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The wait is over for fans of Sydney’s Flickertail with the band’s 5-track debut EP, Hurry Up and Wait, dropping today via Golden Robot Records on CD and digital. One could say this is […]
A roundup of the latest news from napalm Records including news from W.A.S.P., Candlemass and Paddy And The Rats. On February 2nd, 2018 W.A.S.P. released their critically acclaimed 25th anniversary edition “ReIdolized […]
After the successful first edition of DIRECT UNDERGROUND FEST in 2017, this year will see the return of the mini-festival bringing together some of the best and darkest bands in the heavy music realm. […]
Saxon have released the third single and video from their new mighty Thunderbolt album. “This is album 22 and it’s called Thunderbolt. It’s a Storming Smashing Thundering collection of tracks we’ve been crafting with Producer, […]
As the black metal scene in the late ’80s and early ’90s proved, sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction, and Tales From the Black Circle dives into shocking true stories of a time of […]
ARIA charting singer songwriter Rose Carleo and her zealous new band unleash their debut single ‘Battle Scars’, on March 23, 2018. The days of the blues laced country rock tunes have taken a not-so-subtle change […]
Rock radio hit-makers Red Sun Rising return with the music video premiere for their first single, “Deathwish”, off the band’s forthcoming sophomore release Thread out on March 30th (Concord Music/Razor & Tie/Caroline Australia). Watch […]
Jet are getting the band back together & hitting the road for the 15th Anniversary of ‘Get Born‘. The band are celebrating the anniversary with a slew of tour dates across Australia including Perth which […]
HYPNO5E have release a new track, the 11 minute ‘Who Wakes Up From This Dream Does Not Bear My Name‘ off the upcoming album ‘Alba – Les Ombres Errantes‘ out on April 6 via Pelagic […]
Food glorious food, sizzling burgers with mustard! While we’re in the mood, hot pizza and mushrooms! Tacos, donuts and Gozleme! What next is the question? In-di-gestion! Download Melbourne has a plethora of goodies to […]
Resist Records is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Reverence, the sixth studio album from Australian metal band Parkway Drive. Due out May 4, Reverence is the most sonically adventurous and emotionally intense […]
Joe Bonamassa, the two-time GRAMMY-nominated blues rock guitar icon, who will kick-off his UK and European tour March 9th, has announced the release of British Blues Explosion Live on Friday 18th May on CD/DVD/Blu-Ray & […]
Peter Banks was one of the original members of YES and an accomplished guitarist, but sadly passed away in 2013. Be Well, Be Safe, Be Lucky…The Anthology is the FIRST EVER compilation of his […]
Topping charts worldwide this past weekend, Bad Wolves’ cover of The Cranberries’ “Zombie” has hit #1 in multiple countries around the globe. The track will appear on the band’s debut album Disobey, coming out […]
The original rock ‘n roll outlaws, Rose Tattoo will be kicking off their Blood Brothers 2018 tour at the end of this month. To celebrate the tour, Golden Robot Records are reissuing the bands classic 2007 album, Blood Brothers on March 23. […]
The war rages on! Old school metal veterans MEMORIAM are set to unleash their second album, »The Silent Vigil«, on March 23rd, 2018 via Nuclear Blast Records. Just a year after the release of their debut […]
Dokken have announced the release of “Return To The East Live 2016” package on April 20th, which was captured during their historic reunion shows of that year. The new CD and DVD/Blu-Ray package features footage […]
On The Blue, one of the leading music cruise experience producers over the past 20 years, has just announced their inaugural ON THE BLUE CRUISE. Hosted by Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues, this 5-night […]
“RISE UP”, the first Single off their new album “BURN IT DOWN” “RISE UP”, the first single off THE DEAD DAISIES’ new album “BURN IT DOWN” sets the scene for another huge year for the […]
Not only is Judas Priest’s latest studio triumph, ‘Firepower,’ out today, as well as a new video for one of the album’s standout tracks, “Spectre”, but there is additional exciting news. Judas Priest fans […]
I Want To Know What Love Is, Cold As Ice, Waiting For A Girl Like You, Hot Blooded, Juke Box Hero. FOREIGNER‘s timeless anthems continue to rock the charts with ten multi-platinum albums, sixteen Top […]
Chocolate Starfish – regarded as one of Australia’s best live bands of the 90s boasting two Top 10 albums and six Top 50 singles – has released their first full-length album in twenty years! […]
Leading up to the posthumous release of Rick Parfitt’s upcoming debut album ‘Over And Out’, earMUSIC launches the lyric video for the second single ‘Long Distance Love’ on their official YouTube channel today. Chris […]
From the mid-80s until last decade, DYNAMO OPEN AIR in Eindhoven, Netherlands was an iconic metal festival and the go-to-place for metal maniacs from all Europe. It all started in 1981, when André Verhuysen […]
French post metal pioneers HYPNO5E have always been a borderline band, in the truest sense of the term: a band that transcend the borders and limitations of not only the genre of music which […]
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