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The renowned J-Metal group, BABYMETAL released their highly anticipated new album METAL FORTH via Capitol Records. Along with the release, the group put out a new music video for their explosive track My Queen (feat. […]
LORD OF THE LOST indulge in darkness with the complex “Bazaar Bizarre”, the latest single off their upcoming studio album OPVS NOIR Vol. 1, out this Friday, August 8, 2025 via Napalm Records. Appropriately opulent, […]
Today, Swedish heavy metal force AMBUSH reveals the third single from the highly anticipated new album Evil In All Dimensions, out September 5, 2025, via Napalm Records! Arriving alongside a lyric video, “Come Angel of […]
Following chillingly dark recent single “Walking Wounded” – a track Revolver named one of the best tracks of its release week and “exquisitely funereal” – Cleveland, Ohio doom metal dealers FRAYLE are pleased to reveals […]
International metal group SINSAENUM returns in full force with the release of their devastating third studio album, In Devastation – out now worldwide via earMUSIC. Featuring ten relentless tracks, the album marks a bold and […]
For the last two years, Charlotte, North Carolina’s lauded metal monsters WRETCHED worked on the songs that would populate their long-awaited fifth full-length, Decay. Set for release on October 17th on Metal Blade Records, the […]
“Throne Of Ecstasy” is the latest single from long-running German black/thrash legion DESASTER. The track comes off the band’s tenth studio album, Kill All Idols, set for release on August 22nd on Metal Blade Records. […]
“Sarcophagi Of The Soul” is the latest single from technical death metal artisans REVOCATION. The track comes by way of the band’s ferocious new full-length New Gods, New Masters, set for release on September 26th […]
New Hampshire quartet GREAT AMERICAN GHOST — Ethan Harrison (vocals), Niko Gasparrini (guitar), Grayson Stewart (guitar), and Anthony Laur (bass) — have unleashed their cover of Deftones‘ classic Hole in the Earth from 2006’s Saturday Night Wrist. On the […]
CKY are the flag bearers for big, raw, authentic, earth-shaking rock liberated from useless pretence. They burned it all down, with a raucous, anarchic rock sound soaked in the skate-punk culture that birthed them; and […]
Australia’s fastest-growing rock label, XMusic, is thrilled to announce their first international signing, rock powerhouse Blvd Of Eyes. The band have just released their first single for the label, the caustic “Razor Steps”, and are preparing for an […]
Sydney singer-songwriter Georgia Mulligan has unveiled the third single from her upcoming album Unheaven– the new track, ‘Split’, is a stunning example of Georgia’s songwriting talent and of what’s to follow on the new record. […]
Central Arkansas-based quartet LEVELS — Kolby Carignan (vocals), Jager Felice (guitar), Jacob Hubbard (bass), and Dalton Kennerly (drums) — have just dropped the video for the new single Covert One. With its glitchy, skittish production, ferocious riffing, hellacious and blood-curdling shrieks, […]
Finnish heavy metal powerhouse BATTLE BEAST continues their unstoppable rise with the release of their brand-new single and music video ‘Here We Are’, out today on all platforms. With this new single, the band officially […]
The unmistakable voice behind UB40’s biggest hits is returning to Australia next summer as part of their Big Love World Tour. UB40 featuring Ali Campbell will bring some reggae cheer back to our shores as […]
Fresh from igniting mainstages at Europe’s biggest festivals, WA’s rip-roaring rock’n’rollers the Southern River Band announce their new album, Easier Said Than Done, out October 17 via Civilians. To celebrate, the band will play a […]
Their dynamic new single “Wonderful Wonderful” arrives Tuesday, 5 August, 2025 – a tempestuous exploration of desire and devotion that emerged from a storm-soaked night of creative intensity. Conceived on a honky-tonk piano during wild […]
German alt-rock quartet Letters Sent Home return with Bloom, a hauntingly melodic and emotionally charged new single in collaboration with Finnish alternative metal LUNA KILLS. “Bloom portrays the inner conflict you have with yourself when you’re in […]
This November, Jenny Don’t & The Spurs return to Australia, bringing their electrifying brand of high-energy Country & Western to stages across the East Coast, with shows that will leave you hollering for more. For […]
Hailing from New Jersey, Good Teal are putting out an explosive and eclectic hardcore sound. On August 15th, the band will release their debut Good Teal EP, meticulously self-record and produced, then mastered by Matt […]
Summer Anthem, the new EP from GRAMMY-nominated rock band Goo Goo Dolls, is set for release on August 22 via Warner Records. Consisting of 7 tracks, Summer Anthem is a precise, hard-hitting project, featuring the […]
ADAM AND THE HELLCATS are an unstoppable six-piece rock ‘n’ roll band from Bristol. The powerhouse act will release their eagerly awaited third album, 9 Lives, on Friday 3rd October. Prior to the release, the […]
Australian punk stalwarts The Smith Street Band today share new single ‘Star Child’. Out on Pool House Records this is the second single from the Naarm / Melbourne band’s forthcoming seventh album. Of the latest […]
Australian rocker Cassidy Paris is thrilled to unveil her new single, “Stronger”, out now via Frontiers Music Srl. Cassidy commented on the new single: “This is a song about my experiences in life dealing with situations that […]
Melbourne’s own hard rock favourites Ablaze have just dropped their long-anticipated second album Sink Ya Teeth In, and they’re all fired up and ready to tear through the UK and Europe later this month. The follow-up to their debut […]
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