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There’s a new home for live music in the far North of Perth; ‘The Baltimore‘. With Covid-19 restrictions finally lifting in WA, ‘The Baltimore’ (located at The Sixty30 in Merriwa) would like to officially […]
HOOKERS & BLOW, the now legendary project formed by longtime Guns N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi, recently hit the studio to record a covers album that will be released later this year via Golden Robot Records. Now […]
DRAGONY Signs Worldwide Record Deal with Napalm Records, RUMAHOY Release New Single Treasure Gun, DARK SARAH Release Third Single “Illuminate”, CREMATORY Releases New Video “When The Children Cry”, SERUM 114 Announces New Album, Im […]
Following the success of their acclaimed 2018 album ‘Invincible’, which spent an incredible ten consecutive weeks in the Top 30 Official German Rock and Metal Charts and was voted Sleaze’s Nation’s # 2 album […]
Evanescence has released an iPhone-shot, neon nightmare of a music video for “The Game Is Over“, the second song from its upcoming album, “The Bitter Truth” (BMG). The band’s first collection of new original […]
Early September will see ZAKK SABBATH, the BLACK SABBATH tribute band featuring guitarist/vocalist Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne), bassist Blasko (Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie) and drummer Joey Castillo (Danzig, Queens of the […]
Today, British hard rock legends Lionheart reveal a new lyric video for “Thine is the Kingdom.” The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated new album, The Reality of Miracles, set for international release on July 31st […]
TONY HARNELL (the former voice of Norwegian/American band TNT) is racing ahead with one eye in the rear-view fronting ECHOBATS, a new allstar, quarantine inspired project alongside WHITESNAKE/TSO guitarist JOEL HOEKSTRA (guitar), NIGHT RANGER’S […]
Hold onto your snotty noses ladies and gentlemen, have we got some news for you! Wash those hands, horde that toilet paper, and get ready for the return of Perth’s favourite local metal night […]
KORPIKLAANI premiere their “Harmaja” live video, HEATHEN release album trailer, discussing the first single ‘The Blight’, DESTRUCTION release new live single “Born To Perish”. The folk metal superheroes KORPIKLAANI will premiere their […]
After 14 weeks of streaming from his remote Adelaide property and various breweries and wineries around Adelaide, Dave Gleeson and local guitarist mate Crafty have found a new home for their show and created […]
Australian rock and guitar legend Ian Moss has announced the release of the sixteen track concert album – LIVE – on Friday, 24 July 2020. Recorded at The Playhouse in Canberra and Sydney’s Enmore […]
Californian dark groove metallers Devildriver recently announced their upcoming double album, “Dealing With Demons“. The first volume — titled “Dealing With Demons I” — drops on October 9 via Napalm Records and marks the […]
The video for hard rockers Steelheart‘s timely, powerful, anthemic ballad “My Freedom” can be seen below. The song will be released digitally worldwide on Friday, July 3. Originally available on their most recent studio […]
Mongolia’s biggest rock band, The HU, have just dropped a beautiful new acoustic video for ‘SHIREG SHIREG’. The enchanting video for ‘SHIREG SHIREG’ shows behind-the-scenes footage of the band in the studio, offering fans […]
ELLEFSON the eponymous solo band of Grammy-Winning Megadeth bassist/co-founder David Ellefson has announced the release of NO COVER, an LP featuring 13+ cover songs including classic tracks from Motorhead, WASP, Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, […]
The Allman Betts Band release their second full-length studio album titled Bless Your Heart on Friday 28th August 2020 via BMG. The first single, “Magnolia Road” was released on all DSPs Friday, June 19. […]
On September 25, The Ocean will release their 8th full-length, Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic, via Metal Blade Records (CD / digital) and the band’s own Pelagic Records (vinyl). In 2018, The Ocean released Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic – the first half of […]
Roundhouse Entertainment and Frontier Touring wish to advise that it is necessary to reschedule the SIMPLE MINDS Australian and New Zealand tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Federal and State Government directives. The 40 Years […]
In what will be regarded as an incredible act of bravery Bluesfest has announced Early Bird tickets to its 2021 festival will go on sale today. This announcement comes one week ahead of what […]
Legendary British Blues Rock band Savoy Brown led by founding member Kim Simmonds, announces the August 28 release of their exciting new album, “Ain’t Done Yet”, on Quarto Valley Records. The new album follows […]
SABATON recently released a new live version of the album track ‘The Attack Of The Dead Men’ featuring RADIO TAPOK, which will be physically released on July, 10th. Today, SABATON present a new video […]
On Saturday, July 11th at 6:00AM AEDT, Trivium, the kings of streaming who have been embracing the art of the livestream for years, will play their first live show since the April 2020 release […]
Experience the electricity of a live CANDLEMASS performance straight from your home! The Swedish Grammis award-winning/US Grammy-nominated doom metal legends are scheduled to host their very first livestreaming concert – a special performance to […]
Whitechapel have launched a new animated video for the track “Doom Woods“, which appears on their latest album, The Valley (2019). Guitarist Alex Wade comments: “We are excited to release the animated video for […]
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