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The war rages on! The third album from old school metal veterans MEMORIAM, »Requiem For Mankind«, was released last Friday. Just a year after the release of their second album »The Silent Vigil«, the band returns with […]
Fresh off the release of their critically praised new album, High Crimes, heavy rock powerhouse THE DAMNED THINGS has released a brand new animated video for their fan-favorite single ‘Something Good.’ Watch it now […]
On September 6th, Finnish melodic metal titans SONATA ARCTICA will release their tenth studio album, called »Talviyö« (which means »Winter Night«), including eleven new tracks. “We were talking about having an album cover made […]
One year on from the success of their potent performance at Download Festival Australia, NEW YEARS DAY will touch down for their first-ever Australian headline tour in March 2020. New Years Day, the U.S. […]
Stevie D featuring Corey Glover, a musical partnership by producer and multi-instrumentalist Stephen DeAcutis aka Stevie D and legendary singer Corey Glover (Living Colour), will release their first album together “Torn From The Pages” […]
For the first time ever, after four decades buried deep in his vaults, a previously unreleased version of ‘Time’, recorded in 1986 by Freddie Mercury for the concept album of the hit musical of […]
Craft Recordings is set to release a deluxe, 20th anniversary reissue of Filter’s platinum-selling, sophomore album Title of Record. Due out August 9th, the album has been remastered and will be available on vinyl […]
Philip H. Anselmo’s EN MINOR will release its debut seven-inch this August via Housecore Records. A project inadvertently in the making since his earliest days as a child in the French Quarter, the band […]
German Hard Rockers THE NEW ROSES are back to climb the rock Olympus with their fourth studio album Nothing But Wild! After successful live appearances all over the world, lately opening for KISS, and […]
Sum 41 have dropped an emotionally charged ballad today with the release of “Never There.” Dedicated to single parents everywhere, the song is a personal letter from lead singer Deryck Whibley. “Never There” is […]
UFO bassist Rob De Luca has checked in from the road while on tour with UFO across Europe. A message from Rob: This has been such a crazy year… SwedenRock Festival was amazing for […]
It’s a very good day for Off With Their Heads fans as the band reveal details of their forthcoming album Be Good, set for release on August 16, and announce their return to Australian shores this November. To accompany […]
LA’s Sasquatch are an undeniable power house of stoner rock! Having started Philadelphia back in 2000 and soon after moving LA, the band have now produced 5 studio albums, toured the world extensively and […]
It’s been a busy few months in the Hornography Camp with quiz nights, CD launches and interstate touring acts. In July we are back to our usual proceedings with a killer all-local metal lineup […]
HELLYEAH will release their sixth studio album, Welcome Home on, Friday, September 27, via Eleven Seven Music. Pre orders available now! Welcome Home, the eagerly anticipated new album featuring the late Vinnie Paul’s final recordings, […]
Hot off the heels of the release of their latest album Future Ruins earlier this year, which saw them stamp their authority as the OG purveyors of widescreen psychedelic shoegaze, Swervedriver are ready to […]
The “who’s who” of the rock n’ roll world are banding together Fourth of July weekend to show their support for U.S. veterans with one of the largest benefit concerts this summer. The “American […]
HEART—ANN and NANCY WILSON–will extend their massive “Love Alive” cross-country summer tour into the fall with dates now taking the group through October. New dates include stops in Newark, Little Rock, Memphis, Kansas City, […]
Italy’s symphonic death metal horde, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, return! Over a clutch of consistent, ever more intricate and dissonant recordings, this Roman outfit has impacted the global metal scene profoundly with its sculpted compositions and […]
For the first time in Australia and for a very rare run of shows, DARK ANGEL has reformed and hit Australian shores for a very limited number of appearances. The legends themselves, GENE HOGLAN […]
For 30 years, BACKYARD BABIES has delivered top of the line dirty rock ‘n’ roll, both live and recorded. The fact that the original four guys that started the band still are playing together, […]
When you talk about classic albums shaping genres Cruelty and the Beast by CRADLE OF FILTH sits proudly and menacingly at the top of the tree for extreme music. In 1998 Cruelty and the Beast was […]
MARCO MENDOZA, the world-class bassist known from his involvement in Whitesnake, Ted Nugent, The Dead Daisies, Thin Lizzy and more is about to release a new single and music video for the song “Leah”. […]
MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST release first single and video “Rock Steady”, SABATON release new single and lyric video “The Red Baron”, THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA release brand new single, ‘Satellite’. Following on from […]
This year marks an auspicious anniversary for Tex Perkins, it is a decade since he first took to the stage with his award-winning The Man In Black – The Songs & Story of Johnny […]
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