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Melbourne quartet Ceres celebrate selling out their Drag It Down On You album headlining tour by announcing 91′ Your House tour kicking off in February to support their brand new single and video taken from their stunning sophomore release […]
Melbourne’s Justin Yap Band burst onto the blues scene in 2016 with a knockout sophomore album ‘Let Love‘, and have put a swag of class festivals and headline shows under their belt since. The soul-infused […]
Patti Smith and Her Band have announced that Bluesfest 2017 will be their last Australian festival performances, making them all the more special. The announcement comes just days after Bluesfest Touring added a final […]
Falling in Reverse have announced April 7, 2017 as the release date for their fourth album Coming Home via Epitaph.. Coming Home is available for pre-order here. The band has also shared the track listing, album artwork, […]
Amsterdam based metalband THE CHARM THE FURY have released the music video for their brand new song ‘Down On The Ropes’. They have also started the pre-order for their upcoming album »The Sick, Dumb & Happy«. […]
Swedish alternative rock/metal outfit IMMINENCE have released the music video for their brand new song ‘This Is Goodbye’. They have also started the pre-order for their new album of the same name. Eddie Berg, singer of IMMINENCE, […]
Finnish masters of melancholic progressive metal, AMORPHIS, recently played special shows (»An Evening With Friends« @ Juhlaviikot – Huvila) in Helsinki, where they have performed a very special setlist with guest musicians and friends. These shows will […]
Australia’s premiere incendiary extreme musical act, THY ART IS MURDER, is pleased to announce the return of vocalist C.J. McMahon. To cement McMahon’s return to his rightful throne, the band has released a brand-new song […]
Black Star Rider’s third album HEAVY FIRE already could be the album of 2017, building as it does on the sound they honed on their impressive debut and even more impressive follow-up. Indeed […]
An all-female guitarist compilation, She Rocks, Vol. 1., is due for release on January 20 in cooperation with the Women’s International Music Network (theWiMN.com), hosts of the famed She Rocks Awards. The compilation will be […]
BLACK CONJURATION FEST PRESENTS: PRIMORDIAL Exclusive Australian Performances, July 2017 Irish pagan black metallers, Primordial will visit Australia for the first time ever this July for two exclusive shows! With roots stretching back nearly 30 […]
Norwegian sludge noisemakers JAGGED VISION have just premiered a second new song off their forthcoming second full-length “Death Is This World” via Revolver Magazine. Listen to the frantic sounds of “Feeble Souls” via Revolver […]
After two successful EP releases on Holy Roar Records, British heavy progressive five-piece OHHMS return with their debut album “The Fool”, due out March 31st on Holy Roar Records. OHHMS have developed a loyal following amongst those that […]
DISPERSE have announced two new tours in early spring this year. The first leg will see the progressive shooting-stars touring native Poland with RETROSPECTIVE and AYDEN in early March. The second road-trip will find the band supporting […]
Grab your beer swigging boots and rejoice as Lagerstein and Keggin prepare to conquer Australia this February with a massive flurry of ships, shows and shoes. Featuring party pirates Lagerstein, the Suns Out Rums Out […]
CHILDREN OF BODOM‘s prodigious debut album »Something Wild« was released 20 years ago and thus the mighty Hatecrew were born. Finland’s melodic death superstars will take to the road in 2017 to celebrate 20 years of life in […]
Canadians ALL ELSE FAILS will be embarking on their first international tour, performing in India at the Unmaad Fest and Alcheringa Fest (details below). The festival appearances add to a long list of other high level performances over the years, including Van’s Warped […]
Northern Italy’s cold woods are set to unleash their fieriest beast, with ’70s power trio DOCTOR CYCLOPS returning with their blistering third album “Local Dogs” this March on Heavy Psych Sounds. DOCTOR CYCLOPS haven’t stood idle […]
Perth psych rockers Datura4 are set to launch their second album ‘Hairy Mountain’ with a run of much anticipated shows in NSW and Victoria this March. The tour will give East coast audiences their first […]
German Epic Symphonic Metal maestros Xandria have found lineup stability with singer Dianne van Giersbergen and are ready to take things to the next level with their seventh studio album Theater of Dimensions. The album is a hyper-emotional affair […]
With under a month until the Thrash, Blast and Grind mini-festival tour hits the highways, tickets are understandably selling fast. The news that Sydney’s Black Rheno have been invited to showcase at SxSW 2017 will push […]
Leeds’s Pulled Apart By Horses have announced their new album, The Haze, for release on March 17th 2017 via Caroline Australia. Having recently shared their first new music since 2014’s Blood LP in ‘The […]
BLACK STAR RIDERS ‘HEAVY FIRE’ INTERVIEW ONE – with DAMON JOHNSON The Black Star Riders was born not exactly out of the ashes of Thin Lizzy but certainly out of that great band just […]
The Vicious Head Society, the brainchild of Irish guitar virtuoso Graham Keane today reveals that debut album Abject Tomorrow will be finally released on 24th March 2017. Featuring guests such as keyboardist Derek Sherinan […]
Rheinberg, Germany-based Punkrock heroes BETONTOD have released another new song off their new record »Revolution« today. On ‘Welt In Flammen’ the band sings about their point of view on the controversial refugee situation and does not hold back. Here’s the […]
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