News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Always thinking outside of the box when it comes to creating different ways of marketing and promoting its artists across all its labels, Golden Robot Global Entertainment recently launched a film and TV production […]
Chart-topping album ‘Heaven Knows’ was released through Sony Music in July 1992. Due to it’s massive success in 1993, Sony/Columbia Records released ‘Heaven Knows’ with a special limited edition bonus disc – ‘Rarities’. ‘Rarities’, […]
Australia’s kings of all things dark and creepy, DARKCELL release their long awaited new, self titled album, TODAY!! In honour of their incredible new release, the band now unveil their most ambitious music video so far! […]
Perth post-black metal quintet Illyria has followed their haunting single “Kenopsia” up with an almost triumphant second offering, “Wilderness” from the upcoming album ‘The Carpathian Summit‘, due out April 26. The new single “Wilderness” […]
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are taking 2019 by the horns! Announcing a new single in ‘Bill’s Mandolin’, a new album in ‘And Now For The Whatchamacallit’, their largest national Australian tour to date as well […]
New Zealand’s legendary Stoner Metal band Beastwars are returning to the world with a new lease on life, literally. Vocalist Matt Hyde underwent over 6 months of treatment for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in 2016, he […]
One of Australia’s most anticipated metal releases in 2019 has been the first single release of Melbourne melodic metal heavyweights Trigger, with their new vocalist Nathan Peachey (ex-Teramaze) in tow. Now released, “Demon Eyes” […]
Dan Howl’s releases his new single ‘King Si’ on 11th April and is a taster from his upcoming second album. Recorded at Rada studios by Matt Gio (Producer of Abbe Mays – Fruit & […]
Leading audiences and listeners through a journey of uncompromising arrangements, crushing heavy riffs and soaring melodies, Perth’s enigmatic prog metal five-piece CHAOS DIVINE have well and truly immersed themselves in a realm of sound […]
Sydney based Rockers White Bay have just released their new single and music video ‘Jump Into The Wind’. The band have also announced an upcoming show at Frankies Pizza on 19th May. White Bay […]
Melbourne’s legendary hard rockers, Electric Mary, recently released their kick ass new album, Mother! The band have just dropped a new music video for Mother’s opening track, Gimme Love. Gimme Love captures the band […]
Produced by Simon Hallett of heavy metal heroes Psychonaut, ‘Tuesday Girl’ is a rock’n’roll vehicle bound to get you hot under the hood. With it’s chugging rhythms locking into a groove set to cruise, […]
West Thebarton have today delivered their brand new single ‘Tops‘, alongside a new video, limited edition 7″ pre-orders and some tasty tour dates with A. Swayze and The Ghosts! Reading, Leeds, Pukkelpop, national Living End tour, triple j’s […]
WA blues shapeshifter Matty T Wall is set to continue his 2019 live assault of WA stages, with a full schedule of gigs over autumn. It comes as overseas acclaim continues to pour in. […]
BIGSOUND is back from September 3-6 in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley Live Music Precinct, with this year’s theme revealed as ‘The Artist As CEO’. The event will acknowledge the new music industry reality where artists […]
Metal United World Wide returns for a second year with Perth now being added to the world wide event! Based on the original Metal United Down Under in Australia, MUWW brings together the entire […]
Following on from releasing a pair of critically praised singles, Sydney-based artist Nathan Cavaleri has just revealed tour dates and latest cut ’29 Gold Stars’ – another gripping number lifted from his forthcoming debut […]
South Australia’s thrash metal kings Hidden Intent are off to Europe in a few months, but not before they give Australia one last good thrashing! The 3-piece headbanging outfit will make their way around Australia’s […]
Melbourne’s The Gloom In The Corner, have released a stunning video for the lead track off their forthcoming new EP, Flesh & Bones due out at the end of May. Misanthropic is an epic undertaking in storytelling. […]
Off the back of the ripper release of their debut single ‘One For You, One For Me’ which premiered at no.2 in the Triple J Unearthed Punk Charts (and later climbed to no.1), Sydney’s […]
In 2017, Heavy Mag spoke of Meliorist and their EP ii, saying that it was “…A gem of a release from 2017 and proof that the future of music is in good hands. Keen […]
The idea of night terrors brings together a collective understanding between all those who have shared such an experience; the definition of helplessness in an environment that should be the pinnacle of security. Diamond […]
From the nightmare depths Cursed Earth return, faceless and fuelled by hate. Their forthcoming mixtape The Deathbed Sessions features guest appearances from Larissa Stupar (Venom Prison), Matt Honeycutt (Kublai Khan), Joel Birch (The Amity Affliction), Booka […]
Melbourne’s long running metal band The Eternal recently released their 6th album Waiting For The Endless Dawn. The band have recruited two members of Melbourne’s Dreadnaught into the fold and the album boasts appearances from Marty Powell (My Dying Bride, Cradle Of […]
Back for more action packed metal and a whole lot of fun, Perth’s home of metal HORNOGRAPHY is here again in April for another local album release and a metal party! Almost a year […]
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