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JOE PERRY – legendary guitarist, co-founding member, principal songwriter and co-producer of Aerosmith–has just confirmed more shows in support of his 2018 SWEETZERLAND MANIFESTO (via his Roman Records imprint, distributed worldwide by AMPED Distribution) solo […]
Australia are you ready? Well you better be well prepared because we have seen nothing like this before. A 3 pronged attack of darkened, deathly Swedish majesty, in the form of AT THE GATES, […]
With 189 days to go until we swing open the gates to the beautiful Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm just outside Byron Bay, the festival have has the second artist announcement for the 30th Anniversary […]
Clutch has announced their annual “Holiday” tour dates for December with The Messthetics, Lionize and Mike Dillon Band supporting the tour. Radio pre sale tickets go on sale this Thursday, October 11th at 10:00am […]
Since 1979 SAXON have shown their ability to take rock ‘n’ roll and give it an electrifying edge, which has since cemented their status as pioneers of the British heavy metal wave. With over […]
Australia’s leading international independent record label, Golden Robot Records continues to grow at an unprecedented pace. The label is absolutely thrilled to announce that globally revered, Billboard-charting rock icons KING’S X are now part […]
2018 marks the 20th Anniversary of the phenomenal ‘Into The Electric Castle’ by Ayreon and to celebrate this Arjen Lucassen has remixed the entire album, which will be released on various formats on 26th […]
Multi-platinum guitar legend TED NUGENT announces a new full-length album THE MUSIC MADE ME DO IT, due out Friday, November 9 on Round Hill Records. The album is available now for preorder everywhere, and […]
Canadian singer & songwriter Paul Laine will play a one off electric show in Melbourne, Australia at the Northcote Social Club on Thursday 17th of January 2019. Paul Laine is one of the best vocalists […]
Legendary rock band STYX—Tommy Shaw (vocals, guitars), James “JY” Young (co-founder, vocals, guitars), Lawrence Gowan (vocals, keyboards), Todd Sucherman (drums) and Ricky Phillips (bass), along with the occasional surprise appearance by original bassist Chuck […]
EARTH SHIP Resonant Sun Out Today – Streaming In Full, SÂVER Sign To Pelagic Records! Debut Album “They Came With Sunlight“ To Be Released In Early 2019, SET AND SETTING Stream New Album Tabula […]
GWAR Releases Video For Viking Death Machine, MOTHER FEATHER Streams New Single, Snakebite, HAMFERD Releases Live Video Of Stygd, ARTILLERY Reveals Details For New Album, ‘The Face Of Fear’ GWAR is pleased […]
What an anniversary! After uncountable releases, TOP 1 chart entries in the international album charts as well as an gold award, it’s time to celebrate 25 years of rock and metal! Or to put […]
Danish band Hexis are back, bringing their blood-soaked blackened hardcore to us for 20 dates around Australia with special guests Break Through (Mosh Metal from Hobart). “Think of the most oppressive, putrid, and harrowing music […]
Ryan Hamilton and the Harlequin Ghosts have just signed to Wicked Cool Records and they have been working with the legendary Stevie Van Zandt. The band are proud to announce the first single with the new label Bottoms Up (Here’s […]
OZZY OSBOURNE’s Saturday, October 6 show at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA has being postponed due to illness. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter is being […]
“There were two bands in Australia that everyone called ‘the boys’,” says Rose Tattoo frontman Angry Anderson. “There was AC/DC, and there was the Tatts.” Homegrown heroes of the highest order, Rose Tattoo formed […]
Papa Roach has released two new songs from their forthcoming [as yet untitled] 10th studio album, “Renegade Music” and “Who Do You Trust?”, plus the official music video for the first single “Who Do […]
West coast metal veterans METAL CHURCH will release their 12th full length studio album Damned If You Do via Nuclear Blast Records on December 7, 2018 (Rat Pak Records/America & King Records/Japan). The latest release is […]
The arrival of Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s 50th anniversary brings an unprecedented celebration of everything the band contributed in their short but startlingly epochal time together (1968 – 1972). To commemorate this milestone, Craft Recordings […]
Following their brand new studio album “Repulsion For Humanity”, death metal super group Sinsaenum are premiering their brand new single for “Hooch”. Despite their latest album having earned endless praise from the metal community, […]
Teutonic power metallers, Primal Fear are returning in November to rip Australia apart, just as they did in 2016! With their new album, Apocalypse being released on August 10th 2018 via Frontier Records, Primal […]
Legendary singer-songwriter and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Steve Perry makes his long-awaited return with Traces, his first new album in nearly a quarter century, released Friday October 5 on Fantasy/Concord/Universal Music […]
To coincide with the release of Bad Touch’s new album “Shake A Leg” on Friday 5th October, the band will launch the official music video for their new single “Lift Your Head Up” same day. […]
Bad Touch release their new studio album ‘Shake A Leg’ TODAY via Marshall Records. Watch the official music video for ‘Lift Your Head Up’ HERE. The new album is released on CD, limited edition gold […]
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