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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 […]
An incredible line-up of world-class musicians and vocalists gathered together, under the helm of Grammy award-winning producers Bob Kulick and Bruce Bouillet, to recreate 11 classics from the catalog of one of music’s greatest, best-loved […]
Cradle of Filth keyboardist and female vocalist LINDSAY SCHOOLCRAFT is embarking on her first ever solo tour, and has chosen the far-flung and haunted shores of Australia for a round of DJ sets in […]
The conflict and correlation between dark and light is a universal theme with a historically rich history. Musically, perhaps no band in the 21st Century has mined that relationship more consistently or effectively than […]
What do George Michael, L7, Michael Caine and Radio Birdman have in common? They’re all Official Selections at the worlds largest and most prestigious Music Documentary Film Festival “ In-edit Barcelona & Madrid Spain […]
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Slash and his band, Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators have released the new video for Driving Rain—which features a live-action, animated adventure with ragdoll puppets–the first single off their new album Living […]
The 2018 Louder Than Life festival, due to take place on September 28-30 in Lousville, Kentucky and featuring Nine Inch Nails, Alice In Chains, Godsmack and more, has officially been canceled. The following statement has […]
Two-time GRAMMY® nominated rock band Disturbed are giving fans another sneak preview of their much-anticipated new album Evolution (Reprise Records) with the release of A Reason To Fight and its stunning Matt Mahurin-directed (U2, […]
There really is no time like the present. Atreyu have shared the video for “The Time Is Now” from their upcoming new album In Our Wake, out October 12 via Search & Destroy/ Spinefarm […]
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, Progfest is the ultimate annual gathering for progressive music fans and prog as a genre is one of the nation’s fastest growing. Featuring progressive bands of all styles and genres, […]
Following the biggest year to date, DESERTFEST LONDON returns for its eighth year. As the 2018 line-up encompassed some of the most legendary and diverse acts the festival has ever seen, with Napalm Death, […]
NOTHGARD release video for 2nd single, “Epitaph”, BYZANTINE launch new video for “The Cicada Tree”, REVOCATION Launch New Track Blood Atonement Epic melodic death metallers Nothgard have just finished working on their […]
On November 16th, 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 […]
“Unbreakable (Orchestral Version)”, the second song from Stratovarius’ upcoming release “ENIGMA: Intermission 2”, has been released. Accompanied by a lyric video, it is the first time fans are able to hear a Stratovarius classic […]
In what is becoming something of a Christmas tradition, iconic rockers Dragon have announced a special December show at The Palms at Crown with their The Best of Countdown Chartbusters. Celebrating the institution that […]
Sevenfold have released Mad Hatter (Warner Bros. Records), a brand-new track written and recorded for Call of Duty®: Black Ops 4, the next highly-anticipated entry to the top-selling franchise scheduled for release on October […]
BLIND GUARDIAN to re-release another three of their classic albums, ACCEPT reveal details & pre-order of “Symphonic Terror – Live at Wacken 2017, MaYaN release ‘Saints Don’t Die’ music video. Germany based […]
In the course of the Hamburg Metal Dayz – an event parallel to the current Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Germany – Wacken Open Air has announced a string of new bands for the roster […]
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