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Metal Blade Records has launched a new edition of the “6 Bands in 60 Seconds” campaign, where CEO Brian Slagel spotlights six artists from the label’s roster. The goal of the promotion is to […]
Devildriver Drop Haunting Cover of Country Heroes, Featuring Original Songwriter Hank3, Kobra & The Lotus Release Video For Cover of Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain, God Is An Astronaut Stream New Album Epitaph In Full […]
The Neal Morse Band‘s triumphant double-album, “The Similitude Of A Dream,” is the most acclaimed release that Morse has helmed to date. The 2017 “Road Called Home” tour was their most extensive yet, including […]
Metropolis Touring are thrilled to announce that one of the most widely-loved British bands, THE CHARLATANS are returning to Australia this August. Tim Burgess “We love playing in Australia” The group found initial success […]
Craft Recordings is pleased to announce a special reissue of Social Distortion’s Live at the Roxy. Due out on June 29th – almost 20 years to the day of the album’s original release date – […]
Rock icons, DEF LEPPARD, have extended their 70-plus US and UK tour to run riot Down Under, finally playing their landmark, longest recording in full – 1987’s seminal Hysteria LIVE! German rock legends, special […]
Queens Of The Stone Age will return to Australia and New Zealand on their Villains World Tour, performing nine huge headline shows for Frontier Touring throughout August and September. They will be joined at […]
Today, Byron metal masters Parkway Drive unleash a new song and video for ‘Prey’. The track is from the band’s sixth studio album, Reverence, out May 4 on Resist. In the vital and volatile […]
Following the announcement last month of his Australian Tour, Ex-Guns n’ Roses drummer STEVEN ADLER today unveiled the members of the band that will be playing alongside him to celebrate the 30th anniversary of […]
Thanks to the legends at Mascot Label Group, The Rockpit is giving away a cool Black Stone Cherry prize pack in celebration of the release of the band’s new album “Family Tree“. Included in the […]
Legends will collide late this summer when Deep Purple and Judas Priest embark on a co-headlining North American tour. Produced by Live Nation, the outing will kick off August 21 in Cincinnati, Ohio and […]
First time they will share a stage together in Australia in 17 years! Gene Simmons welcomes former KISS bandmate Ace Frehley as very special guest star on his forthcoming Australian tour, celebrating the milestone of […]
Two titans of the metal world. Two titans of the rock club world. Together, they are unstoppable. Sydney’s iconic Frankie’s Pizza By The Slice and Brisbane’s legendary Crowbar have been threatening to unite and […]
On July 6th 2018, Norwegian black metal legends IMMORTAL will unleash their first studio album since »All Shall Fall«, released almost nine years ago. The legendary band has forged »Northern Chaos Gods«, an album […]
Legendary New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL have announced that they will release their »Live In Overhausen« album on May 18, 2018 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band have released the video clip for the second digital single “Thanx For […]
Less than one month to go until melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS release their highly anticipated new album »Queen Of Time«, on May 18th via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band has revealed the epic and […]
Pop punk heroes State Champs announced their new record Living Proof today which will be released on June 15, 2018 on Pure Noise Records / Sony Music Australia. Additionally, State Champs released a new track Dead And Gone and an accompanying […]
Groom Epoch, the luminous outfit created by former drummer of The Church, Richard Ploog, have dropped their latest global offering, Solar Warden, out via Golden Robot Records. Showcasing the diverse talents of singer, songwriter, drummer […]
Electrifying Bristolian rockers TAX THE HEAT recently spent the day at YouTube Space in London to record some live sessions. To celebrate kicking off their UK tour today, the band have released the first […]
UK Ragga Rockers SKINDRED have released a new video That’s My Jam from the upcoming new album Big Tings which will be released on April 27. The Video for the new single features a […]
Globally renowned, chart-topping band DEVILDRIVER recently announced the upcoming release of their highly-anticipated full-length album of outlaw country-gone-metal anthems, Outlaws ‘Til The End. The monstrous collection of savage metal interpretations will be released via […]
Legendary LA Hard Rockers AUTOGRAPH released a teaser for their new video “Every Generation”, from their album GET OFF YOUR ASS, released in late 2017 via EMP LABEL GROUP. Directed by Paul Gervasi, the video […]
Details for the 9th annual MONSTERS OF ROCK CRUISE — the world’s largest, and premier hard rock/heavy metal music cruise on the seven seas — have been announced. Departing out of Miami, Fl, this […]
For decades, Lizzy Borden has been one of theatrical rock’s top front-men. And on June 15th, Borden will issue his first album in 11 years, My Midnight Things, via Metal Blade Records. With the hard […]
A roundup of the latest news from Nuclear Blast: Slayer released episode 2 of 37 year career documentary, Sepultura announce European summer tour, Anthrax release live video of ‘Indians’ from ‘Kings of Scotland’ DVD […]
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