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WA promoters Macro Music are thrilled to present a brand new COVID Safe music festival format to be rolled out in a world-first at the forthcoming Good Day Sunshine (5,000 capacity) festival in Busselton […]
Multi-Gold and Platinum-selling punk rock stalwarts RISE AGAINST will see “Broken Dreams, Inc.,” their first new song in three years, and the first as part of a new agreement with Loma Vista Recordings, released […]
On October 23rd, Armored Saint will release their eighth full-length, Punching The Sky, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the album, a video for the new single, “Standing on the Shoulders of […]
Since the band announced the cancellation of their entire 2020 touring schedule, Alter Bridge has taken time to do what they are known best for – creating. Never a band to take a lot […]
Strap in, kids! Powerman 5000 singer/creative mastermind, Spider One, has made a new video for the primally creepy “Strange People Doing Strange Things” track from the band’s brand new album, The Noble Rot, available […]
Queen + Adam Lambert have shared the live performance of “The Show Must Go On” from the upcoming Live Around The World release. This performance of the song was captured at the second of […]
New York City hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL release a live session of “Alone” today. Watch the first video of the band’s quarantine sessions below. Stay tuned for more videos by following the […]
OZZY OSBOURNE kicked off 2020 with his critically acclaimed #1 rock album ORDINARY MAN–his first new solo album in ten years–and a planned return to the road. And then came the pandemic. Now, fans of the Rock and Roll Hall […]
To celebrate the release day of his first-ever solo album, GRAMMY® Award-winning singer / songwriter, Corey Taylor has announced that he and his band will be make history on October 2nd with Forum Or […]
For the first time ever, Sully Erna and Aaron Lewis, two of the most acclaimed frontmen in rock–the voices of multiplatinum rock bands Godsmack and Staind–will perform their hits together, side-by-side, in an intimate […]
BEHEMOTH Re-issues debut EP on vinyl and CD, THE OCEAN Premieres video for new single Pleistocene, SIX FEET UNDER Launch Lyric Video for new single “Zodiac”, ENSIFERUM launches lyric video for “Run from […]
JINJER Announces Alive In Melbourne Live Album, NACHTBLUT Release Second Single “Leierkinder”, THE UNGUIDED Reveal Video for New Track “Never Yield”, FEUERSCHWANZ Release Official Music Video For “Im Bauch des Wals”. Ukrainian modern […]
Scandinavia heads down under as Silverback Touring bring you two of Sweden’s finest Hard Rock exports H.E.A.T and CRAZY LIXX. This will be the first Australian Tour for both bands and the action takes […]
Nuclear Blast artist Hatebreed will release their eighth studio album Weight of The False Self. The 12-track album is stocked with pit-stirring anthems. It arrives on November 27 and is available for pre-order here: […]
There are nine more reasons to look forward to Wacken Open Air 2021, which will take place from July 29 to 31 and is already sold out. Slipknot, In Extremo, Sick Of It All, […]
Disturbed, the two-time Grammy nominated and multi-platinum band, have shared their cover of Sting’s hit single “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You.” Said the band about the new cover, “We have loved […]
Legendary SoCal artists (HED) P.E. just released their twelfth studio album, Class of 2020, via Suburban Noize Records on August 21. The date also marked the 20th anniversary of the group’s breakthrough album, Broke. […]
Upon its release in 1980, the ‘Ace Of Spades’ album was nothing short of a game changer for all forms of hard rock. Like lightning in a bottle, it perfectly captured everything great about […]
Australia’s maniac sons, King Parrot, are back with a blistering new track called “Banished, Flawed the Docile“, and it’s an absolute screamer. Delivering their uncompromising brand of thrashy, punked-out grindcore chaos, this is just […]
“Man (and woman) has strived for the ability to fly , from first acquiring altitude, to crossing continents, then oceans and then circling the globe, to heading out into Space, to trying to communicate […]
Rock ‘n’ roll duo Janet Gardner and Justin James premiere their latest music video for “Rise Up.” The track comes from the recently released Synergy album, available via Pavement Entertainment. “Rise Up” combines the […]
Twice Grammy-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans DREAM THEATER have today released a statement about the Australian leg of their “Evening With” touring cycle. The dates, which were to happen in November 2020, will […]
New Zealand band, DEVILSKIN have released their fourth single and video from their album RED entitled ‘Sweet Release’. ‘Sweet Release’ focuses on the tragic, needless death of 21-year old Nicky Autumn Stevens in Hamilton […]
4 weeks after the release of their 21st studio album “Whoosh!”, Deep Purple continue on the path of the new album by releasing an official music video for their third single “Nothing At All”. The lyrics of […]
Perth rock act The Silent Deeds recently announced the release of their new EP “Down With Me” which will be out October 23rd. To celebrate, the band will launch the first of a series […]
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