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ROSE TATTOO has always been a major player in Australian rock, and has been at the helm of the music scene for decades, reaching a cult status here and overseas. Blood Brothers is a rock ‘n’ roll album that […]
This Friday, July 16 2021, the high priests of heavy metal – POWERWOLF – will continue their unique success story and release their long awaited new studio album Call Of The Wild! Matthew Kiichi […]
BUTCHER BABIES are excited to return to the road this Fall as they have announced a headlining tour, ‘Butcher Babies Vs. Goliath,’ which will feature the high-octane band performing their critically acclaimed debut album, […]
Australia’s maniacal rock-fusioneers Twelve Foot Ninja snuck back into the world’s eyes and ears last month with the stealthy drop of their single Long Way Home, the first taste of new music since their […]
On the 16th of July, Melbourne based SHOTGUN MISTRESS release their highly-anticipated self-titled debut album via Crusader Records on CD and via all digital platforms. In anticipation, the band today release new single ‘May She Never Walk Alone’ from the album. ‘May She […]
DESTRUCTION Release New Live-Single and Video for Bone-Crushing “Reject Emotions”, NYTT LAND Releases New Song and Video for Haunting Experience “U-Gra”, FEUERSCHWANZ Releases Thrilling Live-Video for “Schildmaid”, EKTOMORF Releases New Video for Thrash Banger […]
ENDSEEKER Launch Video for Bloodline, FRACTAL UNIVERSE Announce “The Impassable Horizon – Alive” livestream event, LIZZY BORDEN ‘Give ‘Em the Axe’, ‘Visual Lies’ vinyl re-issues now available via Metal Blade Records Endseeker […]
At a totally sold-out fan event at the Mystic Museum in North Hollywood, CA, horror metal titans, Ice Nine Kills announced their long awaited sequel The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood. The fresh slice […]
After incubating for the larger part of 2020 – at time when creative mastermind Al Jourgensen was able to ruminate on the new world we as a society have found ourselves in – the […]
Florida-based, Grammy-nominated band TRIVIUM — Matt Heafy [vocals, guitar], Corey Beaulieu [guitar], Paolo Gregoletto [bass], and Alex Bent [drums] — have shared the brand new single “In the Court of the Dragon“. It is […]
World-renowned guitarist/songwriter Mark Tremonti is back with his fifth album from his solo band, Tremonti. The new album, entitled Marching In Time, is scheduled for global release on September 24 via Napalm Records and is available for […]
In December 2020, TesseracT invited fans to join them in P O R T A L S – an ambitious concept created to offer an escape in a time of isolation. The live cinematic […]
Australia’s maniacal rock-fusioneers Twelve Foot Ninja snuck back into the world’s eyes and ears last month with the stealthy drop of their single Long Way Home, the first taste of new music since their […]
From the vault of bassist Chip Z’nuff and vocalist Donnie Vie comes this long buried treasure of early ’80s demos that chronicle the very birth of melodic glam rockers Enuff Z’nuff. Never Enuff – […]
Hard rock legends Buckcherry have joined forces with the guitar string jewelry company Strüng offering guitar string jewelry that raises money for music education. The one of a kind, limited edition necklaces and bracelets […]
Iconic AC/DC singer Ronald Belford “Bon” Scott would have turned 75 years old on July 9th 2021. To mark this occasion, Bon’s family is launching the first ever official Bon Scott website which will […]
It’s another devastating blow but due to the Covid-19 extended lockdown in NSW and current density restrictions for outdoor concerts in South Australia we have been left with no choice but to reschedule the Sydney […]
Steve Hughes, one of Australia’s founding fathers of heavy metal unleashed his first new music in 22 years in late 2020 with the release of Eternum – Alone But For The Breath Of Beasts! […]
Metallica have released 3 versions of the track “Holier Than Thou” from the upcoming Black Album 30th anniversary boxset including cover versions by Biffy Clyro and Off! as well as a pre-production version of […]
SoCal icons and one of rock music’s best-selling bands of all time, The Offspring, have debuted the accompanying music video for their recently released track This Is Not Utopia off their chart-topping tenth studio album Let The Bad […]
Long-running heavy metal supergroup DOWN, featuring vocalist Philip H. Anselmo, guitarists Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein, drummer Jimmy Bower, and bassist Pat Bruders, will return to the stage Friday, August 13th for a very […]
YES, who are Steve Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison and Billy Sherwood, will release their new studio album THE QUEST on InsideOutMusic/Sony Music on October 1. Containing 11 songs, 8 on the […]
Polish death metal legends VADER released their much acclaimed 15th full length, Solitude In Madness, in 2020 and proved to the world that even after almost 40 years of existence they were still one […]
HEAVY METAL TELEVISION, the world’s longest running streaming video channel for hard rock and heavy metal music videos and content, will officially relaunch on Monday, July 5th at 12am Eastern Time. “It really is […]
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 […]
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