To be released on the 29th of July, Palace of the King’s sophomore album Valles Marineris is a blistering and energetic Australian rock n’ roll diamond. Palace of the King will be hitting the road to celebrate the release the only way they know how, by bringing their new album to life on stage with the raw firepower they have become […]

Following great anticipation, Korn, one of the most influential rock bands of modern times, have today announced the release of their 12th studio album, The Serenity Of Suffering. Produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Deftones, Mastodon), the album will be released on October 21 and features a special guest appearance from Corey Taylor of Slipknot. It marks the band’s welcomed return to Roadrunner Records, who previously released 2010’s KORN III – Remember Who You Are and […]

We’ve been a fan of Luke’s since King Cannons, and if you haven’t heard of them well you missed out big time, There’s a couple of videos below you can check out, so when Luke stepped away from the band and music for a while hope was lost… but with a resurgence in love of it again and his new band […]

Six piece progressive metal juggernaut, Periphery will be returning to Australia next February in support of their new album Periphery III: Select Difficulty which is released today! Representing the vanguard of addictive, chaotic, challenging and cathartically inviting heavy music for the modern era, Periphery’s triple-guitar attack and rhythmic dexterity has won them a dedicated fanbase that encompasses subcultures ranging from […]

Iconic metal giants, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, will be returning to Australia in March 2017, in support of their seventh album Incarnate. The Massachusetts powerhouse will be bringing along the atmospheric, boundary-pushing metallers FALLUJAH for their first ever Australian tour. This is going to be one of the ‘must attend’ heavy tours of 2017. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE re-defined heavy metal with the release […]

German heavy rock icons, SCORPIONS, will be bringing their 50th Anniversary Tour to Melbourne for their first-ever Australian show. In 1988, the Hanoverian pioneers were the first Western rock band to play five consecutive sold-out shows in then Soviet Leningrad. Returning the following year to play the Moscow Music Peace festival, Scorpions ultimately conquered Russia, inspiring frontman Klaus Meine to […]

One of the most talked about, controversial, ground breaking and adored, rock bands of the modern age, FALLING IN REVERSE are bringing their Count Rockula Tour to Australia this October! This will be the band’s first visit back to Australia since early 2015 and their first ever headline tour. Tickets go on sale 10am Thursday, July 21. My Live Nation […]

Beginning on Saturday, July 16 (Sunday, July 17 in Australia) music fans can experience the final performance from iconic rock band Mötley Crüe during a month-long run of “Mötley Crüe: The End.” The once-in-a-lifetime event was held at the sold-out Staples Center in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve 2015. Watch the trailer here Fans around the world will be […]

“Wild thing, you make my heart sing!”… 60’s British Rock Legends THE TROGGS finally return to Australia this November to celebrate the Wild Thing’s 50thAnniversary by performing all their Greatest Hits – Wild Thing, With a Girl Like You, I Can’t Control Myself, Love is All Around plus More! Teenage lust never sounded so good!”  (Ultimate Classic Rock) THE TROGGS […]

Canadian indie-rockers Half Moon Run reveal an explosive start to the New Year, announcing their return to Australia to play three headline dates this January. The band will head to Brisbane’s The Triffid on Wednesday 11th January, followed by Melbourne’s Corner Hotel on Thursday 12th January and Sydney’s Metro Theatre onSaturday 14th January. Known for their heavy percussive riffs and […]

Frontier Touring is thrilled to confirm three East Coast shows for Canadian pop punk legends Simple Plan this September. Returning to Australian shores for the first time since 2013, the band is extremely excited to be bringing their live show to fans in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Joining Simple Plan at each of the shows will be Sydney pop rockers […]

The year 2016 has proven to be a massive year for four mates from Mansfield. Following the release of Violent Soho’s #1 debuting album WACO and a completely sold out tour to follow (which included a whopping two Enmore Theatres, three Tivolis and three Forum Theatres), Violent Soho are showing no signs of slowing down! Today, we are beyond excited […]

Swedish melodic metal heavy weights KATATONIA finally return to Australia for their First Ever Headline Tour this December! KATATONIA’S sound has no boundaries or limitation. Heartfelt vocals compliment the multi-layered and mesmerising riffs that guide the listener to a whole different world. Following up their 2013 visit supporting fellow countrymen Opeth, Australians now have a chance to see KATATONIA in their […]

Lennard Promotions Presents the return of the unholy high priest of psychobilly, Reverend Horton Heat for a series of high octane shows across Australian this September and October. Loved and adored by a legion of devoted Australian fans, The Reverend Horton Heat has blazed a scorching trail across the decades with his hard-livin’, Hillbilly anthems. In a modern world obsessed […]

“The time has come…there’s no escape“  Legendary Swedish hardcore punks, Refused will return to Australia in January 2017 along with hardcore icons Sick Of It All (celebrating their 30th anniversary) and High Tension! In 1998 a boundary exploding album was released that has since been elevated to all-time legendary status…’The Shape Of Punk To Come’. Their iconic status grew exponentially in […]

