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80’s Celtic rockers BIG COUNTRY bring their energy infused, foot tapping vibes back to Australia & New Zealand in March 2018. As an extra treat for their fans down under they will perform their […]
Norway’s Sløtface today release their new single “Pitted” — a ferocious, spirited introvert’s anthem about not wanting to go out, but having the greatest night when you do. ‘Pitted’ is the new single from their upcoming debut album […]
German label Pelagic Records have announced a distribution deal with Rocket, Australia’s leading independent music distribution company. Pelagic Records are closely connected to the Berlin-based international musicians’ collective The Ocean and owned by The Ocean’s […]
BMG’s comprehensive Emerson, Lake & Palmer release series continues with ‘Fanfare: Emerson, Lake & Palmer 1970-1997’ available from September 29th 2017. This lavishly produced impressive box set collates nearly 3 decades of work from the […]
England’s most distinctive, multiple award-winning, platinum-selling, hugely entertaining rock gods – and one-time saviours of rock’n’roll turned national pleasures – The Darkness are back with their fifth album Pinewood Smile, due for release on […]
The brand new longform Craig Hooper-directed video for the song “Johnny’s Band” from legendary rockers DEEP PURPLE has been released. Following the four-minute video clip for the song, the thirteen-minute longform serves as a […]
Rock Scene Auctions will launch their second auction on Friday, July 21, 2017, celebrating the 30-year anniversary of the release of Guns N’ Roses groundbreaking debut album, Appetite for Destruction. The auction will feature 15 iconic GNR photos from […]
American progressive rock act THE CONTORTIONIST has released an all new track today exclusively via REVOLVER MAGAZINE for the track “Absolve.” The song is the second piece of music we’ve heard from the new […]
THY ART IS MURDER, will release their new album »Dear Desolation« on August 18th via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The Australian band has just dropped another sonic thunderbolt from the album in the form of the […]
Heavy Metal pioneers ACCEPT are back in the game with a new studio album! The record entitled »The Rise Of Chaos«, will be unleashed in only two weeks, on August 4th, 2017! This will be the band’s 4th studio […]
Los Angeles band, The Bronx, will be releasing their fifth album V on September 22. The new album was produced by Rob Schnapf (Elliot Smith, Beck, FIDLAR) and will be released by White Drugs/Cooking Vinyl […]
Palm Desert’s rock legend NICK OLIVERI is back this October 20th with the third episode of his “N.O. Hits At All” series on Heavy Psych Sounds, including an unreleased song from Kyuss Lives! Following the 2016 and 2017 […]
Newly formed altternative rock band The Fell have released the Official Music Video for their debut single, “Footprints.” Originally premiered on Classic Rock, “Footprints,” filmed in a bomb shelter and biological weapons test site on […]
There’s a beautiful purity to the finest rock ‘n’ roll, a thrilling simplicity in striking an over-amplified guitar chord, a transcendent joy in getting high on just volume, adrenaline and a backbeat. BLACK STAR RIDERS, […]
Over the years, a whole new appreciation has developed for the “Blaze Bayley era” of Iron Maiden – which resulted in such classic albums as 1995’s ‘X Factor’ and 1998’s ‘Virtual XI’ (and the […]
Sony Music Entertainment and legendary heavy metal band Judas Priest announced today that “Judas Priest: Road To Valhalla,” a new mobile game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is now available in the App […]
Sepultura broadened its musical horizons with Chaos A.D. and Roots, a pair of acclaimed albums that took the Brazilian band’s hard-rocking sound in bold and exciting new directions. Later this year, Rhino will revisit […]
Fans that have seen METAL CHURCH live at their recent shows in the United States and Europe, may have noticed a new face on stage. The guy behind the kit has been none other […]
Following two years of touring behind their debut album, Baptized in the Rio Grande, Sons of Texas returned to the studio earlier this year with producer Josh Wilbur to record their follow up. The result […]
Japan’s finest electro-metal warriors Crossfaith have announced they will be dropping their new digital-only three-track EP, Freedom, on August 4 via UNFD. The first taste of Freedom came last night via explosive first single “Diavolos” which […]
Today legendary punk band Descendents share their video for Without Love. The emotionally charged track appears on 2016’s Hypercaffium Spazzinate—the band’s first album in 12 years. Partially animated—and co-starring the classic Milo cartoon—Without […]
The response to Peter Hook & The Light’s Australian Tour performing the Factory Records album’s ‘Substance’ by Joy Division & New Order this October has been overwhelming. With the 7th October Sydney show at […]
Canadian punk band Propagandhi have shared their new single Victory Lap, the title track from their upcoming seventh album. Due out September 29 on Epitaph, Victory Lap is Propagandhi’s first full-length since 2012’s Failed […]
CKY (Chad I Ginsburg, Jess Margera and Matt Deis) have debuted a brand new music video today titled “Replaceable” exclusively via LOUDWIRE. Directed by Produced/Directed by JOFFco, this is the second music video we’ve seen from their all […]
San Francisco Bay Area-band Culture Abuse shares a video today for their song So Busted – a summer anthem about “all the stuff you are told you need in life but when it all boils down […]
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