Ok, so who missed us…or should I say, who even knew we were gone?  Well, it’s been a frustrating bunch of days since last Friday when our web host had server issues, which then wiped out our entire website content.  But rather than boring you with the drawn out saga this week, we will just say that in the end, […]

As House Vs Hurricane gear up for the release of their long awaited sophomore album Crooked Teeth and its subsequent capital cities run, the band today release a brand new iPhone app, as well as details of the album package and a massive run of regional tour dates. It has been confirmed that the first pressing of the album will include a free DVD […]

Destroy All Lines, UNFD, Vans, Blunt Magazine & Killyourstereo.com present THE AMITY AFFLICTION THE CHASING GHOSTS TOUR featuring: THE GHOST INSIDE ARCHITECTS BURIED IN VERONA THE AMITY AFFLICTION EMBARK ON BIGGEST TOUR YET FOR CHASING GHOSTS RELEASE 2012 is THE AMITY AFFLICTION‘s year. This spring THE AMITY AFFLICTION will embark on their biggest run of Australian dates yet, in support of the highly anticipated release of Roadrunner Records debut Chasing Ghosts. The tour features […]

Thanks to the overwhelming support by fans in Melbourne & Brisbane, the SOLD OUT sign is up at The Palais & The Tivoli, with the other states soon to follow suit.  For those lucky folk in Melbourne however, The Tea Party are set to rock the southern state once more with a 2nd show on Sunday July 15 at The Hi-Fi. Stuart Chatwood […]

Soundwave Touring & Cancer bats are truly sad to announce the postponement of the band’s tour scheduled for early July.  The band have explained the need to postpone the dates and we love them for their honesty and their love for the fans as they have asked to ensure we reward their fans for their patience and understanding. In good […]

MAROON 5 RETURN TO SYDNEY & MELBOURNE IN OCTOBER with special guests EVERMORE & THE CAB!  Maroon 5 are rewarding eager fans by returning to Australia for a whirlwind tour with special guests Evermore and The Cab, taking in Sydney and Melbourne for two very special and exclusive shows. Since their last Australian tour the three time Grammy Award winning band […]

Finnish metal superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM (also COB) have inked a worldwide recording deal (excl. Japan) with Nuclear Blast Records.  The celebrated metal label who worked with the band over the early stages of its career –– is proud to announce the renewed partnership with the world famous band. COB, who kicked off a year long celebration of its 15th anniversary with a […]

BRAND NEW TRACK SURVIVAL WILL BE THE OFFICIAL SONG OF THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES NEW STUDIO ALBUM THE 2ND LAW OUT SEPTEMBER 2012 Muse has had their brand new song Survival adopted as the official song of the London 2012 Olympic Games.  The track is available digitally now. Survival will be played throughout sports sessions in all London 2012 venues during the entire Games – when athletes enter […]

Swedish Hard Rockers’ ECLIPSE anticipated new album “Bleed And Scream” out in August on Frontiers Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of the anticipated ECLIPSE fourth studio album entitled “Bleed and Scream” on August 24th in Europe andAugust 28th in North America. “Bleed and Scream” marks the return from the Swedish Hard Rockers 4 years after the acclaimed album “Are You Ready to […]

‘Fire From The Sky’ To Be Released July 27th Grammy-nominated rockers Shadows Fall have confirmed that their seventh studio album, ‘Fire From The Sky’, will be released internationally on July 27th 2012 via Spinefarm Records. Recorded at Zing Studios in late 2011, ‘Fire From The Sky’ reunites Shadows Fall with long-time friend, producer/engineer & Killswitch Engage/Times Of Grace guitarist,Adam Dutkiewicz, whose previous production credits include both Devil Wears Prada & All That Remains. […]

An exciting new chapter is opening for long-serving British glam metal legends Tigertailz. Revealing its new line-up, Tigertailz is also set to hit the road this autumn, with dates in Europe and the UK. The tour will coincide with a new video and single, all proceeds of which will support cancer charity Amser Justin Time. Original members Jay Pepper (lead […]

After working with famous american producer Beau Hill (Alice Cooper, Eric Clapton…) and spending 2011 touring (more than 50 shows in 3 countries) to promote their first EP, rock band WakeUpCall have just finished recording their first full lenght album: Batteries Are Not Included. The album will be released September 2012 and now you can watch the first video teaser […]

High flying Melbourne artists OWL EYES and STONEFIELD are set to join forces for a national, co-headline tour this August. Under the moniker of Winter Road Trip 2012 the regional tour will promote and support the Australian Government initiative THE LINE, which  promotes  respectful relationships among Australia’s youth and raises awareness about  everything from sexting, texting, and cyber-bullying  to  inappropriate physical behaviour.  “It’s just a great campaign because it’s not preaching anything, it’s just sharing a message of respect and […]

For the first time, Blur will debut new material live on Twitter when they perform two new songs via a worldwide live video stream at 3.15am Tuesday 3rd July Australian Eastern Standard Time. Filmed and streamed completely live from a secret UK location, the two new songs – which the band have never publicly performed – are Under The Westway and The Puritan, written for the […]

BLACK CROWES FRONTMAN RETURNS WITH NEW BAND SECOND ALBUM TO FOLLOW IN SEPTEMBER In 2011, after more than 20 years of intense gigging and recording, Chris Robinson set off to shape something new, a fresh rock mythology, a breathing kaleidoscopic thing stuffed with chooglin’ soul, bedrock boogie and shuffling wisdom birthed in intimate clubs and amongst the tall trees of the Golden State […]

