Reviews of live concert performances and events with full photo galleries.
Well, well, well….with over 30 years of attending live music events and here in 2019 thinking I’d probably witnessed it all, Tobias Sammett’s Avantasia nonchantly takes the stage to deliver nothing short of a […]
Brisbane was home to the final show of the The Painted Progression tour which featured an incredible lineup of some of prog metal’s most valued acts coming from not only Australia but from the […]
British rock band Bring Me The Horizon (BMTH) has become somewhat a polarizer in the metal/rock community. With their earlier works being in true deathcore style, the band slowly started to change their sound […]
For forty years British hard rock legends Whitesnake are rocking hard for their fans, and are not showing any signs of slowing down. Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame inductee and founding member David Coverdale and […]
Who would’ve thought? Finally Japan’s finest metal band Loudness are touring Australia 38 years into their highly successful and prolific career. Last night Melbourne was first up and treated to a master class in […]
Wildly popular and eccentric emo driven hard rock band Black Veil Bride’s frontman Andy Black (Biersack) just dropped his sophomore solo album called The Ghost of Ohio and immediately went on tour to support […]
Finnish melodic death metal giants Kalmah remains a myth to the North American public until now. Formed all the way back in 1998, they have never toured here. Fans of the genre and the […]
Sevendust have been trekking across Australia this past week as part of their tour supporting the latest album “All I See Is War” and it all ended in Perth on Tuesday night. Steve Monaghan […]
It was throwback Friday this past weekend at the RockStar Music Hall in Windsor, ON. The Killer Dwarfs graced us with their presence for an evening of good old fashioned hard rock. If you […]
Black Label Society–guitarist Zakk Wylde’s home away from Ozzy for a full twenty years now–rallied its Colorado “chapter” with a pair of deep-voiced and vigorous shows that celebrated the band’s origins as well as […]
Riding high on the success of their latest album “When Legends Rise”, Godsmack have been hitting the road hard this past year or so with the now veteran act hitting NOrth America for yet […]
American deathcore stars Whitechapel just kicked off the tour Chaos & Carnage, co-headlining with American death metal mainstays from Maryland Dying Fetus. They are supported by Revocation, Fallujah, Spite, Uncured and Buried Above Ground. […]
Belgian death metal mainstays Aborted are touring North America in a tour bluntly named Hell Over North America, delivering brutal death metal to the masses of this great continent. They are doing so with […]
Although widely known as Rob Zombie’s guitarist for the last 14 years, and Marilyn Manson’s before that, John 5 has garnered many fans during his solo career, having recorded eight instrumental albums with one […]
Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul reached the final leg of the Soulfire Tour here in Australia in breath taking fashion in Perth on Saturday night with a vibrant and powerful show both […]
Greek rockers 1000Mods have been trekking all across Australia as part of their first ever tour in the country and it all came to an end in WA this weekend with a double run […]
Scarborough was the place to be on Saturday 6th April, as Perth rock n’ roll quartet Legs Electric premiered the video to accompany their new single release ‘Tuesday Girl’ to a packed house at […]
Punk Rock legend Billy Idol is known for his electrifying performances that drive crowds crazy all around the globe. So why not slow down for a little bit and do an acoustic tour for […]
With their collective feet planted firmly in the roots of modern rock and metal, Pop Evil delivered the larger than at least I anticipated crowd at the Prince Bandroom an ass kicking, on this […]
Almost a month ago Los Angeles based band Buckcherry released their new album called Warpaint. Since the beginning of the year the band have been on the road touring in support of their newest […]
Motor Ace hit Perth Saturday night on their 20th anniversary ‘A 5 Star Reunion Tour’ but it wasn’t without a couple of hiccups. None of which were Motor Ace related. A mishap with flights […]
One of the best things about live music is it’s innate ability to transport you to another place. Though sometimes when you anticipate a show for such a long time it’s hard for it […]
Five shows into a lengthy tour of North America and Europe, Dream Theater is nicely limbered up, as crisply professional as always, but radiating newfound focus on a clean and streamlined stage. The archbishops […]
Warrant has been around since the 1980’s and still rocking out, especially at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. The California rockers opened up to “32” followed by “Down” which seemed to get the […]
Perth has always been a hit and miss affair as far as metal gigs are concerned, the pulling power determined by a number of factors. But when something like Slayfest comes along along with […]
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