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AVANTASIA, the all-star rock opera spaceship piloted by EDGUY singer, songwriter and producer Tobias Sammet, release their eighth full-length album, ‘Moonglow’, via Nuclear Blast Records on February 15th. This new 11-song record sees Sammet, […]
UK pomp rockers CATS IN SPACE have released a new music video for ‘Thunder In The Night‘, the track is taken from their 3rd album ‘Daytrip To Narnia‘, which will be released on March […]
ANNOUNCED TODAY VIA BLACK STONE CHERRY’S WEBSITE: We’re hittin’ the road with our great friends Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown this spring – tickets just went on sale today! Check out the new dates […]
In celebration of 50 years, King Crimson announces 50 Concerts for 2019. The current eight musician line-up will perform 50 concerts across three continents as part of their 2019 Celebration tour. Since the band’s […]
Mike Tramp, ex-White Lion singer, release today the single “Dead End Ride“, a highway song for classic FM radio and a first taste to “Stray From The Flock” album, due to be released on […]
KISS will perform a rare club show in Los Angeles next month as they launch their “End Of The Road” farewell tour. The band will play an intimate invitation-only show for SiriusXM subscribers and […]
West Coast metal veterans Metal Church will join forces with German metal queen Doro Pesch for a U.S. tour in April and May. Metal Church fans will be treated to several songs off the […]
OVERKILL releases lyric video for “Head Of A Pin”, KORPIKLAANI release lyric video for ‘Beer Beer’ featuring KLAMYDIA’s Vesku Joskinen, FOREVER STILL announce new album “Breathe In Colours” and launch first single & pre-order. […]
UK black hearted extremists Anaal Nathrakh will descend on Australia in early March for their first ever Headline tour. The band released their latest terrifying slab of hatred, A New Kind Of Horror, in […]
The Dandy Warhols celebrate their jubilee year by dropping their appropriately-titled Why You So Crazy LP on out today on Dine Alone Records. Has it really been a quarter of a century? Most of […]
Due to popular demand a second Melbourne show has been added for Philip H. Anselmo and The Illegals and King Parrot at The Corner Hotel on Thursday 4th of April. They’ve also added a […]
Bad news first… it is with great regret we announce that Andy Black has cancelled his trip and will no longer be making it to Download 2019 …. A message from Andy… “Due to […]
Due to phenomenal demand, Fleetwood Mac have added additional shows to their upcoming Australia & New Zealand tour with extra stops Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Auckland…and now Perth! Produced by Live Nation, the tour […]
Do Re Mi, arguably the most successful Australian act of the post-punk era, make their long overdue return this summer for the By The C Festival appearances (featuring Icehouse and Sunnyboys) and headline shows […]
Video’s of the 2nd From Classical to Rock benefit concert which took place at the Irvine Barclay Theater on April 28, 2018 have been posted below. Artists included John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls) and […]
MONSTER FEST in association with UMBRELLA FILMS are proud to present “ONE NIGHT ONLY screenings” of the black metal biopic LORDS OF CHAOS on on Friday February 22 across Australia and New Zealand. After […]
It howls. It’s grindingly beautiful. It’s dangerously sentient. It’s The Sisters of Mercy returning to Australia this October and November for their first headline shows in over 7 years! Propelled from the obsession with […]
Billboard called BRING ME THE HORIZON’s amo “one of the most anticipated albums of 2019,” Forbes said that it’s “perhaps the first major rock release of the year” and NME described the album as […]
Frontier Touring and Roundhouse Entertainment regret to advise that due to medical restrictions, Rodriguez’s planned shows in Australia and New Zealand in February and March have been cancelled. Rodriguez is very upset at having […]
GIRLSCHOOL are a British rock band that formed in the new wave of British heavy metal scene in 1978, frequently associated with contemporaries Motörhead. They are the longest-running all-female rock band, still active after […]
As teased late last year, STATIC-X will head out on their highly-anticipated Wisconsin Death Trip 20th Anniversary tour this summer, which will also serve as a memorial tribute to late vocalist Wayne Static. The […]
We all wade through archetypes. We all ARE archetypes. Distant echoes of a life both primeval and noble. To embrace these archetypes, to accept them not only as a part of life but as […]
Australia are you ready? Well you better be well prepared because we have seen nothing like this before. A 3 pronged attack of darkened, deathly Swedish majesty, in the form of AT THE GATES, […]
San Diego heavy psych trio EARTHLESS have added an extra Melbourne show to their Feb/March national tour and have switch venues for their Perth show. The extra show is at the Tote in Collingwood, […]
After the huge success of his latest and thirteenth solo record ‘Mankind Woman’, Heavy Psych Sounds Records are proud to release the upcoming new album by desert rock icon BRANT BJORK! ‘Jacoozzi‘ was captured […]
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