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True avant-garde Norwegians ENSLAVED have announced the release of their epic new studio album for October 13th, 2017. This 14th full-length masterpiece sets the musical mind-twisters free from genre boundaries and offers an unprecedented […]
Few metal bands have been as influential and have had the longevity as Diamond Head – listed as a major influence by two of metal’s biggest, Metallica and Megadeth. Led by co-founding member/guitarist Brian Tatler, […]
Britain’s cult metallers PARADISE LOST have unveiled their brand new music video to their previously announced 7” single ‘Blood & Chaos‘, which is out in stores today. With this clip, the band presents a […]
Berlin, Germany-based rock overlords KADAVAR have released the first single off of their eagerly awaited fourth studio album, »Rough Times«. The 7″ vinyl single ‘Die Baby Die’ including the BEATLES cover ‘Helter Skelter’ is available now via http://nblast.de/KadavarDieBabyDieNB The official music video for the […]
The Darkness have released the highly entertaining, tongue-in-cheek video for their brand new single All The Pretty Girls, out now through Cooking Vinyl. Introducing the video in his own inimitable manner, frontman Justin […]
American rock band POP EVIL have been hard at work in the studio this summer working on an all new LP due out early next year. The band has brought on veteran producer Kato Khandwala […]
Black Country Communion the Anglo-American rock group comprising vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze), drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner), Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Billy Idol) and blues-rock guitarist/vocalist Joe Bonamassa, release […]
GONE IS GONE has released Echolocation, the grotesquely fun and bizarre companion video for their debut album’s title track. “The video is inspired by Gibsonton, Florida, the famous wintering and retirement home of traveling […]
Having long enticed audiences with their eclectic rock and folk in Canada and America, The Barr Brothers have spread right across from the U.S.A. to the U.K dominating as they go. Returning from a 2 […]
No stranger to Australian shores, Jeff Rosenstock is bringing his full band back for what will be his sixth time to the country. Already announced on Poison City Weekender and Sounds Of The Suburbs […]
Dashboard Confessional’s sophomore release, ’The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most’, was the first to feature a fully-fledged band, with a spotlight on ‘Screaming Infidelities’, the smash hit that went on to […]
Sleeping With Sirens have announced the release of their fifth studio album Gossip, due out September 22 via Warner Bros. Records. Produced by David Bendeth (Paramore, All Time Low), the album is brimming with catchy […]
Citizen is set to release As You Please via Run For Cover Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia on October 6th. You can check out the Christopher Good-directed video for lead single, Jet which premiered on Stereogum. “We were in […]
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid To Die have announced the forthcoming release of their third full-length, Always Foreign. Due out September 29 on Epitaph. Always Foreign follows the […]
The incomparable Cardiff-based outfit will bring their new LP to Australia next January. On their fifth tour of Australia, Future of the Left will forge a deluge of tense, confrontational and bloody furious rock […]
For the past few months, rumors have been circulating about a new secret project including former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian. Now, the time has come to make the grand and […]
Get your denim and run for cover: they are rolling again! Two and a half years after their infamous wake-up call »Send Them All To Hell«, heavy metal saviours PÄNZER have returned to the […]
Trivium has returned with a new track titled, The Sin And The Sentence, the first new music from the group since their celebrated 2015 LP, Silence The Snow. The Sin And The Sentence is […]
US Post-Hardcore pioneers, Hawthorne Heights will return to Australia for shows across August and September! This time around they will be playing their landmark first two albums, 2004’s The Silence in Black and White […]
Alaska’s 36 CRAZYFISTS will release their deeply personal new album Lanterns on September 29 through Spinefarm Records / Caroline Australia. It is their second release for the label and the follow up to 2015’s […]
With New Found Glory scheduled to touch down in Australia next week for their upcoming 20 Years of Pop Punk Anniversary tour, the band have announced up-and-comers Stand Atlantic will join them on the road for […]
American alternative rockers FUEL finally return to Australia this December as part of the “The Sunburn 20th Celebration Tour”. And for the first time ever FUEL perform an exclusive show in New Zealand. Renowned for […]
Dan Reed Network are pleased to confirm they will be special guest on EXTREME’s December 2017 UK tour. The O2 Pre-sale starts Wednesday, 2 August at 9am, followed by a Live Nation Pre-sale on Thursday […]
A roundup of the latest news from Napalm Records including updates from Cavalera Conspiracy, Alter Bridge, Brant Bjork and Lords Of The Lost. CAVALERA CONSPIRACY led by brothers and founding SEPULTURA members Max […]
A roundup of the latest news from Metal Blade Records including updates from Amon Amarth, Ensiferum, Tombs, Cripper, Byzantine, Crimfall and the release of “For the Sake of Heaviness: The History of Metal Blade Records”. […]
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