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Melbourne thrashers Desecrator have been leading the pack in thrash metal in Australia for a number of years now and the most surprising thing to not come out of that is an actual full […]
Combining a worldly sound from the ranks of Ireland and France, Molybaron have a rock sound that is mildly familiar but standing in it’s own identity as a band who simply take their influences […]
It’s been far too long since we heard from Brother Firetribe hasn’t it? But here it finally is, album number four and the first good thing to come out of Nightwish’s 2017 ‘hiatus’. Nightwish’s […]
Canadian thrash metal veterans Infernal Majesty may not be the most prolific band when it comes to putting out new music but their long experience in the metal world shows you dont need to […]
Spacetrucker are a fuzzy stoner rock band from St. Louis whose penchant for the rock n’ roll vibes that borrow influences from Kyuss and Black Sabbath is all you need to know to give […]
Hailing from the great metal city of Melbourne, Hollow World are putting out their debut full length album titled “Exanimate” which is about as intense and furious as melodic death metal can get. It’s […]
Obituary return with their 10th studio album, a self titled release that continues where “Inked In Blood” left off. Containing 10 brand new tracks including “Ten Thousand Ways To Die” which was originally released […]
OK so who needs a new Def Leppard live album? OK What about a live DVD? To be honest the answer to those questions might be very different when you see the show. ‘And There Will […]
Last Autumn’s Dream have been producing real quality Melodic Rock for 15 years now, and this is incredibly their 14th album in that time and their first of purely cover songs (though we’ve always loved […]
Let’s face it ECLIPSE is one of the best modern rock bands out there at the moment, tag them how you will, they manage to combine a real sense of melody and power, have a […]
You have to admire Krokus the band that sounded like Bon Scott era AC/DC before AC/DC existed are still going strong in their 32nd year and here we have their 18th studio album – a […]
Denmark’s ‘Bite the Bullet’ could be from anywhere or any time: their quirky take on Seventies Rock that is as ‘Retro’ as it is ‘Rootsy’ also puts their sound right in vogue at the moment. […]
Everything that was once old is new again and vice versa. Today the kids that reject the eighties and nineties rock put of hand seem to want to embrace the 7o’s and of course there’s […]
If you’ve ever been to Collie in Country Western Australia then you’ll know that Sisters Doll is perhaps the band least likely to hail from there, but hail from their they do, though these days […]
If you like your Rock N Roll with a distinct sleazy edge then pray welcome the new Danish sleaze rock kings! ‘Sin and Tonic’ is a record with a real Sunset Strip, late eighties sonic edge […]
I discovered The Obsessed back in the 1990’s when Kyuss was the big thing in stoner rock. It was bassist Scott Reeder who was on Kyuss’s very last album “…And The Circus Leaves Town” […]
Screaming Metal guitar, a high pitched scream and an immediate segue into a melodic refrain heralds the subtly titled ‘Goin’ in the Backdoor’ – the opener to Steel Panthers latest Hair Metal ‘smut-athon’. Ending […]
I wasn’t sure what I was in for when I saw the title of the first track ‘Pissy Flow’ and really, I still don’t know what to make of it. I liked it, but […]
Gnash Rambler are debuting their first studio album titled ‘GNASH RAMBLER’. A collection of Pop Punk anti establishment tunes making you feel like your back in the 80’s and 90’s. With a Ramones/Blink 182 […]
Not having heard New Yorkers Eve to Adam before I was quite eager to listen to some new rock and I was not disappointed. These guys cannot be pigeon holed into one particular sound. […]
Sydney metallers Flaming Wrekage have been working hard this past couple of years and with a ton of touring behind them, it has cultivated into a great set of songs for their new release […]
Iron Reagen appeared to initially start out as a side project when formed by members of Municipal Waste, Darkest Hour, and Cannabis Corpse back in 2012, fast forward 5 years to 2017 and the […]
There’s so much quality Melodic Rock out there at the moment, and no small chunk of it from Frontiers that you could argue the form is going through an artistic high even if that is […]
Aussie Rock music is still alive and kicking despite what they tell you. In May last year The Screaming Jets released their 8th studio album Chrome, their first in 8 years, a release that pricked […]
Formed back in 2008 Supergroup Chickenfoot who seem to have been in a holding pattern since the release of the first live album back in 2012 – ‘Chickenfoot LV’ have again spluttered into action with a new […]
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