Reviews of live concert performances and events with full photo galleries.
Ross The Boss brought one of the most definitive heavy metal albums of the 1980’s to Australia this past week, the 1984 Manowar release “Hail To England” with a final stop in Perth on […]
It’s been 20 years since the Melbourne based band Southern Sons played together. Jack Jones (lead vocals and guitar), Phil Buckle (guitar and vocals), Peter Bowman (guitar and vocals), Geoff Cain (bass) and Virgil […]
The King has returned to Chicago! On an otherwise cold and gloomy Monday in fall, metalheads had one thing to look forward to and that was the return of King Diamond. Packing The Riviera […]
It’s a Tuesday evening, the work week is still far from over but that doesn’t seem to make any difference to the jam-packed Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne, Australia. Everybody is buzzing with anticipation […]
Highly Suspect is one of Americas rising stars in Alternative Rock scene. They started out as a cover band in local bars and now have moved to the top of the Billboard rock charts. […]
When we talk about Industrial metal, we instantly think about Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein and Ministry. These big three have brought this subgenre into the big stage. Of course we need to mention Rob […]
For a hardcore band to gain steam as quickly as Knocked Loose has it unheard of in todays heavy music scene. With a a culture that is very in tune with DIY and no […]
I was really looking forward to tonight’s show for a number of reasons. I’d never been in the downstairs room at the Factory, it’s a cool room that, given the right show, will have […]
Canadian pop punk rockers Simple Plan headlined Starland Ballroom on Monday, November 4th in New Jersey, Sayreville was a stop on their “Where I Belong” Tour which began in Virginia in late October. The […]
96FM held there ‘Kick Start Summer Concert 2019’ at the Ascot Racecourse Sunday night. Any excuse for punters to get their Sunday Session on is fine by us, but what better way to do […]
Spiderbait have a long-standing history in the Australian alternate rock music scene with humble beginnings in 1989. The three members of Spiderbait hail from a small town called Finely in New South Wales. The […]
With Lloyd Spiegel’s latest release ‘Cut & Run’ sitting at #1 on no less than six different music charts, it was no surprise that his now annual visit to The Ellington Jazz Club on […]
Emerging from the NOLA sludge scene 3 decades ago, Eyehategod are one of the most well known and one of the best in the business in their field of sludge doom Sabbath inspired music. […]
A cover song is something that appeals to musicians at any level and at any point in their career and playing other people’s material is generally where it begins. The internet is filled with […]
I have seen LA Guns a lot over the years, probably every single line up. But I have not seen Phil Lewis and Traci Guns together since the last night of their tour in […]
Soilwork returned to Australia this past week in support of their latest album “Verkligheten”. It’s been a few years since we last saw them but Sydney came in droves to catch the Swedish metal […]
Suzi Quatro rocked & rolled her way into Perth, kicking off the first couple of nights of her latest tour with two majestic shows at The Regal Theatre in Perth. Quatro’s ‘Its Only Rock […]
It had been seven years since the Sisters of Mercy headlined an Australian tour so it was a long time coming for this highly anticipated show with tickets being announced halfway through last year, […]
Widely considered an institution in the Australian heavy rock scene, particularly in the underground, The Mark Of Cain were in some ways ahead of their time when they first appeared back in the 80’s, […]
Exit 111 is a new festival that started this year off with a bang. Many were skeptical when it was first announced because the line-up was so good, but the festival delivered without a […]
Pennsylvanian metalcore quintet August Burns Red returned to Australia this past week to celebrate their 10 year anniversary of their third studio album ‘Constellations’ as part of their worldwide tour. Perth was lucky enough to […]
Saturday night marked the 10-year anniversary for The Rock Pit boys and it’s safe to say the team celebrated in style! Mark, Sean & Andrew, hand-picked extremely talented musicians and chose The Evelyn Hotel […]
Swedish viking death metal giants Amon Amarth stormed into Chicago to a packed crowd at The Riviera Theater Monday evening to kick start peoples week with a good dosage of extreme metal. Featuring 4 […]
After rave reviews from the first couple of shows on the Australian tour, the hard rock juggernaut trio of Buckcherry, Hardcore Superstar and Bad Moon Born was too good to miss in the […]
Buckcherry & Hardcore Superstar’s much anticipated Australian Tour kicked off at The Rosemount in Perth in spectacular fashion for what could very well be one of the tours of 2019. The Perth rock n’ […]
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