It’s been five years since the world has heard new material from MOS GENERATOR, and fortunately, that streak is about to end! The brand new MOS GENERATOR full-length album is called Nomads and will be available world-wide on October 23rd, 2012 through Ripple Music. The nine track album features the heaviness and elegant melody that have become the trademark sounds […]

July 24, 2012 – Following from the July 13th announcement of UNFD signing Byron Bay outfit In Hearts Wake, the Melbourne based label has now released the music video for the band’s first single ‘TRAVELLER (The Fool)’ on their YouTube channel. The track is also available on iTunes. The official music video was written and produced by vocalist, Jake Taylor […]

“Monument rocks the night, the band have made a new start on a legendary genre. Traditional British metal played to perfection!”source: Metal Underground.com“A classic heavy metal cannon. Fans of proper metal definitely take note!“ source: Metal Hammer UK “The rightful heirs of the NWOBHM movement!” source: Rock Hard Greece Featuring former members of White Wizzard, Biomechanical and The More I See; British classic heavy metal band MONUMENT unleash their […]

Richard Clapton is one of Australia’s most loved and enduring songwriters. “Harlequin Nights“, his first album in eight years, celebrates the beginning of his fifth decade in the music industry. Featuring everything from 6 ½ minute musical epic “Vapour Trails” through to folk classic “Run Like a River” and a fellow party boy’s nod at Charlie Sheen in rocking first […]

We love it when our ‘Best Thing You’ve Never Heard’ artists start to take off and here we have Melbourne band ME, who have been making something of a splash in the UK this year, have confirmed their appearance at Australia’s Big Day Out 2013. The festival which takes place in Sydney, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth on 18th, […]

Five years ago, Rattlin Bones became the must-have album for 2008, with Australian audiences embracing the first musical collaboration of Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson and sending the album to the top of the ARIA charts.  After a brief hiatus where they returned to their respective solo careers, Kasey and Shane finally found time to write and record together again […]

NIGHTWISH return to Australia and to New Zealand for the first time in January 2013, bringing their dramatic and symphonic sound. Equal parts epic metal and gothic symphony, in the modern gothic genre NIGHTWISH stand alone. Their combination of seductive, emotional vocals and gallant guitar melodies are like a dark embrace you never want to be freed from. Gracing our […]

After taking a hiatus while frontman Paul Dempsey released his highly successful and acclaimed solo album, Something for Kate return with album number six and what is truly an adventurous, eclectic and inspired set of songs which demonstrate once again why they are one of Australia’s most respected and enduring acts. Having spent the past few months recording the new […]

It’s all systems GO here at TLE HQ, tickets for The Retrospective Tour are ON SALE NOW and what a morning it has been so far! Here is your warning, get in super quick as tickets are selling EXTREMELY FAST! Die hard TLE fans have already had their chance to snap up tickets and now is your turn to secure yourself a seat in the […]

On 21 September 2012, Shock & Eagle Rock Entertainment release “Classic Albums: ‘So’”, the next installment in the Classic Albums series on DVD and Blu-ray.  This release tells the story behind the making of his 1986 album “So”. It was Gabriel’s fifth solo album and the first one to have a title (the others all having just been called “Peter […]

FRIDAY JULY 20, 2012 – For the first time in Australia, Canada’s pop punk quartet Marianas Trench will hit the stage for a trio of headline shows this September. Following the earlier announcement of their appearance at Fat As Butter, Marianas Trench will head to Melbourne’s Corner Hotel (Sept 24) and Brisbane’s The Zoo (Sept 25) before winding up their […]

Multinational metallers RAVEN LORD have announced the addition of keyboardist “Pontus Larsson (Vindictiv, Firecracker)” and drummer “Henrik Hedman (Celestial Decay, Last Kingdom)” to the group’s ranks. RAVEN LORD are rapidly gaining a reputation for being the most exciting new Heavy Metal band on the planet. As they near completion of their debut album, they are ready to unveil two new heavyweight band members. The line-up features: Csaba […]

Instrumental melodic rock fans will be rejoicing this September as renowned guitarist Joe Matera unleashes his new album Creature Of Habit on the world. The Australian native has built up a fine body of work to date and this may well be his best yet. Following in the tradition of fellow instrumental artists such as Joe Satriani ,Matera has added […]

It’s been three years, and Nickelback is on it’s way back Australia! Tickets for all five shows will go on-sale Tuesday, July 31 at 9.00am (local time), available through Live Nation and Ticketek. Nickelback Fan Club members will be get first dibs on tickets beginning on July 23 at noon (local time). Fan Club details can be found here. My […]

Since announcing their Australian tour earlier in the year, the demands from THE TEA PARTY’s supportive fan-base for a LIVE DVD have been heard.  Whilst the band are recording a Double Live Record (cd & vinyl) during their July 2012 Oz tour, fully funded by their fans and available only through http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/theteapartylive, it seems fitting to have an accompanying Live DVD also. […]

AMERICA – Featuring Founding Members DEWEY BUNNELL and GERRY BECKLEY Australian Tour 2012 Tickets Selling Fast! With America’s 2012 Australian tour fast approaching tickets to all shows across the country are selling incredible fast. Don’t miss your opportunity to catch the celebrated Grammy Award-winning perennial classic rock band featuring founding members Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell.  AMERICA harmonised their way […]

