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After making their highly anticipated return to the stage in 2018, beloved Aussie band Motor Ace are hitting the road for a run of summer shows, kicking off next week at 48 Watts in Newcastle on January 25, […]
Social Animals have released their new single Best Years, via Rise Records. Watch The accompanying video below, which sees the band presented in black and white as they perform, the hazy visuals reflecting the constant movement of […]
This April, legendary psych-rock phenomenon TAME IMPALA will embark on their biggest ever tour of Australia and New Zealand. Starting in Auckland on Thursday 16 April at Spark Arena, the incredible all ages show […]
The music of the 1980s and 1990s will go down in history for its unbridled love of rock and its almost unashamed glam rock look that involved men wearing makeup and hairstyles that defied […]
Within the fortnight, the legendary frontman Geoff Tate returns to Australia with his band to perform the classic concept album “Operation Mindcrime” in its entirety, and much more! TICKETS ARE SELLING FAST. Melbourne VIP […]
Clutch announce April and May 2020 US tour dates as Special Guest of Volbeat’s Rewind Replay Rebound World Tour. The first leg of the tour starts on April 4th in Tempe, AZ at 98KUPDUFest and finishes April […]
Heavy metal/thrash metal legends ANNIHILATOR today debut the shredding new lyric video for “Dressed Up For Evil.” The latest single comes by way of the band’s seventeenth studio album, Ballistic, Sadistic, set for release […]
Lamb of God guitarist MARK MORTON has revealed the first video from his new solo EP, Ether, out today via Rise Records. The video features Mark Morales and can be seen below. MORTON’s second […]
Sunday, 16th December 2018: The cold fingers of winter have already reached out for the British capital but there is one place in London that is set on fire as KREATOR thrill their fans with an […]
To coincide with Therapy?’s So Much for the 30 Year Plan Tour the band re-recorded 12 of their UK Top 40 hits, many of which have become standout anthems, in Abbey Road to bring […]
Off the back of an extremely successful 2019, BLACK STAR RIDERS greet the new decade with an incredibly relevant new video ‘In The Shadow Of The War Machine‘, out today via Nuclear Blast. The […]
Foreigner will be rocking North American this summer with special guest Kansas for the Juke Box Heroes 2020 tour that will feature support from Europe. The tour is scheduled to kick off on July […]
Slipknot has shared “Pollution“, a 20-minute short film directed by the band’s own M. Shawn Crahan. The expanded film, which cane be seen below, centers around Slipknot ‘s official music video for “Nero Forte“, […]
Joe Satriani is ready to kick off the new decade with a new album release and world tour. Set for release this spring, Shapeshifting marks the legendary guitarist’s 18th studio album in his nearly […]
Multi-platinum rock band Barenaked Ladies announce their extensive Last Summer On Earth tour of North America in 2020. Gin Blossoms and Toad the Wet Sprocket will round out the incredible lineup. “We’re looking forward […]
GOD DETHRONED launches video for new single, “Spirit of Beelzebub”, MIDNIGHT launches new single, “Fucking Speed and Darkness”, BLAZE OF PERDITION launches new single “With Madman’s Faith”, IGORRR reveals details for new album, ‘Spirituality […]
US death metal veterans Master have announced their first ever tour to Australia for July 2020. Tickets on sale now! Master is a death metal band led by Paul Speckmann originally formed in Chicago, […]
When Finnish sextet NIGHTWISH announce a new studio album people tend to take notice. They know that something special is brewing. Band leader Tuomas Holopainen once said that whenever he creates a new record […]
Disciples of Verity featuring COREY GLOVER (vocalist of LIVING COLOUR and BOWIE EXPERIENCE), GEORGE POND (bass, former bassist of NEGATIVE SKY), COREY PIERCE (drums, former drummer GOD FORBID), MARK MONJOY (rhythm guitar, SEKOND SKYN), […]
This past September, DRAGONFORCE unleashed their eighth full-length, Extreme Power Metal, via Metal Blade Records. In support of its release, the band will head out on the road next month in Europe, before touring […]
Wreckless Abandon, the highly anticipated debut album from celebrated guitarist and songwriter Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Fleetwood Mac) and his band The Dirty Knobs, is set for release on March 20 […]
Alexisonfire is starting 2020 with a bang. The band has just released a new song, “Season Of The Flood”, available to stream and purchase HERE. A seductive, hypnotic, seven-minute slow-burner anchored by haunting three-part […]
Grand Funk Railroad – the legendary rock & roll powerhouse–is extremely excited to be touring in 2020 and marking a 51-year milestone. After playing to millions of fans on the band’s tours from 1996 […]
US guitar legend, VINNIE MOORE, has announced the release of his new album “Soul Shifter” in Europe and UK on February 21th, 2020 via Mind’s Eye Music / Cargo Records UK. The follow up […]
They say love is a burden, that love brings you pain. I say love is the devil, it will drive you insane. The dark veil between Nergal’s enigmatic blackened blues project and its dedicated […]
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