GOTTHARD releases the previously announced and long-awaited live album entitled “Homegrown – Alive In Lugano“. “Homegrown – Alive In Lugano“ contains a live recording of the band’s concert on the 17th of July 2010 in Lugano, which was one of the last concerts with vocalist Steve Lee, who tragically died during a motorbike trip through the USA on the 5th […]

Perth, Australia’s Leviathan Of The Sea has released its new, freely available self-titled EP via http://leviathanofthesea.com. Led by Matthew Leonard Rowe (formerly of Anime Fire), LOTS is as much a solo musical endeavour as it is a provocative philosophical platform. Taking issue with the modern music industry, the lack of serious subject matter in heavy music (and the way it […]

In 25 words or less: Massive.Party.Metal.Anthems. Made.For.Pumping.Fists. Air.Guitar.Good.Times. Comes.With.Keytar. Crank.Loud.Made.To.Enjoy. With a band name such as Electrik Dynamite, Hair.Denim.Sex.Metal as the album title and claims of delivering “party metal”, it was a pretty safe bet that this Melbourne based 6 piece was going to deliver my style of hard rock.  But what I probably underestimated was just how good this […]

Formed in 1982 in Melbourne Australia, over a career spanning just 3 albums Pseudo Echo certainly left their mark in so many ways.  Following the release of debut album Autumnal Park in 1984, they were regarded as one of Australia’s hottest bands alongside INXS.  Their new wave synth pop sound channelled the likes of Duran Duran and Ultravox and the […]

Very much at it’s core it’s a rock n roll show with a lot of energy and a lot of fun, with our own Hollywood Undead twist on it.  It’s definitely different, but it’s an entertaining and fun show! Bringing an explosive cocktail of hip hop, rock, pop and metal and their signature masks to Australia for the very first […]

“There will be some surprises and I think in the end it will be a very good mix for everybody.  The good thing I can tell you is the set list will be different every night.!” Returning in 2010 with their latest epic album At The Edge Of Time, Blind Guardian have once again stamped themselves as the leading power […]

With a title such as Music For Muscle Cars, my ears couldn’t help but already form an opinion of what they were going to hear before I had pressed play on this the second EP for Melbourne hard rockers Destroy She Said.  Big, fat, chunky, pounding riffs, screaming solos, sharp as a razorblade vocals and a style of rock that […]

“The last time I was there, it was probably the most positive, fun tour that Taking Back Sunday ever had for me.  The idea of coming back is something I am really looking forward to.” The bands Taking Back Sunday and Coheed and Cambria will be known to most people, however how many of you have heard of Terrible Things, […]

Official bio: “River of Snakes is a heavy Alternative-Rock band that writhes with venomous noise, wild lead breaks and a pulsating full blooded beat. Their sound is essentially straight ahead primal rock’n’roll, but it is tempered with shards of darkness, feedback/noise, dynamics and melodic punk-pop. Raul Sanchez best known for his role as guitarist in Magic Dirt and Midnight Woolf, […]

“It took a girl breaking up with me to really take the rock n roll, because I wanted to scream at her, so I took a rap and mixed it with rock and screamed on it and gave it to her.  That’s what started my whole rock adventure…” Hyro Da Hero is a rapper from Houston, Texas (now based in […]

  Date: Monday 29th August, 2011 Venue: The Palace, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com)

Official Bio: As with most musical endeavors, Redcoats started in a suburban lounge room back in 2007. Rhys and Andrew, who travelled through primary and high school together, were later joined by vocalist Emilio. They gradually worked their way from the lounge room into the thriving Melbourne live scene. In 2009, Neil moved from the country town of Bendigo and landed […]

“Mick and Phil and Trevor as writers, have still got lots of creativity left in them.  It’s like trying to tell Picasso, sorry mate you have to stop painting because you are too old.  It’s in their blood, writers write, musicians play music…” Uriah Heep’s unique, progressive, classic rock sound has made them a mainstay of the rock circuit for […]

Date: Monday 29th August, 2011 Venue: The Palace, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com)  

Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, White Widdow return with their second album, Serenade, only the best part of a year since their debut.  Retaining the same keytastic and unashamedly 80’s sound of their first album, Serenade does however cover more stylistically under the broad spectrum of AOR and melodic rock.  The album was recorded at Solid State Studios in Melbourne, Australia and […]

We feel that this record could appeal to people who thought Artwork was a little to “soft”, but still we think that those who liked Artwork maybe will like In Progress too! My personal belief is that this kind of music really could appeal to a lot more people, given airplay on radio and TV. Work Of Art – well the Swedish bands second album In […]

When I first discovered Nottingham based Teenage Casket Company (TCC) some 7 or 8 years ago, what I found in this casket was indeed a “best kept secret”, a band that captured the essence of the anthemic power rock that I love best.  From 2003 until 2007 the band independently released 2 cracking CD’s, produced a film clip for Don’t […]

Official bio:  It’s a long way from the blistering cold of Stockholm to the sunny beaches of southern California. This, however, doesn’t concern Swedish powerpop trio The Friday Nights. What they sound like? Well, you know that feeling you have when you are on the early stretch of the highway as you go through gear after gear to pick up […]

“Definitely it’s an exciting time for me, as since I was a kid I loved music and wanted to be in a band, so it’s cool now to be able to say, “I play in a band, that’s what I do, nothing else”.  For Boston based Make Do And Mend, August 26th marks the official release date of their debut […]

The Samurai Cab Co. – now there’s a band name that you won’t forget that easily, and I tell you what, nor will you forget their infectious brand of power pop rock in a hurry either.  Hailing from Connecticut, USA, some of you may already be familiar with Chris McCarvill, the bands lead vocalist and bass player, current member of […]

Official Bio: There once was a time where ‘heavy metal’ was not about how low your tuning was, how brutal your vocals were or how much double kick action the drummer could belt out. Once upon a time, heavy metal encompassed more – the passion, the conviction, belief in the god of metal… oh, and the hair! That time was the […]

 In 25 words or less: An infectious cocktail of energetic rock that has healthy doses of power pop, classic rock, hard rock, a streak of punk and choruses you will be struggling to get out of your head.. The Samurai Cab Co. – now there’s a band name that you won’t forget that easily, and I tell you what, nor […]

“We love it (Australia) and it is a place we feel like we are just turning the corner.  We have introduced ourselves and given a little handshake, now we are ready to have a few beers and get the party started you know…..” Kasabian.  Is the band that formed in 1999 in Leicester, England, now the biggest rock band in […]

“I didn’t think it was going to go past 6 months!  Back then I was just doing it as a labour of love, I loved it.  I never expected anyone to understand the mutant ramblings of a person that just loves psychedelic and hard rock music……” For the second time in 2011, Monster Magnet will be hitting Australian shores.  This […]

“We always have the best time, the shows are amazing, the people are amazing so it’s just an important market for us.  For anywhere else in the world, Australia is like our home away from home…….” It’s just one of those special relationships, Anberlin and Australia that is.  Whilst Anberlin guitarist Christian McAlhaney tries to explain it in our interview […]

“I think people are really concerned about knowing who you are as an artist and seeing and hearing a continuity between what I am saying in my songs and representing myself as a person….” Michael Paynter, Melbourne singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and the man I have seen silence a room on many occasions with the mere sound of his voice […]

“One of the songs on the record called Say You Like Me, I actually wrote about a girl in Queensland who literally won me over.  Like every girl there is so incredible, their accents are amazing, they’re so beautiful and so much fun to hang out with…..” Delivering a much needed dose of sunny summer vibes during what has been […]

 In 25 words or less: This album displays the other musical side and a showcase for the songwriting abilities of one of the most defining guitar players in metal of the last 20+ years… In keeping with his prolific tradition, in the year following their killer release, Order Of The Black, Zakk Wylde and his Black Label Society return with […]

 In 25 words or less: Electric Mary, “rock n roll the way it used to taste”, yes indeed….and doesn’t it taste good… The Aussie classic rock behemoth that is Electric Mary have just released their latest studio offering titled Long Time Coming.  For those of you that have not seen Electric Mary do what they do best and that’s play […]

Date: Friday August 13th Venue: Pier Live, Frankston, Melbourne Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com)