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Multi-platinum Grammy-nominated rock superstars FALL OUT BOY recently announced their mammoth Australian Tour in February / March 2018. The massive interest was evident from the moment the tour was announced it was one of […]
NEIL HILBORN is single-handedly bringing Poetry to the mainstream. The Viral poet has garnered critical acclaim with over 60 million views of his internationally successful poems including ‘OCD’, ‘Joey’, ‘The Future’ and author of […]
A roundup of the latest news from Napalm Records including updates on Samael, Exit Eden and Thy Antichrist. Swiss black metal pioneers SAMAEL have already given fans a first glimpse of their upcoming […]
Last week saw the announcement of SONS OF APOLLO, the highly anticipated new band featuring former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, […]
It is with regret that due to serious ongoing issues with Ginger Wildheart’s mental health, we will be unable to fulfil any scheduled live appearances in the very near future. Ginger is currently hospitalised and […]
Liam Gallagher’s high profile return has already encompassed life-affirming live shows, over 12 million streams of lead track Wall Of Glass, and the recent Chinatown, which Rolling Stone compared to the Oasis classic Champagne […]
45 years after Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour filmed Live At Pompeii in the legendary Roman Amphitheatre there, he returned for two spectacular shows that took place on July 7th and 8th, 2016, part of […]
Alternative rock’s most unconventional band, Circa Survive, have shared the second single and music video from their upcoming sixth full length, The Amulet, due out September 22nd via Hopeless Records. “Rites of Investiture” is an explosive cut […]
The long awaited full studio album from SikTh saw the release of The Future In Whose Eyes? earlier this year. The record has seen the band venture into new musical territories and exploring new […]
Led Zeppelin Masters – the all Australian production featuring Adelaide’s Zep Boys and The Black Dog Orchestra – will mark the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin when they once again rock bring their show to […]
David Roy Williams in collaboration with Principal Entertainment present Dweezil Zappa, son of the legendary Frank Zappa, celebrating 50 years of Zappa with a series of concerts and exclusive guitar masterclasses in Australia & New […]
Roundhouse Entertainment, in conjunction with Live Nation, is thrilled to announce that superstar singer-songwriter STEVIE NICKS will return to Australia for an exclusive run of her 24 Karat Gold shows this November, including three […]
This November will herald the return of true punk rock royalty to our shores, Marky Ramone. Marky is one of the last remaining members of The Ramones, and the one with the longest lineage, having handled skins […]
Australian melodic hard rock band The Radio Sun will release their fourth full length album ‘Unstoppable’ on October 20th 2017. Vocalist Jase Old and guitarist Stevie Janevski have written a bunch of new catchy, well […]
Tex-mex garage punk band Le Butcherettes will be bringing their sophisticated punk’n’roll to Australian stages this September/October to support fellow Texans At The Drive In at their Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne shows, as well […]
Alice Cooper and earMUSIC are celebrating the worldwide chart success of “Paranormal”. The album has been produced by long-time Cooper producer Bob Ezrin for earMUSIC, the rock label part of the Edel AG group, […]
Vertigo-inducing death metal overlords INCANTATION have dropped a festering and fetid new song, ‘Lus Sepulcri’, in the form of a dark and foreboding lyric video streaming exclusively at Loudwire. The song is taken from their […]
True avant-garde Norwegians ENSLAVED have announced the release of their epic new studio album for October 13th, 2017. This 14th full-length masterpiece sets the musical mind-twisters free from genre boundaries and offers an unprecedented […]
Few metal bands have been as influential and have had the longevity as Diamond Head – listed as a major influence by two of metal’s biggest, Metallica and Megadeth. Led by co-founding member/guitarist Brian Tatler, […]
Britain’s cult metallers PARADISE LOST have unveiled their brand new music video to their previously announced 7” single ‘Blood & Chaos‘, which is out in stores today. With this clip, the band presents a […]
Berlin, Germany-based rock overlords KADAVAR have released the first single off of their eagerly awaited fourth studio album, »Rough Times«. The 7″ vinyl single ‘Die Baby Die’ including the BEATLES cover ‘Helter Skelter’ is available now via http://nblast.de/KadavarDieBabyDieNB The official music video for the […]
The Darkness have released the highly entertaining, tongue-in-cheek video for their brand new single All The Pretty Girls, out now through Cooking Vinyl. Introducing the video in his own inimitable manner, frontman Justin […]
American rock band POP EVIL have been hard at work in the studio this summer working on an all new LP due out early next year. The band has brought on veteran producer Kato Khandwala […]
Black Country Communion the Anglo-American rock group comprising vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze), drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner), Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Billy Idol) and blues-rock guitarist/vocalist Joe Bonamassa, release […]
GONE IS GONE has released Echolocation, the grotesquely fun and bizarre companion video for their debut album’s title track. “The video is inspired by Gibsonton, Florida, the famous wintering and retirement home of traveling […]
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