Dragon were rock n roll warriors of the late 70’s/early 80’s touring scene and emperors of excess. Their live shows were unsurpassed and their notorious rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle well documented.   Ever since ‘This Time’, Dragon have infused the hearts and consciousness of generations of New Zealanders and Australian’s with their raft of infectious hit songs such as ‘April Sun in Cuba’; ‘Are […]

KISS and Mötley Crüe. On the same stage. On the same night. It‘s the news Australian fans have been waiting for with the spectacle of all spectacles announced today, KISS with very special guests Mötley Crüe will tour Australia in March 2013. Presented by McManus Entertainment, the summer’s biggest, baddest rock tour will hit Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Mackay and […]

Thanks to our good friends at Sony Music Australia, they’ve given us five copies of the first Aerosmith album of all new material in eleven years ‘Music From Another Dimension’ to give to you, our ever loving, ever hungry for music, MTRBWY readers… But first, make sure you read our interview with Joey Kramer HERE as we need you to […]

THE BRONX (IV), THE FIRST ALBUM IN FIVE YEARS FROM THE LOS ANGELES-BASED PUNK BAND, SET FOR RELEASE IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ON FEBRUARY 8, 2013 through Shock Records “Ribcage,” A track from the upcoming album, is out today On 7” Vinyl and as a download The Bronx are back with The Bronx (IV), the first album in five years from […]

MONKS OF MELLONWAH ANNOUNCE MINI U.S TOUR, AWARD NOMINATION AND NEW FULL-LENGTH ALBUM Australian alternative rock group Monks of Mellonwah have announced that they will be travelling to the U.S.A for a 2nd time to perform at the 2012 Los Angeles Music Awards, (where the band has received 3 award nominations including ‘Best International Artist’), tour the California and New […]

INXS ….. THE TOURING ENDS ….. THE MUSIC LIVES ON Perth, Western Australia, November 11: It ended fittingly where it began 35 years ago, in Perth, when INXS drummer Jon Farriss declared to a 15,000+ capacity house on the opening weekend of the brand new Perth Arena and the final night of the Matchbox Twenty / INXS Australian tour that […]

Thanks to our good friends at Universal Music Australia, they’ve given us five copies of the first Soundgarden album of all new material in sixteen years ‘King Animal’ to give to you, our ever loving, ever hungry for music, MTRBWY readers… You can read what we thought of ‘King Animal’ here before entering, or you can just make up your […]

Paul Simon to headline Bluesfest on Easter Monday! Today Bluesfest, Australia’s multi award winning Festival held over the long Easter Weekend (March 28 to April 1) treats its Audience and all Music lovers across the country to a massive Easter Monday surprise. Yes, it’s time to take a breath and sit down!! Paul Simon, multi-award and 13 time Grammy winner, […]

Noisecreep premieres ‘Saturday Night,’ the  first song from Drowning Pool’s upcoming album to be released this winter on Eleven Seven Music.  “The question I am most often asked is ‘What’s life on tour like?’ This song is my best description of a typical day on the road,” Drowning Pool bassist Stevie Benton tells Noisecreep about “Saturday Night.” Drowning Pool announced this summer that […]

THE ANGELS – TAKE IT TO THE STREETS TOUR 2013 “I thought it’d take a lot longer for our new songs to get as big a reaction live as some of our classics,” says The Angels rhythm guitarist John Brewster. “But we’ve got young fans at our shows now who only know The Angels from hearing new songs like Waiting […]

PUSCIFER is an exploit that could only come from the mind of Maynard James Keenan.  PUSCIFER’s latest album ‘Conditions of My Parole’ was recorded amidst the wine barrels at Maynard’s Caduceus Cellars. It was the culmination of a three year period that introduced PUSCIFER to music fans and challenged the concept of what a band can be. Kerrang! exclaimed “whereas […]

CONVERGE UPS THE ANTE WITH BEST NEW MUSIC All We Love We Leave Behind Receives Acclaimed Reviews from Press Heavy music’s most established and innovative band, Converge will return to Australia in February 2013. Considered one of the most intense, important, and influential metal/hardcore bands of all time, the band’s latest album “All We Love We Leave Behind “ is the most integral album […]

News just in via: www.mcmanusentertainment.com “We know you’ve been waiting…….. And now we can confirm, KISS and Mötley Crüe are coming! It was announced this afternoon that KISS and Mötley Crüe will perform at the 2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide on Sunday March 3 in the biggest concert the event has ever staged. The full itinerary for the summer’s biggest, baddest rock tour […]

NEIL YOUNG WITH CRAZY HORSE – ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND TOUR There have been a few whispers lately…the words ‘Neil Young’ and ‘Crazy Horse’, have been coupled tantalisingly with the word ‘tour’.  In the know fans have seen news about shows overseas and waited with growing anticipation for the official word. So it is with no small amount of delight […]

“We’re a lot more focused metal band now (laughs) well, we’ve always been a metal band despite what people say, if they want to tag us then fair enough, but we’ve always been a metal band and always will be.” From album press release: Cradle of Filth formed in Suffolk in 1991 and after a string of demo recordings released […]

