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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 […]
The “Queen of Rock N’ Roll” SUZI QUATRO releases her second single and lyric video for the song “Macho Man” March 15! The song is taken from her forthcoming studio album “No Control“. Suzi […]
Following the release of their successful first album Resurrection, MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST is currently recording their second album, co-produced by Michael Schenker & Michael Voss, which is tentatively scheduled to be released in August. […]
Hellyeah has digitally released “333“, the first song from the band’s eagerly anticipated new album featuring the late Vinnie Paul Abbott’s final recordings. The disc will be released this summer via Eleven Seven Music […]
As it was announced late last year that the world’s biggest Metal opera was finally coming to Australia. 20 years after the release of the original Metal Operas, Musical mastermind Tobias Sammet decided to bring […]
Continuing the blazing trail set by 2015’s acclaimed Modern Blues and 2017’s top ten-reaching double album Out Of All This Blue, on May 24 The Waterboys will release their new album Where The Action Is, via Cooking […]
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. A New Revenge recently released their second […]
Former Bang Tango guitarist Mark Knight has just released a video titled ‘Don’t Kill The Cat: Behind The Scenes.’ The video contains never before seen live acoustic performances, as Mark takes you behind the scenes […]
An ominous shadow will fall across the southern hemisphere this coming May.. Prague’s Black Metal titans, Cult Of Fire will descend on Australian for one show only – an exclusive evening of epic, occult worship to be […]
UK indie royalty The Magic Numbers are pleased to announce the Australian supports for their first tour since their 2010 Splendour in the Grass appearance and 2006 Big Day Out tour. The four-piece comprising two pairs of brothers and Sisters (Romeo […]
POSSESSED Reveal New Album Revelations Of Oblivion, ELUVEITIE release brand new single & music video “Ambiramus”, AVANTASIA release a new lyric video for ‘Alchemy’ The first name in Death Metal, POSSESSED, have […]
After what seems like an eternity, US metal icons Devildriver are finally returning to Australia to appease their rabid legions. It’s been five long years since the band last headlined here and Dez and the boys are […]
Canadian heavy music artist Devin Townsend is set to release his forthcoming new album, EMPATH, on March 29, and today sees the launch of the second single from the album. Watch the video for […]
It was a big night for rock when seminal rock bands BUSH and +LIVE+ tore the roof of the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles (March 12) at a private event pegged to the recent […]
The Rolling Stones today announced the release of a brand-new Best Of compilation album, Honk. Featuring the biggest hits and classic cuts from every Rolling Stones studio album from 1971 to 2016’s Blue & […]
Baroness will release their eagerly-awaited new album, Gold & Grey, on June 14 via Abraxan Hymns/Cooking Vinyl Australia. The band has simultaneously released a video for their new song Borderlines, which saw its live […]
Black Label Society have released a new music video today for their song “Spoke In The Wheel” from their upcoming LP due out this spring. Directed by long-time director and collaborator Justin Reich, this […]
BÖLZER have announced headline shows in Australia outside of their support slots with Destroyer 666. Dates include Hobart, Adelaide and Perth, tickets on sale now! BÖLZER is an outlet and conduit for primal energies, […]
Grammy-nominated six-piece Underoath have dropped the video for “Bloodlust“. The song appears on the band’s latest album, Erase Me, out now via Caroline Australia/Fearless Records. “For ‘Bloodlust,’ which picks up where ‘ihateit’ left off, […]
In celebration of Abbey Road’s 50th anniversary, some of Australia’s most respected musicians and members of iconic groups, collectively known as ARC — Kram (SPIDERBAIT), Mark Wilson (JET), Davey Lane (YOU AM I) and […]
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