Since their first show in June 2013, Hellions have wasted little time in establishing themselves as one of the country’s freshest sounding, heavy acts. Drawing comparison to artists as diverse as Stray From The Path, Defeater, Rage Against The Machine and A Day To Remember, the Sydney-based collective made an instant splash with the release of their first single, “Infamita,”which […]

With only one week remaining until The Smith Street Band kick off their Australian tour with The Menzingers (USA), the band have unveiled a new film clip for the song “Don’t F*ck With Our Dreams.” Shot by friend Andy Johnson over three months while on tour all over Europe & North America, take a five minute glance into the hectic touring schedule TSSB never let […]

Ahead of their upcoming Australian tour Monster Magnet have just named the full line up of local acts who will joining the space rock legends to blow minds across the country this April. Main support in each city will come from two-piece hell raisers King Of The North.  Since exploding onto the Melbourne music scene in early 2012 this guitar/drum […]

Metal legends Down will release their new EP Down IV – Part Two on May 9, 2014 via Down Records/Roadrunner Records. Tracked at Nodferatu’s Lair – iconic vocalist Philip H. Anselmo‘s home studio – and produced by Michael Thompson, Anselmo and Down, the new EP is the eagerly anticipated sequel to Down IV – Part One. The new offering from Down is packed with the quintet’s signature gargantuan riffs, swamp blues leads, crashing […]

SOUNDWORKS TOURING presents ‘COVENANT’ AUSTRALIAN TOUR APRIL 2014 – Performing The ‘Covenant’ Album In It’s Entirety – Followed By Classic Material Easily one of the most famous & prominent greats in death metal, MORBID ANGEL, make a very special appearance back to Australia this coming April! Over the course of three nights of maximum intensity, MORBID ANGEL will perform the […]

SOUNDGARDEN to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Superunknown LP Superunknown Reissue Package out May 30, 2014 via A&M Records/USM Two Deluxe Editions including Rare Demos and Rehearsal Recordings and More Limited Edition Five 10-inch Vinyl Set of Superunknown: The Singles Available on Record Store Day – April 19 “The best albums define their time, then transcend it. Superunknown is an honest monument to its era and birthplace. Superunknown is also […]

Richie Sambora announces an ADDITIONAL Sidewave Show with all profits going to THE STARLIGHT FOUNDATION Celebrated American rock icon RICHIE SAMBORA has announced he will play an additional and incredibly intimate Sidewave show whilst in Melbourne for Soundwave Festival 2014 with all profits going to The Starlight Foundation. For the first time in over ten years , Australian fans will have the opportunity of a […]

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE’S ‘Alive Or Just Breathing’ album was a watershed moment in metal in 2002 as it heralded the birth of ‘Metalcore’. Now, more than a decade later, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE have reunited with original singer Jesse Leach. “This change is very exciting,” the band said upon announcing Leach’s triumphant return. “We know you’re going to love it. This is truly […]

Indisputable metal gods, ILL NIÑO  with their infused bilingual lyrics, harsh and melodic vocals, flamenco guitars, tribal drums and salsa inspired bass lines will take to the stage for 2 monster Sidewaves with the undefinable and kick ass SKINDRED. In an industry of big egos and even bigger drama, it is seldom a metal band manages to stick together for […]

Late in 2013, James Reyne played two sold-out shows at The Basement in Sydney, exciting fans with a new live offering, A Crawl To Now.  Showcasing a broad selection of Australian Crawl tracks plus songs from his time with Company Of Strangers and his solo hits, the acoustic trio of James with Tracy and Brett Kingman, paid homage to an […]

Sydney band Dead In A Second will team up with their good mates Jericco for a number of live shows mid March / early April. These shows will be under the banner of SWARM FEST. A number of special guests will join the tour at various venues. The SWARM FEST tour will take place in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Newcastle. […]

Prepare to go ape-shit as three banging, heavy hitting and all together powerful bands collide for Sidewave shows guaranteed to get you in the pit! Ten years, nonstop relentless worldwide touring and five albums under their belt, TERROR are heading to Brisbane and Perth so be prepared to be pulverized. ‘Live By The Code’, the band’s latest album and their most loved Vogel claims […]

INDUSTRIAL METAL ROCK FANS PREPARE FOR AN AURAL ASSAULT AS VOLBEAT, FILTER, AND HACKTIVIST ANNOUNCE SIDEWAVE SHOWS After being catapulted into the spotlight following an invitation to tour with Metallica in 2009, their fifth album has done nothing to stop the band’s ever-growing domination of the genre. VOLBEAT has been touring worldwide, taking inspiration from death, the dark arts and other terrifying […]

Metalcore fans beware: the following lineup may cause dizziness, dilated pupils and increased heart rate as A DAY TO REMEMBER, THE GHOST INSIDE and I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN announce Sidewave shows Florida’s pop-mosh lords, A DAY TO REMEMBER are back and they will be bringing their crushing live show to Sidewaves in Sydney and Melbourne. With 5 albums under their belt, each one further […]

A lineup to satiate the most discerning black metal fan is here. Combining the most ferocious talents from every corner of the globe, Soundwave Touring is delighted to reveal two Sidewaves for GWAR, AMON AMARTH, SATYRICON and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER. GWAR fans are prepared for anything when it comes to the gods of gore, but their minds may be […]

