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THE SHOW GOES ON FOR DEF LEPPARD BUT SCORPIONS CANCEL TONIGHT’S PERFORMANCE DUE TO ILLNESS Rock icons Def Leppard will take to the stage tonight as scheduled to perform their landmark album, 1987’s seminal […]
Handsome Tours is proud to announce that Deafheaven will once again grace Australian shores next year, off the back of their latest album ‘Ordinary Corrupt Human Love‘. The tour follows Deafheaven’s famed 2016 visit, […]
Sydney’s iconic Frankie’s Pizza By The Slice is turning 6! To celebrate, they are yet again putting on a kick ass night full of rock n roll, great pizza’s and some of the best […]
Details for the inaugural MEGACRUISE, the ultimate heavy metal music experience at sea hosted by metal pioneers MEGADETH, have been announced to preview the cruise’s public on sale ⎼ kicking off today (11/7) at […]
Turnstile and Citizen have announced Australian tour dates to go along with their upcoming appearance at Victoria’s UNIFY Gathering festival in January, tickets on sale Friday November 9. Always more appeal than demand, more […]
Waterparks, the Houston trio have kept it real and catapulted to international renown as a result of a signature style that seamlessly slips-n-slides between rock, pop, and alternative. Waterparks, who are appearing at Good […]
Papa Roach have announced a special run of five shows in their home state of California to celebrate their forthcoming 10th studio album. The band will close out this run with three very special […]
SHOWS KICK OFF MAY 29 IN ATLANTA AND CONCLUDE JULY 29 IN LOS ANGELES AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL – TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 AT LIVENATION.COM Rock and Roll Hall of Fame […]
Oh wow! From humble beginnings playing shows to farm animals in a field somewhere in Eastern Scotland, ALESTORM have evolved into an international party machine hellbent on conquering album charts and festival stages throughout […]
WHITESNAKE is proud to announce their first shows of the 2019 “FLESH & BLOOD” World Tour, which will feature songs from the new studio record to be released on Frontiers entitled “FLESH & BLOOD” alongside their biggest […]
Two-time Grammy-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater announce the forthcoming worldwide release of their 14th studio album, Distance Over Time on 22nd February 2019. Distance Over Time showcases a newfound creativity for […]
On November 16, Amon Amarth will release their new documentary and supporting live album(s), The Pursuit Of Vikings: 25 Years In The Eye Of The Storm – which includes a retrospective documentary that features […]
Two of the world’s most creative and experimental heavy acts – Dance Gavin Dance & Veil of Maya – are coming to Australian shores this February & March, presented by Destroy All Lines! In […]
Perth’s monthly visitor and newest metal club is back in November to embrace all things metal & party! HORNOGRAPHY has hit like a steam train, with local metal fans flocking to sell out the […]
Swedish progressive metal legends OPETH release their monumental live album »Garden of the Titans: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre« via Moderbolaget Records / Nuclear Blast. This historic show was captured for the DVD, Blu-Ray and […]
BURNING WITCHES release third single & lyric video, CELLAR DARLING release first single from upcoming album, ACCEPT reveal live video for ‘Breaker’, Earthless releases 3 back catalogue albums. Old-school heavy metal newcomers BURNING WITCHES […]
The Ocean, release volume one of their highly anticipated 8th studio album Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic via Wild Thing Records in Australia today! Friday, November 2. Expansive, all-encompassing, reaching extraordinary depths…all can be said about […]
Back in May, Alice In Chains introduced new album Rainier Fog (BMG) by releasing “The One You Know“, a video directed by Adam Mason that featured an electrifying performance interspersed with cryptic cinematic scenes. […]
On March 29th, Whitechapel will release their 7th full-length, The Valley, via Metal Blade Records. Produced once again by Mark Lewis (Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder) and featuring artwork by Branca Studio, The Valley […]
METAL BLADE RECORDS Launches new edition of “6 Bands in 60 Seconds”plus “Chrismassacre” holiday sale, MOTHER FEATHER Debuts New Single, “Totally Awesome”, TWITCHING TONGUES Release new digital album, ‘Disharmony Zero’ Metal Blade […]
Swedish classic/progressive rock supergroup THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA have released a brand new live/tour music video for the song ‘Can’t Be That Bad’. Furthermore the band will kick off their extensive European tour in support of […]
SLIPKNOT has returned with a brand new track, All Out Life. The unrelenting new track is joined by an official music video – directed by the band’s own M. Shawn Crahan – which is […]
You can’t talk about the true greats of folk-inspired melodic death metal without reverent mention of ENSIFERUM, and with their recent album Two Paths they once more affirm their place in the pantheons of […]
Following the news that their 2012 album ‘Carolus Rex’ has reached quadruple platinum status in their home country Sweden, SABATON are excited to reveal a new lyric video for the song “The Lion From […]
Karnivool are happy to announce an intimate run of shows in the lead up to Unify Gathering, to help dust off the guitars, make sure all the pedals are working, and to kick out […]
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