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Princes of Japan’s revered heavy music underground NoLA will return to Australia in April Unique, seething and explosive NoLA are not to be missed! Their bleak sludge-soaked sound reflects the notorious 90’s New Orleans […]
2019 US Grammy Award winning rockers, Greta Van Fleet, have rescheduled their recently postponed Australian shows for September! The band were unable to perform their Brisbane and Melbourne shows of their “March of the […]
Roundhouse Entertainment regrets to announce that DIED PRETTY will not be performing at the upcoming a day on the green events with BRYAN FERRY. Died Pretty management sadly advises that due to ill health, […]
Kicking off what is set to be a massive 2019, Jon Stevens is back on the road with his aptly named Raining Hits tour, featuring not only all the greatest hits from his extensive […]
Collateral, the 4-piece rock and roll band from Ramsgate, Kent, recently released the radio remix of their new single “Midnight Queen” which is currently being heavily played on various UK rock radio shows and […]
Even in the highly adrenaline-fuelled music business, it’s rare to find a bundle of energy on a par with Suzi Quatro. The American rock vocalist has successfully worked as a musician for more than […]
Swedish hard rockers Rough Rockers announce the release of their brand new EP, ‘Smoke And Mirrors’ via Dutch label RVPrecords on April 29. Originally conceived as a songwriter/recording project in 2012 by vocalist/bassist Peter Ljungberg […]
Exciting news! Miljenko has branched out and created a solo single as a Valentine’s Day special for all the lovers out there! This song is in honor of the popular rock ballads “She’s Gone” and […]
O.R.k., featuring Italy’s celebrated vocalist, producer and award-winning film score composer Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari a.k.a LEF (lead vocals), King Crimson‘s Pat Mastelotto (drums), Porcupine Tree‘s Colin Edwin (bass), Marta Sui Tubi’s Carmelo Pipitone (guitars) […]
Dear music lovers, Your music is under attack. Overbearing regulation, exorbitant police bills, a lack of respect for NSW businesses, and very little recognition of the significant positive impacts of music on our communities […]
Legendary Scottish indie rockers Big Country return down under to Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of their classic album Steeltown. As an added Bonus they will play an Encore of Greatest Hits (In A Big […]
Revealed last weekend in a hugely anticipated announcement, Sir Elton John will bring his epic Farewell Yellow Brick Road World Tour to Australia and New Zealand from November 2019 to February 2020. In response […]
RAGE OF LIGHT Release New Video For “Fallen”, Ukraine historic Blackened Death/Doom Metal 1914 Sign with Napalm Records, LIFE OF AGONY Recording with TOOL Producer SYLVIA MASSY on New Concept Album The Sound Of […]
The LA Based outfit, A New Revenge, featuring an all star line up of classic rock players, will release their debut album, Enemies & Lovers on March 29th, 2019 via Golden Robot Records. Supergroup […]
Recently awarded the title of “Best British Live Band” by Kerrang!, British Metalcore Rockers ARCHITECTS announce an explosive Australian tour in support of their eighth album, “Holy Hell”. The tour kicks off at Adelaide’s […]
FIFTH ANGEL released their first album in nearly thirty years, »The Third Secret«, in autumn 2018. Before the quartet will perform at Germany’s Metal Assault Festival (Würzburg) on February 16, they have launched a […]
GRAND MAGUS to release »Wolf God« on April 19th, 2019/reveal cover artwor, IN FLAMES launch lyric video for new single ‘Burn, PRISTINE release brand new single, album available for pre-order The riff gods are […]
In less than two weeks, CANNIBAL CORPSE will join Morbid Angel for a co-headlining run on this year’s edition of the Decibel Magazine Tour. A once-in-a-lifetime bill, the trek finds the two legendary death […]
Rock n roll legends KISS kicked off their final and biggest global tour to date with three back-to-back sold out concerts of the END OF THE ROAD WORLD TOUR, starting in Vancouver, Canada on […]
The year 2019 marks another auspicious occasion for The Angels, the 40th anniversary of their third album No Exit. The album, which spawned classic hits such as the title track No Exit and the […]
Western Australia’s finest purveyors of heavy and aggressive music – All This Filth, are set to release their second full length album “Misery Season” on March 29th via Rockpit Records. To the uninitiated, All […]
Krunch Entertainment is back! Initially formed by the team at The Rockpit almost 10 years ago as a bookings and artist management business for local bands in Perth, Krunch Entertainment returns to put the […]
Periphery will release their fifth album, Periphery IV: HAIL STAN, on April 5 via 3DOT Recordings / Roadrunner in Australia. The album is available for pre-order HERE with first single Blood Eagle available instantly […]
Orange Country, CA rock outfit zebrahead release We’re Not Alright from their upcoming new studio album Brain Invaders out on 8 March via MFZB Records. Brain Invaders is zebrahead’s eleventh studio album, produced by […]
Stevie D feat. 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” […]
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