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Boston horror-inspired metal group ICE NINE KILLS have announced their headlining 2019 SiriusXM Octane Present’s “The Octane Accelerator Tour” to take place this fall featuring support from Fit For A King, Light The Torch, […]
Following the recent announcement that Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will be joining U2 on their stadium tour of Australia in November, the band have today announced the imminent release of ‘This Is The […]
After releasing two solo albums – Better Or Worse and Between The Space – last year to critical acclaim, Monte Pittman is now launching a video for Between The Space‘s track “Changing Of The […]
On September 20th, Cult Of Luna will release their new album, A Dawn to Fear – the band’s first material under their sole name since 2013’s Vertikal 1&2. For a preview of the record, […]
HAMMERFALL Release new official video for “Dominion”, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Release Video & Single “A Journey To Remember”, VICTORIUS To Release New Album Space Ninjas From Hell. HAMMERFALL return with their new […]
It has been more than two decades since iconic 1990s four-piece Southern Sons performed together. Now, in a special coup for music fans, the beloved band are coming back together for a 2019 Reunion […]
PIXIES, one of the most influential alternative rock bands of all time, are bringing their mammoth world tour to Australia and New Zealand in 2020 – Come On Pilgrim… It’s Surfer Rosa. Pixies’ debut […]
To celebrate the release of their much anticipated second album ‘Run Home Slow‘, Warrandyte’s finest The Teskey Brothers will bring their epic live show to stages across Australia and New Zealand this December and […]
IN FLAMES unveils lyric Video for ‘Voices’ HELLOWEEN release live single/video “Pumpkins United”, NORTHTALE unleash ‘Sirens’ Fall’ lyric video, EQUILIBRIUM announce second single & video. For the second time, Swedish legends IN […]
Ready for another round of Wacken madness? Still grinning wildly thinking about our 30th anniversary edition? Well, we are looking forward to next year’s festival as much as all of you metalheads out there. […]
Revolver Magazine is currently streaming “On The Floor,” the first official taste of Philip H. Anselmo’s EN MINOR. A project inadvertently in the making since Anselmo’s earliest days as a child in the French […]
TOOL have released OPIATE, UNDERTOW, ÆNIMA, LATERALUS and 10,000 DAYS on the various digital service providers for the first time – listen HERE. “Our obsession with, and dream of, a world where BetaMax and […]
On October 9, Metallica will bring “S&M²“, a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the original “S&M” concerts, album, and film that also commemorates the grand opening of the state-of-the-art Chase Center, a historic […]
Handsome Tours is delighted to present, for the first time in 15 years, mclusky*. Featuring Future of the Left members Andrew “Falco” Falkous and Jack Egglestone, with the addition of Damien Sayell from the […]
Norwegian black metal masters 1349 have announced the release date of their new album. The record, titled ‘The Infernal Pathway‘ was recorded in Amper Tone studios and Studio Nyhagen with engineer Jarrett Pritchard earlier […]
The RED HOT SUMMER TOUR celebrates 10 years of Red Hot Rock in 2020 and in true style, organisers have put together an incredible all Australian line-up for a massive four-month series of dates. […]
Wage War have released two new tracks from their forthcoming album ‘Pressure‘ – out Friday August 30 through Fearless Records and Caroline Australia! The album can be pre-ordered/pre-saved at https://lnk.to/wwpressure! The two tracks – […]
Bad Wolves have released the first track, “I’ll Be There” from their forthcoming new album. I’ll Be There debuted #6 on iTunes Metal Chart & Added to Breaking Hard Rock & Breaking Metal Apple Playlists. Bad […]
Two of rock’s most iconic modern day voices are coming to Australia for a world-first set of co-headline acoustic dates! Asking Alexandria’s Danny Worsnop and Bad Wolves’ Tommy Vext will bring their raw, un-plugged […]
Timing, as the saying goes, is everything. And when you’re a career artist like TOM KEIFER, you know exactly what it takes to get to the pinnacle and just how precarious it can be […]
Iggy Pop has unwound a drastically different track from his coming album Free (out 6 September via Caroline Australia). “James Bond” tells a story: “I don’t know what she’s up to exactly, but the tables […]
Kent’s favourite two-piece punk provocateurs, Slaves have released The Velvet Ditch EP, their first new material since the release of their UK top-ten album, Acts of Fear and Love. The EP sees the band showcasing the […]
Of Mice & Men have announced their sixth album Earth & Sky out September 27 via Rise Records/ BMG Australia. The band have also shared the video for the title track. “‘Earth & Sky’ is […]
Multi-platinum, Massachusetts-based rock band, STAIND has announced a new date this fall, October 5th at FOXWOODS Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT. Last night during Aaron Lewis’ solo stop at FOXWOODS, fans were treated to a […]
Cradle of Filth keyboardist and vocalist Lindsay Schoolcraft, has just released her track “See The Light“. The song is from her upcoming album Martyr which will be released in October and features a guest […]
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