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Gilby Clarke needs no introduction to rock fans. He played in both Guns N’ Roses and the MC5. Who else can claim membership in two of the most life-altering rock ’n’ roll outfits to ever […]
At a private show Tuesday night in Los Angeles, Stone Temple Pilots made its triumphant return to the stage at the Troubadour where the Grammy®-winning group welcomed Jeff Gutt as their new lead singer. […]
2018 is set to kick off in the most sensational way. Brand new summer festival, Under the Southern Stars is bringing together the best of Aussie Rock with an international touch. Headlined by the […]
Producing dark and retrofuturistic music with a strong 80’s feeling, Perturbator is the spearhead of the new synthwave revival. Supports for his first Australian tour next week have just been announced! Nov 21 Melbourne […]
Freedom Is Mine is the barnstorming new single from Grammy winning Australian rock lords Wolfmother. Released independently and produced by Wolfmother main man Andrew Stockdale in his Byron Bay studio, the track evokes the […]
Marilyn Manson teamed up with director Bill Yukich to film the video for “KILL4ME” from his new album Heaven Upside Down, which critics are calling career defining. The video, which stars Marilyn Manson, Johnny Depp […]
As the dust settles from the huge launch of Sydney’s newest one-day festival Sydney City Limits, the inevitable question of sideshows was bound to arise. It’s an understandable query, as the team behind Splendour […]
the church share trippy live video for ‘I Don’t Know How I Don’t Know Why’, the third single from their acclaimed 26th album Man Woman Life Death Infinity, out now. Premiering via Tone Deaf, […]
California-based heavy rock trio AVON (with ex-Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age drummer Alfredo Hernandez) unveil all details about their upcoming sophomore album on HPS Records in February 2018. AVON is heavy rock trio formed in California […]
Prophets of the rampant 90’s Modern Rock movement SALIVA will be bringing their show to Australian stages for the first time ever. Fans can expect a crushing cross-section of the bands entire catalogue guaranteed […]
Metal United World Wide (MUWW) is a project which brings together metal bands, fans, show organisers, media and other supporters for one big event. The idea is to have metal shows all over the […]
Britain’s rocking roots trio Kitty, Daisy & Lewis are bringing their infectious energy and nostalgia-soaked fusion of rockabilly, vintage country and first-generation rhythm and blues to Sydney and Melbourne in February 2018. Delivering their […]
EXCALIBUR IV is the widely anticipated fourth NEW STUDIO ALBUM in the Celtic Rock Opera series, following on from the GOLD and PLATINUM selling original trilogy. EXCALIBUR IV was played live in its entirety […]
DESERTFEST LONDON are thrilled to reveal the next 8 acts for the 2018 edition of the festival, who will be joining the likes of MONSTER MAGNET, EYEHATEGOD, NEBULA & JEX THOTH to bring a battering ram […]
Whenever CORROSION OF CONFORMITY releases a new album, folks take notice. But their latest is a true event. It’s been a dozen years since CORROSION OF CONFORMITY recorded new material with vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan […]
LA-based multiplatinum hard rock band, Five Finger Death Punch, have released their latest single Trouble late last month with great success. Trouble has reached #1 on iTunes Rock and Metal charts around the globe and has […]
After months of anticipation from fans worldwide, 21st century hard rock leaders Of Mice & Men—vocalist/bassist Aaron Pauley, guitarist Alan Ashby, drummer Valentino Arteaga, and guitarist Phil Manansala—announce their new album Defy, arriving in […]
Tonight Alive is excited to share that their upcoming album, Underworld, will feature vocal performances from Lynn Gunn (PVRIS) on the track “Disappear” and Corey Taylor (Slipknot and Stone Sour) on the track “My […]
King Crimson’s “Earthbound – 40th Anniversary Edition” expanded CD & DVD is now available for pre-order and will be released on November 17, 2017! “Earthbound,” originally released in 1972, was one of the earliest […]
Baltimore indie post-hardcore band Pianos Become the Teeth announce their new album Wait For Love, to be released on February 16, 2018 on Epitaph. Pre-orders for Wait For Love are available HERE. Pianos Become […]
Seminal Glaswegian rock heavyweights MOGWAI announce their return to Australia, playing Sydney and Melbourne headline shows through March, alongside appearances at Perth Festival and Golden Plains. Staggeringly prolific musicians, Mogwai have over the past […]
Nuclear Blast Entertainment are pleased to announce the release of the new single from TAX THE HEAT, ‘Money In The Bank’, on the 8th November, 2017. The single is the first track to be […]
The world’s premiere rock and metal event is set to hit Australia for the first time with a tsunami of international and local acts flooding Melbourne this coming March. Fifteen mammoth years in Donington UK, […]
Dutch symphonic metal giants EPICA are proud to announce the launch of their brand new live video for ‘Consign To Oblivion’. The video was captured during EPICA‘s sold out show at the Zénith in […]
Newly signed to Eleven Seven Music, BAD WOLVES (managed by Zoltan Bathory of Five Finger Death Punch) reveal new single, Toast To The Ghost. Toast To The Ghost is available HERE. Toast To The Ghost is the first song revealed […]
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