News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Melbourne vintage rockers THE UGLY KINGS will release their highly anticipated new album, entitled Strange, Strange Times, on August 13, 2021 via Napalm Records. Following 2018’s Darkness Is My Home, which was lauded by the likes of Classic Rock Magazineand Loud […]
Today, Sydneysiders Visualis are proud to release the new single Delirium on Spotify & YouTube. The single is a teaser to increase the fans’ appetite for the upcoming EP Sunrise in Black. Visualis began recording […]
Thrashville, the ‘slightly heavier’ music festival held at Dashville in the Hunter Valley, is psyched to announce the full line-up for its auspicious September 11 return. Held in lush bushland confines, the popular one-day […]
Southeast Desert Metal, the most isolated metal band in the world, are sharing their story with households around the country. As we celebrate NAIDOC week, the new documentary Desert Metal Dreaming is streaming on […]
Australian Progressive Metal/Hard Rock band Age of Emergence released the third single/lyric video, Ascender, from their EP The War Within Ourselves. The EP was released on 27 March 2020. The band was supposed to […]
Beats Cartel presents a post-apocalyptic national display of strength and solidarity in AFTERMATH, a touring heavy event this Winter. With the shackles of the two years that was slowly being loosened, there has rarely […]
Still fresh from their “L.A. Collection” classic rock’n’roll dive into the past release, rockers LUCER return to the present with the song “Trouble“. The new single from the Danish four-piece is the first taste […]
Melbourne progressive instrumental trio The Omnific – featuring the unique line-up of two bass players and a drummer – will release their long-awaited debut LP Escapades, worldwide on September 10 via Wild Thing Records. […]
Northern Rivers heavy-hitters HAMMERS will be taking their latest EP ‘Kicking Goals’ on the road (finally!) this August – September as part of their YEAH MATE Australian tour. Walking a fine line between stoner […]
Six long years following the release of their critically acclaimed debut full-length album “Heavy Over The Home“, Perth-based death-metal band Sanzu finally break the silence and announce a new album “Our Behaviour When Drowning“, […]
THE AMENTA is ugly, dissonant, electronically-lacerated extreme metal. Their fourth album ‘Revelator’, released in February of this year, highlights on all layers the pounding energy and fanatic will of the band to develop and […]
Australian rockers AUDIO REIGN announce their live virtual reality, VR, live stream by Netgigs on July 18th. Join the boys as they get set to unleash their explosive brand new single ‘RELENTLESS‘ to the […]
Here we are at the midpoint of 2021, and the Perth metal shows keep spoiling us here at HORNOGRAPHY! WA metal continues to thrive through the global chaos, and this July with have four […]
‘Thrashfest – New Wave Of Australian Thrash Metal‘ brings together all metal heads alike who like their Thrash Metal in all its glory. This year’s event will be held at The Bendigo Hotel once […]
Popular Brisbane music identity Chalky Hill is best known for decimating drum kits up and down the East Coast of Australia but underneath that solid hand a deeper passion for music has simmered, finally […]
Rick Dangerous is polishing up his gold wing-tips and fuelling up the Private Jet this July-August for a 6-date tour for their new single BRAAAP! Rick and his whimsical bantams are back (weather and […]
Melbourne progressive instrumentalists, The Omnific have released a music video for the track Antecedent which features Clay Gober of US Progressive titans Polyphia. Today, the band have released the song’s hypnotic accompanying music video, which has already […]
Perth’s latest musical act, Jamart have released the single “BanCkull” along with a video clip from the upcoming debut self-titled album, set for release on August 13th 2021. Check out the single available on […]
Forged deep in the fiery pits of the underworld, the Battlesnake rises up to take the earth by storm….The council of the Nine is made up of The Devil, The Rotten Priest and 7 […]
Deaf Forever is Melbourne’s newest metal nightclub and its grand opening has just been announced! Deaf Forever is a Heavy Metal Nightclub with a focus on live music, give aways and a DJ driven […]
Mountain Wizard Death Cult are the hidden diamond of the Sydney heavy scene with an underground buzz set to explode with next month’s visceral release ‘Wretch‘, an onslaught of epic proportions. The Sydney-based 4 […]
Queensland’s Fake News have delivered their brand new slab of punk goodness in the shape of Checking In. The first single from their forthcoming album, Everyday Warrior, to be released on July 21. With its infectious energy and classic […]
What happens when you cross a gifted graphic designer with a renowned local event promoter? You end up with Perth’s hottest new venue dedicated to those who dabble in the darker, alternative side of […]
With a string of sold-out shows already happening in June-July, WA blues firebrand, Matty T Wall, has now announced his first-ever headline appearance at the Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, August 7. 2021 has already […]
Not a band to be held back by the scourge and uncertainty of Coronavirus, Sydney heavy duo ASTRODEATH are powering up and shipping out again this Winter. Second single “Invasion”, from the anticipated follow […]
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