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Ayreon’s double album The Source was released world-wide last Friday to rave reviews both here and internationally. And now the Dutch master has released a new lyric video for the track Run! Apocalypse! Run!, saying […]
DON BROCO have announced the biggest headline show of their career to date. The Bedford four-piece will play London’s Alexandra Palace on November 11th and tickets go on sale tomorrow (Friday 5th May) via Myticket.co.uk / seetickets.com To mark the announcement, the band […]
VOYAGER’s 6th album GHOST MILE is out next Friday May 12th and they begin their tour with France’s The Algorithm the night before. What else is there to tell, except there is a new video for eponymous single […]
One of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, Diamond Head, will be returning to the States for tour dates in May and in August. From May 17-27, the band – led […]
Adelaide’s fast rising heavy metal upstarts Hidden Intent will be hitting the road across ACT and NSW this weekend alongside Desecrator (VIC) who are launching their new album “To The Gallows”. There’s been major rumblings […]
Fresh off the back of their breakout Canadian tour which included shows at Canadian Music Week, Pretty City are thrilled to announce a special run of shows in Melbourne and Sydney over the Queen’s […]
Los Angeles, CA’s heavy rock five-piece Volumes has teamed up with Loudwire to premiere the third single, “Left For Dead,” from their forthcoming Fearless Records debut Different Animals, set to release June 9 via Fearless Records / […]
After inviting hundreds of fans out for a very special filming in Southern California earlier this spring, Sum 41 has released the high energy and mosh pit-filled music video for the guitar-charged rock anthem “Goddamn […]
Listen to “Mamma Said” from Jessie Galante‘s upcoming new album “The Show Must Go On” Produced by Larry Swist (Lou Gramm, Spyro Gyra, Tina Turner) and Alessandro Del Vecchio (Revolution Saints, Joe Lynn Turner, Glen […]
American rock duo ’68 (featuring Josh Scogin ex-The Chariot/Norma Jean) are set to release their forthcoming album Two Parts Viper on Friday 2 June via Cooking Vinyl. The 10-track record channels everything from the intensity […]
Drum Wizard MIKE PORTNOY (ex-Dream Theater, The Winery Dogs, Flying Colors) brings the SHATTERED FORTRESS to Australia and New Zealand this November! The SHATTERED FORTRESS is MIKE PORTNOY and an all-star Prog lineup (Eric […]
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 […]
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