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Award-winning Canadian artist Charlie A’Court is no stranger to Australian audiences, his 2018 tour will be his eighth visit in seven years, and over that time he’s spread his soulful take on the blues, […]
HEAVY SCOTLAND will return with a bang in 2018 with a new date, extending the festival to three days from Friday 31 August to Sunday 02 September, returning to Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange. Announced today and […]
A stack of Aussie favourites have been announced for Bluesfest 2018, adding to the unbelievably jam-packed line up. There is no doubt that the 2018 festival is shaping up to be one of the […]
On March 23, Thunder will release a brand new live set ‘Stage’ through earMUSIC. ‘Stage’ features hits from right across the band’s career and includes fan-favourite classics like ‘Backstreet Symphony’, ‘Low Life In High […]
Sometime MINISTRY accomplice Burton C. Bell (FEAR FACTORY) guests as a nightmarish clown on the band’s just-released video for the track ‘Wargasm,’ which can be seen here: Burton provided the track’s spoken word parts on […]
Everyone’s favourite travelling music festival is back for another year, with Groovin The Moo today announcing the lineup for its stellar 2018 event. Back for its 14th year, Groovin The Moo have continued their […]
ANTHRAX is offering its fans a sneak peek at what they can expect from the band’s upcoming live-in-concert DVD, Kings Among Scotland, due out April 27. The band’s 1987 classic ‘Caught In A Mosh,’ […]
On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 the metal community gathered to Anaheim for the Hall of Heavy Metal History induction ceremony. Cult New York heavy metal band and godfathers of power metal RIOT V was inducted alongside BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill […]
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS, led by the legendary long time MOTÖRHEAD guitarist, have released their highly anticipated debut album, »The Age Of Absurdity«, last week. Today, the band releases the official music video for […]
In two weeks from now, symphonic metal pioneers THERION will finally release their three-hour-long opera project »Beloved Antichrist«, after starting their extensive European tour on February 1st . Today the band unveils the epic […]
Genre melding masters, (hed) p.e. will be making their long overdue return to Australia this March as they embark on their Worldwide Unity Tour! Fusing rock, punk, rasta, gansta rap and soul into something […]
“I’ll be giving a little love, to my yesterday’s hero’s as I only wanna be with you Australia” Les McKeown Are you ready for more Australia? Keep that tartan pressed and your dancing shoes […]
earMUSIC is proud to announce the release Here Come The Aliens, the first studio album in seven years by pop icon Kim Wilde on March 16th, 2018. PRE ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW ‘Here Come The Aliens’, […]
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds announce new single and music video from ‘It’s A Beautiful World’ – the second to be taken from their new album ‘Who Built the Moon?’, following the success of the […]
You would be hard pressed to think of a bigger middle finger to genre elitists than SATYRICON. SATYRICON have been proudly forging their own unique path for over 25 years, ever evolving with each release, […]
A roundup of the latest news in classic rock & metal including updates on Ritchie Blackmore, Judas Priest, Metallica, Lynrd Skynyrd and L.A. Guns. Former Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland has died […]
Japan’s most creative band Crossfaith have gifted the world with a new EP called Wipeout, released today via UNFD. Wipeout, the latest in a series of innovative releases, is a summary of everything danceable […]
A roundup of the latest news from Nuclear Blast including updates on Machine Head, Meshuggah, Amorphis, Dimmu Borgir and Pristine. Norwegian rock band PRISTINE, featuring lead singer and primus motor Heidi Solheim, […]
Los Angeles metal collective BODY COUNT have been confirmed to perform live during The GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony hosted by Paul Shaffer, which will take place at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, January 28, […]
AXS TV’S KATIE DARYL RANKS THE GREATEST SONGS, BANDS, AND ARTISTS IN ROCK HISTORY WITH SOME OF MUSIC’S BIGGEST NAMES IN THE NEW COUNTDOWN SERIES THE TOP TEN REVEALED, PREMIERING SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 AT 9:30pE/6:30pP […]
ROTTING CHRIST are announcing the release of ‘Their Greatest Spells’. This double-CD compilation features a best of selection approved by frontman Sakis Tolis as well as the new track “I Will Not Serve” and […]
A roundup of the latest news from Metal Blade Records including updates on Sacred Reich, Primordial, Visigoth, Good Tiger, Accuser, Lik and Fight The Fight. Irish pagan metal gods PRIMORDIAL announces their […]
A roundup of the latest news from Napalm Records including updates on Kamelot, Samael, Visions Of Atlantis and Paddy And The Rats. With their latest opus Haven, released in 2015 on Napalm Records, […]
After making some of the most brutal, breathtakingly aggressive, all-hell’s-a-breaking-loose music ever created, being one of the four bands that defined an entire musical genre and being the band that other heavy acts are measured […]
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. […]
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