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Daily band lineups have been announced for the 12th annual Rock On The Range at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, OH on May 18, 19 & 20, featuring nearly 60 bands on 3 stages and […]
American Power Trio PRONG has premiered the official music video for “Forced Into Tolerance,” off of their 2017 released Zero Days on Blabbermouth. “Prong is happy to team with Blabbermouth to premiere the video for […]
Globally renowned, chart-topping band DEVILDRIVER may be one of the most notable groups in metal, but their personal taste in music reaches far beyond heavy music.Thanks to widely lauded albums like 2005’s epoch-shredding The Fury […]
Nearly 30,000 heavy music fans descended on Melbourne on Saturday for Australia’s first Download Festival. After a smattering of rain to kick off, the rock gods smiled, the clouds parted, and pure rock fury […]
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 and we have just made it a lot […]
Voted “Best Keyboardist of All Time” (Music Radar Magazine), virtuoso musician/composer Jordan Rudess, will embark on a U.S. West Coast and European tour to perform a solo piano performance entitled: FROM BACK TO ROCK: […]
Exploding onto the southern California punk scene, STRUNG OUT were one of the first bands signed to Fat Mike’s Fat Wreck Chords, issuing their debut album in 1994. It was the band’s sophomore effort however […]
With more than 30 million albums sold, 18 million digital single sales, billions of streams and 12 iconic hits combined, 3 Doors Down and Collective Soul are inviting fans aboard The Rock & Roll […]
King Parrot add 5 new Victorian shows to their already massive Regional Rampage Australian tour with US hardcore punks Child Bite. Bendigo, Ballarat, Geelong, Melbourne and Frankston have all been added and tickets are […]
The previously announced May tour from Swedish industrial metal act, Pain, WILL go ahead in May! The recent troubles surrounding failed promoter Stag Music Touring led to one of their tours being canceled and […]
Marilyn Manson releases the hotly anticipated video for “Tattooed In Reverse.” The clip, directed by Bill Yukich, stars Glo Taylorr alongside Manson himself and features Courtney Love and Lisa Marie Presley. “Tattooed In Reverse” is off […]
The announcement of JET’s 15th Anniversary Get Re-Born tour has reignited the passion held for one of Australia’s most successful rock bands, especially in the band’s hometown of Melbourne. With their first show at the […]
There isn’t long to go before multi-platinum pop-punk stars Simple Plan touch down in Australia for their national No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls 15th Anniversary Tour. Unfortunately Real Friends have had to cancel […]
Polish black/death overlords BEHEMOTH have announced to release a brand new live DVD/Blu-ray entitled »Messe Noire« on April 13, 2018. Commented singer, guitarist and mainman Nergal: “»Messe Noire«. Well, that is everything that the BEHEMOTH live […]
RIAA-certified, Billboard chart-topping, Richmond, VA band LAMB OF GOD may be one of the biggest bands in modern metal, but they will never forget where they came from. Mark Morton (guitar), John Campbell (bass), […]
Melancholic progressive metaller AMORPHIS are about to unleash their latest offering entitled »Queen Of Time« on May 18th via Nuclear Blast. Today the time has come to present the first taster of the band’s […]
Acclaimed Australian prog-guitar virtuoso PLINI is excited to unveil his stunning new single ‘Salt + Charcoal’. Featuring backing vocals from Skyharbor‘s Devesh Dayal, the new single comes ahead of Plini‘s support of TesseracT with Between […]
Rose Tattoo will be kicking off their Blood Brothers 2018 tour at the end of this month with the 2018 bonus re-issue edition of their classic 2007 album tucked under their belts, out now […]
SLASH with producer Michael “Elvis” Baskette in the studio. Photo credit: Scott Uchida. SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS will return this fall with their as-yet-untitled third studio album. The group-SLASH (Guitar), MYLES KENNEDY […]
AUSTRALIA!! PREPARE YOUR APPETITE FOR ADLER! Former GUNS N’ ROSES drummer & co-writer STEVEN ADLER ignites his ADLER’S APPETITE band and has today announced that he is to embark on a tour of AUSTRALIA this May. Steven and his esteemed […]
Brazillian melodic power/prog metallers Angra recently released their 9th studio album ØMNI. The band have just released a new video from the album for the track Insania. Once again, the album has been recorded in […]
With just one week to Bluesfest 2018, the countdown is officially on for the many thousands of music lovers who make the pilgrimage to Byron Bay for one of Australia’s biggest music festivals. Tickets for […]
earMUSIC is proud to announce the release Here Come The Aliens, the first studio album in seven years by pop icon Kim Wilde – Out Now! Kim has just released the second single from the […]
After a week of cryptic clues to their fans that set the internet a buzz, Grammy-nominated Panic! At The Disco today announced that their highly anticipated sixth studio album, Pray For The Wicked, will […]
Local supports have been announced for the upcoming Good Riddance Australian Tour. See below for details. GOOD RIDDANCE AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2018 Friday April 20 – Crowbar, Brisbane w/ Driven Fear, Fake News Tickets […]
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