Grammy-nominated rockers Stone Sour will release the first installment of their double album House of Gold & Bones Part 1 on Roadrunner Records on October 19, 2012. The second installment will be released in 2013. The album was recorded at Sound Farm Studios just outside of the band’s native Des Moines, Iowa with producer David Bottrill (Tool, Muse, Staind) at the helm. The band is sharing the […]

The incredible upward spiral of Perth Prog Metal masters VOYAGER continues as the band announces their “MEANING OF I” east coast tour of Australia in November, venturing into familiar popular territories, some new ones & two festival appearances! In support of their latest outstanding release ‘The Meaning Of I’, VOYAGER are riding high on the crest of the wave that ceases to lose momentum. With outstanding crowd reactions and rave […]

The Australian and New Zealand release of the forthcoming Steel Panther DVD ‘British Invasion’ is imminent, with the official date for release being September 28th, with release dates for the rest of the world still to be announced. Shot at a sold-out show in London’s famed Brixton Academy, Steel Panther brings back the 80’s in full force with a blistering […]

NIGHTWISH: WORLD PREMIERE OF “IMAGINAERUM – THE MOVIE” AND CONCERT ANNOUNCED AT “HARTWALL ARENA”, HELSINKI, FINLAND ON NOVEMBER 10, 2012! 2012-08-24 06:00 – The long-awaited Nightwish movie “Imaginaerum” will have its “flying” premiere at “Hartwall Arena”, Helsinki, Finland, on November 10, 2012, as the audience will be treated to both a full-scale Nightwish concert and the world premiere of the […]

JARED FOLLOWILL AND NICK BROWN UNITE AS SMOKE & JACKAL – TEAM-UP REVEALED TODAY BY BBC’S ZANE LOWE – EP1 RELEASED ON OCTOBER 12 RCA Records has announced the upcoming release of EP1, the debut EP from Smoke & Jackal.  The six-track collection arrives in stores and at all digital retailers on October 12. EP1 marks the first collaboration between […]

Already announced as a co-headline at this December’s Meredith Music Festival, Feel Presents are pround to announce additional shows for UK space-rock giants Spiritualized. Sunday 2nd December: Sydney Opera House Concert Hall – NSW Tuesday 4th December: Brisbane, The Hi-Fi – QLD Thursday 6th December: Melbourne, The Hi-Fi – VIC Jason ‘Spaceman’ Pearce and co. were last here in 2011 […]

2012-08-24 05:00 – Mike, Schmier & Vaaver from German thrash metal legends DESTRUCTION are currently in Gernhart Studios in Troisdorf with Engineer Martin Buchwalter to record their new thrash hammer! The thirty-years anniversary album will be mixed by Andy Classen. In addition, there have been visits from Mr. Tom Angelripper, who does the vocals for a new song. Also one […]

PAPA ROACH SUSPENDS TOUR, SINGER JACOBY SHADDIX TO UNDERGO SURGERY NEW YORK, NY – Multi-platinum rockers Papa Roach have been forced to cancel the remainder of their scheduled dates on the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival, which kicked off last week in Kansas City. Lead singer Jacoby Shaddix has been diagnosed with a nodule on his left vocal chord. At […]

There are only a handful of bands that people regularly talk about never getting the chance to see live. It burns in their soul and gnaws at them incessantly.  REFUSED fit perfectly into the category as one of those legendary bands however on January 9, 2012 they announced to the world that they were indeed… NOT FUCKING DEAD! REFUSED reunion […]

Thanks to our good friends at Riothouse Publicity we are giving away a double pass to see AMERICA, the band that is… along with that a DVD of their amazing 1979 live in Central Park concert that has been digitally remastered.  To win this double pass and DVD, let’s have some fun.  Of course we all know one of America’s biggest […]

Norwegian death-punks Turbonegro return to Australia this December appearing at the Meredith Music Festival and for headline appearances in Sydney and Melbourne. It is the band’s second visit to Australia and their first since 2003. Turbonegro hit the high water mark in 1998 with the release of their fifth album, Apocalypse Dudes, an intoxicating mixture of glam, punk and US […]

THE SHEEPDOGS TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED MAJOR LABEL DEBUT ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 Canadian rock’n’rollers The Sheepdogs will be releasing their self-titled Atlantic Records debut -produced in Nashville by Patrick Carney of The Black Keys and Austin Scaggs -on September 7.The band is fronted by Australian born singer-guitarist Ewan Currie, who was born in Sydney and lived in Adelaide until his family headed north when he was […]

Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros Release Re-Issues and Rarities Record Honors Legendary Singer’s 60th Anniversary To celebrate the extraordinary life and career of musician Joe Strummer, Hellcat Records proudly announces the  digital release of Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, The Hellcat Years. The album came out yesterday, on August 21st, which would have been the iconic artist’s 60th birthday. In addition to the […]

Los Angeles’ SHINY TOY GUNS revealed the cover art for III, their upcoming new album due out October 23 on Five Seven Music.  They are also offering a free download of “Waiting Alone” remixed by L.A. Riots via www.facebook.com/shinytoyguns from Tuesday, August 21 through Friday, August 24. The cover artwork for SHINY TOY GUNS III was created by Ben Schwartz using a photo by Oklahoma-based artist Benjy Russell.  Shot on location in a very remote […]

