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Legendary guitarist Steve Hackett, releases his new studio rock album Surrender of Silence on 10th September 2021, via Inside Out Music. The album features 11 new songs as Steve has been working hard through […]
50 years ago, Daddy Cool‘s first single “EAGLE ROCK” topped the charts for months on end. It became a genuine cultural phenomenon, and the group’s debut album DADDY WHO? went on to break every […]
Covid be damned! Ed Kuepper (with Jim White) hits back with a slew of new and rescheduled shows. And so the Kuepper / White convoy reconvened last week (following the Melbourne covid-scare) for sold […]
Pieced together over the last two years, ONCE HUMAN‘s upcoming album “SCAR WEAVER” represents a massive step forward for the band. Blessed (or perhaps cursed) with plenty of additional time during the last year’s lockdown situation, 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 […]
Electro Prog Sensation VOYAGER will transmit to the universe a special edition online show direct from Perth, Western Australia this September. Following the success of their debut online show that served fans during the […]
Fresh off the release of their new uptempo, aggressively catchy new rock single Blow last week, Eva Under Fire and collaborator Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills just dropped the official music video for the track. The visual, directed […]
Lancaster five-piece AUGUST BURNS RED — JB Brubaker [lead guitar], Brent Rambler [rhythm guitar], Matt Greiner [drums], Jake Luhrs [lead vocals], and Dustin Davidson [bass] — have built a long, successful, and Grammy-nominated career by making angry music for happy people. That credo fully manifests in the video for Bloodletter, […]
To mark the fourth outing of the Blue Ridge Rock Festival, PURPOSE DRIVEN EVENTS has amassed a line-up of 180+ bands for the September 9–12 event at Blue Ridge Amphitheater, a long-awaited large-scale concert […]
Last October, Armored Saint released their eighth full-length, Punching The Sky, via Metal Blade Records. Today, the band has launched a new video for the album track, “Lone Wolf“. Directed by Robert Graves // […]
Chart-topping rock act from Mongolia, The Hu, have been announced as part of Metallica‘s Special 30th Anniversary ‘Black Album‘ Reissue Covers Project, on which they cover the iconic group’s song “Through the Never.” They […]
Following the low-key debut of their new line-up at an instore at Basement Discs last week – as announced, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Brooke Taylor is now a member – Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission have inevitably […]
STAND UP AND SHOUT FOR RONNIE JAMES DIO’S BIRTHDAY, the Saturday, July 10 global virtual concert produced by Rolling Live Studios, has added a wealth of talent to the already star-studded lineup that will […]
The Rockpit has 1 x Motorhead “No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith” 40th anniversary CD box set to give away, to be in the running to win it all you have to do is be a […]
The Bronx have released the first video in support of their upcoming album, Bronx VI, sharing the gritty, garage-based, Estevan Oriol directed clip for “Curb Feelers“. “Every Bronx record has a backbone track, a […]
HOOKERS & BLOW originally formed in 2003 as an excuse to drink for free in Hollywood by long-time GUNS N’ ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed and QUIET RIOT guitarist Alex Grossi. In that time, the band have developed a legendary status on the famed Hollywood […]
SEETHER announce the release of Wasteland – The Purgatory EP available digitally and on CD July 30th, 2021, and on vinyl October 22nd, 2021, via Fantasy Records. The 5-track set includes the fan favorite, […]
To celebrate the release of the epic new Darkthrone album, Eternal Hails, out now on Peaceville Records, the band have released a video for the album’s opening track “His Masters Voice” The animated lyric video created by […]
The iconic band returns with great news: After a bit of a hiatus following their legendary reunion gig at Wacken Open Air 2015, things are about to heat up for SAVATAGE. In 2021, earMUSIC is paying tribute […]
Solar Fire, released on June 25th is the 4th single from Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen‘s critically acclaimed debut project, Smith/Kotzen which was released globally through BMG on March 26 and immediately became a Top 20 album chart success in […]
Frontier Touring wish to advise that due to the uncertainty of border restrictions around the current Sydney COVID outbreak, Jimmy Barnes upcoming Flesh And Blood Perth show will be rescheduled. Jimmy will now perform […]
BLACK STONE CHERRY and Mascot Records / Mascot Label Group have announced the digital only release of an expanded edition of the band’s seventh studio album, The Human Condition on August 27. The first new recording […]
BRIAN SETZER will release GOTTA HAVE THE RUMBLE, his first solo album in 7 years, August 27 on Surfdog Records physically (CD) and digitally, with the vinyl out this fall (TBA). Today (June 25), […]
Legendary rockers STYX – James “JY” Young (lead vocals, guitars), Tommy Shaw (lead vocals, guitars), Chuck Panozzo (bass, vocals), Todd Sucherman (drums, percussion), Lawrence Gowan (lead vocals, keyboards) and Ricky Phillips (bass, guitar, vocals)–released […]
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