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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 […]
Bad Wolves and From Ashes to New have announced the What’s In Your Head Tour, a co-headline tour featuring support from special guest and label-mate Diamante. Beginning on June 4th in Madison Wisconsin, this […]
German Psychedelic Progressive Rock Gurus, Samsara Blues Experiment travel down under for their debut tour of Australia and New Zealand in September 2018. The trio will commence their tour over in the West, Perth […]
A Soundtrack and A Game The Swedish pioneers of timeless slowness are back in top form, distilling the essence of epic doom metal! It only takes a few short bars of the title track […]
Tremonti, the band comprised of Mark Tremonti on vocals/guitars, Eric Friedman on guitars/backing vocals, and Garrett Whitlock on drums, have released the first official music video for the debut single from their fourth full-length […]
Bury Tomorrow have announced the release of their fifth album (and first for Music For Nations / Sony Music Australia), Black Flame, on July 13th. The band, who have this week been inviting fans […]
Originally released in early 2012, the fifth album “The Power Within” by Dragonforce is back as “Re-Powered Within” – completely remastered, remixed and repowered. Prepared by Damien Rainaud (Fear Factory, Babymetal) at award-winning studio […]
The Magpie Salute which brings together the reunited definitive Black Crowes guitar duo of Rich Robinson and Marc Ford, bassist Sven Pipien (also from the Crowes) along with lead singer John Hogg (Hookah Brown, Moke), and drummer Joe […]
Smokin’ Delta Voodoo the sought after EVERY MOTHER’S NIGHTMARE release is scheduled to street June 8th via HighVolMusic and distributed by Alliance/Amped Distribution.. Originally 12 tracks and released in 2000, Smokin’ Delta Voodoo contains some […]
Tommy Shaw, James “JY” Young, and Lawrence Gowan of the chart-topping rockers STYX sit down with Dan Rather for a revealing conversation, as they open up about the driving force that compels them to […]
WA’s biggest songwriting competition continues to deliver the goods; with WAM Song of the Year again recognising and uncovering the absolute cream of WA’s rich songwriting crop, and providing even greater opportunities and rewards […]
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