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HEAVY SCOTLAND will return with a bang in 2018 with a new date, extending the festival to three days from Friday 31 August to Sunday 02 September, returning to Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange. Exclusively playing in […]
Black Label Society has debuted a brand new track titled “All That Once Shined” from their brand new LP, Grimmest Hits, due out next year. The single is the second song the band has made […]
Going into the last few dates of their successful North American Rage On The Stage! tour, I PREVAIL have released their video for “Already Dead”, starring Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass. Directed by Samuel Halleen, the video features Gass as a vengeful internet […]
TOOL tribute act, “THIRD EYE” from Melbourne, Australia have been praised for not only the musical likeness of TOOL, but also for their re-creation of TOOL’s live show. The band incorporates breathtaking lighting and […]
PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS are announcing the release of their sophomore full-length, ‘Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue’ through the singer’s label Housecore in the Americas and in licence via Season of Mist in other […]
Beloved US alt-rockers THE LEMONHEADS will bring their cult live show back to our shores in February and March 2018, thanks to Handsome Tours. Having graced us with his ‘Baby I’m Bored’ LP reissue […]
L.A. GUNS was formed in 1982 by guitar player Tracii Guns and, then unknown singer, Axl Rose on lead vocals. The “classic lineup” of Guns, former Girl singer Phil Lewis, drummer Steve Riley, guitar […]
The gritty underground scene of Northside Dublin in the 1980s, the social unrest of the time…THE COMMITMENTS was a film which captured many a phenomena, though none more resounding than the talents of ANDREW […]
Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs has joined up with guitar player 331EROCK to release yet another brilliant take on iconic tracks, this time taking on such top pop hits as Britney Spears “Hit […]
Due to popular demand, rock icon ROGER WATERS has added two new dates to his critically acclaimed US + THEM Australian tour in February 2018, with second and final dates added for Sydney on […]
A roundup of the latest Napalm Records news including updates onWASP, Cavalera Conspiracy, Alestorm and Audrey Horne. This year marks the 25th anniversary of “The Crimson Idol” The legendary story of Jonathan Aaron […]
A roundup of the latest news from Metal Blade Records including updates from Entrails, Hamferd, Fates Warning, Mother Feather, Good Tiger plus Metal Blade launches Chrismassacre. To celebrate the holiday season, Metal Blade […]
Babylon A.D. formed in 1987 and now thirty years later the band has released their new album, “Revelation Highway” via Frontiers Music Srl. Order and stream the album here. Today the video for “One […]
The latest track to be made available from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds highly-anticipated new album ‘Who Built the Moon?’ is ‘It’s A Beautiful World’. The track is available immediately on iTunes with pre-orders […]
The Sepulnation is alive and well! Following their crushingly successful 2014 Australian Tour, Brazilian Metal Icons SEPULTURA unleash a heavy metal hurricane upon the Sepulnation in May 2018. Armed with their finest album in […]
A roundup of the latest news from Nuclear Blast including updates on In Flames, Tax The Heat, Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons and Almanac. Gothenburg-based metal heavyweights IN FLAMES surprise fans with […]
It is with deepest sorrow that we inform you of the death of Malcolm Young, beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother. Malcolm had been suffering from Dementia for several years and passed away peacefully on […]
Aerosmith‘s Joe Perry will release Sweetzerland Manifesto, his first non-holiday solo album in eight years, on January 19. “Sweetzerland Manifesto” marks Perry‘s sixth solo album and is comprised of 10 new tracks. The project features collaborations with Robin Zander of Cheap Trick, as […]
“I didn’t get into music because I wanted to be a big success…I originally went after music because I simply loved it. There wasn’t anything else for me. Nothing moved me like music did, and […]
THRASH ATTACK! If head snapping riffs, mosh stomping beats & loud, drunken, rowdy shows whet your metal appetite, then this banger is for you. LICH KING (USA) tour our region for the first time […]
San Francisco Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD, will release their highly anticipated new album Catharsis on January 26 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Today, the band has released a brand-new track from the album entitled “Beyond The […]
Grimm Jack’s latest video “Sex Drive” Which includes the hard rock staples of Hot Girls, A Cool Car And Fried Chicken! is out now- enjoy!
Venom Inc. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUSTRALIA! The formidable Abaddon, Mantas and Demolition Man descend on Aussie shores for their Avé Australis Tour in February 2018. Formed as Venom in 1979 in Newcastle […]
Perth cerebral prog metal act Nucleust have released video footage from their recent extensive tour around Australia in support of their latest album “Terra Cerebral” where the band hit all regions across the country […]
Dashboard Confessional has announced details of their long awaited new album, Crooked Shadows, to be released February 9th on Fueled By Ramen. Crooked Shadows marks Dashboard Confessional’s first new album in over eight years and […]
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