News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Juzzie Smith is a ridiculously talented One-man band, based in Byron Bay Australia. Juzzie’s unique style is bluesy/folk mixed into a groove of its own. Marked by an amazing ability to play up to […]
The Date are one of Perth’s most beloved and enduring bands. Now into their fifth album, the band remain true to their ethos of ‘write for yourself but play for your fans’ on the romantically […]
Adelaide’s foremost progressive metal act, Dyssidia are set to release their brand new album, Costly Signals on Friday, March 27. Today, the band release the albums first single in the form of Thrive. Dyssidia’s […]
Melbourne rockers The Vendettas release their latest offering on the world, their latest single ‘Rats on the Wheel’ through Golden Robot Records on March 2. The Vendettas are a guitar driven, straight up rock […]
One of the fastest rising acts of the burgeoning Australian progressive music scene, Ballarat’s Ebonivory have released a brand new track from their forthcoming album. Ebonivory vocalist, Charlie Powlett says of the track; “Explosions After […]
Annual boutique guitar-driven festival MOJO BURNING has today added two juicy curveball headline bands to an already stacked March 28 bill in the form of Thrash lords KING PARROT and Melbourne Garage Punks PRIVATE […]
Gold Coast rockers Salt & Steel have just released their new single ‘Taste My Words’ and announced an Australian wide tour to celebrate. ‘Taste My Words’, is a powerful song inspired by the cycle of life and death. […]
Melbourne extreme metal veterans, Eye of the Enemy, have announced that they’ll be touring Australia in support of their new album, Titan, released late last year. Eye of the Enemy will be joined by […]
After releasing their much lauded debut album Back To Zero in 2016, one of Perth’s premier rock bands Ragdoll are back with high-octane new single Follow The Leader, a taste from their forthcoming album due out later this year. […]
Australian hard rock band Wicked Smile have just released their second single ‘Love’s Got A Hold On You’, which follows the fantastic response from their debut single We Fall. The band features the powerhouse […]
Australia’s Victoria K is sharing their new video ‘Forsaken‘ featuring Sheri Vengeance in support of the forthcoming debut album “Essentia” due out April 24, 2020 via Rockshots Records. The full length was produced by Lee Bradshaw and features special […]
Foxton Kings have returned and signal their intentions loud and clear for 2020 with an offering to get listeners riled up and moving on their feet. Recorded at Sumo Studios in Perth, Getting Old exhibits a more immersive […]
Kiwi alt-rockers City Of Souls lay down the gauntlet in 2020 with their brand new single ‘Shimmer’ from their upcoming album SYNAESTHESIA – out on May 1! Get ‘Shimmer’ HERE. The single drop, album announcement […]
The preparation for METAL UNITED WORLD WIDE 2020 is in full force. We are working on new artwork, new countries and new cities on recruitment for line ups on our remaining shows around the globe. Read […]
Canberra’s Deathbeds are today releasing the next cut from their forthcoming concept album ‘Sinner‘ – a new single that continues the themes surrounding the Seven Deadly Sins. The new track, called “Enough Isn’t Enough” […]
Desert Highways and The Bendigo Hotel are very proud to present the 4th annual A Celebration of Chris Cornell. A night to celebrate the music of the late Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple Of […]
Telethon Community Cinemas in Burswood is hosting a Pink Floyd experience on Saturday 28 March. According to spokesperson Rob Denman, this is an experience not to be missed by Pink Floyd fans. “Fans can […]
The wait is over! Australia’s premier heavy blues act CHILD have surprised us with the first single titled “Free and Humble” from their much anticipated third LP “Soul Merda“. The band have announced that […]
Perth pop/prog sensation Voyager are now streaming a brand new video for the track “Runaway” which is taken from their latest opus ‘Colours in the Sun‘. The video saw airtime on Eurovision – ‘Australia […]
Brisbane’s dirty-soul heroes Blues Arcadia are hitting the Eastern Australian highways and byways in support of track ‘Two Wrongs (Don’t Make it Right)’ the latest cut from their critically acclaimed Carnival of Fools album. […]
In celebration of this year’s Metal United Down Under show on April 4th, Krunch Entertainment will launch a special pre-party event in Fremantle the night before on Friday April 3rd to kick off the […]
Perth heavy act Saviour are back! Bolder than ever, they are today dropping their new single ‘Violet‘ ahead of the impending release of their fourth studio album ‘A Lunar Rose’. ‘ A Lunar Rose’ […]
Sydney based Alt Rock/Metal outfit, BAD MOON BORN, have come a long way since the release of their first two EP’s, 2017’s Chemical Lullabies and 2019’s War Is One, the latter boasting the single “Witch […]
Barrelling out of the illustrious rock n’ roll crucible of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Tshitaki are an unrelenting assault of choppy guitars offering up a groundswell of in-your-face, turbo charged surf rock. As the band […]
Fresh from the release of their incredible debut album ‘Order from Chaos’, Melbourne hard rock 3 piece WARBIRDS head to WA to play three exclusive shows where they will be supported by a host […]
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