CHILDREN COLLIDE PRAY FOR SUNSHINE! NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO EXTRA ‘MONUMENT TOUR’ DATES ADDED! Praying For Sunshine is the third brilliant single, lifted from Children Collide’s album Monument, released today to radio and available digitally. Alongside the single is another clever video clip from the band, and several extra tour dates added to satisfy demand. Children Collide certainly know how to make an […]

Rockstar Records is delighted to announce the signing of a license deal with Limb Music Germany for the release of Black Majesty’s extraordinarily stunning and intensely melodic new album ‘Stargazer’ for Australia. Undoubtedly Australia’s premier melodic Power Metal band, Black Majesty re-aligns the genre with their fifth album ‘Stargazer’. Black Majesty has had the uncanny ability to mesmerise the melodic powermetal scene with all their […]

(from left to right: Edd, Adde, Danny, Joél, Jens. Photo by: Martin Nilsson) The new Crazy Lixx line-up is now complete and the band has been rehearsing for the upcoming tour during the last month. Filling, or rather, re-filling the drummer spot is once again Joél Cirera who took what turned out to be a short break from the band right after […]

RUBICON CROSS featuring CJ Snare (FireHouse) and Chris Green (Furyon) release a new single “Locked and Loaded” just in time for you to add it to your Summer Playlist…or winter here in Australia! This release coincides with the CodeMasters DIRT “Showdown” video game on which the new track is featured. Written and performed by CJ Snare (FireHouse) and Chris Green (Furyon) this song is a brilliant follow […]

Destroy All Lines & Blue Murder present: APOCALYPTICA, AUSTRALIAN TOUR Apocalyptica are coming. Twenty years from inception, one of the biggest names in European metal is finally touring Australia. Combining classical nuance with brutal breakdowns, this fantastic Finnish four-piece are quintessential Eurock with a difference. They are metal, with cellists. Their most recent album, 7th Symphony was produced by Joe Baressi (Queens Of The Stone Age, […]

Well rockers, this time next month, at least one half of May The Rock Be With You will be representing over in the USA.  Of course a holiday wouldn’t be a holiday without some form of musical entertainment and one such adventure will lead to El Paso, Texas for the Texas Showdown Festival – USA’s largest Tattoo and Music festival! Musically […]

Jean Beauvoir has made available 5 songs for Free Download, yes that’s right…FREE DOWNLOAD.  Here’s a message from Jean for the reasons why and some details of the songs on offer. Hi friends and fans! I’ve created a special set of songs from my varied body of work which I am offering as a free download… I realize that some of […]

“GOOD GIRLS BAD GUYS” WILD’N OUT IN NEW VIDEO FROM FALLING IN REVERSE Band To Rock Warped Tour Main Stage All Summer Long In The US  Ronnie Radke (original Escape The Fate vocalist) and his powerhouse rock n’roll band, Falling In Reverse have released a hilarious new video for their track “Good Girls Bad Guys” as they kick off the […]

Lo! are back with a gory new video for Bastion, taken from their album Look and Behold out now on Pelagic Records! The video was completed in one shot in lovely Redfern, Sydney. TWEET! POST! PIN! BLOG! https://vimeo.com/43384204 “The bass in Bastion could make you pregnant” – Drum Media  “They’re not shy about beating you around the chops with crooked riff-sticks” – Blunt Magazine  Lo! have been lucky […]

Tickets to the massive 3 month ‘RocKwiz – Some Kind Of Genius Tour’ went on sale last Thursday and the demand for tickets has been so huge that 4 extra shows have been announced! These brand new shows will go on sale at 9am this Wednesday 20 June: Saturday 25 August – Darwin Convention Centre www.darwinentertainment.com.au, 08 8980 3333 Saturday 6 October – Hobart […]

KEITH URBAN CONFIRMS A RETURN TO AUSTRALIA FOR JANUARY 2013 TOUR Chugg Entertainment and Nine Live are thrilled to confirm today, that Grammy and ARIA Award winner Keith Urban, will kick off a world tour on his home soil this January. An undeniably electrifying live performer, the country rocker’s shows have repeatedly been called one of the biggest and best concert […]

Here’s the cover art for the new Green Day album ¡Uno!, released here in Australia via Warner Music on September 21, the first in a trilogy of albums due out! Click the image below to check out a trailer for the new album…

NEW FOUND GLORY PREMIERE NEW VIDEO, “SUMMER FLING, DON’T MEAN A THING” Beloved melodic punk outfit New Found Glory have released a new music video for the perfect summer anthem, “Summer Fling, Don’t Mean A Thing” off their latest album Radiosurgery. The video features New Found Glory performing their song in a cardboard house getting peed on, thrown in the trash and tossed around like a beach ball. […]

THE FLAMING LIPS AND HEADY FWENDS THE LIPS’ COLLABORATIONS WITH NICK CAVE, BON IVER, YOKO ONO, TAME IMPALA KE$HA AND OTHERS IS AVAILABLE JULY 6, 2012.  NEW STUDIO ALBUM DUE LATER THIS YEAR  The Flaming Lips’ The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends sold out instantly at retail outlets internationally when it was released on vinyl in honour of Record Store Day this past April. Due […]

Metropolis Touring and Tombowler Present: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones with special guests Thursday 05 July 2012 (opening 8pm) at The Metro Theatre ( venue info )  **18+** 624 George St, Sydney www.metrotheatre.com.au Click this link for tickets….https://tickets.metropolistouring.com/default.aspx?Event=27652 One Of Those Bands That Make You Feel Like Everything Is Going To Be OK – The iconic Boston-bred skacore octet have been in business for over 25 […]