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“Unbreakable (Orchestral Version)”, the second song from Stratovarius’ upcoming release “ENIGMA: Intermission 2”, has been released. Accompanied by a lyric video, it is the first time fans are able to hear a Stratovarius classic […]
In what is becoming something of a Christmas tradition, iconic rockers Dragon have announced a special December show at The Palms at Crown with their The Best of Countdown Chartbusters. Celebrating the institution that […]
Sevenfold have released Mad Hatter (Warner Bros. Records), a brand-new track written and recorded for Call of Duty®: Black Ops 4, the next highly-anticipated entry to the top-selling franchise scheduled for release on October […]
BLIND GUARDIAN to re-release another three of their classic albums, ACCEPT reveal details & pre-order of “Symphonic Terror – Live at Wacken 2017, MaYaN release ‘Saints Don’t Die’ music video. Germany based […]
In the course of the Hamburg Metal Dayz – an event parallel to the current Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Germany – Wacken Open Air has announced a string of new bands for the roster […]
“As the saying goes ‘Time flies when you’re having fun’…can it really be time to announce the line up for Amplified Version 3.0 already?! We’ve endured torrential storms in 2017 followed by blistering sunshine […]
After the successful release of his critically acclaimed, thirteenth solo album “Mankind Woman“, BRANT BJORK is now premiering a brand new music video for the track “Chocolatize“. Welcome to Brant’s living room, dive with […]
This November rock icons, DEF LEPPARD, have extended their 70-plus US and UK tour to run riot Down Under, finally playing their landmark, longest recording in full – 1987’s seminal Hysteria LIVE! German rock […]
Paul Kelly unveils the moving video for his new track, ‘A Bastard Like Me’, from celebrated Director Rachel Perkins (Mystery Road, Bran Nue Dae, Redfern Now, The First Australians and many more). Kelly explains, […]
After several headlining tours of North America with the likes of such acts as CHELSEA WOLFE and DEATH GRIPS, MINISTRY will continue to support their critically acclaimed album »AmeriKKKant« with a full U.S. tour this […]
2018 saw the Australian debut of the world’s premiere rock and metal festival Download! 30,000 heavy music fans descended on Flemington christening Melbourne into the Download family alongside Donington UK, (the spiritual home of […]
“Bloodbath is an amazing band and I’ve had the chance to do some vocals for their new, killer album along with Jeff Walker and Karl Willetts. It’s been a bloody honour and a lot […]
US post hardcore heroes THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS returns to Australia this November/December and this time they are armed with their recent album ‘The Awakening’, their first studio album in 4 years. Expect to […]
NYHC kings MADBALL are gearing up to join SUICIDAL TENDENCIES on the Still Cyco Punk After All These Tours on September 18th in Phoenix, Arizona! Today, the band released the music video for ‘Freight Train’ off their recent album, »For The Cause«. Watch the […]
Canadian based Aussie rockers, The Lazys recently released their banger of a new record, Tropical Hazards back in May via Golden Robot Records! Today the band drop the killer new video for Little Miss Crazy […]
The Big Bad Blues features BFG originals and classic blues covers Watch the “smokin’” new lyric video for Billy’s “Rollin’ and Tumblin’” HERE ZZ Top legend Billy F Gibbons drops his second-ever solo release, The […]
Due to overwhelming response for tickets, the organisers have made the decision to move Good Things Festival from Melbourne Showgrounds to it’s new home at Flemington Racecourse. With ticket sales being stronger than anticipated, Good […]
The entire DIO studio album collection is now complete! BMG and Niji Entertainment Group Inc. have partnered to reissue DIO’s 1996 – 2004 studio albums. Fans will finally be able to enjoy official versions of […]
WITHIN TEMPTATION – the legendary leaders of dark anthems, with a career spanning two decades – have announced their 7th album titled Resist, scheduled for release on 14 December 2018 via Vertigo/Caroline Australia. Resist […]
GRAMMY® Award-winning, acclaimed alternative rock luminaries, The Smashing Pumpkins will release their highly-anticipated new LP SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 / LP: NO PAST. NO FUTURE. NO SUN on November 16. Recorded […]
Metal icons SOULFLY are set to release their devastating new album “Ritual”, on October 19 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band has released a visualizer for the brand new single “Dead Behind The Eyes”. The song features […]
Veteran Bay Area hard rock group Night Ranger has released the official music video for the song “Truth“. The track is taken from the band’s latest studio album, “Don’t Let Up“, which was released […]
“Midnight Song“, the new video from Dream Child, the band featuring former members of Dio, AC/DC and Quiet Riot, can be seen below. The song is taken from Dream Child’s debut album, “Until Death […]
Grammy Award Winning Megadeth bassist, author, entrepreneur, and Metal Icon David Ellefson has announced a string of East Coast dates for his BASSTORY tour, with special guest BUMBLEFOOT (ex-Guns N’ Roses, Sons of Apollo) […]
Legendary musician Tom Morello teams up with K.Flay for his latest track Lucky One, off his highly anticipated forthcoming album, The Atlas Underground. Lucky One, featuring K.Flay is available everywhere now. The song and […]
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