News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Following up on the huge response received for their 2016 EP “Love“, with the lead single Love & Other Drugs pushing close to one million streams across Spotify & YouTube, Brisbane’s The Comfort have released just […]
After having a very busy 2016, Coffin Wolf took a few months off in 2017 to build a new and improved lineup. Subsequently they’ve written stronger material than ever before, that’s come in the […]
With just days to go before releasing their fierce sophomore album Crystal Death, Melbourne’s exporter of brutal hardcore Earth Caller have dropped their second single ‘Exposed’ as the follow up to previous single ‘Fall‘. […]
Melbourne’s mystic psychedelic rocker Moonlover is thrilled to release his new single ‘Queen of Sheba’ today, in line with Capricorn’s New Moon. ‘Queen of Sheba’ follows last year’s singles ‘The Ooiee’ and ‘Thou Shall […]
Lycanthrope‘s debut full-length album, Chapters will see it’s release next month on Friday February 16 – today they are unleashing the title track from the record into the world. Unrelenting in it’s sound, the […]
Hailing from Adelaide South Australia, Shatter Brain are comprised of members of some of South Australia’s most successful heavy bands including ALKIRA, Infiltraitor, Mammoth and Voros. The band draws together an eclectic but coherent range […]
Returning to celebrate exceptional WA songwriting, WAM Song of the Year 2017/18 is now open for submissions until Monday 12 February. The state-wide search for WA’s best songs offers over $45,000 worth of prizes […]
This March catch Black Rheno taking on their most ambitious headline tour to date with a massive national tour hitting all major capitols plus a few extra towns in between. As the tour name […]
After putting in the hard work over the past two years, supporting bands such as Moose Blood, Real Friends, and The Getaway Plan, Melbourne’s Stuck Out are stepping into the spotlight with the track […]
Last week The Smith Street Band announced the first round of artist for the inaugural Pool House Party and today the band announce they are also heading off around the country on their first […]
2017 saw Brisbane swamp rock kings Junior Danger unleash their blues brothers esc thumper ‘Dirt and Grime’ upon the world to rave reviews; “The perfect partnership of blues and stoner rock that countless fans […]
Camp Cope have today revealed their music video for “searing” single ‘The Opener’ filmed at Sydney Opera House, and announced local supports for their upcoming March national tour with Chastity Belt (USA). In what […]
Ram-Raid Entertainment and Soggybones have teamed up to bring you the debut instalment of WA’s newest, and skate lovin’ shindig – SOGGYFEST, presented over two skate punk fuelled shows in Dunsborough and Perth. Heading […]
Since its inception in 2007 ‘The Studio’s In The City’ has been home to some of Australia’s finest acts, producers and engineers. Located in Melbourne’s iconic suburb of Brunswick (which appropriately hosts the highest […]
Aussie rock legends Full Scale caught the attention of the American major labels in the early 2000s, signing a record deal with Columbia Records, releasing 2 full-length studio albums, 2 critically-acclaimed EPs, a feature-length […]
Hot off the Guitar Wolf 30th Anniversary Tour and ahead of supporting Canadian pyschobilly legends The Creepshow, Melbourne’s Udder Ubductees join forces with dirty rockers Black Knuckles, cyclone punksters Face Command and garagepunk stalwarts […]
Twelve Foot Ninja‘s guitarist Stevic MacKay recently posted on Twitter that they are “the wake-up-with-a-dog-licking-your-face-while-you’re-dreaming-you’re-kissing-someone-attractive” version of metal. That genre title is not very catchy… so we’ll go with the shorter genre they coined, […]
Behind Crimson Eyes have a busy week ahead – their brand new single ‘Say Bad Things‘ premiered at The Music today and it will be available for purchase and streaming Friday January 12 and […]
Late last year The Smith Street Band announced the inaugural Pool House Party set to take over two stages at Coburg Velodrome on March 17th. Today The Smith Street Band share with you a […]
Ritual Productions expands its roster with the signing of Drug Cult, a four-piece occultist doom collective whose debut self-titled rite beckons to see light of day. Formed at the edge of Mt. Jerusalem in […]
Australia’s foremost Kings of progressive, extreme heavy music, Ne Obliviscaris will be touring across Australia and New Zealand next month in support of their new album Urn! The band recently welcomed fellow Melbourne progressive […]
The Hunter Valley’s very own heavy music and camping festival Thrashville is proud to announce the full program of events set to go down on Saturday January 20, 2018, at the glorious bush surrounds […]
Polaris celebrate the release of their ARIA dominating debut album, The Mortal Coil, by hitting the road this April for their most ambitious run to date. Joining Polaris will be US metalcore titans, The Plot In You, along with […]
Tonight Alive is celebrating the release of the music video for their latest single “Disappear” today. The super-charged track features Lynn Gunn (PVRIS) and is the third single from their upcoming album Underworld, set […]
“We’ve hit the ground running”, that’s how STONE EMPIRE have described 2017. Back on Australian soil after an extremely successful American Tour with American heavyweights POWERMAN 5000. STONE EMPIRE delivered their hard hitting Australian […]
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