THE STRUMS first raised their guitars in November 2012 with the release of their debut EP “Are You Picking Up What What I’m Putting Down”.  Since that time, they have been honing their skills touring relentlessly including taking their rock n roll back to the suburbs with the gusto of their Aussie rock predecessors. Their latest recording is all live […]

In honour of their much anticipated crowd funded video, Twelve Foot Ninja have announced an Australian headline tour this March/April. Twelve Foot Ninja broke crowd funding records when they raised $52,600 to make their new video clip – successfully crowd funding the highest financial target for a music video. As the controversial anti-cyber bullying video spreads like wildfire online, the […]

Steel Panther are keeping things sexy, steely and…panther-y in the lead up to their ‘All You Can Eat’ album with new video for single ‘The Burden Of Being Wonderful‘ – something Michael Starr, Satchel, Lexxi Foxx and Stix Zadinia know a LOT about. Directed by Kirk Butler, who is best known as writer and producer of modern comedy classics Family Guy […]

GET READY FOR TWO OF AMERICA’S HEAVY WEIGHT METAL HERO’S TO TAKE TO THE STAGE FOR ONE EXPLOSIVE NIGHT! – 2 SHOWS ONLY! TESTAMENT is the quintessential heavy metal band. They have undisputedly been the flag bearers and garnered huge influence over a whole new generation of aural aggressors. Reaching this lushest of creative fields has been quite a journey […]

LADIES & GENTLEMEN – OPEN YOUR EARS AND HEARTS TO THE SPIRIT 2014 signals the birth of Melbourne’s newest band, THE SPIRIT. A four piece with an addiction to classic sounds and the human elements of hand crafted music. THE SPIRIT forge raw, emotive material inspired by 70’s Americana. In a time when digital enhancement encourages style over substance, THE […]

Black Stone Cherry has announced the release of their eagerly awaited new album, Magic Mountain which will be released in Australia on Friday 9 May. Produced by Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age, Soundgarden), Magic Mountain will be heralded by the first single, Me and Mary Jane. Black Stone Cherry commented on the making of Magic Mountain stating, “Not […]

The Dead Daisies is OUT NOW download from iTunes or JB Hifi For more information on The Dead Daisies National Tour CLICK HERE To request a stream of The Dead Daisies Debut Album CLICK HERE The Dead Daisies ripped the roof and shook the foundations of The Governor Hindmarsh in Adelaide on Thursday night on the first show of their Australian tour. Following […]

Twelve Foot Ninja has premiered the long-awaited music video for the song Ain’t That A Bitch. With the promise to create an action-packed and gory tale of retribution against an internet troll, the Australian group turned to fans in an effort to crowd fund over $45,000 for the making of the video. As a result, Twelve Foot Ninja broke a world […]

HIM ARE A FORCE LIKE NO OTHER! Their trademark Heartagram has left its indelible stamp on the globe. With over 8 million records sold and the distinction of recording the best-selling single of any Finnish artist to date with Join Me In Death from 1999’s Razorblade Romance, as well as being the first Finnish band to receive gold certification in the United States for […]

Celebrated American rock icon RICHIE SAMBORA will play just 2 intimate Sidewave shows while in the country for Soundwave Festival 2014! For the first time since his first Australian solo tour in 1998, Australian fans will have the opportunity of a lifetime: To see one of the greatest musicians and singer-songwriters of our time performing material from his solo records with a few surprises thrown […]

Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to see the mighty AVENGED SEVENFOLD harken back to their club days, before they became one of hard rock’s premier headliners, and perform in a club setting for the first time in Australia since 2008. This is an incredible and rare opportunity created especially for Australian fans to experience the band up close and personal […]

BE PREPARED FOR THE MONSTER OF ALL NIGHTS! The Dillinger Escape Plan have merely one prerogative: to go forward in ALL directions simultaneously. Following on from their ground-breaking 1999 debut full-length, ‘Calculating Infinity’ and the near-perfect pileup of craft and chaos on 2007’s “Ire Works”, The Dillinger Escape Plan have unveiled their latest masterpiece, ‘One of Us is the Killer’. It is consider by many the bands […]

GET READY FOR A NIGHT OF FLAMBOYANT GLAM METAL ROCK WITH BLISTERING GUITAR SOLOS, MUSCULAR RIFFS AND DEEPLY KOHLED EYES AS BLACK VEIL BRIDES TAKE TO THE STAGE IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE Black Veil Brides kicked off 2013 confidently with the release of their third full-length album, Wretched and Divine. This massive opus sees the Los Angeles quintet deliver a […]

Firmly established as one of the biggest bands in the UK following the amazing success of their current album Opposites – which debuted at #1 in the UK and #22 in Australia – BiffyClyro have announced two side-shows ahead of their appearance as part of the 2014 Soundwave Festival. Biffy Clyro’s live chops are well established internationally, the band having headlined the infamous Leeds […]

Get ready for a ‘blissed out dirty rock ride’! EAGLES of DEATH METAL are bringing their unique blend of double – entendre boogie to Australian stages again for the first time in 7 years! Its Jesse Huges! Its sex, humour and fun! It’s churning guitars and hook-driven choruses and a band whose only agenda is to have a good time! […]