True North Delivers Maximum Intensity with Stripped Down Sound Preeminent punk band Bad Religion will release their new album True North this January 25th on Epitaph Records. In a world still brimming with rampant anti-intellectualism, inequality and oppression, the band’s signature brand of sonically charged humanist dissent seems as relevant as ever. On their newest record, the storied band deliberately revisits and refines the powerful and […]

Already revealed to be representing the folk punk genre on the epic  2013 Byron Bay Bluesfest lineup, Dropkick Murphys and Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls will team up and take to the road next March/April, bringing with them Californian punks, Swingin’ Utters. Dropkick Murphys will come out swinging on the back of their new album SIGNED and SEALED in BLOOD, due out […]

It’s the first time in over six years that Mike Tramp has taken the stage in Australia for a solo concert. In that time, Tramp has toured Europe consistently, released 3 albums and is now bringing his one man, one guitar, story teller-styled show to Australia. Over almost 3 hours, Mike will take his fans on a journey from his […]

News just in from www.crashdiet.org “The brand new DVD is finally on it’s way! It’s called “Shattered Glass And Broken Bones – Three Years Of Generation Wild” and we’re really damn proud of it! I´ve been working my ass off on this “live & behind the scenes” film together with Bear Productions for the past 2 years or so and […]

High Tension are your soundtrack to the end of the world. Having inadvertently attracted more than their fair share of intrigue via video  High Risk, High Rewards, High Tension now find themselves in need of a more formal introduction… Featuring ex members of Young & Restless (Karina Utomo – vocals, Ashley Pegram – guitar), The Nation Blue (Matt Weston – bass), and Love Like Electrocution & Heirs (Damian Coward […]

Melbourne’s Red Ink have a new EP The Colour Age and a new single and video for Empty Town and they’re about to embark on a tour of Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.  Thanks to our fine friends at Remedy Music we have two double passes to give away for their Melbourne show on November 15th and for their Sydney show on […]

Metropolis Touring and Ragged Company Presents DARK FUNERAL Swedish Black Metallers Dark Funeral return to Australia once again to terrorise our stages with “vast walls of sound” and their “classic black metal, with clouds of red dry ice and an ominous electronic drone announcing the songs” (Metal Hammer). Forming in 1993 in Sweden, Dark Funeral are a force to be reckoned […]

Review and photos by Peter Coates.   Check out more rockin’ stuff from Peter right here… http://www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography There is nothing terribly original in what Finnish glam rockers Reckless Love offer up, but in a world of “Nobody’s Got Talent” and the “XXXX Factor”, and too many bland alt-folk bands filling up the airwaves, in a tight cramped sweaty venue like the […]

PENNYWISE REUNITES WITH JIM LINDBERG BAND TO PERFORM IN LOS ANGELES ON JANUARY 18th, 2013 After three years, Southern California’s raucous punk heroes Pennywise are pleased to announce the return of the band’s original vocalist, Jim Lindberg. Jim and Fletcher appeared on the world famous KROQ in LA with Kevin and Bean Monday morning to announce that Jim will be returning to […]

Hotel Diablo have tapped nine-time Emmy Award winning and MTV Video Music Award nominated director Fabio Jafet (Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias, Children Of Bodom) to direct the video for their song“Psycho, California”. Shooting will take place in December in Los Angeles. “We are beyond excited to be working with Fabio” say guitarist Alex Grossi. “We have all been fans of his work for a long time and feel he is the perfect director to bring “Psycho, […]

Destroy All Lines and Killyourstereo.com present HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2012 WITH SIENNA SKIES & GUESTSLOCALS ANNOUNCED FOR HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS’ FORTHCOMING TOUR WITH SIENNA SKIES! With HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS’ much anticipated return to Australia fast approaching it’s time to reveal the local talent that will be sharing the stage with the Ohio quartet in each city.In addition to Sydney’s post hardcore stalwarts SIENNA SKIES, Visions & Pretty […]

(Los Angeles, CA – 30 October 2012) Australia’s latest export, October Rage, has made themselves quite familiar with the United States as they tour the country in support of their debut effort, Outrage. The quartet teamed up with their friends in Saliva for several dates on this past run, as well as a plethora of solo outings along the way. […]

  Whiplash Festival, ESP Guitars, Hysteria Mag & Factory Music presents… FIREWIND – FEW AGAINST MANY OZ TOUR Feat. Ozzy Osbourne Guitarist Gus G It’s been a busy few months for FIREWIND and their talismanic leader, guitarist Gus G. ever since releasing their highly anticipated and heaviest album to date; “Few Against Many.” With a subsequent world tour under their […]

Nat Col & The Kings modus operandi from the get go was to express a bluesy, firey, powerful sonification of freedom without traditional constraints. Nathan Cavaleri, who overcame childhood leukemia to become a household name as a child guitar phenomenon had racked up appearances on CNN, Conan O’Brien, Entertainment Tonight and Good Morning America (among many others) before his tenth […]

        Winner of the QMA Blues / Roots Award 2012 BAND OF FREQUENCIES Announce ‘Rise Like The Sun’ album release & Tour Progressive surf roots rockers Band of Frequencies have played all over the world with the likes of Donovan Frankenreiter, John Butler, Angus Stone and Ash Grunwald; as well as some of the world’s most amazing […]