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Adelaide’s fast rising heavy metal upstarts Hidden Intent will be hitting the road alongside legendary US thrash act Nuclear Assault on their upcoming east coast Australian tour kicking off this week. The boys have also […]
Today Wednesday 22 February, Bluesfest is excited to announce that Neil Finn and his band are joining the Bluesfest line up. Finn, along with his bands Split Enz and Crowded House are responsible for […]
One of the most iconic bands of the US Thrash Metal movement, Nuclear Assault, are in the country for their first and last time ever! With a 30 year legacy behind them, Nuclear Assault are […]
Named as one of the hottest tips for 2017 in Music Week’s poll-of-polls, Southampton’s theatrical punk sextet Creeper are standing on the cusp of a massive breakthrough. Having earned three major awards last year – […]
Two weeks ago, Sydney’s up-and-coming heavy outfit Trojans dropped single “Mark of the Crown” featuring a guest vocal appearance from Aversions Crown’s vocalist Mark Poida – and announced the release date and pre-order details […]
Los Angeles’ very own Touché Amoré will be hitting Australian shores this July in support of their incredible new album ‘Stage Four’. Every artist destined for greatness have that one defining album and for Touché Amoré it’s ‘Stage […]
The multi-dimensional, progressive-rock band, Coheed and Cambria announced today that they will be performing their landmark third album, “Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness”, in its entirety at […]
Dan Reed Network embark on their Fight Another Day UK tor on Wednesday 1st March at the Level 3 Club in Swindon. Special guests on all dates (except Sheffield) is VEGA. DRN is thrilled to […]
International metal superstars DRAGONFORCE have revealed details of their forthcoming, brand new studio album!Reaching Into Infinity will be released via EarMUSIC/Sony Music Australia on May 19. Formats are, Digital, CD, LP and a special edition CD and DVD. […]
Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA kicked off 2017 with their most successful European tour to date! Together with POWERWOLF and BEYOND THE BLACK, EPICA brought their brand new »The Holographic Principle« to thousands of fans every night and […]
The Pretty Reckless continue their ascent on the rock charts with the release of their new video for the single, Oh My God ahead of their performance on CONAN on February 28. “It’s just me and the […]
Once Human released their new studio album Evolution last Friday via earMusic/Sony Music Australia They have just released a video for the track Dark Matter Watch it here Evolution is not just the title of […]
Singer-songwriter Mark Kozolek’s inspired and enduring SUN KIL MOON will perform a short run of Australian east coast shows this May. On the cusp of fifteen years after Kozolek’s Red House Painters act disbanded, […]
From a massive first week ARIA #8 debut of their album LIFELINES to their Australian album tour in March and April 2017, I PREVAIL‘s story and success in Australia is only growing, and at […]
Adelaide progressive instrumental project, Cobra will tour the nation this March in support of their upcoming debut single Gloom, which will appear on their forthcoming debut record Locking Tusks with Creation. Set for release on March 1 through Solarus Records, Gloom […]
“’It’s your lucky day, ya prick’ roars THE TOSSERS’ lead vocalist Tony Duggins on “The Horses,” the second single unveiled from forthcoming new album Smash The Windows, set for release on March 3rd, 2017. […]
Prepare to welcome the return of Germany’s heavy psych blues trio SAMSARA BLUES EXPERIMENT, with the release of their new album this May 12th on Electric Magic Records and a full European and South American tour this spring! […]
A roundup of the latest news from Nuclear Blast artists including new music and updates from Dimmu Borgir, Immolation and Venom Inc. Dimmu Borgir unveil first live clip ‘Mourning Palace (live at Wacken)’ + […]
Swedish alternative rock/metal outfit IMMINENCE have released the music video for their brand new song ‘Diamonds’. Watch ‘Diamonds’ now here: Pre-order the upcoming album »This Is Goodbye« here: http://geni.us/ImminenceGoodbye IMMINENCE recently announced to support ANNISOKAY on their European tour in […]
Born out the hell storm of Edmonton, AB, black and doom metal festival Black Mourning Light presented by Crown of Viserys and GigFly.ca unleash the most brutal line up to date for the 2017 edition hosted on October […]
A roundup of some of the top news in the world of hard rock and classic metal including Metallica & Megadeth at The Grammy Awards, Ozzy Osbourne and Sammy Hagar’s Rock and Roll Road Trip. […]
A roundup of the latest news from Season Of Mist including updates from Gorguts, Necrowitch and Altarage. Keep up to date here with the latest on the extreme side of music! GORGUTS Live Performance […]
A roundup of the latest news from Metal Blade Records including 6 Bands in 60 Seconds, Evocation and Necromancing The Stone. METAL BLADE RECORDS Launches New Edition Of 6 Bands in 60 Seconds Metal […]
The first Glam Festival in Athens, Greece! At Friday 7th and Saturday 8th of April, A.O.R., HARD ROCK & GLAM METAL bands from around the world, will perform live at Sleaze N Roll festival […]
Continuing the tradition of reinvention and innovation, GRAMMY® Award-winning rock outliers Linkin Park enjoyed another career first today by announcing the May 19 release date of their seventh full-length album One More Light and debuting their new single Heavy (feat. Kiiara) on Facebook […]
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