On the heels of playing LA’s Kia Forum, and releasing recent single ‘Nod’ – “the anthem we need right now” (VICE) – Rise Against have shared their second new single of 2025. Out now on […]
For the last eight years the Heavy Metal Truants have been doing an annual charity cycle ride from London to the UK Download Festival set upon the hallowed heavy metal grounds of Castle Donington. […]
Carcass are the undeniable legends and forefathers of grindcore! With over 30 years of developing and crafting their sound to what it is today, releasing several classic albums in that time and changing the […]
Support acts have been announced for Carcass on their Australian tour which kicks off at this year’s Download Festival in Sydney and Melbourne and ends in Perth at the annual Slayfest. CARCASS are the […]
It’s time to get organised Downloaders, the official Download app has arrived, and it contains your set times! Get planning, get psyched and get your schedule locked down! The official Download app is your […]
The time has arrived for legendary bay area thrash metal giants Testament to unleash new thunder to the masses with their thirteenth studio album, Titans Of Creation, which will be released on April 3 […]
This year’s Download Festival in Sydney, originally to be held at Parramatta Park will now be moved to The Domain In the Royal Botanic Gardens. A Full press release is below: Attention Downloaders, we […]
The time has arrived for legendary bay area thrash metal giants TESTAMENT to unleash new thunder to the masses and reveal their thirteenth studio album, Titans Of Creation, which will be released on April 3 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the […]
Christmas is done, New Years has passed, a new decade has begun……it’s now time to focus all your pent-up energy getting pumped for Download 2020! To help you do that, we are beyond excited […]
Happy Howlidays Downloaders! If the festive season has left you feeling a little bark humbug, never fear, your favourite heavy music festival has something to lift your spirits. Bring your crew together for the […]
Having been already announced for Download Festival 2020, CARCASS are now set to carve up the rest of the country, with a selection of sideshows added! CARCASS are the undeniable legends and forefathers of […]
Frontier Touring are delighted to welcome back one of the defining bands of American rock music: Jimmy Eat World, returning to Australia in March 2020 for their first visit in three years and in […]
With Christmas only weeks away, we have the perfect stocking fillers for you and all your heavy music loving mates… write those letters to Santa and request your tickets to the official Download sideshows! […]
The world’s premier rock and metal festival Download returns to Australia after a hugely successful 2019 that saw the event debut to 20,000 heavy music fans at Parramatta Park in Sydney and return to […]
Gather your heavy music mates and get ready….. Download will return to Melbourne (new home at Melbourne Showgrounds) and Sydney (back to Parramatta Park) in 2020! Melbourne Friday, March 20 || Showgrounds Sydney Saturday, […]
One year on from the success of their potent performance at Download Festival Australia, NEW YEARS DAY will touch down for their first-ever Australian headline tour in March 2020. New Years Day, the U.S. […]
Australian music publicist Chris Maric had such an awesome experience during his two previous Heavy Metal Truants rides in 2016 and 2017 that he is returning to the UK to take part once again! Chris will […]
Episode 4 of The Heaven & Hell show…presented by The Rockpit. Each episode will be split into 2 segments – The first hour is Heaven, which represents the hard rock and blues and the […]
Three teenagers, known as Alien Weaponry, from a tiny town in the small South Pacific nation of New Zealand have managed to capture the imaginations of people all over the world with their unique […]
It’s been an amazing ride so far for New Zealand rising metal act Alien Weaponry who have literally taken the world by storm in recent times, grabbing the attention of everyone around them and […]
When Download Festival continued it’s expansion into Australia it was no surprise that Adelaide was not part of the festival circuit. Hey, …we made our bed, we lie in it. But with Slayer on […]
While Download Festival in Australia has come and gone this past weekend, some of the bands on the bill continued with additional shows across Australia much to the delight of fans who were not […]
After the successful first Download Festival in Sydney this past Saturday it was time for Melbourne to take over the reigns and continue the massive event which has already seen such great acts such […]
The second ever Download Festival in Australia made it’s much anticipated return this long weekend with Sydney being added to the run after last year’s sole show in Melbourne. The iconic city played host […]
Melbourne’s Windwaker are on a roll. Several, actually. The five-piece rock/metalcore crew are today rolling out their second track and video from forthcoming EP Empire – entitled My Empire. The track is available now […]
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