Reviews of live concert performances and events with full photo galleries.
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 […]
It’s been a long time between drinks but UK metal icons Cradle Of Filth returned to Australia this past week with a final stop in Perth on Monday night, or as Dani Filth put […]
Everyone’s favourite travelling music festival, Groovin The Moo has come and gone for another year but as usual we were on hand to capture some of the best moments at the Bunbury show this […]
Heavy rockers Stone Sour rolled through Oklahoma City this weekend as part of their headline US tour in support of their latest album “Hydrograd”. Supporting the Corey Taylor led band were rock duo ’68 […]
Five Finger Death Punch hit the road this Spring across North America in support of their latest album “And Justice For None”, an epic effort that has grabbed the attention of fans for all […]
On the back of his latest album Ámr and after playing over east with the likes of Belphegor and Revocation, Ihsahn brought his band to Perth for a chilly Tuesday night of heavy metal […]
It was a match made in heaven for modern tech metal fans as American progressive band The Contortionist and UK metallers Sikth teamed up for an Australian tour this past week, a return for […]
BulletBoys made it all the way to Australia for their first Australian Tour and over the last few days have treated audiences to a glimpse of what we’ve been missing out on all these years. […]
If you want a chance to witness one of the great British bands of the seventies then this is the tour for you. Tonight Adelaide was treated to a first glimpse of British Rhythm and […]
Squeeze are one of those bands that in the late seventies and early eighties especially couldn’t put afoot wrong, but even aside from their much lauded early catalogue they never stopped making great music, though […]
When you talk of icons of classic metal they don’t come much bigger than Manowar. Whilst Aussie fans have been starved of their opportunity to catch Manowar in the flesh, this was the next […]
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