Soundwave 2012 Sidewave – Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society, HellYeah, Holy Grail Date: Tuesday 28 February 2012 Venue: The Forum, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full gallery by clicking the link below: Photo Gallery – Holy Grail, The Forum, Melbourne

                          Soundwave 2012 Sidewave – Cobra Starship, Forever The Sickest Kids, These Kids Wear Crowns, Kill Hannah Date: Monday 27 February 2012 Venue: The Forum, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full gallery by clicking the link below: Photo Gallery – Cobra Starship, The Forum, Melbourne

                          Soundwave 2012 Sidewave – Cobra Starship, Forever The Sickest Kids, These Kids Wear Crowns, Kill Hannah Date: Monday 27 February 2012 Venue: The Forum, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full gallery by clicking the link below: Photo Gallery – These Kids Wear Crowns, The […]

Soundwave 2012 Sidewave – Cobra Starship, Forever The Sickest Kids, These Kids Wear Crowns, Kill Hannah Date: Monday 27 February 2012 Venue: The Forum, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full gallery by clicking the link below: Photo Gallery – Kill Hannah, The Forum, Melbourne

Official album press release: “With their unique mixture of Hardcore, Metal and Groove/Rap, Biohazard crested the Mount Olympus of the international Hardcore and Metal scene at the beginning of the 90s.  What started out with Biohazard (1990) found its worthy continuation in Urban Discipline (1992) and State Of The World Address (1994).  Of Urban Discipline over one million pieces were […]

TWELVE FOOT NINJA, JERICCO & CIRCLES JOIN FORCES FOR ‘SWARM TOUR’ Melbourne’s progressive heavy music scene is in fine form in 2012 and how better to celebrate than to combine the force of three of its finest on an impressive triple bill. This March, longstanding genre leaders Twelve Foot Ninja and Jericco will be joined by newcomers, Circles on the […]

Just announced,  PANTHERS, NEWCASTLE – THURSDAY MARCH 29 (All Ages) Tickets on sale 9am, Wednesday February 29 through Moshtix. Three guitar heroes! Three bands! The infamous G3 Jam – all packed into ONE hot show! Prepare to witness some of the most electrifyingly brilliant displays of guitar mastery ever seen when the most anticipated international live guitar event arrives in March 2012! G3 bring their combined guitar pyrotechnics to Australia & New Zealand in what will be dazzling two-and-a-half-hour-long […]

“Truthfully, I’m about to take a pretty good long break.  I finally got out of Los Angeles and moved back to the beach and in this period where I’m writing and recording and experimenting and just having fun bring back in a place where I can see a lot of people I haven’t caught up with in a while.  So […]

Whilst we might still be in the midst of our Summer festival season here in Australia, announcements have been starting to flow in thick and fast for the plethora of annual rock & metal festivals in the USA and Europe.   What appears below is not in anyway meant to be a comprehensive update, just merely a snapshot of our […]

Having played the very first Soundwave Festival and now saddling up for around their 25th visit, Unwritten Law sure are a band who have an affiliation with Australia!  The band that brought you hits such as Up All Night and over a million album sales, released their latest studio album ‘Swan’ in July last year.  Numerous lineup changes in recent […]

“I think that for us there’s still plenty to say and plenty to do and I can still honestly say that when people ask, “what’s your favourite record, I can answer with “I hope we haven’t made it yet…” Forming in the northern suburbs of Los Angeles in 1980, Bad Religion have been one of the true mainstays of the […]

Date: Saturday 18 February 2012 Venue: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full gallery by clicking the link to the right: Photo Gallery – Roxette, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne                                                       […]

“Well you never know what to expect and at the same time you really can’t cater to everybody, but what we try and do is make an album we are really proud of and which we will like in about 20 years because we know we have to play songs from this album for a long time! “ Leading the […]

