Reviews of live concert performances and events with full photo galleries.
EVIL. OMINOUS. SYNTH. These were the overarching themes of Mortiis’s first Australian tour. The former Emperor member travelled to us from the far land of Norway, bringing his particular style of dark ambience down […]
The behemoth that is Machine Head rolled into Perth on Tuesday night to end their massive Australasia tour that took in Japan, New Zealand and Australia and what fitting way to close out the […]
Saturday, July 21 brought Buckcherry to the Criterion in Oklahoma City for a rousing show full of surprises. The first was the opening band, Killer Strut, a local band from Oklahoma City but there […]
With Lloyd Spiegel’s latest release “Backroads” currently sitting No1 on the Australian Blues & Roots charts, it was no surprise that The Ellington would be a sell-out on a Thursday night. The dimly lit […]
With a rather fine self-titled solo album to launch (his 7th in all) Ian Moss packed out Perth’s Astor theatre tonight despite the weather deciding to make things difficult, dumping rain and howling winds […]
Rock and heavy metal entertainers, Vince Neil, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, Lita Ford, Great White and Quiet Riot make up the Island Rock Party which was held at the Treasure Island Amphitheater during the annual […]
As torrential rain and wild winds battered the outside of Scarborough’s Indi Bar on Saturday Night, inside it was a night of mainly wild, live music that was making an impression on the gathering […]
To celebrate 26 years of their seminal debut album, Aussie stoner rockers Tumbleweed hit the road to perform the album in it’s entirety, kicking off on the west coast this weekend before hitting the […]
On a chilly Saturday night in Scarborough, Radio Moscow played to a sold out Indi Bar and warmed our hearts with the soul of rock and roll. Want to know how it went? Well, […]
There are few Australian bands with the pedigree of The Angels and none we’d ague with a catalogue quite like they have built over the years. Tonight The Angels’ 40th Anniversary Tour of the classic […]
It’s been 10 years since those street metallers Hardcore Superstar last hit Australian shores and judging by the anticipation and build up in the weeks leading up to this tour, it’s been 10 years […]
Music fans wanting a little variety with their summer tour package are getting that very thing with the “Poison…Nothin’ But A Good Time 2018” tour. Iconic rock band POISON, with all original members, are […]
When this show was announced I must admit I wondered if we’d ever see it come to be. Extreme and Mr Big are of course both huge names in late eighties/early nineties rock but the […]
THE IRON MAIDENS with Legs Electric @ Badlands Bar There aren’t many gigs you go to see, where the support act are an original band and the main event only perform covers, but this was […]
I’m not even sure where to start because there’s so much to say. The venue is a historic old theater in downtown St. Paul that housed acts like The Marx Brothers. Fast forward to […]
ROCKLAHOMA 2018 This year marks the tenth anniversary of Australia’s finest Rock and Metal website’s coverage of America’s best Festival – Rocklahoma. Over the years we’ve seen hundreds of bands stride the stages in Pryor […]
It’s been a massive few weeks in Australia for rock and metal fans and tonight it’s Seether’s turn to hit up Melbourne, rock city. By the time Melbourne prog rockers Orsome Wells hit the […]
Dave Hole’s Australian Tour, to launch the release of his new album “Goin Back Down”, came to a close at Perth’s Charles Hotel on Saturday 26th May. To a packed house, (no mean feat as […]
Rock on the Range 2018 came and went as quickly as the stormy weather this past weekend in Columbus, Ohio. Mother Nature was determined to wreak havoc on North America’s largest music festival for […]
Getting Swedish, industrial metal titans PAIN to Australia has been an emotional rollercoaster for the fans. While they have been an active band since 1997, until now, PAIN have never ever played a live […]
The glam boys of fun and rock, Steel Panther have been tearing it up across Australia this past week, bringing a 2 set stage show filled with a best of set plus an addition […]
Apocalyptica – wow that’s hard to spell – 4 cellists that play metal music; with only 4 instruments. As I’m standing in the corner before the show starts, smoking in this little grassy knoll […]
It’s been a long time coming but Perth finally got to witness the return of Brazil thrash legends Sepultura after what seems like years and years since their last time on the west coast […]
A little bit of the old Sunset Strip came to Perth on Friday night as the legend and original drummer of Guns N’ Roses, Steven Adler brought his Adler’s Appetite band to the sunny […]
Europe’s first ever date in Australia, after an incredible career spanning 39 years and counting, had a Perth crowd in the palm of their hands all night and left us all begging for more. It’s […]
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