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2023 sees 40 years since Swedish rock icons EUROPE released their self-titled debut album and to celebrate the milestone, the band are set to tour this Autumn. Tickets are available here The band, with millions […]
Swedish industrial cult act DEATHSTARS finally return with their latest sonic output Everything Destroys You, which will be released on May 5th through Nuclear Blast Records. Their first release in over eight years marks a […]
Motörhead, the iconic Godfathers of heavy metal, unleash a brand new video for the previously unreleased track “Greedy Bastards”, taken from the upcoming release Bad Magic: SERIOUSLY BAD MAGIC. “Greedy Bastards” is the second rare gem found in the recording […]
Quiet Riot has just re-released “REHAB: RELAPSED AND REMASTERED” via Red Samurai Music. The album includes a previously unreleased track entitled “I Can’t Hold On,” originally written and demoed by Kevin Dubrow and Alex Grossi in […]
The mood is jazz. The icon is Rickie Lee Jones. The voice just keeps getting better. Rickie Lee Jones’ latest album Pieces of Treasure (BMG Modern) is a reunion with her lifelong friend, legendary producer Russ Titelman, […]
GUN will be hitting the road in 2023 for a series of special acoustic shows this Spring. Following a benchmark year that saw them release the critically acclaimed new album ‘The Calton Songs’, pick-up multiple […]
British hard rock legends and progenitors Uriah Heep release the second single “Hurricane”, taken from their twenty-fifth studio album Chaos & Colour, set for release January 27th, 2023 via Silver Lining Music. The anthemic and […]
From the moment Wisconsin Death Trip was released to an unsuspecting world, Static-X stood above. Their industrial alt-rock hybrid “Evil Disco” shook metal from its stagnant state and redefined what can be done with heavy music. Each subsequent album enhanced […]
After a massively successful 2022; West Australian rockers DICE are crossing the Nullarbor for the 3rd time in 12 months to bring their sophomore EP ‘Time Will Tell’ to the live stage this May & June. With over 13 million streams […]
Brisbane sleaze rockers Snake Bite Whisky are heading out on the road across the east coast of Australia and New Zealand on the “Blood ‘N Beers Tour”. Formed in December 2014 and quickly establishing themselves as Australia’s […]
Melbourne hard rock act Torrential Thrill have announced their new album “State Of Disaster” set for release on April 1st 2023. To celebrate the announcement, the band have released the first single “High Society” alongside […]
Geoff Tate has announced the supports for RAGE FOR ORDER / EMPIRE Australian shows starting IN TWO WEEKS! Some of Australia’s finest have stepped up for these support slots.And if your quick enough, check out […]
2023 sees the 45th anniversary of what is widely regarded as one of the greatest live albums of all time, Thin Lizzy’s double platinum-selling Live And Dangerous. It’s out now as a definitive 8-CD super deluxe […]
3x GRAMMY® Award-nominated guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa and Sixthman, the leader in festivals and music cruises for more than a decade, are proud to announce the addition of 3 new amazing artists to the Keeping the Blues Alive At […]
Just a few days before the new LIV SIN album drops, here’s a new digital single from the Swedish band led by the Sister Sin singer: “I Am The Storm”. “This song is probably the most dynamic […]
On their cinematic new single “Throw That Stone,” featuring guest vocals by bluegrass singer Brenna Macmillan and mandolin by the acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Warren Hood, the Indiana blues-rock outfit The Cold Stares channel some of the greatest artists in […]
Ahead of their forthcoming Australian tour, The Butter Miracle Tour 2023, Counting Crows have today announced legendary punk/rock artist Frank Turner as special guest on all headline shows. Turner released his ninth studio album FTHC early last year, a record of reckonings, realisations […]
Metal titans, UNEARTH etched their name into the annals of hard rock history through unrelenting determination, tireless energy and a catalogue of stone cold classics. Two decades into a triumphant career, the Massachusetts-bred New Wave of American […]
Fresh from their return to the road after the Covid-19 lockdown, NWOBHM Illuminati TYGERS OF PAN TANG are ready to release the latest album of a career that started back in 1978. But, despite their veteran […]
Jethro Tull are pleased to announce their 23rd studio album, ‘RökFlöte’, which is set for release on the 21st April 2023 via InsideOutMusic. Following 2022’s ‘The Zealot Gene’, the band’s first album in two decades, Ian Anderson and the band are returning […]
The Orange County, CA-based zebrahead continue to bring their genre-jumping blend with their new song “Middle Seat Blues” mixing devil-may-care grooves, with their signature brand of punk and metal fusion. Get the song here zebrahead is vocalist/rapper […]
Rising like a rocket, maxxed-out rockers Kira Mac announce their ‘Downfall’ 9-date headline tour: an impressive feat, given that the band is not yet one year old! But this is a band that’s been making a hell of an impact, […]
Werewolves Of London is the long-awaited reissue of the 1998 concert release from British hard rock institution UFO. The show features the reunited classic line-up of the group with guitar extraordinaire Michael Schenker returning to […]
Metallica has unveiled a second glimpse into the intensity and expanse of its forthcoming 12th studio album, 72 Seasons, in the form of “Screaming Suicide.” “Screaming Suicide addresses the taboo word of suicide,” says James Hetfield. “The intention […]
This week, symphonic metal titans EPICA will finally kick off the Epic Apocalypse Tour 2023, a European co-headline tour with APOCALYPTICA, that will take them to 21 countries over the course of the next 3 […]
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