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Inspired by Alter Bridge, Alice In Chains, Metallica, Judas Priest, Godsmack and Kings X, ABANDONED SOULS’ sound is powerful, heavy, rhythmic, melodic, and personal. Unleashing their fifth release and latest EP “Make It Last” […]
Coming off a successful Australian tour supporting Airbourne and the release of their first cover for David Bowie’s “Lazarus” in early 2017, The Ugly Kings are finally ready to launch the first original single, […]
Coming off their most-successful world tour to date, ALTER BRIDGE announces the release of a new live album and rarities collection. Live at the O2 Arena + Rarities is scheduled for worldwide release on […]
Dept. Of Gloom have a musical pedigree and backstory that would take hours to dissect. The sum of their collective parts reads like a short history of Australian rock! Their members coming from bands […]
Performing last night at the Sydney Opera House for Vivid Live, The Preatures revealed to the sold out crowd their highly anticipated second album, titled GIRLHOOD, will be released Friday August 11th. Available to […]
Ozzy Osbourne featuring Zakk Wylde, Prophets of Rage, Five Finger Death Punch, Rob Zombie and Incubus top the bill for the fourth annual Louder Than Life destination festival, Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October […]
One of Australia’s most loved musicians with over one million record sales under his belt, Pete Murray has today released his sixth studio album, Camacho. After impressing with his beat-driven, anthemic single Take Me […]
One of the most influential rock bands of all time, Deep Purple, recently released their brand new studio album InFinite via earMUSIC/Sony Music Australia InFinite is the highly anticipated follow up to their most […]
Hearts and minds–and, it goes without saying, eardrums–were just blown as the world’s biggest exporter of undiluted American stadium rock, Foo Fighters, surprise-released ‘Run’, a monolithic song of the year shoo-in as melodic as […]
It was big in 2015, huge in 2016, and today the Australian Music Association has announced the 2017 return of the Melbourne Guitar Show to rock Caulfield Racecourse on August 5 and 6 – […]
Don’t Miss this Summer’s Biggest Hard Rock Party: Creed’s SCOTT STAPP & Full Band Performing Creed Hits SICK PUPPIES DROWNING POOL TRAPT ADELITAS WAY + More of your favorite bands appearing on select dates! […]
Perth progressive metallers Nucleust have revealed details for their debut full-length album which will be titled “Terra Cerebral”. To be released on July 28th through Rockpit Records, the album will feature 8 brand new […]
TOUR KICKS OFF JULY 26 IN INDIANAPOLIS ON THE HEELS OF OVERSEAS SHOWS AND FESTIVAL APPEARANCES SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM OUT JUNE 9 VIA EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT The Magpie Salute – Credit: Shervin Lainez […]
Northlane have dropped their brand new single “Solar”. Lifted from their critically acclaimed fourth album, Mesmer, Solar is a groove-laden, multi-layered prog journey that showcases the incredible vocal talent of Marcus Bridge whose range and […]
Fresh from the staggeringly successful USA, European and UK tour including a magnificent sold out London Palladium, Steve Hackett is excited to announce the conclusion of his Australian tour with a special one off […]
Heavy metal titans METAL CHURCH will be touring Europe and the US extensively from this Friday onwards. They will once again be presenting their latest studio album »XI«, which hit the charts worldwide (Switzerland #30, […]
As vital as they’ve ever been – if not more so, considering what a state the world is in – Hacktivist are back with the addition of new vocalist and brother-in-arms Jot Maxi, who will […]
Jessie Galante and Alessandro Del Vecchio duet on “More Like Love Divine”, second single taken from Jessie’s new album “The Show Must Go On”. This classic Melodic Rock song produced by Del Vecchio features Mario Percudani(Hungryheart, Ted […]
GET PUMPED. Hotly tipped Milwaukee punk quartet DIRECT HIT! are headed to Australia for the first time ever. Still giddy from the international pick up of their 2016 Fat Wreck Chords LP WASTED MIND, […]
In 1789 the French had finally had enough of absolutism in the form of the monarchy driven government and vented their collective spleen by storming the Bastille. In 1977 the people of Australia were […]
Yours & Owls Festival today announce they are giving the big ol’ finger to adulthood by chucking one epic party at Waves on Saturday September 30 kicking off at 11am for all the babes out […]
MoonJune Records‘ heavy weight, Belgian-Italian guitarist extraordinaire Michel Delville is returning for the 9th time to the extended MoonJune family (his 10th album participation on MJR, on Dominique Vantomme’s new album “Roads”, will be released before the […]
Donnarumma have today announced their raucous debut single Love Your Man, a horn-bouyed heavy hitter that leaves little to the imagination, out June 2. The trio have also dropped a spectacularly menacing clip to […]
Perth metal record label Prime Cuts, run by Soundworks Touring guru Glenn “Dysie” Dyson is closing it’s doors after 15 years. The label has supported local Perth bands by distributing, promoting and handling releases by […]
Following up on the success of their massive single #104, Melbourne’s Alpha Wolf have revealed their debut album Mono will be released July 14th via Greyscale Records, pre-orders are now available HERE. “Mono is an […]
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