Valerie is a young and ambitious hard rock/glam metal band from Arendal; a small town in southern Norway. Known for their big choruses and guitar riffs, along with blistering guitar solos – Their music is often referred to as a cross between great 80s acts like Mötley Crüe, Dokken, Ratt and a more modern rock sound. It’s melodic, catchy, in […]

F U C K   I T! With a one-two sucker punch that beats the word count of the Ramones call to arms Hey Ho, Let’s Go by two words, DUNE RATS new single ‘Fuck It’ is set to become the anthem of a new rock generation!  Already sounding suspiciously like a classic ‘Fuck It’ storms the barricades and does the business in two minutes flat, leaving even an ADHD affected generation in no doubt […]

MULTI-PLATINUM ROCK GROUP EVERCLEAR TO RELEASE “INVISIBLE STARS,” FIRST ALBUM IN SIX YEARS SUMMERLAND TOUR HITS CITIES ACROSS THE U.S. (New York, NY) – EVERCLEAR is set to release its new studio album, “Invisible Stars,” on June 26, 2012. The album is the group’s first collection of songs in six years, and it embodies the same qualities of sonic punch, […]

2CD & Digital Album Adds 21 Bonus Tracks to Original 1991 Album, Including 15 Previously Unreleased Recordings from Kravitz’s Personal Archive Lenny Kravitz’s 1991 album, Mama Said, has been digitally remastered and expanded for a special Deluxe Edition to be released on June 1st by Virgin/EMI.  The 2CD and digital album adds 21 bonus tracks to the album’s original line-up, […]

Dutch metallers LORD VOLTURE have inked a worldwide management deal with Germany’s ROCK N GROWL MANAGEMENT. Lord Volture is: David Marcelis – Vocals, Paul Marcelis – Guitars, Leon Hermans – Guitars, Simon Geurts – Bass and Frank Wintermans – Drums. Full song “Never Cry Wolf” can be streamed below:   ‘The majestic of a lordship, the velocity and power of […]

Adelaide based Rin and The Reckless are currently out on tour with Brisbane based rockers The Strums and have just released their debut video for their single ‘In Your Mind’ which you can see right here below…    About Rin and The Reckless:  Following the successful release of her debut solo ep ‘Nice Guys Finish First’ (www.myspace.com/rinmcardle), Rin McArdle has made a name for […]

For the release of their new single, ‘Dear Cocaine,’ Crossfade are asking fans to become a part of the experience and share their own obstacles and struggles through video and photo messages to create a video collage for the song.  Check out a very special message from Eddie and the band – crossfadeband.com/cocaine.html Message from the Band: Everybody faces their own, […]

Rock luminary JACK WHITE will be performing two headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney this July to showcase material from his much anticipated solo debut Blunderbuss (out 20 April through Sony). Undoubtedly one of the world’s most prolific artists to emerge in the past fifteen years, Jack White has helmed some of the world’s most venerable musical outfits including The […]

GUN are please to announce that our new album, Break The Silence, will be released on 11th June by earMusic, Edel’s international rock label home of artists such as BUSH, AVA, SKUNK ANANSIE, CHICKENFOOT, FOREIGNER, DEEP PURPLE, BLUE OCTOBER and many others. We will also be playing a couple shows in the lead up to the release in the following cities […]

Adler – the band featuring former Guns ‘N’ Roses drummer Steve Adler, has just released a new video/track from their forthcoming album simply titled Adler.  Featuring a May The Rock Be With You favourite, in Jacob Bunton of Lynam fame on vocals, The One That You Hated is a killer track. The band have launched the new video in association […]

While on a tour of Europe this month, L.A. Guns has been incorporating some tracks in the set list from the new record ‘Hollywood Forever’, out on June 5th through Deadline/Cleopatra Records. The cover art and final track list have now been revealed, and a sneak peek at the song “You Better Not Love Me” is now available below: http://soundcloud.com/brosseaupr/l-a-guns-you-better-not-love/s-exvIy […]

  Legendary female guitar icon LITA FORD’s new album Living Like A Runaway will be released June 15th in Germany, June 18th in Europe and June 19th  in North America via SPV/Steamhammer.  The album will be available in four configurations: a double LP, limited edition CD, standard CD and digital download.  Today the artwork for the album created by famed […]

RICHARD MARX TO RELEASE NEW CD EXCLUSIVELY IN EUROPE: ‘INSIDE MY HEAD’ RELEASED ON FRONTIERS IN JUNE Frontiers Records is honoured to welcome Richard Marx to the label for the exclusive release of “Inside My Head” – a 2 CD album set featuring rare and new material along with new recordings of his greatest hits – on June 1st in Europe. The first single […]

LEAD SINGLE ‘THAT’S WHY GOD MADE THE RADIO’ OUT FRIDAY 27 APRIL Legendary Band’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Includes new Album, International Tour dates, & Commemorative Catalog Releases The founding members of The Beach Boys, one of the world’s most legendary bands, have reunited for a global 50th Anniversary celebration, including a new album release, a major international tour, and commemorative […]

FANS TO PARTICIPATE IN A UNIQUE VIRTUAL EVENT. BROADCAST LIVE IN AN ONLINE SOCIAL THEATER, THE EVENT INLCUDES AN INTIMATE LIVE PERFORMANCE, PREVIEW OF THE UPCOMING LIVE TOUR FILM, SNEAK PEEK AT THE MARS DOCUMENTARY ‘ARTIFACT’ AND AN INTERACTIVE Thirty Seconds To Mars have announced that they are currently working on their 4th studio album, the follow-up to 2009’s global […]

