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SLAYFEST is proud to announce it’s returning in 2020 to deliver another massive night of rock’n’roll brutality for heavy music fans in the west. Headlining the 2020 event will be the undeniable legends and […]
4x Platinum, 6x Gold record selling rock juggernaut FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH have announced their long awaited eighth studio album, titled “F8” will be released globally on February 28, 2020 and is available for […]
New Jersey’s progressive metal masters SYMPHONY X are delighted to announce their “25th Anniversary North American tour 2020”! The 28 date trek will kick off in Englewood, NJ on May 14th and make stops […]
Following sell out shows across the country earlier this year in celebration of Baby Animals’ 30th Anniversary, Baby Animals and Killing Heidi will unite once again, due to popular demand, for a massive tour […]
A handful of your favourite Australian artists are inviting you to join them for two nights of entertainment in the heart of picturesque Byron Bay, this January, to raise money for the NSW RFS […]
The originators of Rap Metal are back. ICE-T and his band are as angry as ever on their 7th studio album, titled CARNIVORE, which coincides with their 30th anniversary as a band! “The Deadliest creature on […]
The NSW Bush fires of November and December 2019 have been well documented as being catastrophic and have had a disastrous effect on communities and wildlife. Silverback Touring is proud to present “Band Together”, […]
“En Route To Mayhem,” the new music video from Finland’s multi-Platinum cello-rock band Apocalyptica, transports the viewer to a fantastical post-humanity future. This imaginary world is barren, dusty, and littered with broken pieces of […]
Storming into the festive season with a ferocious roar, Perth’s home of local metal HORNOGRAPHY is here to celebrate the end of the year in style! Cheap entry, cheap drinks, giveaways, live heavy music, […]
Full Terror Assault Open Air Festival 2020 (FTA) has revealed Exodus, M.O.D., General Surgery, Ground and Shock Narcotic as the first bands confirmed for the sixth edition of the massive outdoor festival, scheduled for […]
English death/grind legends CARCASS are gearing up to headline the closing night of Decibel Magazine’s “Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles” on December 14th. In preparation, the band has released a new single called […]
SONS OF APOLLO – former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, […]
SUICIDE SILENCE release new single “Feel Alive”, BEHEMOTH start pre order for “I Loved You At Your Darkest” (Tour Edition), KORPIKLAANI release new digital single ‘Jägermeister’ + announce new drummer. California based […]
Mongolian rock sensation THE HU have joined forces with Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix who adds guest vocals to the band’s critically acclaimed single “Wolf Totem,” the original version of which charted at #1 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart back in April and […]
Canadian heavy metal/thrash legends ANNIHILATOR today reveal the official video for “Armed To The Teeth,” the opening track off the band’s explosive seventeenth studio album, Ballistic, Sadistic. Founding guitarist, vocalist, producer, and principal songwriter […]
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 […]
Since forming in 1981, Hoodoo Gurus boast 9 x ARIA Top 20 albums, 9 x ARIA Top 40 singles and a host of multi-platinum albums – they’re mainstays on the live scene, and influential […]
Back in October, it was revealed that Metallica would play two sets at next year’s Welcome To Rockville festival. The news was confirmed at an online press conference with the band’s Lars Ulrich and Danny […]
Down ‘N’ Outz, the project headed up by Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott, have released a lyric video for their new single, “Creatures”. Elliott tells Classic Rock: “When I wrote the music for this […]
The original platinum-selling BULLETBOYS lineup, featuring Marq Torien, Mick Sweda, Lonnie Vencent and Jimmy D’Anda, is returning in 2020! The hard rockers will kick off the reunion with a hometown gig on December 30 […]
ZZ Top’s big, brazen blues-rock, combined with a surrealist charisma that continues to intrigue fans, catapulted the band into worldwide stardom. Their history is deeply explored in ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From […]
Acclaimed alt-rockers mclusky* return to Australia this January and today Handsome Tours announce the tour supports (see below for local supports in each city). According to Double J, “If reports from overseas shows are to […]
HARDLINE MEDIA proudly presents, a deadly double bill: VENOM INC. & EXCITER! After a testing yet triumphant 2019, Hardline are pleased to announce the return of VENOM INC. in 2020 and welcome, for their […]
Perth industrial metal groove act All This Filth recently announced their new single and brand new video for the track “Drowning” which comes off their latest album “Misery Season” released on March 29th 2019. […]
Happy Howlidays Downloaders! If the festive season has left you feeling a little bark humbug, never fear, your favourite heavy music festival has something to lift your spirits. Bring your crew together for the […]
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