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45 years after Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour filmed Live At Pompeii in the legendary Roman Amphitheatre there, he returned for two spectacular shows that took place on July 7th and 8th, 2016, part of […]
Alternative rock’s most unconventional band, Circa Survive, have shared the second single and music video from their upcoming sixth full length, The Amulet, due out September 22nd via Hopeless Records. “Rites of Investiture” is an explosive cut […]
The long awaited full studio album from SikTh saw the release of The Future In Whose Eyes? earlier this year. The record has seen the band venture into new musical territories and exploring new […]
Led Zeppelin Masters – the all Australian production featuring Adelaide’s Zep Boys and The Black Dog Orchestra – will mark the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin when they once again rock bring their show to […]
David Roy Williams in collaboration with Principal Entertainment present Dweezil Zappa, son of the legendary Frank Zappa, celebrating 50 years of Zappa with a series of concerts and exclusive guitar masterclasses in Australia & New […]
Roundhouse Entertainment, in conjunction with Live Nation, is thrilled to announce that superstar singer-songwriter STEVIE NICKS will return to Australia for an exclusive run of her 24 Karat Gold shows this November, including three […]
This November will herald the return of true punk rock royalty to our shores, Marky Ramone. Marky is one of the last remaining members of The Ramones, and the one with the longest lineage, having handled skins […]
Australian melodic hard rock band The Radio Sun will release their fourth full length album ‘Unstoppable’ on October 20th 2017. Vocalist Jase Old and guitarist Stevie Janevski have written a bunch of new catchy, well […]
Tex-mex garage punk band Le Butcherettes will be bringing their sophisticated punk’n’roll to Australian stages this September/October to support fellow Texans At The Drive In at their Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne shows, as well […]
Alice Cooper and earMUSIC are celebrating the worldwide chart success of “Paranormal”. The album has been produced by long-time Cooper producer Bob Ezrin for earMUSIC, the rock label part of the Edel AG group, […]
Vertigo-inducing death metal overlords INCANTATION have dropped a festering and fetid new song, ‘Lus Sepulcri’, in the form of a dark and foreboding lyric video streaming exclusively at Loudwire. The song is taken from their […]
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 […]
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