It is with great pleasure that Pixies announce their sophomore “post-reunion” albumHead Carrier, to be released on Friday 30 September via Pixiesmusic/Play It Again Sam. The 12-track collection of the band’s unique aural mix of surrealism, psychedelia, dissonance and surf rock was produced by Tom Dalgety (Killing Joke, Royal Blood) and recorded at London’s Rak Studios from mid-February through to […]

Las Vegas natives Escape The Fate have been slaying it on their current world tour and Australian fans will finally get their chance to witness a full headline tour this October… “We‘re coming for everyone and we aren’t taking any prisoners,”  says vocalist Craig Mabbitt  They’ve always done it their way and now Hate Me sees them coming together as a […]

Australia’s love affair with Floridian rockers Yellowcard is stronger than ever with pre-sale tickets being snapped up as soon as they went on sale. Due to overwhelming pre-sale demand, a second and final show at Melbourne’s Max Watt’s has been added on Friday 24 February 2017. Tickets to all Australian shows on Yellowcard’s The Final World Tour are on sale […]

Melbourne’s cheeky rock rascals, The Pretty Littles have slipped a sneaky single past the keeper this week, releasing the follow up to their much-loved slow burn anthem, Pride. Sleeping In Water is the 2nd single to be taken off the band’s forthcoming album and precedes a run of headlining tour dates this November.  Premiering on triple j’s Home and Hosed last night, […]

With the bands upcoming August release of ART ROCK TWO, the long awaited follow up to 2015’s ‘Art Rock One’, Melbourne’s cult art rock duo (now trio)THE STIFFYS will embark on a massive 17 date national tour! In what is likely to be a first for Australian rock and roll history, the band will be playing the entire tour in […]

A DAY TO REMEMBER will return to Australia this December for the Bad Vibes Tour featuring special guests OF MICE & MEN. The tour is in support of the forthcoming album, Bad Vibrations, which is available August 19 via ADTR/Epitaph Records. The shows will be their first Down Under since the epic BIG ASS TOUR which hit arenas last summer and […]

When the final note rung out on their triumphant Australian tour of 2014 they let it be known that they wanted to come back here and soon! Now thanks to Destroy All Lines and Chugg Entertainment: SUICIDE SILENCE make their return to Australia in September. Many of the greatest works of art throughout history were fashioned from grief, anger and overwhelming despair descending on […]

Each subsequent release has seen PANIC! AT THE DISCO push the boundaries and create unique genre bending albums. Their 5th album, Death Of A Bachelor, is no different. A grandiose and triumphant masterpiece with songs that both allude to the past and create a uniquely contemporary sensibility with a Sinatra-esque, dance-around-your-room-when-noone’s-looking feel. “A mix between Sinatra and Queen.” – Rolling […]

“When saying farewell, it is hard to know where to start, especially when there are so many reasons not to say it, but the time has come to share this news. After countless discussions and months of thought, we have decided that it is time for Yellowcard to come to an end. This will be our last album and our […]

Respected Australian composer, producer and performer, and founding member of Boom Crash Opera, Peter Farnan, has today lifted the covers off his new project, Pesky Bones, including details of the PledgeMusic campaign that will precede the release of the album, ‘Volume One’. Pesky Bones ‘Volume One’ is a collection of 12 songs, written, performed and produced by Farnan, with guest […]

Canberra’s most famous alt rock exports Hands Like Houses have kept the momentum rolling and dropped by the triple j studios last week as part of the coveted Like A Version segment. The past year has easily been one of the most successful on record for Hands Like Houses. In February they released their critically acclaimed brilliant third album Dissonants, which impressively debuted at […]

triple j, Hysteria and UNFD Present UNIFY 2016 A HEAVY MUSIC GATHERING FEATURING: ALEXISONFIRE VIOLENT SOHO NORTHLANE EVERY TIME I DIE THE GETAWAY PLAN [playing Other Voices Other Rooms] LETLIVE. THY ART IS MURDER LUCA BRASI HOUSE VS HURRICANE I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN [playing Music For The Recently Deceased] MOOSE BLOOD STORM THE SKY COUNTERPARTS DEEZ NUTS TROPHY EYES […]

Buffalo, New York hardcore band Every Time I Die will release a new album Low Teens on September 23. The first new song shared is “The Coin Has a Say” which operates as an extremity test, with every gear-shift somehow pushing the band into inexplicably heavier territories. Listen to “The Coin Has a Say” HERE “The whole winter, the temperature […]

The Dead Daisies outstanding new single, ‘Long Way To Go’, released today, Friday June 17th, on Spitfire Music / SPV, more than whets the appetite for these celebrated hard rockers’ hotly anticipated third album, ‘Make Some Noise’, due out August 5th. The video for ‘Long Way To Go’, was shot at Hessentags Arena in Germany at a recent event with […]

Melbourne four piece MY SECRET CIRCUS (MSC) breath life back into rock metal with the release of their new controversial single ‘No Cigar’, which is turning heads and gathering fans world wide. MSC have played at both Australian and International premier live music venues, most recently the iconic West Hollywood landmark The Viper Room and Australia’s own ANZ Stadium. They […]