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After recently announcing their signing with Peaceville Records, California death-rockers New Skeletal Faces return today with a new single and details of their upcoming album, Until The Night. The single, also titled ‘Until The Night’, […]
Legends of rock, The Darkness, have returned to bedazzle and amaze once more as they serve up their eighth studio album Dreams On Toast via Cooking Vinyl in March 2025. Pre-order the album now HERE. […]
From the deep woods emerges Birna, the sixth studio album from Wardruna. Scheduled for January 24, 2025 through Sony Music and By Norse Music. The Norwegian group has also released a new single and music video […]
NEW ALBUM FEATURING STAR-STUDDED LINE-UP INCLUDING AXL ROSE, SLASH, KAI HANSEN, ROGER GLOVER, JOEY TEMPEST, BIFF BYFORD AND MANY MORE The rock world is buzzing with excitement as legendary guitarist Michael Schenker officially releases his […]
SKID ROW “Live in London,” Skid Row’s first official live album and concert film in a 35+ year career is now available on heavyweight 2LP gatefold, CD + DVD, digital download and all streaming services […]
‘Save Me’ is the impressive 9th video from EXTREME’s album ‘SIX,’ released in June of 2023 on earMUSIC. If first single and video ‘Rise’ was a reminder of EXTREME’s power and precision and the latest […]
Detroit punk rock pioneers MC5 released “Heavy Lifting” (feat. Tom Morello), the third and last single from their upcoming album of the same name, out October 18. Listen / Share https://mc5.lnk.to/heavy_liftingPR “I think ‘Heavy Lifting’ is a record which certainly fits […]
Brace yourselves, rock and blues enthusiasts! After a long hiatus, Liverpool-based rock n roll garage blues maestros, The Cubical, are back with a vengeance. They’re set to drop their highly anticipated single, “That Ain’t No Way […]
British rock luminaries Asking Alexandria will release a new EP on October 18 via Better Noise Music. The digital EP will include remixed versions of popular tracks from their recent 2023 album, WHERE DO WE […]
Due to high ticket demand in the Frontier Touring presale, Britpop legends Supergrass announce a second Melbourne show to their highly anticipated I Should Coco | 30th Anniversary Tour Australia for June 2025. The new Forum, Melbourne show will take place on Sunday 8 June (King’s Birthday long […]
Metallica has confirmed that its record-breaking M72 World Tour will be extended into a third year, with the announcement of 21 North American shows spanning April, May and June 2025. Two-night tickets for the newly […]
AVRALIZE, fronted by vocalist Severin Sailer, guitarist Philipp Tenberken, drummer Bastian Gölz, and bassistValentin Noack, are back with their first brand new single following the success of their debut album »FREAKS«. The band, known for their fusion of […]
Los Angeles-based The Dark has officially signed with Arising Empire and dropped their debut single, ‘Chemicals’, out now worldwide – welcome to the family! The band, fronted by Craig Johns Jr. with guitarist Alan Ashby (Of Mice & Men), alongside Derek Vautrinot on drums […]
Vicious Rain, led by vocalist David Häusermann, guitarist and vocalist Mauro Gugerli, guitarist Tristan Meier, bassist Loris De Notaristefano, and drummer Michael Teufelberger, has just released their brand new single, ‘Hysteria’ featuring Half Me. This fresh track from the Swiss rock band […]
From Fall to Spring have quickly become one of the hottest rising bands, amassing over eleven million streams on Spotify even before signing a record deal. Their debut album, released last year, reached #73 on the German charts. Now, just in time […]
Shortly after their successful debut album, the award-winning metalcore band Fixation is ready to release new music with Speak in Tongues – a conceptual mini-album exploring themes of belonging, identity, and power. Across eight tracks, the band from Norway […]
CRIMSON VEIL release debut album HEX & launch title track music video WATCH THE VIDEO PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE HEX NOW “Brightonian prog metal brilliance…” METAL HAMMER (UK) / BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Dom Lawson “The world hasn’t heard an album like this before, […]
Today, Hellenic melodic metal heroes INNERWISH unveil their exciting new single featuring BLIND GUARDIAN front-man Hansi Kürsch. ‘Sea Of Lies’ is the first taste from the band’s upcoming album “Ash Of Eternal Flame,” which is set to hit stores worldwide on November 8, 2024 via Reigning Phoenix […]
As the Creed Summer of ’99 tour continues to play to sold out audiences across North America and anticipation grows towards the release of The End Will Show Us How, world-renowned guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Mark Tremonti is back with another song […]
Global superstar Luke Combs is heading back to Australia and New Zealand in January and February 2025 and is set to break records as the first country artist to headline a full stadium tour down under. Playing eight huge shows across Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, the multi-platinum, award-winning singer-songwriter […]
Kylie today announces her highly anticipated ‘Tension Tour’ for 2025, which will see the global icon perform in cities across the globe and is set to be Kylie’s biggest tour since 2011. Opening in Kylie’s home country, Australia, on Saturday […]
Swedish hardcore punk veterans WOLFBRIGADE have unleashed a video for “Ways To Die.” The punishing new track comes by way of the band’s long-awaited Life Knife Death full-length, out now on Metal Blade Records! Comments […]
“Gone To Hell” is the latest single from Swedish death metal legends THE CROWN. The thundering new track comes off the band’s anticipated twelfth studio album, Crown Of Thorns, set for release on October 11th […]
KINGS OF MERCIA shares the second single from their new album, out October 25th via Metal Blade Records. The track is entitled “Aftermath” and it has a new music video > watch below “Aftermath” is “very dark,” vocalist Steve Overland comments. “It’s about […]
Penny Drop and Frontier Touring present The Dare – the breakout New York vocalist, songwriter and producer makes his highly-anticipated Australian debut this December. The Dare will perform shows at Sydney’s Metro Theatre on Tuesday 3 December and Max Watt’s in Melbourne on Wednesday 4 December, as well […]
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