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Southern Californian groove metal kings DEVILDRIVER are set to reissue revamped editions of their first five albums via BMG on CD on September 28, 2018. Limited edition LP versions will be available as part […]
GAMA BOMB release their blistering single ‘666teen‘ today, the first track to be taken from their upcoming album ‘Speed Between The Lines‘ which is due for release on October 12th. Irish thrashers GAMA BOMB […]
Have you got your NOWBHM fix lately? Veteran rockers Tygers Of Pan Tang have released a new single with an accompanying video for the track ‘Devil You Know‘, taken from the 2016 comeback album […]
Rock super group Motor Sister – featuring Jim Wilson (Mother Superior), Scott Ian (Anthrax), Pearl Aday (solo), Joey Vera (Armored Saint, Fates Warning), and John Tempesta (The Cult) – will have a new album […]
Swedish progressive metal legends OPETH will release “Garden of the Titans: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheater” on November 2nd via Moderbolaget Records / Nuclear Blast Entertainment. This historic event was captured for the DVD, Blu-Ray and Vinyl formats during […]
Bayside has announced that they will be releasing Acoustic Volume 2, a follow up to 2006’s Acoustic on September 28th, 2018 via Hopeless Records. The record features one brand new track, “It Don’t Exist,” […]
“The band isn’t just a way of life, its been much more than that. To us, as a family, writing music of such honesty, and reaching people who feel it similarly, is as profound […]
GRAMMY® Award-nominated multi-platinum hard rock leaders Disturbed will unleash their seventh full-length album, Evolution, via Reprise Records on October 19. The album is available to pre-order now. Disturbed said: “It is with tremendous pride, […]
Influential Cleveland, Ohio-based metal pioneers MUSHROOMHEAD will release their highly-anticipated upcoming DVD, VOLUME III – a follow up to the widely-acclaimed DVD’s Volume 1 (2005) and Volume 2 (2008) – August 17, 2018. The […]
Without question, AC/DC are one of the greatest rock bands in history. Their mammoth power chord roar became one of the most influential hard rock sounds of the ’70s and is synonymous to rock […]
Mike Tramp‘s debut album as a solo-artist, “Capricorn“, saw the light of day 20 years ago back in 1998. Now the right time has come make a proper re-issue of the album. Mike Tramp […]
Includes Previously Unreleased New Track ‘Time Song’ | Proud Gallery London Photo Exhibition Oct 4th – Nov 18th The Kinks will release a 50th Anniversary Edition of one of the greatest British rock albums of all […]
We’re about to put you out of your misery and share some information on what’s behind those mysterious street posters that have been spotted on the streets of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. We’re thrilled […]
Beyond The Valley is getting set for a huge return in 2018 as it celebrates its 5th Anniversary and its greatest NYE celebration to date. With another amazingly crafted and considered line-up due to […]
“For a large chunk of my time with PiL, we were the most dangerous band on the planet – no one knew what we were going to do next – (least of all us) – […]
The Pineapple Thief have launched their brand new video for “Try As I Might”, the new single from their forthcoming new studio album Dissolution . The highly anticipated follow up to 2015’s Your Wilderness, […]
Lindsey Buckingham is widely considered one of the greatest guitarists and songwriters and musical expressionists of our time. A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and three-time GRAMMY winner, Buckingham is best known […]
With nine days to go before the arrival of new Alice In Chains album Rainier Fog (BMG), anticipation is ramping up with the release of new single Never Fade Never Fade is the third […]
The fourth annual BOWL FOR RONNIE Celebrity Bowling Party, benefiting the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund, will take place on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at PINZ Bowling Center in Studio […]
Caroline Australia is proud to announce the release of ‘Joe Strummer 001,’ the first compilation to span Joe Strummer’s career outside of his recordings with The Clash. ‘Joe Strummer 001’ features 32 tracks and includes […]
In late March 2018, nearly 30,000 heavy music fans descended on Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne to attend Australia’s first ever Download Festival. Four days later, it was announced, much to the delight of those […]
LEAD TRACK “NO ERASIN’” AVAILABLE NOW 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, out […]
LIVING COLOUR return to Australia to perform highlights from their debut album ‘Vivid’ in plus they will be armed with all their other classic tunes. The ground-breaking American rock band from New York City, […]
Queens Of The Stone Age’s hugely anticipated Australian tour kicks off in two weeks – the final stop on the band’s Villains World Tour, following 13 months of epic shows worldwide. Joshua Homme, Troy […]
Visionary Swedish metallers SOILWORK announce 2019 Australian tour in promotion of their eleventh studio album. SOILWORK are currently wrapping up the recordings of the follow-up to 2015’s ‘The Ride Majestic’ at Nordic Sound Lab […]
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