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Bluesfest to collect money at the festival and patrons have also been giving generously as they enter the festival. All the proceeds from ‘Rise above the Flood’ will be donated to these local community […]
A roundup of the latest news from the underground metal scene around the world. Artists include Drachenfeur, M8L8th, Pyramaze, Say Bok Gwai, Legacy Of Emptiness, Slagduster, Cadaver Disposal, Theocracy, Incontinence, Eli van Pike, DVT and […]
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METALOCALYPSTICK FEST, the Western Canadian outdoor festival that just doesn’t celebrate heavy metal, but embraces the power of women in metal announce their 2017 line up for Canada Day weekend July 1st and 2nd in Valemount, BC. This […]
New York death metal pioneers SUFFOCATION will release their new album …Of The Dark Light on June 9 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band has released the first single, ‘Your Last Breaths’, in the form […]
Chasing Ghosts in conjunction with Hysteria Magazine and Young Henrys are pleased to unveil a staggering run of 21 shows in Melbourne and her surrounding suburbs throughout May, a unyielding reminder that there is […]
After becoming the biggest breaking British rock band with their self-titled 2014 debut album, Royal Blood’s eagerly anticipated second album How Did We Get So Dark? will be released on June 16. The album’s […]
What happens when you have two visionary modern artistes merging their talents? Well, when you are talking about rock photographer Mark Weiss and painter/artiste David Banegas, you wind up with a breath-taking, larger-than-life image of […]
Principal Entertainment & David Roy Williams present the return of legendary riff lords Helmet on their 2017 Australian tour, playing the classic Betty album from start to finish, along with fan favourites and selections […]
Melbourne’s heavy experimental creatives Orsome Welles will be releasing their long awaited new EP titled Rise on May 26. Pre orders are now available through orsomewelles.com/pre-order Orsome Welles will touring nationally across June and […]
Melbourne’s Branch Arterial are returning to the fore today to bring their brand new music to the world. New music that has come literally from ‘Beyond the Border’ of life and death. In 2013, […]
Brisbane prog-metallers THE STRANGER are dropping a new cut from their forthcoming self-titled album, due for release on April 21. Solomon’s Son is the latest taste from the record, an epic prog-metal track from […]
Pittsburgh PA’s alternative metal rising stars TWELVE NOON have revealed the album art, track listing, and release date for their new full-length album, ‘Saints and Sinners’. The album consists of ten songs and is set […]
At Depths is a five-piece metal band forged in the crucible of the Perth scene, creating music with a cerebral combination of thrashy, eclectic riffs; slow, ominous breakdowns and resonant melodic refrains since 2011. After […]
Being a Muslim woman, wearing a Metallica shirt and making fun of hiding explosives in her hijab, is bound to get a reaction! Frida Deguise, the Punchbowl based (where else?) Lebanese Muslim, mother of […]
Following impressive debut EP See What I Want To See, Melbourne outfit Self Talk release brand new single ‘Old Habits’ and kick it in the guts with a single launch on Friday April 21. […]
Sydney’s own instrumental guitar prodigy James Norbert Ivanyi will release his eagerly anticipated 4th EP DENALAVIS on June 1 via bandcamp, iTunes and all major online digital outlets. James and his band of astonishing players […]
Two time Grammy-award nominated guitarist/vocalist Joe Bonamassa starts his upcoming April 2017 UK Tour on Tuesday 18th April at Edinburgh Usher Hall. With three shows already sold out, both shows at the Royal Albert […]
Having already exposed the songwriting talents and boosted the careers of Methyl Ethel, Tired Lion, KUČKA, Mathas, Timothy Nelson, Beni Bjah and many more in recent years, it’s time to again cast eyes (and ears!) […]
Brisbane’s happiest punks Columbus have announced they will release their new EP Next To Me on April 28 via UNFD. The five-track EP features a brand new single “Next To Me” as well as a selection […]
A Dozen Dates Announced For Live & Louder North American Tour THE DEAD DAISIES’ awesome live juggernaut is set to storm into North America in August for a dozen prime live dates as part of […]
Voros release music video for the track ‘Sea of Dead Trees’, the second video to be released from the 2015 album ‘Diseased Deity’. The video was produced by Becky Bogert and Andrew Kite from Against […]
The team of monkeys behind The Blurst of Times have been working hard at their typewriters and today up-the-game with the addition of Jack River to the already heaving lineup as well as a treasure trove […]
One of the UK’s most important musical exports, The Stranglers announce their return to Australia in 2018 with their biggest tour in 30 years, ‘The Classic Collection’. Taking twenty of their most popular tracks from their […]
Sydney singer-songwriter Stu Tyrrell will launch his debut EP Celtic Roots in Australia’s Celtic capital, Glen Innes during Celtic Weekend, May 5 & 6. Breathing new life into traditional English and Celtic Folk songs, […]
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