“HEAVEN SHALL BURN are a phenomenon.  Instead of roaming distant shores in order to seek for innovations the five-piece from Saalfeld/Weimar, Germany is rather heading for well known territories in order to shed their collective skin.  For years they have been drawing creative impulses from the long-term friendship between the individual members.  Despite releasing new studio albums regularly they are […]

“We have so many different variations of how we like to describe ourselves.  First we have action rock, then there was energy rock, now we call it Chuck Norris rock, it’s like a karate kick to the face (laughs)!” Hailing from Malmö, Sweden, Royal Republic are loud, funky and whilst some bands need a little time to work their way […]

“We’ve never really fit into any sort of genre, we’ve always stuck out like a sore thumb.  We carved our own little path for ourselves and it’s been really great because we’ve been able to adapt to pretty much any tour we’ve been on, from playing Black Sabbath, to doing shows with 311, or The Roots…” Nearly 6 years since […]

“This time we thought it would be cool to have the title represent the way we feel the album sounds like, it is a denser album, it’s a heavier album, it’s groovier and it’s like a ‘colossus’.” Whilst Soundwave Festival this year features a plethora of heaviness, as far as intense live performances go, few bands are likely to top […]

“Everyone’s got that album that they like to put on before going out, I know I do, you know to get yourself ready before a big night, we wanted to create that album for everyone and I think we have.” When The Smoking Hearts release their rambunctious collection of rock n roll that make up their new album Victory!, indeed […]

Date: Tuesday 07 February 2012 Venue: Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full gallery by clicking the link to the right: Photo Gallery – Incubus, Festival Hall, Melbourne                                                         […]

Over the last 20 years, there have been very few that have amassed such a prolific, diverse and mind blowing collection of releases as Devin Townsend.  Whether it be from first singing with Steve Vai, through to Strapping Young Lad, a plethora of solo releases and most recently four Devin Townsend Project releases, every single one of them has pushed […]

When Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and former Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach got back together and released a new album under the banner of Times Of Grace, titled The Hymn Of A Broken Man, as Jesse explained himself, not even they themselves could have anticipated the level of interest worldwide in the band.  Not just in terms of the […]

“We like to party a lot so we will be looking forward to that.  I think we are just going to try and embrace the diversity of the festival and see what happens.” With their recent album Night Shades and hit singles such as You Make Me Feel and Middle Finger blazing a trail on the charts worldwide, Cobra Starship […]

“Live-wired, straight-shootin, dirty-mouth’d pelvis-pushin’ juke music… when the buzz tells you they’re near, get to them…and be prepared to be moved.”  Well Australia, did you hear the buzz last week?  Well you could be excused if you didn’t as the boys in Vintage Trouble made a super flying visit to Australia for a handful of shows in Sydney, so flying […]

Official press release: “Brace yourself for Gasoline Inc! The band storm into 2012 with a dynamic new single The Wanted One.  With powerful melodies and driving guitar riffs, The Wanted One proves again the bands ability to write and produce well-crafted insatiable rock songs with universal appeal. Gasoline Inc have well and truly cut their teeth playing the pubs and […]

Official press release “Australian singer/songwriter Rick Price has walked the journey many musicians’ dreams are made of.  From the very beginning, as a nine year old and the youngest member of his family’s band, music was Rick’s passion.  Since those humble yet defining days, set amongst the backdrop of country Queensland, the selftaught artist has forged an internationally praised and […]

Date: Sunday 29 January 2012 Venue: Big Day Out, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full gallery right here: The Amity Affliction Big Day Out Melbourne

Date: Sunday 29 January 2012 Venue: Big Day Out, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full gallery right here: Calling All Cars Big Day Out Melbourne

Date: Sunday 29 January 2012 Venue: Big Day Out, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full gallery right here: My Chemical Romance Big Day Out Melbourne

Date: Sunday 29 January 2012 Venue: Big Day Out, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full gallery right here: The Living End Big Day Out Melbourne  

Date: Sunday 29 January 2012 Venue: Big Day Out, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full gallery right here: Frenzal Rhomb Big Day Out Melbourne