Rock’s biggest underdog, Deuce has become the genre’s breakout artist of 2012. “America” – the lead single off of Deuce’s debut album Nine Lives, which Revolver Magazine proclaims is “A slick, nasty record that sounds like Eminem fronting Linkin Park” – is the #2 most selling rock track of the year thus far, second only to multi-platinum band Shinedown. The hit track landed Deuce a headlining slot on the […]

KISS’ LANDMARK RELEASE DESTROYER: RESURRECTED NEWLY REMIXED BY ORIGINAL PRODUCER BOB EZRIN – IN-STORES AUGUST 17TH. “Destroyer boasts plenty of sound effects, orchestras, and choirs that paved the way for other bands to rip them off for many years to come… easily one of the best albums in the Kiss canon.” – Pitchfork KISS is regarded as one of the […]

“There’s another unseen interview from 1985 filmed on set of ‘I Was Born To Love You’.  Very funny, Freddie tells us how Queen were in a lift when they found out they were no.1 with Bohemian Rhapsody, jumped for joy and the lift stopped. ‘We thought we’d all suffocate in the damned lift.’ Shock Entertainment & Eagle Rock are proud […]

Well the new album is done, and I must tell you, I am both pleased and proud. It has been such a comfort to finally be able to make this album, the kind of album I have never done before, and I am so looking forward to hear what you all think about it when the time comes. At this […]

PROPAGANDHI TO RELEASE SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM IN SEPTEMBER Celebrating three decades of life in the political and musical hinterlands, Propagandhi will release their sixth studio album, Failed States, on September 7th.  The album’s first single “Failed States” debuts today and can be heard now by going here –  http://soundcloud.com/epitaph-records/propagandhi-failed-states/s-msLZw Failed States willfully careens between brazen metallic tendencies and the ragged punk rock roots of Propagandhi’s […]

VEVO premiered “Waiting Alone,”the video for their first single off their upcoming album III.  III, which marks the elated return of vocalist Carah Faye Charnow and the first new material by the original line-up in six years, will be released October 9 on Five Seven Music.  The lead single“Waiting Alone” debuted on  Alternative Press and is available now at iTunes (http://bit.ly/WaitingAlone_iTunes), Spotify (http://spoti.fi/stgwa) and all other digital retailers. III, the band’s […]

Destroy All Lines and Blue Murder are excited to announce a rare and heavily anticipated tour from recently reformed Swedish death metal legends At The Gates this October/November. Known for masterfully mixing a ferocious blend of melody and brutality into memorable metal breakdowns, this beloved five-piece have built a reputation for delivering genre-defining albums and frenetic live performances, which Australian audiences will […]

Mark July 23 in your diaries. Following their recent signing to Liberation Music, Melbourne’s British India will unveil their new single I Can Make You Love Me starting with a premiere on triple j on Sunday night. Expanding on their signature sound, I Can Make You Love Me builds deftly from a simmering        post-punk confessional into a blistering rock furnace. Replete with arresting guitar […]

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release today of the ECLIPSE digital single “Bleed and Scream” taken from the forthcoming album with the same name to be released on August 24th in Europe and August 28th in North America. The new single shows the vigorous new direction for the Swedish combo with hard hitting guitar riffs and monster hooklines. The single can be downloaded via […]

(Denver, CO – 16 July 2012)  Rising Denver rockers Red Tide Rising will be supporting In This Moment on the band’s off days during The Uproar Festival this summer. “In This Moment has always been a favorite band of ours,” exclaims guitarist, Andrew Whiteman. “We are beyond ecstatic to be touring with them on our first national tour! Matt (vocals) […]

A NEW SINGLE. A DOUBLE DISC CAREER RETROSPECTIVE. A TOUR. LATE LAST YEAR SHIHAD RELEASED A 38 SONG CAREER RETROSPECTIVE DOUBLE DISC, THE MEANEST HITS IN NEW ZEALAND. THE RESPONSE TO THE ALBUM AND INEVITABLE TOUR WAS NOTHING SHORT OF MIND BLOWING. NOW IT’S AUSTRALIA’S TURN. Coinciding with an impending main-stage performance at Splendour In The Grass 2012, SHIHAD announce: […]

Good Charlotte Announce Sydney & Melbourne Shows September 2012 Look out fans; this September will be just like your birthday, when Good Charlotte bring their anthems back to Australia. Following the success of last years sell out tour, the band will play both Melbourne and Sydney before they head to Newcastle to play Fat As Butter Festival.After eleven years, five studio albums, […]

BIG DAY OUT 2013 ANNOUNCEMENT LETTER FROM KEN WEST Summer’s coming early this year… Welcome to the 2013 Big Day Out festivals, a brave new frontier in our 21st year, created with our new partners, C3 Presents. We are all extremely proud to present you with 37 acts that we feel truly represents the depth and scale of what BDO […]

That Chad Smith is one busy gentleman – having to balance his jammed schedule as both a member of both the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chickenfoot. And that’s not even his full roster, as evidenced by Smith’s funk/jam side project, the Bombastic Meatbats, who have just issued their first-ever live recording, ‘Live Meat and Potatoes,’ via Marmaduke Records, which […]