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UK TECH-FEST has announced the second wave of bands taking over the Newark Showground from 5 to 9 July 2018. PROTEST THE HERO return to the festival for a special Fortress album anniversary show, […]
A stellar double header that has two legendary guitar virtuosos between them, is heading to our shores in June 2018. Grammy-nominated Extreme, one of the most successful rock acts of the late 80s & […]
Ripping apart folk metal with a merciless assault, CLAIM THE THRONE are bringing their destructive brand of pagan melodeath to Europe for the very first time! CLAIM THE THRONE’s 10+ year raid has conquered […]
It’s not every day that a tour package is able to pair up two of North America’s most crushing and sonically charged heavy outfits of the modern era, yet here we are, announcing an […]
With 2018 underway, Powerman 5000 is back with the second leg of the New Wave Tour. The tour kicks off on April 10th in Lubbock, TX and makes its way through the southern part […]
Belgian dark rock outfit DIABLO BLVD proudly releases a new music video for ‘The Future Will Do What It‘s Told’. In addition, they will play 9 shows in Southern Europe in support of their […]
Byron Bay metal band Parkway Drive share their new single ‘Wishing Wells’ and its accompanying video with the world. Opening with ominous vocals and haunting acoustic guitar, ‘Wishing Wells’ soon erupts into a furious and full-throttle metal […]
MINISTRY releases a surreal and provocative new music video for the track ‘Twilight Zone’ from the band’s upcoming album, »AmeriKKKant«, due out March 9 (Nuclear Blast). Building upon the themes of the song, the […]
Australia’s biggest and fastest growing independent record label, Golden Robot Records, have had a massive 2016 and 2017 and this year looks set to be even bigger with the news of several more international acts […]
On January 23, 2018, SLAYER announced that it would wrap up its 37 years together with one last tour around the globe. Before the band begins that final sojourn on May 10, Tom Araya, Kerry […]
METALLICA has announced the details of the 2018-2019 North American leg of of its “WorldWired” tour in support of the band’s latest album, “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct”. The 34-date trek kicks off September 2 in […]
Palace of the King have dropped the second single from their forthcoming album, Get Right With Your Maker, available to pre-order now and out on 23 March through Golden Robot Records, as they gear […]
Get a double dose of Shock Rock as WEDNESDAY 13 and DAVEY SUICIDE join forces to bring their devilish goodness and a very early Halloween to Australia. A grimly glamorous ghoul who first slithered […]
A roundup of the latest news from Metal Blade Records including updates from Primordial, Whitechapel and Rivers Of Nihil. Irish Pagan Metal Gods Primordial will release their new album, Exile Amongst The […]
A roundup of the latest news from Nuclear Blast including updates on Dimmu Borgir, Kataklysm, Earthless, Light The Torch and Riot V. The time has finally come! After more than seven years […]
Polish black/death overlords BEHEMOTH have announced to release a brand new live DVD/Blu-ray entitled Messe Noire on April 13, 2018. Pre orders are available now! evp-recordings.lnk.to/messenoire Watch the official teaser video over at the […]
You’ve seen the bill, but for those of you who want to plan ahead or are just looking at a single-day pass, Rocklahoma has broken down the roster of bands playing this year’s festival […]
Death metal legends, Morbid Angel released their 9th studio album, Kingdoms Disdained worldwide on December 1 via Silver Lining Music. Kingdoms Disdained reunites guitarist and founder Trey Azagthoth with bassist and vocalist Steve Tucker […]
A roundup of the latest news from earMusic including updates on Loudness, Al Di Meola and We Sell The Dead featuring members of Him, In Flames, Spiritual Beggars. Japanese Heavy Metal legends […]
AMORPHIS have finally finished recording their upcoming new studio album, entitled »Queen Of Time«. The record is scheduled for a May 18th release via Nuclear Blast. In comparison to its predecessor, »Under The Red Cloud« […]
On 22 September 2018, metal bands around Australia will perform the all Australian metal event – Metal United Down Under (MUDU). It is the 5th edition of this initiative and around 15 cities are […]
After stomping their way through the nation’s capital cities last December in support of their devastating new album ‘Ugly Produce’, King Parrot stay true to their insatiable work ethic announcing a new edition of […]
Youth Code is collision of nasty industrial darkness, body-slamming electronic beats, extreme metal sensibilities, and hardcore punk angst – a proposition to many previously unknown, to others one that is simply being revitalized. Nonetheless, […]
Sweden’s premiere purveyors of thrash metal meets sleaze rock, Hardcore Superstar will be touring Australia this June! Having last toured Australia waaay back in 2008, HCSS are ready to make it up to their […]
The Sunset Strip’s favourite sons, Steel Panther, are returning to Australia in May 2018 for a WORLD FIRST run of shows! They are returning to Australian shores with their Sunset Strip Live! Tour, which […]
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