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Active Hard Rock favourites TRAPT return down under to Play Highlights from their self-titled classic album ‘Trapt’ including Headstrong, Echo, Still Frame, These Walls, Made of Glass Plus they will perform a selection of […]
HIGH ON FIRE has released “Spewn From The Earth,” another new single from their upcoming LP, Electric Messiah, exclusively via ADULT SWIM. This is the second and final song the band will release from […]
Swedish heavy metal band LIV SIN, featuring ex. Sister Sin singer Liv Jagrell, has entered the studio to record the successor to their 2017 debut album ‘Follow Me.’ For the upcoming second album the Swedish […]
Frontier Touring are delighted to confirm that seminal American rock band Eagles will bring their critically-acclaimed Eagles World Tour to Australia and New Zealand in February and March. The best-selling American band of the […]
Filter was thrust upon the musical landscape in 1995 not with a whimper, but with an inimitable scream of musical ferocity and intent… and now in 2018 it’s back. For the first time in […]
Dream Theater’s extraordinary keyboard wizard announces solo shows. Voted “Best Keyboardist of All Time” (Music Radar Magazine), virtuoso musician/composer Jordan Rudess, will embark on an Australian & New Zealand tour this November performing his […]
The full lineup for the exciting Southern Rock Cruise 2019 has been announced, and over 80 live performances by two dozen acts are scheduled on the Ultimate Tailgate at Sea. The Norwegian Pearl Jewel […]
Architects, who recently announced the release of their eighth album, Holy Hell (Nov. 9, Epitaph Records), have unveiled the second video from the 11-song album: “Royal Beggars”. The Lewis Cater-directed video is the second […]
Coming onto you for the third time, Perth’s latest and greatest metal meet up and club night is back for an October edition! This special HALLOWEEN themed edition is co-presented by Howl’O’Scream – Perth […]
Van Morrison has announced details of a new album, The Prophet Speaks. The Prophet Speaks is Van Morrison’s 40th studio album and will be released on 7th December on CD, 2 x 12” and all […]
Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN has just released another pseudo video from ONE BAD M.F. Live!!, which is set for release October 19 on Prosthetic Records. The album will be available on all digital platforms, compact […]
Visionary media collective STARSET release Vessels 2.0, out now via Fearless Records / Caroline Australia. The band has shared the suspenseful new video for “Bringing It Down.” Watch it below. Vessels 2.0 is the […]
Critically acclaimed rock band Papa Roach confirmed that they will release new music this Friday October 5th. The release will mark the band’s first new tracks since 2017’s album “Crooked Teeth” and is the […]
Before unleashing their eagerly awaited new album, I Loved You At Your Darkest this Friday, BEHEMOTH have released the brand new single ‘Bartzabel’. Mastermind Nergal comments: “‘Bartzabel’ is a song that came in the midst of a […]
Two of the most revolutionary guitar virtuosos of our generation — renowned soloist ANGEL VIVALDI and Alice Cooper axemaiden NITA STRAUSS — are pleased to announce the 2018 edition of The Guitar Collective, a United […]
This summer, heavy revolutionaries OTEP unleashed their most uncompromising, candid, all-inclusive and controversial assessment of the current residing political regime that they have ever released – the new album Kult 45. In support of […]
Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers MESHUGGAH are proud to announce the release of a very special vinyl reissue collection celebrating the bands legacy. The collection offers a limited one-time only pressing that includes re-imagined cover artwork, redesigned […]
Multi-platinum, acclaimed alternative rock band CHEVELLE have announced a new album, 12 Bloody Spies: B-Sides and Rarities, compiling sought-after B-Sides and rarities from 2002-2016, now remastered on one brand new collection for the very […]
Rose Carleo Band’s EP ‘Battle Scars’ shot straight to the Top 20 charts. Now, Rose Carleo Band release their 2nd single from the EP, ‘Faded Tattoo’, on October 19. ‘Faded Tattoo’, showcases the member’s true […]
Saxon have released the fifth single and video from their mighty Thunderbolt album. “Predator” features Johan Hegg from Amon Amarth. “Great fun doing the new video for Predator. Big thanks to Johan for doing […]
In November 1968, millions of double LPs were shipped to record stores worldwide ahead of that tumultuous year’s most anticipated music event: the November 22nd release of The BEATLES (soon to be better known […]
It’s been a mammoth week for one of Australia’s most loved and enduring bands. Today The Living End released their eighth studio album Wunderbar. Recorded over a six week period in Berlin during an […]
70000TONS OF METAL™, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, has announced the Public Sales date and the first 28 of 60 bands for their ninth voyage, sailing January 31 – February 4, […]
Mayday Parade are thrilled to announce ‘Welcome To Sunnyland’ Australia and New Zealand headline shows alongside their already announced appearances at Good Things Festival! 13 years ago, a group of friends from Tallahassee, FL formed a band and travelled the U.S to sell […]
Playing ‘The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most’ in full, new material from ‘Crooked Shadows’ and fan favourites from their storied career. For the first time in Australia and New Zealand Dashboard Confessional […]
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