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RILEY! recently announced their new EP To Live And Die In The American South which is set for release on 17th July 2026 via Pure Noise Records. Now the band have released their second single, Two Bucks ft. Eric Egan […]
Following the release of their lauded debut album Deuterium last month, Blindead 23 are back with a new video for standout single ‘You Are The Universe’. Blindead 23, formerly known as Blindead, is the new […]
Northern Horizon Music proudly presents the first explosive edition of Northern Horizon Festival: The Bird From Hell, taking place at Crowbar Sydney on Saturday, 28 November 2026. Tickets officially on sale: https://shorturl.at/JTEwr Headlining the inaugural event […]
ARIA, APRA and Golden Guitar Award-winning country artist Casey Barnes returns today with his uplifting new single SHE DOES, a feel-good country anthem celebrating the person who stands by you through life’s highs and lows. Arriving […]
This January 2027 marks a landmark moment as LEVEL 42 make their long‑awaited Australian debut, performing songs from World Machine alongside a set of their greatest hits. For the first time ever, Australian audiences will experience the […]
With over 30 million albums sold across a storied career, JAMES are amongst the most commercially and artistically successful bands of their era. They return to Australia and New Zealand for the first time since 2018 […]
In just under a month, UK alternative group Loathe will return to unveil A Stranger To You; one of contemporary heavy music’s most mythologised albums. Coming six years after their second album I Let It […]
San Antonio, TX rockers Kingdom Collapse have dropped an impassioned high voltage cover of Natasha Bedingfield’s, ‘Unwritten.’ You can listen to it HERE. The song is the latest single from their debut album Survivor, which […]
DEEP PURPLE have released their new single “Guilt Trippin’”—just days ahead of the worldwide release of their highly anticipated new studio album SPLAT! out July 3 on earMUSIC. Listen to “GUILT TRIPPIN’” & watch the video. […]
Hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, atmospheric metalcore powerhouse 156/Silence have shared their latest track, Proxy Idols and the official video stream. Today’s release is taken from the quintet’s forthcoming new album From A Distance set for release on […]
Rock and metal icon ROB ZOMBIE has released the official music video for ‘Tarantula,’ another standout track from his latest studio album, The Great Satan, available now via Nuclear Blast Records. The video arrives as fans continue to celebrate Zombie’s […]
Bring Me The Horizon today release Dehumanized, a brand-new original track written and recorded for Count Your Blessings | Repented, the forthcoming 20th anniversary re-recording of the band’s seminal debut album, arriving July 10 on […]
Rare is the song that can transport you to the most heavenly of places while making a few hellacious pitstops along the way. But Grammy-nominated and Platinum-certified modern rock dynamos I Prevail and alt goth x […]
Record-breaking, platinum-selling rock band The Pretty Reckless release their highly anticipated fifth studio album DEAR GOD, available now via Fearless Records – listen HERE. Written with diaristic honesty and unflinching self-reflection, DEAR GOD finds The […]
Revered Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and activist Xavier Rudd has unveiled one of the most significant releases of his career, the powerfully hypnotic single and video, Part of Life, via Salt.X Records & Virgin Music Group. […]
Standing at the cusp of what promises to be a bold creative chapter, Hunnu Rock pioneers THE HU will unveil their forthcoming third full-length album, HUN, out July 24 via BETTER NOISE MUSIC. Pre-order/Pre-save HUN here https://thehu.lnk.to/hun Today, they […]
Ice Nine Kills enter the fog today with Play Dead, a brand-new single and accompanying music video created in collaboration with Dead by Daylight, the world’s leading multiplayer horror game. Written for Dead by Daylight’s […]
Technical death metal juggernauts PSYCROPTIC present their new single, “No Blade Of Grass.” The track comes off the band’s impending new full-length, and first for Metal Blade Records, The Pulse Of Annihilation, set for release […]
Northern rock heavyweights Massive Wagons have announced a very special co-headline UK tour with Bradford rock legends Terrorvision. The Roar of the Roses Tour will bring together two of the UK’s most electrifying live acts […]
Multi-platinum hard rock powerhouse Five Finger Death Punch announce their highly anticipated tenth studio album, Legacy. The digital version arrives July 31 pre-order now at https://ffdp.lnk.to/Legacy CD, vinyl, and cassette versions will land on September […]
Revered Australian rock band The Screaming Jets have today announced 2 huge live events that will take them all the way from Tamworth in Northern NSW to Kirriemuir in Scotland! Lead by dynamic frontman Dave Gleeson, […]
Canadian roots, rock, and soul band Bywater Call are excited to announce the release “Is This Thing On?”, leading up to the July 29th release of their highly anticipated fourth studio album Broken Souvenirs featuring […]
Kivel Records is excited and proud to announce something we have been secretly working on for quite some time… SCAR CHAMBER! Founded and formed by guitarist Ron Freschi (Babylon A.D.) and lead singer Jeff Winslow, […]
One of Australia’s most beloved and enduring rock bands, You Am I, today announce their STRUNG UP tour, a special run of east coast Australian performances celebrating the 30th Anniversary of their seminal 1996 album Hourly Daily. […]
Live Nation has announced today that global heavy music icons, PARKWAY DRIVE, will showcase two of their most revered releases in exclusive album shows this August, on the Killing Horizons tour. On the first night in each […]
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