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THE AMITY AFFLICTION, arguably Australia’s most successful heavy music exports have announced their huge Australian Tour in September with the support of UNDERØATH, CROSSFAITH and PAGAN. For all the Brisbane fans, you’ll be treated […]
Swedish riff lords GRAND MAGUS are set to release their new studio album Wolf God on April 19th through Nuclear Blast. Today, the band releases the second single entitled, “Brother Of The Storm“. Band […]
Bay Area thrash metal legends DEATH ANGEL will release their long-awaited 9th full-length album, Humanicide on May 31st with Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band has unveiled the artwork, tracklisting and the record’s first new single, […]
Celebrated purveyors of heavy rock THE DAMNED THINGS have released their 2nd single, ‘Something Good,’ from the band’s eagerly anticipated, upcoming album, High Crimes, that’s due April 26 via Nuclear Blast Records. Fans can […]
Finnish heavy metal sextet BATTLE BEAST unleash their studio album »No More Hollywood Endings« today through Nuclear Blast Records. To mark the occasion, the group has unveiled a brand new music video for the […]
PSYCHO LAS VEGAS, America’s annual rock ‘n’ roll bacchanal, will take over Mandalay Bay Resort And Casino August 16th through August 18th. Notorious for its consistently stacked lineups, the curators of the event […]
REVOCATION will return to the road next month as part of the Chaos & Carnage tour. Set to commence on April 18th and run through May 17th, the trek features co-headliners Whitechapel and […]
The world’s most notorious rock band Mötley Crüe release The Dirt Soundtrack out today on Mötley Records and E7M (Eleven Seven Music) / Sony Music Australia to coincide with the band’s biopic, The Dirt, streaming […]
Musician, songwriter, producer, actor, director, activist, radio DJ and one of the founding members of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic E Street Band, Steven Van Zandt, is bringing his rousing “Soulfire” tour to Perth and Adelaide […]
The legendary Norwegian longstanding partnership of Fenriz and Ted “Nocturno Culto” Skjellum in Darkthrone, return with their first studio album since 2016’s hugely popular ‘Arctic Thunder’, in the shape of ‘Old Star’. With a […]
Veteran metal/rock journalist, Ramón “Oscuro” Martos, has finally published his eagerly awaited metal art book, …AND JUSTICE FOR ART: STORIES ABOUT HEAVY METAL ALBUM COVERS – VOLUME 2. This one-of-a-kind collection of graphics and […]
Metal Blade Records and BMG have now released the audio book edition of For the Sake of Heaviness: The History of Metal Blade Records – written by label founder and CEO Brian Slagel […]
DELAIN Release Official Live Video For “Nothing Left”, RAGE OF LIGHT Release New Video For “Away With You, TOXPACK To Release New Album Kämpfe, STONED JESUS Release New Music Video For “Apathy” […]
American Heavy Metal Titans METAL CHURCH tour Australia for the First Time Ever this August thanks to Metropolis Touring Born out of the West Coast metal scene of the 80’s, METAL CHURCH quickly became […]
On May 3rd, Amon Amarth will release their 11th full-length, Berserker, via Sony Music Australia. Directed by Roboshobo, Raven’s Flight will be the first of a trilogy of music videos from Berserker, each one increasingly epic […]
Guns N’ Roses bassist and New York Times bestselling author DUFF McKAGAN has released “Chip Away“, a new track from his much-anticipated solo album, TENDERNESS. “’Chip Away’ is somewhat of a rail against cable […]
Paul Gilbert and Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group have announced a May 17 global release date for a new studio album titled Behold Electric Guitar. The video for the lead track “Havin […]
More shows have been added to the Thrash, Blast & Grind featuring Philip H. Anselmo and The Illegals, King Parrot and more. THRASH BLAST GRIND TOUR is back to appease the eyes and ears […]
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Carlos Santana has shared a new track “Los Invisibles,” from his upcoming album, Africa Speaks, on Concord Records / Caroline Australia. Enlisting legendary producer Rick Rubin, the […]
With the 30th anniversary re-release of the year for ‘Talk Is Cheap’ on March 29th via BMG, Keith Richards today releases the video and IG for bonus track ‘Big Town Playboy’. The stone cold classic album […]
COLLECTIVE SOUL is pumped and primed to celebrate their 25th anniversary in 2019 in all-out style, but they’re really just gearing up for the long haul. Ever since the barnburning rock band from Stockbridge, […]
The godfathers of American doom metal SAINT VITUS are streaming the second new track of their forthcoming album ‘Saint Vitus‘. The new record is set for worldwide release on May 17, 2019. From the very […]
MIKE & THE MECHANICS will release their ninth studio album, OUT OF THE BLUE, on April 5 via BMG. It captures the evolution of some of the band’s most loved hits throughout their 35-year […]
Ahead of Architects‘ hotly anticipated headline return to Australia in August, the band have unveiled a live video of ‘Royal Beggars‘, filmed at their performance at Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany last month. In celebration of their album […]
Sammy Hagar & The Circle will release their debut album of original material, Space Between on May 10 through BMG. The album, written by Hagar, unfolds like a novel with each song exploring a […]
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