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THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will hit the tour trail again next month as direct support to Black Label Society. The North American journey, which includes a glut of THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER one-off headlining […]
Crobot has been confirmed as direct support on Steel Panther’s upcoming Heavy Metal Rules Tour. Detail on the specific appearances where the bands will share the stage follows below. Today, Crobot has releases a […]
For the first time in his solo career, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter OZZY OSBOURNE will be celebrated with the first-ever definitive vinyl collection of all his […]
Richmond Virginia’s MUNICIPAL WASTE released their sixth studio album »Slime And Punishment« to rave reviews in 2017, and have been busy kicking ass ever since – the guys have been wrecking stages in countless […]
Black Stone Cherry are set to release new EP “Black To Blues Volume 2”, out on 18 October 2019 via Mascot Label Group/Mascot Records. The Kentucky heroes return with a tribute to Freddie King, […]
Cormac Neeson is the latest international artist to join the burgeoning independent label, Social Family Records (SFR), uniting with the likes of Caroline Jones (USA) and local Australian artists, including Golden Guitar winning alumni, […]
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), […]
Airbourne will release their fifth studio album Boneshaker on October 25 via Spinefarm Records / Caroline Australia. The band revealed the cover artwork for Boneshaker, which was a collaboration between Matt Read of Combustion […]
“Go big or go home” is a phrase we’ve all muttered, shouted, or heard multiple times in our lives. For Swedish hard rockers Crashdiet, it has been the motivational catch phrase since they started […]
BMG proudly release Slade’s Feel The Noize – The Singlez Box, a strictly limited edition box set comprises of 10 rare internationally released 7’’ singles, including an extremely rare 7’’ promo copy in a […]
Sons Of Apollo featuring 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, […]
Rock’n’roll legends The Quireboys have released a brand-new video for their new single “Original Black Eyed Son” – which is the stunning lead track taken from their latest album, the critically acclaimed “Amazing Disgrace”. […]
The Wildhearts are proud to announce the release of the Diagnosis mini album on October 4th through Graphite Records. This six track mini album, features five brand new songs and is released as a […]
Ahead of their main stage performances at this weekend’s Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK, A Day To Remember have released their brand new single Degenerates through their new label Fueled By Ramen. […]
Grammy-nominated and Gold-selling hard rock heavyweights Killswitch Engage have just released the video for the song The Signal Fire from their new album Atonement, out now via Sony Music. Current and former KsE singers […]
KING DIAMOND will embark on a North American headlining tour later year. The trek will commence on November 2nd and run through December 4th. Support will be provided by Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats […]
After lots of great summer festival performances, DORO is now heading towards another world tour! First rocking Russia and the USA, the band will then be traveling back to Europe for gigs in Germany, […]
On the heels of the current massive amphitheater tour with Breaking Benjamin, multi-platinum alternative rock band CHEVELLE has announced two intimate headline shows and two festival appearances on the West Coast this fall. CHEVELLE […]
Ghoulish horror fiends WEDNESDAY 13 have released a visualizer for a new single titled ‘Bring Your Own Blood.’ The track is found on the band’s upcoming album, Necrophaze, that’s out on September 27th via […]
Australian songwriter Andrew Farriss’ country music single Come Midnight, released today, may be his debut solo offering, but it has been years in the making. He will debut this song this month at his showcase […]
1984 was a breakthrough year for INXS, their album ‘THE SWING’ had spent five weeks at #1 in Australia, and the band had started to make major inroads in the USA and Europe thanks […]
In December 2018, good things came to Australia and alternative music fans were treated to a brand-new summer music festival which made it’s way up the east coast. After a hugely successful first year, […]
Together with The Band Of Gold, John Garcia is returning to satiate his eager Australian fans with songs from their latest, self titled record alongside other classic. TOUR DATES Thursday, January 23: Lion […]
OPETH releases new single and visualizer, ‘Svekets Prins’, TWILIGHT FORCE unveil lyric video for new track ‘Queen Of Eternity’, EQUILIBRIUM music video for “Renegades” 8-Bit-Version released. Swedish masters of progressive metal/rock OPETH […]
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, ex-Yngwie […]
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