The big question is not ‘why pay tribute to Rick Springfield?’, but rather ‘why did it take so long for someone to do so?’ And when you consider some of the many other tribute albums that have hit the market in recent years, and with Rick’s record of 17 Top 40 hits, it is a confounding question indeed. Thankfully all has been put right […]

PBS 106.7 FM, Radio Festival 2012, May 14 – 27 BE OUR HERO … with great radio comes great responsibility… It’s 2012 and Melbourne’s airwaves are in danger of being suffocated by the bland oppressive miasma of mainstream radio. Every day music loving citizens of this city are subjected to playlisted, formulaic pop pulp, constant ad breaks, and loud, overbearing […]

THE GHOST INSIDE TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM Get What You Give Out June 22nd in Australia. Produced By Jeremy Mckinnon of A Day To Remember California’s most passionate and articulate exponents of hardcore will release their  exceptional third album, Get What You Give on June 22nd. The album, produced by Jeremy Mckinnon of A Day To Remember, embraces The Ghost Inside’s  powerful and affecting sound that […]

SET YOUR GOALS RELEASE NEW TRACKS PRODUCED BY CHAD GILBERT OF NEW FOUND GLORY New Songs Available For Purchase / Streaming Now Bay Area melodic pop punk heroes, Set Your Goals have released two brand new songs “Only Right Now” and “I’ll Walk It Off”. Produced by Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory, the new songs offer fans a glimpse of what’s to […]

OFFICIALLY UNLEASH THE BRAND NEW VIDEO LET YOU GO (Single available digitally) Following the success of the bands brand new single LET YOU GO, Melbourne band ZOOPHYTE officially unleash the stunning new video for the single. Filmed on the Victorian coastline by Hayden Guppy and Miles Bence, the songs soaring vocal hooks, catchy melody and uplifting guitar dynamics is the first taster from the band’s […]

Resist The Thought Announce Debut Album & Tour ‘Sovereignty’ set for release May 18 via Skull & Bones Records/Shock Entertainment Since 2007, Sydney’s Resist The Thought have been carefully engraving their name into the Australian metal scene. Thanks to a relentless touring ethos which found them forever on the road and sharing stages with the likes of Suicide Silence, The Acacia Strain […]

“AUSTRALIAN TORTURE” OCTOBER 2012 presented by Soundworks Touring After three long torturous years, death metals titanic kings, CANNIBAL CORPSE, return to Australia for a sarcophagic frenzy of sordid and demented proportions! Their new ceaselessly hostile album release, TORTURE, proves that when it comes to combining unrestrained maliciousness, involved song writing and technical precision they still have no equal. The twelfth […]

The spotlights are on: on Friday 20th April, GOTTHARD released the first single from the album “Firebirth”, out on 1st. June. The single, with the name “Starlight” will appear in two versions, a rock and an acoustic variation. “Starlight” is the virtual shooting star of album song writing: the song was one of the first that the band wrote together […]

Three Decades Later… The Legacy Continues! ASIA RELEASE NEW STUDIO ALBUM “XXX” WITH ORIGINAL LINE-UP: GEOFF DOWNES, STEVE HOWE, CARL PALMER & JOHN WETTON BRITISH SUPERGROUP CELEBRATES 30th ANNIVERSARY WITH UK TOUR AND 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF DEBUT ALBUM Thirty years after its eponymous debut album, ASIA ascended to the top of the Billboard Top 100 chart (where it remained No.1 for […]

Remember Malice In Wonderland? The Norwegian rock band burst onto the Scandinavian rock scene with their self titled debut album in 2005. Led by hit single Lucifer’s Town the band was quickly labelled as one of the most promising underground rock acts and their fan base grew quickly with fan clubs and supporters in every corner of the world. The […]

The Exploited Australia – New Zealand tour cancelled / To be rescheduled. Unfortunately The Exploited tour in Aust-NZ is cancelled due to a very serious family situation of the bass player. Rob has travelled today back to Ireland to stay with his family for the next few weeks and therefore The Exploited is not able to make tour. The band is […]

Harakiri, the new studio album from singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet and political activist Serj Tankian is set to be released July 6 on Reprise Records/Serjical Strike. Look for a teaser video with a snippet of the first single, Figure It Out, on Serj’s website later this week. Harakiri, a Japanese word meaning ritualistic suicide, is the follow up to 2010’s critically acclaimed Imperfect […]

Monster Energy, Atticus Clothing, Propertyofzack.com and Blunt Magazine present…  HEROES FOR HIRE The “Just Shoe It” Tour with special guests LUCA BRASI and CARRY ME HOME HEROES FOR HIRE kicked off 2012 with a bang, touring nationally on the Soundwave Festival (alongside Slipknot, A Day To Remember, The Used, You Me At Six and many more) and playing to their biggest crowds to date. The group […]

The Strums Set Sail For New National Tour The Strums are getting ready to make play their way around the country by land and by sea in support of their second single Gimme Some Hope and you can check out the new video right here exclusively at May The Rock Be With You before anyone else!  Let us and the […]

Some bands talk their way into opportunities or use algorithms to feign blog hype.  Others drag themselves up by the teeth. Dubbed by The Daily Telegraph’s Kathy McCabe as “heirs apparent to The Living End”, electrified rock n rollers King Cannons are currently in the throws of launching their career in Europe via a 17 date tour spanning across Germany, […]