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The Rockpit got the exclusive on the new HEAVY FIRE album by BLACK STAR RIDERS with Ricky Warwick and Damon Johnson this week – look out for the interviews in the next few days […]
Foreigner is turning 40 this year, and they’re celebrating with a worldwide tour, set to launch in Syracuse, NY on July 11. For the US shows presented by Live Nation, Foreigner will share the bill […]
Five weeks are left until Finnish heavy metallers, BATTLE BEAST, will unleash their 4th studio album, »Bringer Of Pain«, through Nuclear Blast Records. After the release of the first single, ‘King For A Day’, and […]
New year, new tunes. Adelaide’s alt-rock purveyors HORROR MY FRIEND present ‘DIYS’; a new single as catchy as it is dissonant. Brash and hooky as hell, the band will take it on tour through February. ‘DIYS’ is the […]
Hot on the heels of sophomore full-length, A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings, Beach Slang returns with the second instalment of its covers mixtape series. The five tracks will be available on February 10 via Cooking Vinyl […]
The release of Hadal Maw’s crushing new record is just a couple of weeks away! Olm will be released via EVP Recordings on February 3, 2017. The band have just unleashed the second single and its accompanying […]
Festival Records and Warner Music Australia are excited to announce the Feb 24 release of THE GLORY DAYS OF AUSSIE PUB ROCK, VOLUME 2! The follow up to one of the best-selling Australian compilations of […]
Brisbane alien metallers AVERSIONS CROWN released the official music video for their brand new song ‘Prismatic Abyss’. »Xenocide« will be released on the 20th of January via Nuclear Blast and can be pre-ordered here: http://nblast.de/ACXenocide Watch the track video of […]
The Italian masters of dark musical extremity, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, will make their long awaited return to Australia for a headline tour this June! Since forming a decade ago in 2007, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE have grabbed the […]
Yes that’s right, Australia’s symphonic metal ambassadors Ne Obliviscaris are giving away FREE digital copies (wav files, artwork & lyrics included) of their two long sold out & ultra limited 2014 crowd funding EP’s. All you […]
Melbourne progressive instrumental project, I Built The Sky will tour the nation across March and April in support of the recently released second album The Sky Is Not The Limit Released on October 30, 2016, The Sky […]
Melbourne Metal Mainstays BORIS THE BLADE are poised to release their new opus ‘WARPATH’. Their second Full-Length album will be released on January 27th worldwide through heavy record label Siege Records. Announced late in 2016 for release […]
Portuguese thrash metal quintet PRIMAL ATTACK has premiered a music video for the song “Halfborn”, taken from the band’s second full-length album, “Heartless Oppressor”, due out on February 10th via Rastilho Records. The video was […]
SLAYER, the most badass thrash/metal band on the planet, will see issue #1 of its three-comic book series “Repentless” released on January 25 through Dark Horse Comics. The comic book series is based on SLAYER‘s brutal […]
Dutch symphonic metal band EPICA have launched the new music video for ‘Beyond The Matrix’ taken from the band’s latest album The Holographic Principle. Frontwoman Simone Simons comments: “The energy that lives within ‘Beyond the […]
Norwegian symphonic black metal giants, DIMMU BORGIR, finally emerge from the depths of darkness, to mark 2017 as the year of their monumental return. On April 14th, they will finally release their highly-anticipated DVD »Forces […]
It’s a swelling. A pyramid. A crescendo. It stems from living recklessly. And selfishly. And regrettably. It’s an overwhelming anxiety brought on by the biggest and littlest fucking things, and it’s what MEAT WAVE’s new […]
Bluesfest is thrilled to be starting the New Year on a high note by announcing the King of Margaritaville himself, Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefers will be performing exclusively in Australia at Bluesfest in […]
Jarrah Records, Rhythms & The Music Present AN EVENING WITH THE WAIFS 25th ANNIVERSARY AUSTRALIAN TOUR With Special Guests Tickets on sale 9am Friday January 13th. Head to thewaifs.com for details New Studio Album ‘Ironbark’ […]
Austrian psychedelic, progressive trio Mother’s Cake will be returning to Australia in February 2017! The band are set to release their highly anticipated third album, No Rhyme No Reason on January 27! Mother’s Cake have […]
January 10, 2017 HighVolMusic has announced that the release date for the NEWMACHINE debut ‘Karma’ is set for March 17th, 2017. The highly anticipated debut was engineered and produced by Howard ‘The Doctor’ Lindeman (John […]
“ANN WILSON OF HEART” TOUR DATES KICK OFF MARCH 8 IN SEATTLE ANN WILSON has announced her 2017 20-date solo tour. The ANN WILSON OF HEART cross-country trek kicks off Tuesday, March 8 at the Moore Theatre […]
There’s no time wasted when it comes to one of Canada’s most thrilling metal bands STRIKER. In 2016, they unleashed their award winning Stand In The Fire, their fourth album and first release via […]
British metal legends Judas Priest announce the reissue of their 10th studio album, Turbo. The album has been remastered and will be released via Sony Music on February 3rd, 2017 on 3 CD (the original album and 2 bonus discs) as well […]
AVAILABLE ON 2CD, 2CD+DVD COMBO, LP, DVD, BLU-RAY, DIGITAL Michael Schenker – Lead Guitarist (6 years younger brother of Rudolf Schenker) 1970 – At age 15 – Michael records his first album with the Scorpions […]
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