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A roundup of the latest news from Metal Blade Records including updates on Crimfall, Bloodclot (feat Nick Oliveri), Destrage and Powerwolf. On August 25th, Finnish cinemascope metallers Crimfall will release their new album, […]
BangerTV has posted a second, behind-the-scenes look at the forthcoming virtual reality documentary “WELCOME TO WACKEN,” the first fully 360° virtual reality music festival documentary, produced by Canada’s BANGER FILMS (Metal Evolution, Iron Maiden: Flight […]
Your Choice is a music industry supported campaign to address the growing cultural issues around behavior and lack of personal accountability within Australian venues and event spaces. There is a shared responsibility and shared accountability […]
Towering above the vast majority of nefarious contemporary noisemakers, London’s Akercocke erupted across the consciousness of the UK metal scene in the late ‘90s, wielding a fiendishly inventive blend of death, black and progressive […]
Japanese instrumental rock outfit MONO are returning to Australian shores this November in a tour presented by Bird’s Robe and TheMusic.com.au. In celebration of ten years since their debut visit to Australia, the band will visit Adelaide for the […]
Nine Inch Nails have returned with a new track, “Less Than” – receiving it’s first play in Australia on triple j breakfast this morning, it is first taken from a newly announced EP, ADD VIOLENCE, due July 21 […]
Nearly three years in the making, SATYRICON have announced that ‘Deep calleth upon Deep’, their highly anticipated ninth studio album, is set for release on 22nd September via Napalm Records. Recorded in Oslo, Norway […]
Neck Deep has released the third track and music video for “Motion Sickness”, the lead track on their upcoming album, The Peace and The Panic, due out August 18th via Hopeless Records. On the track, singer […]
Citizen have announced they will release their new upcoming LP, As You Please on October 6 via Run For Cover Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia. PRE-ORDER AS YOU PLEASE HERE Citizen’s As You Please reports from ground zero of an […]
Multi-platinum Grammy-nominated rock superstars FALL OUT BOY are set to return to Australia for four mammoth shows in 2018. FALL OUT BOY emerged as the biggest underground band in the early 2000’s with the […]
Milwaukee punk quartet DIRECT HIT! are headed to Australia for the first time ever and they have collected a neat little local lineup to accompany them . Still giddy from the international pick up […]
UK’s legendary extreme metal icons CRADLE OF FILTH have released the music video for the first single off their eagerly awaited 12th album, Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness Of Decay. The album is now available for pre-orders. Pre-orders […]
Iceland’s Sigur Rós return to Australia this July, performing at Splendour in The Grass festival in Byron Bay, and concerts at Sydney’s Hordern Pavillion and Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena. Having been made aware of recent comments […]
Falling in Reverse have shared the cinematic video for the song Superhero from their latest album Coming Home, out now via Epitaph Records. The story follows a group of precocious and resourceful youths dealing with a […]
Today American Power Trio PRONG release “Divide And Conquer” as the second digital single from their upcoming studio album “Zero Days“. Tommy Victor says about the song: “Hey our new single DIVIDE AND CONQUER is […]
Founding KISS guitarist, solo artist, and 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Ace Frehley has premiered an all new bonus track titled “Hard For Me” today exclusively via ULTIMATECLASSICROCK.COM. The track will appear […]
Today Manchester Orchestra share ‘The Moth’ the third track to appear from their hotly-anticipated fifth album A Black Mile To The Surface, which will be released July 28th, 2017 via Caroline Australia / Loma Vista Recordings. […]
With his forthcoming debut solo album, Rex Brown, best know as the bassist for defunct metal gods Pantera, is aiming to showcase his talent as a frontman and carry the torch for classic rock […]
Bringing to close an unforgettable 14-date European Winter tour of their 2016 summer hit album Your Wilderness, The Pineapple Thief, led by post-progressive mastermind Bruce Soord and reinforced by Gavin Harrison (King Crimson) on drums with Darran […]
Perth cerebral metallers Nucleust have recently completed recording their full length debut album which will be called Terra Cerebral and released on July 28 via Rockpit Records, through Firestarter Distribution. The band have just […]
Trash Boat have announced they will playing a very special run of headline shows this August. Heading to Australia to support Trophy Eyes on The Home Is Australian Tour, Trash Boat will take some time away to play […]
Ahead of the Australian tour that starts next week, American rock duo ’68 (featuring Josh Scogin ex-The Chariot/Norma Jean) announced a slew of amazing and eclectic Australian acts opening up their shows, all in support […]
Black metal originators VENOM INC. will unleash their upcoming full-length opus, »Avé«, out August 11, 2017 via Nuclear Blast. After setting the metal world ablaze with their latest music video for ‘Dein Fleisch‘, the band […]
70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, has announced ticket sales dates for Survivors and the first 17 of 60 bands to perform on board. The much-anticipated 8th edition sails […]
Belgian dark rock outfit DIABLO BLVD is proud to announce the launch of 2 brand new music videos. ‘Animal’ and ‘Sing From The Gallows’ are the first 2 singles taken from the highly awaited […]
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