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Stevie Nicks released her first new music in six years with ‘Show Them The Way’ available now on all formats from BMG. ‘Show Them The Way’ was written by Stevie Nicks and Greg Kurstin, […]
Gatherers of the World, Killing Joke are delighted to announce that now, 40 years down the line, with the original line-up re-united, their current worldwide label Spinefarm Records is undertaking a series of Official […]
ELLEFSON, the eponymous solo band of Grammy-Winning Megadeth bassist and co-founder David Ellefson, earlier this week announced signing to EARMusic (Europe) and Ward Records (Japan) for the release of their upcoming full-length covers release […]
Bay Area thrash giants DEATH ANGEL have surprised fans today with a remarkably unique rendition of rock legends QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE‘s iconic song “Under Pressure“, that’s featured on an unannounced digital EP of […]
Dutch Symphonic Metal Giants EPICA proudly announce the release of their new album “Omega“, out on February 26th 2021 via Nuclear Blast. “Omega” is the bands first studio album in five years. EPICA have […]
KILLER BE KILLED, Max Cavalera (Soulfly/ex-Sepultura), Ben Koller (Converge/Mutoid Man), Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan/The Black Queen) and Troy Sanders (Mastodon/Gone Is Gone), debut a second single from the band’s forthcoming album, “Reluctant […]
The Hard Rock powerhouse PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS from Wales have released a music video for their brand-new single “We’re The Bastards” from the upcoming new album “We’re The Bastards“, which will […]
The Smashing Pumpkins continue to tease their highly anticipated eleventh studio album ‘CYR,’ with two brand new tracks ‘Anno Satana’ and ‘Birch Grove,’ both out today ahead of their Friday, November 27 20-track double album release. Produced by Billy Corgan and featuring original members James Iha, Jimmy […]
Greta Van Fleet have released it’s first new song in more than a year, “My Way, Soon”. The song is a liberating and jubilant track that celebrates and reflects the band’s personal transformation over […]
Oooth is a hard rock trio led Jason Oosthuizen, a renowned South African drummer and musician. Jason started playing drums in 1991 at the age of four, and since then has gone on to […]
On 10 October 1980, a young Australian band called Flowers released their debut album. Led by the singing, songwriting and multi-instrumental talents of Iva Davies, the band had been constantly touring Australia over the […]
King Parrot have just released their scorching new 7-inch EP “Holed Up In The Lair” and in true KP fashion, it’s accompanied with a killer new music video for the track “Kick Up A […]
SABATON has released a new animated video clip for their song ‘Night Witches‘, that was created in collaboration with Yarn Hub. Pär Sundström comments: “I first came into contact with Yarn Hub when a […]
On November 13th, 2020, Metal Queen DORO proves once again that she literally gives her all when she cares about something. On this November 13th, DORO’s own label, Rare Diamonds Productions, will release her long-awaited best-of album Magic […]
Perth rock act The Silent Deeds recently announced the release of their new EP “Down With Me” which will be out October 23rd. After releasing two previous singles and videos for “The Race” and […]
Doug Aldrich recently caught up with Mark Rockpit to talk all about The Dead Daisies latest single ‘Bustle and Flow‘ and a the end of the interview talk turned to the 30th Anniversary of […]
25 years as a solo artist: MIKE TRAMP releases the ultimate best of TRAMP album: ”Trampthology”! Christmas comes early this year. On December 18th 2020 the all new best-of album “Trampthology” from the White […]
Tickets are on sale now for worldwide screenings of Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold The Concert. Directed and produced by Joe Thomas during Nicks’ fabled 67 city sold out 24 Karat Gold Tour, the […]
If you ever doodled the logo of your favourite band on the back of your exercise book at school, or you spent hours on end staring at every detail of your favourite vinyl album cover….then these are for […]
Rock N’Roll renegades Motörhead continue the 40th anniversary celebrations of the dirtiest, meanest, toughest album of them all, ‘Ace Of Spades’ with a new podcast mini-series called Motörcast telling stories from the recording studio, on […]
Hailed as one of the top 10 best prog guitarists in the world today, Sydney’s independent instrumental progressive solo artist, Plini, will be releasing his long-awaited sophomore record, Impulse Voices on November 27. Impulse Voices was mixed and […]
Colorado-based thrashers Havok release a brand new music video for their song “Fear Campaign“, off their recent full-length album V, which was released earlier this year. Check out the official music video for “Fear […]
As one of the greatest hard rock bands of all times Scorpions are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the first release of “Wind of Change” by releasing an exclusive box set on October 3, […]
Critically acclaimed Mongolian rock group, The HU, released their Deluxe edition of THE GEREG on July 10, available in CD, double vinyl and digital formats. This new version includes 3 tracks re-made with special featured artists including Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach), Danny Case (From Ashes […]
AC/DC will release their seventeenth full-length album POWER UP on November 13, 2020 through Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment Australia. This marks the legendary band’s first new music since 2014. POWER UP is available for pre-order HERE. To set […]
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