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Sinsaenum have revealed their brand new song “Final Resolve”. The song, a brutal punch in the face, is the first to be released from the band’s forthcoming “Repulsion For Humanity” coming August 10. With […]
Following up the worldwide top 10 video chart success “Act I”, Tarja and earMUSIC are happy to announce the release of the long-awaited follow up “Act II” this July. Filmed during Tarja’s world tour […]
Monster Truck return with their brand-new studio album ‘True Rockers’, which will be released on Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group on September 14th. It’s been two years since the mighty ‘Sittin’ Heavy’ came out and […]
Swedish melodic hardrock band, COLDSPELL, have released a music video for ‘It Hurts‘, the track is taken from their latest album, ‘A New World Arise’. The song is a single version (intro shortened) and […]
Mobile games publisher Nodding Frog and heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN are proud to announce the arrival of a new PvP arena to their ‘Legacy of the Beast’ game – in a global first and […]
GRAMMY® Award-winning band Halestorm have announced the impending release of their fourth studio album, Vicious, out July 27. Vicious, which was recorded earlier this year in Nashville with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Alice […]
Outlaw country/rock artist JASON CHARLES MILLER has unveiled a second single, “Old Scarecrow”, from his forthcoming album “In The Wasteland”, due out June 15 via RED MUSIC/ SONY. Featuring duet vocals with Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke) along with […]
From the dark corners of Norway, the beast has surfaced. After 25 years, the world’s biggest black metal forge, DIMMU BORGIR, invades Australia & New Zealand for their first ever headlining tour. Casting shows […]
Internationally acclaimed guitar hero Michael Romeo has announced the release of his eagerly anticipated first official solo album, War of the Worlds / Pt. 1, on July 27th thru Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label […]
After taking the world of rock music by storm with last year’s surprise hit Amber Galactic, which was nominated for a Swedish Grammy and accompanied by a European tour that left fans speechless, Swedish classic/progressive rock supergroup, Swedish classic/progressive rock […]
Due to popular demand from Australian fans and following a hugely successful concert tour of UK & Europe the world’s greatest Dire Straits show returns to Australia in September 2018 to perform the incredible […]
As the sun set on last year’s monumental Yours & Owls Festival, with an all-star line-up and largest sold-out crowd to date, fans and music-lovers nationwide have been waiting with anticipation to see if […]
Teutonic power metallers, Primal Fear are returning in November to rip Australia apart, just as they did in 2016! With their new album, Apocalypse being released on August 10th 2018 via Frontier Records, Primal […]
HARM’S WAY Launch New Video For Last Man, REDEMPTION Reveal details for new album, ‘Long Night’s Journey into Day’ first single, “Little Men”, KING DIAMOND ‘Conspiracy’, ‘The Dark Sides’, ‘The Eye’ LP re-issues now […]
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. The extended layoff […]
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band has today announced an East Coast tour of Australia in October 2018, his first visit in more than six years. Blues fans are in for a rare treat with Ash Grunwald […]
Raucous indie surf rockers Caravãna Sun have today announced their infectious new single Beauty and The Pain, written to celebrate the good and the bad times within a relationship, set for release on May 25. […]
While still in his teens, American born guitarist/singer Mark Lizotte was snatched from his bar band in Perth and launched on to the Australian charts as the leader of Johnny Diesel and the Injectors. A […]
POWERWOLF Release Video For Demons Are A Girls Best Friend, DEVILDRIVER Reveal Part Three of the “Outlaws ‘Til The End: Vol. 1”Interview Series, Answering the Question: “The Guests”, OTEP Challenges Trump in Hyper-Political Single […]
“Whether at the track or at the bar, she was always in fine form” (Oh Josephine) “One of the most vivid memories I’ll ever have of Nan is her first introducing me to horseracing and […]
Lenny Kravitz will release his brand new studio album, Raise Vibration on September 7 via BMG, available to pre-order HERE. The first single ’Low’ is a pulsating introspective composition dealing with the issue of […]
It’s a busy month for Zeal & Ardor. The band are preparing for a series of live shows next month (including a London headline show & a slot at Download Festival) as well as […]
New York girl rockers Lez Zeppelin – the all-girl band earning the reputation as one of the most exciting live acts on the scene – are bringing their version of the rock-laden classics penned by […]
LA-based metal outfit BUTCHER BABIES are known for juxtaposing brutal, aggressive riffs with beautiful melodies that wail with emotional redemption. That emotion plays strong in their new documentary style music video for the single […]
Pop punk heroes State Champs have premiered new song, Mine Is Gold on Billboard. Mine Is Gold is taken from the bands recently announced new record Living Proof which will be released on June 15, 2018 on Pure Noise Records / Sony Music Australia. The […]
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