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Judging is now complete so it’s time to celebrate the next yield of budding stars at the WAM Song of the Year Awards Party presented by Act-Belong-Commit! All nominees (see full list here) will be […]
JUNKYARD DRIVE is probably the hottest young rock band out of Denmark right now. Millions of streams and views, played high-profile festival Sweden Rock, no. 1 on the vinyl charts, two successful albums, will […]
Borderline Bookings and Lacerated Enemy Records are very happy to announce details for South African brutal death metal fiends Vulvodynia’s Mob Justice Australian album launch tour. This will be the band’s first time there; […]
Blacktop Mojo announce today the release of their third album, “Under The Sun” on September 13th. The album follows “Burn the Ships” which featured the singles “Where the Wind Blows” and their cover of […]
Paul “HR” Hudson is best known as the front man of the iconic punk band Bad Brains, formed in 1979. With unprecedented speed and precision, Bad Brains took the Washington, DC music scene by […]
After announcing their upcoming Chemical Hearts tour only a couple of weeks ago, legendary Aussie rockers Grinspoon have already sold out The Forum in Melbourne and Waves in Wollongong, with a bunch of other […]
Windwaker are having a DREAM year. Their EP ‘Empire‘ dropped in March to a rabidly excited audience – who responded in kind by eating the EP up on iTunes, Spotify and all online outlets. […]
Sydney punk rockers, Bare Bones, are back on the scene with their brand new single ‘Crawl The Night‘, the first offering of new tunes since the debut album Bad Habits dropped in May of […]
OBEY THE RIFF legends – New Zealand’s Beastwars are edging ever closer to the release of their new album ‘IV‘ on Friday June 28 (out through Destroy Records) and today are releasing an emotional […]
Australia’s biggest new music event BIGSOUND has today unveiled its first drop of tomorrow’s superstars with Tones And I, Milan Ring, Tasman Keith, Bad//Dreems, yergurl, EGOISM, and Electric Fields leading a list of 76 […]
Formed in 2014, Cape Town based hard rock degenerates Black Pistol have released the video for their second single Call to Arms, a riff heavy ode to the rock n roll lifestyle. Taken from […]
While the concept of pain is universal to all living beings, the understanding of phantom pain is one that eludes most. Gravemind‘s vocalist Dylan Gillies-Parsons channeled the imagery of the experience into the band’s emotionally […]
THE AMITY AFFLICTION, arguably Australia’s most successful heavy music exports have announced the addition of TROPHY EYES and MAKE THEM SUFFER to the huge “Heaven And Hell’ line up as part of Brisbane Festival’s […]
Sunshine Coast power trio, Muules have spent the last two years digging deeper, further exploring their progressive alternative rock sound, while still limiting themselves to just bass, drums, synth and vocals, and this new […]
Freshly signed to UNFD and armed with their colossal new EP Alpha // Survivor, Melbourne post-hardcore band Drown This City are marking a definitive new era. With lead single ‘In Your Image‘ at the helm, the […]
Wisconsin-bred guitarist Jared James Nichols returns to the UK supporting Living Colour on their July 2019 UK Tour alongside Wayward Sons. He will also play a headline show at the Boston Music Room in […]
The Life of a Nearly-Was-Rock star comes to EdFringe Theatre of the Wild, Beautiful and the Damned Presents A Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide! Ziggy Stardust takes us on a tragical Mystery Tour through the […]
The Top 5 iTunes band will open for internationally renowned all-vocal rock act, Face Vocal Band on July 10, 2019. Love Stallion was selected from over 60 acts. All the love & gratitude to […]
Australian hit machine Diesel has today announced the Sunset Suburbia project: a trilogy of EPs leading into an album in 2020. And to coincide with the release of new music, Diesel will hit the […]
It’s been a busy few months in the Hornography Camp with quiz nights, CD launches and interstate touring acts. In July we are back to our usual proceedings with a killer all-local metal lineup […]
The VANNS are gearing up for a massive second half of 2019 with the release of their striking new single, ‘Mother’. Taken from their long-awaited debut album, The VANNS have served up another slice […]
‘Bleed for Passion’ is the new album from Melodic Hard Rock group Faithsedge. Produced, mixed and mastered by former Dokken guitarist Alex De Rosso, ‘Bleed For Passion’ takes the listener back to the days […]
Following the release of their universally acclaimed Life Metal LP and the first leg of their US tour last April, SUNN O))) is pleased to announce a West Coast tour in support of the album. This […]
Theatrical metal band RAVEN BLACK are giving fans a teaser of the upcoming 2020 release Black with the release of “Risen from the Ashes,” available for streaming and download today. The single’s release comes […]
Melbourne, Australia: Alternative rock band Rival Fire has announced details of their new single, Lost, out today. Rival Fire may sound menacing…but at their core, there is a deep, emotional connection to the human spirit. […]
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