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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. […]
Drummer Christoph Schneider of two-time, Grammy®-nominated heavy metal band, Rammstein signed with Oxnard, California-based DW Drums as an endorser of drums, hardware and pedals. Rammstein is scheduled to begin recording on their seventh studio album […]
It’s official: DEF LEPPARD and JOURNEY will join forces for a massive co-headlining tour of North American stadiums and arenas. The 58-city trek will kick off on May 21 in Hartford, Connecticut. All the […]
Saxon announce the release of the second single and video They Played Rock And Roll from their new mighty Thunderbolt album. ‘The song tells the story of Saxon’s very first tour in 1979 with […]
Singer/songwriter force majeure JOSHUA RADIN will bring his self-proclaimed “whisper rock” to Australia for several evenings of intimate and deeply personal performances. The troubadour has loaded his swag with timeless acoustic stories delivered as […]
Following the recent release of the music video for the first single ‘Year Of The Tiger‘, Myles Kennedy has released a lyric video for another song from the upcoming debut solo album. ‘Haunted By Design’ […]
The organisers at this year’s a day on the green are putting the final preparations on this summer’s best indie rock tour. The Living End, Spiderbait, Veruca Salt, The Lemonheads, Tumbleweed and The Fauves […]
New album Eight coming March 16, 2018 | First single Time Enough For That drops February 5 US rock n roll survivors, Little Caesar have signed a global deal with Golden Robot Records for the release of their new album Eight in March. Little […]
Thrash metal legends Slayer have announced one final world tour in what looks to be the final curtain call for the California quartet. Over 35 years and countless albums amidst lineup changes, controversy, deaths […]
Two-time GRAMMY award-winners Evanescence will next month embark on their epic Australian east coast tour, Synthesis Live With Orchestras, to celebrate their triumphant fourth studio album, Synthesis. The hotly anticipated tour will kick off […]
40th Anniversary tour celebrating the music of THE BABY’S – BAD ENGLISH – THE SOLO HITS English singer-songwriter JOHN WAITE has announced his first Australian tour. John will be performing his catalogue of […]
Close your eyes and just imagine cruising down Route 66 in a Mustang Convertible. It’s just turned from dusk to night and there is nothing but the cool breeze, a lonely road and a […]
POP EVIL have released a new music video today for their newest single, “Colors Bleed,” alongside an exclusive Q&A with Billboard Magazine seen here. The band brought back director Columbia Tatone, who also directed […]
Bravewords reports that a documentary on the legendary live music venue Whisky A Go Go will be released in 2018 as part of the 54th anniversary of the iconic venue. The Sunset Strip club […]
Former Dio guitarist Craig Goldy has announced a new supergroup called Dream Child with bassist Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Dio), drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC, Dio), keyboardist Wayne Findlay (Michael Schenker Group) and singer Diego Valdez. “The […]
A round up of the latest news from Nuclear Blast artists including a new video from Machine Head, Paradise Lost to re-release Host album, Letters From The Colony unveil new lyric video and Michael […]
Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES have just completed the recording process of their upcoming studio album with producer Russ Russell (Napalm Death, The Haunted, Dimmu Borgir, etc.) at Parlour Studios in […]
Due to popular demand, iconic rock figure ROGER WATERS has added a third and final Melbourne date to his critically acclaimed US + THEM Australian tour in February 2018. This new show will take […]
Hollywood Undead are sending a message of purpose for 2018 by highlighting “Your Life,” the final track from their new album FIVE. The standout song closes the record with elegiac keys, jagged riffing and […]
Nashville rock mainstay, Charlie Bonnet III, has released a new music video for the song “Cold And Alone,” taken from his Tracii Guns (L.A Guns) produced studio effort, Sinner With A Song. American actor, […]
The war rages on! Old school death metallers, MEMORIAM, are set to unleash their second album, The Silent Vigil, on March 23rd, 2018 through Nuclear Blast Records. Just one year after the release of debut album […]
Fresh off the back of their debut album ‘Permanent Vacation’ which Beat Magazine called “engaging and eclectic and is certainly a record not to be missed”, LIME CORDIALE are primed to make 2018 a […]
He hits our shores in March and now due to overwhelming demand Andrew Strong has added a 2nd Adelaide Show! This show will take place on Tuesday 6th March at the THE GOV and also a […]
Whether you grew up in the eighties, nineties or noughties, the iconic patrons of pub rock, Choirboys, and new wave nasties, Mi-Sex, are instantly recognisable, and have joined forces to get back out into […]
American modern progressive metal innovators The Contortionist return to Australia as part of their Clairvoyant Tour, joined by special guests UK djent-metal pioneers SikTh – who will be making their first ever Australian appearances! Critics and fans admire their intelligent approach […]
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