Hits. FROM THE JAM features Bruce Foxton from the original line-up of The Jam. The words legend […]
You have all been waiting so patiently Downloaders…highlighters ready…. Download 2019 set times are here!!!! Get planning! With Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter Ozzy Osbourne cancelling his trip […]
EYEHATEGOD are pleased to announce the second leg of their previously announced 4 Strikes… From The Elementary To The Penitentiary tour. Slated to commence on May 7th in Hamden, Connecticut and run through May […]
PELICAN, the instrumental quartet whose singular vision of heavy music eschews classification, is set to release their first new music in six years via a two-song 7″ on Southern Lord coming as an indie […]
After generating nearly half-a-billion streams, going gold in the US, in a climate where that achievement is becoming more and more rare, and launching a two-year whirlwind of sold out shows (including an entirely […]
Acclaimed Los Angeles punk rock band Bad Religion will release a new album entitled Age of Unreason via Epitaph Records on May 3. Since the group’s formative years they have steadfastly advocated for humanism, reason, and individualism. […]
Luciferian inspired dark neo-folk artist, King Dude, will be in Australia in April for a series of captivating performances. Over the past decade TJ Cowgill has released 7 albums under the King Dude moniker, each more striking, […]
Sunn O))) is pleased to collaborate with Record Store Day (#RSD19) to release Life Metal for the first time on CD and vinyl on April 13th via USA/UK/EU indie retail. April 26th marks the […]
Having reached #2 a total of three times now, AVANTASIA frontman Tobias Sammet can finally say he has conquered the official German album charts by landing a #1 with his sensational new album Moonglow. To celebrate […]
The Rising Sun heads Down Under as legendary Japanese Metallers LOUDNESS hit Australia for the very first time thanks to Silverback Touring. Formed in 1981; LOUDNESS released their first album The Birthday Eve and […]
Mark Morton, the prolific guitarist of Lamb of God, has released the song “Save Defiance.” The track features Slash and Alter Bridge vocalist Myles Kennedy, with Alice in Chains’ Mike Inez on bass and Korn’s Ray Luzier […]
HELLOWEEN announce re-issues of “Keeper Of The Seven Keys – The Legacy” and “Gambling With The Devil, ENFORCER unleash digital single & music video ‘Die For The Devil’, GRAND MAGUS release Wolf God first […]
Canadian heavy music artist Devin Townsend recently announced the release of his forthcoming new album EMPATH for Friday 29 March via Inside Out Music / Sony Music Australia. Devin comments: “Hey all 🙂 It’s with great pride (and […]
The world’s most notorious rock band, Mötley Crüe announces the release of The Dirt Soundtrack that accompanies the upcoming Netflix Film The Dirt, based on the New York Times best-selling 2001 autobiography by Mötley […]
THE DAMNED THINGS announce their long-awaited return with today’s release of their new single, ‘Cells,’ off their forthcoming album High Crimes due April 26 via Nuclear Blast Records. The music video for the track, […]
The world’s fastest growing independent record label, Golden Robot Records, continues it’s upward trajectory into 2019. Starting the year off with a bang, the label recently welcomed guitar icon Gilby Clarke to the family, and is now thrilled […]
Sheffield based, multi-platinum selling, Grammy nominated BRING ME THE HORIZON are pleased to announce YOU ME AT SIX, FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES and TROPHY EYES as the support acts for the ‘First Love’ […]
As they prepare to finish a three-week U.S. headline tour tonight in Seattle, the Canadian hard rock trio DANKO JONES has unveiled the Amir Chamdin-directed music video for their latest single, “Dance Dance Dance.” […]
DESTROYER 666 return to their homeland to do what they do best. Hammering out their gritty brand of blackened thrash metal with no compromise, no sell out & no bullshit! Sticking to their old […]
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