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Australian Music Week conference and live show passes will be on sale from 2nd May. AMW has established itself as an event to watch on the global stage, the music summit is back in it’s home of Cronulla Beach in […]
Dutch Symphonic Metal giants EPICA are proud to announce the launch of their brand new live video ‘Dancing In A Hurricane’! The track has been taken from the band’s latest output »The Holographic Principle«, […]
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US post hardcore legends, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus begin their Don’t You Fake It – 10 Year Anniversary Australian tour THIS Friday, May 5. Kicking the tour off in style with a SOLD OUT […]
From the stage to the pages of a comic book! Created by legendary Top Cow founder/artist Marc Silvestri and musician/singer Emily Lazar, September Mourning is a unique character who lives in multiple worlds and media: […]
Ocala, Florida’s WAGE WAR has announced details for their forthcoming sophomore album, titled Deadweight, which was produced by A Day To Remember vocalist Jeremy McKinnon and Andrew Wade. The album is due out August 4, 2017 Via […]
Strap yourself in as ICE-T’S BODY COUNT announce some very special guests for their first Australian tour in 22 years. They’ll be performing in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne with A.B. ORIGINAL and VOID OF VISION. A.B. ORIGINAL write songs in […]
Vibe-punks WAAX continue their unstoppable momentum, today announcing the release of emotional new single ‘Wild & Weak’, an impressive new five track EP and their biggest headline tour yet. Premiering last night on Goodnights […]
Melbourne’s prog/rock lords and lady, FIGURES, are today releasing the first taste of their forthcoming EP, CHRONOS – which will see it’s international release on Friday June 16th. The massive, riff-heavy track, Recoil, comes along with a video and is […]
Details for the fifth annual CRUISE TO THE EDGE excursion — prog-rock’s largest festival at sea hosted by classic rock icons YES — have been announced. Featuring some of the world’s greatest prog-rock musical artists, the […]
Legendary Dallas, Texas Rock band JIBE has released the Official Music Video for “We’ve Only Just Begun,” which originally premiered on Tattoo.com the second single off of their upcoming album, Epic Tales of Human Nature. […]
American rock act CKY (Chad I Ginsburg, Jess Margera and Matt Deis) have debuted a brand new single today titled “Days Of Self Destruction” (feat. Brent Hinds) exclusively via Alternative Press Magazine. The track is the first […]
Sorority Noise is now premiering their new music video for No Halo via NPR Music. The video was directed by Kyle Thrash, and focuses in on the painful moments of loss and grief. No Halo comes off Sorority Noise’s new album You’re […]
One of the nations finest metal bands, Melbourne’s Desecrator recently released their debut studio album To The Gallows via Melbourne based rock label Dinner For Wolves The thrashtastic music video for new track Thrash Is […]
Packing out venues and playing to sold-out rooms across Australia on their largest tour to date, with their second ARIA Top 10 album up their sleeve and a newly announced slot at this year’s […]
2 Tone legends The Selecter and The Beat are teaming up to give fans a rare treat, hitting the road together for a number of dates in 2017 and have announced 7 co-headline shows […]
One of Australia’s most exciting and innovative instrumentalists James Norbert Ivanyi will release his eagerly anticipated 4th EP DENALAVIS on June 1 via bandcamp, iTunes and all major online digital outlets. Pre-orders are available from […]
Two of the most underrated – but widely respected – heavy metal releases of the late ‘80s were undoubtedly the first pair of albums by New Orleans-based hard rock outfit, Lillian Axe – 1988’s […]
Speaking to triple j on Good Nights with Linda Marigliano, frontwoman to Norway’s Sløtface Haley Shea confirmed details of the band’s anticipated debut album ‘Try Not To Freak Out‘ due September 15, with triple j premiering the thrilling first taste of the record […]
TOOL tribute act, “THIRD EYE” from Melbourne, Australia have been praised for not only the musical likeness of TOOL, but also for their incredible re-creation of TOOL‘s live show. The band incorporates breathtaking lighting […]
A roundup of the latest news in hard rock, classic heavy metal, sleaze and blues from the underground scene around the world. Updates include Back To Eden, Grit, Blackbird Hill, For My Demons, Lola Black, […]
A roundup of this weeks latest news in the underground metal scene from around the world. Updates include Feeding, Distant Sun, Chastain, Pteroglyph, Beyond Grace, Half Blood, Slagduster and Karkaos. Formed in 2016, […]
Florida’s favourite pop-punk quintet MAYDAY PARADE have announced their anticipated return to NZ & Australia this October, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of their iconic cult classic debut album A Lesson In Romantics. […]
Equipped with a crushing sound that will implode both your soul and skull, Richmond Virginia’s MUNICIPAL WASTE barrel back onto the scene with their latest piece of toxic detritus, »Slime And Punishment«. The sixth album […]
A roundup of the latest news from European label Seasons Of The Mist including updates from Ne Obliviscaris, Solstafir, Ulsect and Disperse NE OBLIVISCARIS Release Guitar Playthough For Pyrrhic NE OBLIVISCARIS guitarist Benjamin […]
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