Strangers release their debut LP Persona Non Grata on Permanent Records through Shock on October the 12th, 2012.  Recorded and produced by Tom Larkin (Shihad, The Getaway Plan, Calling All Cars), Persona Non Grata delivers on the promise that has made Strangers such an interesting prospect. Capturing the band’s heavy swing and dual guitar, high octane rock ‘n roll attack, the album […]

TOM KEIFER SET TO RELEASE LONG-AWAITED, HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED SOLO ALBUM, SPRING 2013 August 20, 2012 — Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Tom Keifer is finally releasing his long-awaited and highly anticipated solo album in the Spring of 2013 after entering into a partnership with Merovee Records (a joint venture with Worldwide Pants, Inc.). The as-yet-untitled collection of 14 new songs ranges from intimate, organic, acoustic tracks to […]

On October 12, 2012 Evermore are set to release their fourth studio album, titled Follow The Sun, in partnership with Universal Music. It arrives after a three-year hiatus from the local scene, during which time they toured the world with Pink, then traversed the globe a second time to start the album writing process. Brothers Jon, Peter and Dann Hume built […]

Here’s a press release via the bands label, Epitaph Records: Due to a setback in what appeared to be the road to recovery for Zoli Teglas, Pennywise will have to postpone their upcoming appearances in Japan and Australia.  After being examined by multiple specialists Zoli has been advised to commence further treatments immediately. “We love playing in front of our […]

GARY CLARK JR ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIAN TOUR Texan Blues Singer-Songwriter & Guitarist to perform for the first time in  Sydney & Melbourne this September 2012] “Owing as much to Kurt Cobain and the Ramones as Buddy Guy and John Lee Hooker, indebted to hip-hop and psychedelia…. [Clark] is grounded in tradition while standing on the brink of change.”  – Rolling Stone […]

4ARM Confirmed For Hammerfest V  4ARM have been invited back to the UK for Hammerfest V 2013. The band will be performing on the second stage on Saturday, 16th of March to join a line-up of bands such as Napalm Death, Candlemass and Enslaved with loads more to be announced. The festival as always will run three stages and have over 50 bands performing. Drummer Michael Vafiotis had […]

METALCORE HEROES THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA SET TO RELEASE DEAD & ALIVE, LIVE CD/DVD ON OCTOBER 12 The Devil Wears Prada have announced the upcoming release of their first live CD/DVD, entitled DEAD&ALIVE, due for release on October 12 through Roadrunner Records.  The track “Vengeance” had its world première on FEARnet here:http://bit.ly/MuY789 Following a tour of Latin America, the band has spent its […]

 Ahead of their almost sold out Australian tour HANSON have announced their 5th studio album Shout It Out will be released digitally in Australia on the 7th of September 2012, preceded by the first single “Give A Little”, which will be released to Radio and TV on the 20th of August 2012. Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson are household names in […]

The city of Melbourne has well and truly shown its love and loyalty for hometown heroesTHE LIVING END. Tickets to the band’s RETROSPECTIVE TOUR shows at The Corner Hotel in December have now all completely SOLD OUT smashing the venue’s previous record of five sold out shows, which was held by both Megan Washington and Matt Corby. THE LIVING END will now play a record of NINE […]

You’d be forgiven if you didn’t see this one coming. In an abrupt strike, Twelve Foot Ninja have unleashed an epic 12-week assault in celebration of their debut album ‘SILENT MACHINE’. And it all starts today. Dubbing their campaign ‘Project 12’, Twelve Foot Ninja will release 1 digital track along with 1 digital comic every week for 12 weeks in the lead […]

Destroy All Lines and Australian Guitar Magazine present…Between the Buried and Me Australian Tour Metal heroes Between The Buried And Me have confirmed an Australian tour, kicking off this November in support of their forthcoming seventh studio album. The North Carolina five-piece will come straight off some serious US and European touring to make their first trip to Oz since 2010. They’ll […]

October 2012 marks the highly anticipated return of MATCHBOX TWENTY, heading south for their first Australian dates since 2008, following the release of their fourth full-length studio album ‘North’. In their sixth Australian tour, Matchbox Twenty headline arenas around the country, as well as playing a special open air show at Hope Estate in the Hunter Valley. Be there to sing along […]

HIM CELEBRATES THEIR 20-YEAR CAREER BY RELEASING COMPILATION ALBUM XX –  TWO DECADES OF LOVE METAL ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26TH  This year HIM, one of Finland’s most successful bands at home and abroad celebrate 20 years by releasing a compilation album XX – Two Decades of Love Metal. This is the first compilation by the band that covers their whole career. The […]

“An utterly furious assault of gritty doom riffs and whisky-addled power, chugging, twisting and thundering with an energy the band have not found in years.” – Q Magazine Underground thrash-sludge messiahs HIGH ON FIRE have set a new standard in doom metal. Boasting apocalyptic riffage and gravel-gargling vocals, their latest opus ‘Snakes for the Devil’ solidifies HIGH ON FIRE as […]

Ahead of their October 2012 Australian tour, Everclear have announced they will giving up and coming bands from across the country the chance to open for the power pop legends at their shows in Coolangatta, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. This is the chance for your band to play on a big stage in front of a huge crowd through […]

Official Press release: “Sound Mountain Sessions” is a straight forward, gritty, well-polished American hard rock offering from legendary LYNCH MOB, that truly captures the magic of their genre. It’s got bite, it’s got soul, and lyrically, Oni Logan holds nothing back on this one! Recorded in the traditional “old school” way, the band locked themselves into Sound Mountain Studios for a […]