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The Sydney Guitar Festival returns this Thursday 9 August – Sunday 19 August. Sydney’s premier guitar event, the festival celebrates the diverse instrument’s rich history and exciting future, and today announces a packed first […]
Iconoclastic purveyors of drone-laden psychedelia, The Brian Jonestown Massacre make their long-awaited Australian return in June, 2018. With their brand new album Something Else and an exclusive invitation as guests of Vivid Sydney, the […]
Craft Recordings is proud to announce the release of EVANESCENCE‘s Lost Whispers, available exclusively for Record Store Day, on April 21, 2018. Presented on blue translucent vinyl and limited to 2,500 copies, this represents […]
We are thrilled to announce the next artists taking part in our Hendrix Flat Sessions, filmed here at 23 Brook Street, London. Handel & Hendrix in London includes the third-floor Mayfair flat which Jimi […]
Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON concluded their triumphant North American co-headlining run with German thrash titans and label mates KREATOR a few days ago but before they fly over to Australia to continue their world tour, […]
It’s a nice day for a faux wedding! We are very excited to welcome the Inflatable Church to spread their love and unholy matrimony to Download Melbourne! Grab your luvah, your best people, and walk […]
Bursting on to the scene in 2012, Canterbury quartet Moose Blood solidified themselves as one of the UK’s hottest exports. With an absolutely exceptional clutch of new songs under their belt, Moose Blood are thrilled […]
Ahead of the release of TesseracT’s highly anticipated new studio album Sonder the band have revealed their first official video, for their new single King. The emotive and viscerally challenging clip, was directed by […]
A roundup of the latest news from Nuclear Blast including updates on Earthless, Overkill, Ministry, Corrosion Of Conformity and Paradise Lost. Only one week after the release of their new album »AmeriKKKant«, […]
A roundup of the latest tour news from hard rock big names including Bruce Dickinson, Alice In Chains, Joe Perry, Alice Cooper Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson will be holding a special […]
One of Australia’s biggest rock n roll festivals Rock The Boat once again hits the high seas in 2018, with an incredible local and international line-up. With a theme focused on embracing the best […]
Elton John today announces ‘Revamp’, released on April 6th on EMI Music Australia. Bringing together a carefully curated selection of the world’s biggest and best artists, ‘Revamp’ sees Elton John and co-writer Bernie Taupin’s best […]
A roundup of the latest news from Metal Blade Records including news on Primordial, Rivers Of Nihil, Lizzy Borden and Gozu. Irish Pagan Metal Gods Primordial will release their new album, Exile […]
The wait is over for fans of Sydney’s Flickertail with the band’s 5-track debut EP, Hurry Up and Wait, dropping today via Golden Robot Records on CD and digital. One could say this is […]
A roundup of the latest news from napalm Records including news from W.A.S.P., Candlemass and Paddy And The Rats. On February 2nd, 2018 W.A.S.P. released their critically acclaimed 25th anniversary edition “ReIdolized […]
After the successful first edition of DIRECT UNDERGROUND FEST in 2017, this year will see the return of the mini-festival bringing together some of the best and darkest bands in the heavy music realm. […]
Saxon have released the third single and video from their new mighty Thunderbolt album. “This is album 22 and it’s called Thunderbolt. It’s a Storming Smashing Thundering collection of tracks we’ve been crafting with Producer, […]
As the black metal scene in the late ’80s and early ’90s proved, sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction, and Tales From the Black Circle dives into shocking true stories of a time of […]
ARIA charting singer songwriter Rose Carleo and her zealous new band unleash their debut single ‘Battle Scars’, on March 23, 2018. The days of the blues laced country rock tunes have taken a not-so-subtle change […]
Rock radio hit-makers Red Sun Rising return with the music video premiere for their first single, “Deathwish”, off the band’s forthcoming sophomore release Thread out on March 30th (Concord Music/Razor & Tie/Caroline Australia). Watch […]
Jet are getting the band back together & hitting the road for the 15th Anniversary of ‘Get Born‘. The band are celebrating the anniversary with a slew of tour dates across Australia including Perth which […]
HYPNO5E have release a new track, the 11 minute ‘Who Wakes Up From This Dream Does Not Bear My Name‘ off the upcoming album ‘Alba – Les Ombres Errantes‘ out on April 6 via Pelagic […]
Food glorious food, sizzling burgers with mustard! While we’re in the mood, hot pizza and mushrooms! Tacos, donuts and Gozleme! What next is the question? In-di-gestion! Download Melbourne has a plethora of goodies to […]
Resist Records is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Reverence, the sixth studio album from Australian metal band Parkway Drive. Due out May 4, Reverence is the most sonically adventurous and emotionally intense […]
Joe Bonamassa, the two-time GRAMMY-nominated blues rock guitar icon, who will kick-off his UK and European tour March 9th, has announced the release of British Blues Explosion Live on Friday 18th May on CD/DVD/Blu-Ray & […]
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