Barfly Promotions & the University of Sydney Union Presents the The Sydney Rock ’n’ Roll & Alternative Market Sunday, February 12 from 10.30am The Manning Bar, Sydney Uni Sydney Rock ‘n’ Roll & Alternative […]
Six piece progressive metal juggernaut, Periphery will be returning to Australia next February in support of their new album Periphery III: Select Difficulty. We talked to guitarist Micha Mansoor at the end of last year to discuss […]
Oxford, UK progressive metal band Perception have released a new EP titled “Collapse” which combines elements of prog, metalcore and some neat groove based heavy riffs and drum patterns. I’m not a fan of […]
DESPITE features three guitarists, each playing on eight-stringed instruments tuned a full octave below standard guitar tuning which makes for a brutally heavy sound which is pretty apparent on this crushing album titled “Synergi”. […]
ME & THAT MAN are set to release their debut album, Songs of Love & Death via Cooking Vinyl on 24th March 2017. The first track is revealed via the Lynchian video for the album’s lead […]
Brisbane’s Flynn Effect are ready to unleash their second full length record, and they want you to be the first to hear it. In the two years since their inception, Flynn Effect have established themselves […]
One of progressive metals most unique acts PROTEST THE HERO are returning to Australian and New Zealand shores this April in support of their latest release Pacific Myth. These revolutionary metal giants will be bringing […]
At a time when much of contemporary rock music has been reduced to meaningless theatre performed by false pretenders,TIGER ARMY is an antidote, bracing in its authenticity. Hear it, and hear the sound of artistic […]
Recorded with legendary Chicago engineer Steve Albini, The Incessant is a bracing, emotional punk record that confronts taking responsibility for your actions with dark humour and self-deprecation. It draws major influence from The Breeders, Hot Snakes, and […]
Metalcore heavy-hitters EMMURE have revealed the cover (see above) as well the release date for their upcoming album, titled »Look At Yourself«. The band’s follow up to the 2014 full-length Eternal Enemies is their first […]
Pennsylvania pop-punk ambassadors CAROUSEL KINGS have partnered with Substream Magazine to premiere “Grey Goose,” the high-flying second video from their upcoming album Charm City. The album, “packed with spirit and spry enthusiasm,” as heralded by […]
If ever there was a band whose story was going to jump right off the page larger than life, especially with last year’s latest twist in the tale, it would have to be the Gunners. […]
Amsterdam based metalband THE CHARM THE FURY have announced that their new album »The Sick, Dumb & Happy« will be released on the 17th of March via Nuclear Blast / Arising Empire. The band comments about the […]
Vancouver’s 88 MILE TRIP are very proud Canadians, they are so proud that they have put together a new 5 track EP entitled ‘Blame Canada’ covering songs in tribute to Canadian rock and roll […]
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 […]
There’s a lot of albums out by ‘former lead singers of 80’s bands’ recently – the latest comes from ex-Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy. Indeed ‘SMASH’ hits the shelves just weeks after the latest talk of […]
A vocal middle ground between Matthew Bellamy of MUSE and Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, Modern Ruin by Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes is a tenacious record, with deep descending fuzz on the […]
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 […]
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