World, meet Diesel. After 25 years in rock n roll, the Artist otherwise known as Mark Lizotte has delivered an album that melds all the varied sides of his musical personality – and reveals a few new ones besides. World, meet ‘Let it Fly’. “It’s all of my life’s work so far brought to fruition, in many ways. It’s pretty […]

Twelve Foot Ninja bring their sharpened live show to Australian venues this August-September-October for their last Aussie tour before heading to Europe, USA, and Canada. Fresh from their national tour with the legendary Fear Factory and recent praise from the likes of Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Dino Cazares (Fear Factory), Wolf Van Halen (Van Halen/Tremonti), Misha Mansoor (Periphery) and the folks at Soundwave, the genre-bending five-piece have […]

The return of HAREM SCAREM with “Mood Swings II” the re-recording of the band’s classic album with 3 new songs out in September on Frontiers Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of “Mood Swings II” the album celebrating the reunion of Canadian Rockers Harem Scarem on September 24th in North America and September 27th in Europe. Harem Scarem […]

Japan’s groundbreaking electro-mosh masters CROSSFAITH have unleashed a video for new single ‘We Are the Future’, ripped last week from the body of their crushing new album ‘Apocalyze’, out September 6. Unique and captivating, Crossfaith seamlessly combine metal, hardcore, samples and electronica to forge a musical formula that truly transcends genre. Their 2009 debut album ‘The Artificial Theory For The Dramatic […]

In a final celebration for their debut album ‘In Nightfall’s Embrace’, Brisbane female fronted, symphonic metallers Awaken Solace announce a string of live shows across Australia’s east-coast throughout August and September presented by Metal Evilution. In conjunction with the tour, the band is also celebrating a national distribution deal with Green Media | MGM Distribution. Awaken Solace may be reasonably […]

In between recording their next shout-a-long anthem and rubbing shoulders with the country’s leaders, Canberra’s finest slacker punk trio Super Best Friends have found time to squeeze in a series of pre-season training shows as they gear up for the release of a new single and music video. The 1,2,3! Tour will see the band play shows in Canberra, Sydney […]

VANS WARPED TOUR IS COMING TO AUSTRALIA…NEED WE SAY ANYMORE!!! So without further ado… THE OFFSPRING PARKWAY DRIVE SIMPLE PLAN NEW FOUND GLORY THE USED HATEBREED TONIGHT ALIVE H2O THE SUMMER SET KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES WE CAME AS ROMANS MAN OVERBOARD CROWN THE EMPIRE THE DANGEROUS SUMMER FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING VEARA ANARBOR MALLORY KNOX RDGLDGRN Tickets on sale […]

A twelve year career, 200,000 record sales and over 500 shows would be an epic dream for any young band. For The Butterfly Effect it was their reality, but behind the music, festival shows, international tours and the gold records, holding it all together was a challenge far greater than any band photo or press release could convey. Twelve months […]

From H.E.A.T’s official website: Our brother and guitar player Dave Dalone has decided to leave the band to pursue new musical challenges. It’s been seven years of nothing but good times with Dave, a fantastic guitar player, songwriter and friend. We wish him all the best in his plans for the future. As for now H.E.A.T will continue as a […]

With their second album landing August 9 via UNFD, New World Artists announce Dead Letter Circus (DLC) are embarking on ‘The Catalyst Fire’ Australian tour to debut their highly anticipated new material. The Catalyst Fire is the follow up to Dead Letter Circus’ hit debut album This Is The Warning. This Is The Warning peaked at #2 on the ARIA Charts, recently achieved Gold sales, was nominated […]

Sydney’s flagship band, burlesque and DJ spectacular, BLACK CHERRY, returns on Saturday 20th July with its trademark thrills and debauchery! With more live music than ever before, BLACK CHERRY invades the many stages of The Factory Theatre with a theatre of raunch and resonance in the most scintillating winter warmer you’ll ever get your hands on! Leading the live music […]

Hot off the success of their first studio album release in 20 years, This Is Not The End, and its Top 20 ARIA Album Chart debut, iconic Aussie rockers Baby Animals are thrilled to announce a new national Australian tour in 2013. Presented by Social Family Records and The Harbour Agency, the “Feed The Birds” tour will begin in Newcastle […]

On the heels of the recently announced collaboration with Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitar virtuoso Chris Caffery, New York-based outfit, The Infinite Staircase (comprised of brothers Lenny and Jeff Cerzosie), have added a few more recognizable names in the hard rock and heavy metal community to their already “rock star-studded” forthcoming Ep; this time in the form of the album’s […]

Thanks to our good friends at Jaden Social, we have two copies of the new Divine Fits double A-side vinyl single to give away. These two new tracks from Divine Fits, “Ain’t That The Way” (written by Britt Daniel) and “Chained To Love” (written by Dan Boeckner) were produced by the multi Grammy Award winning producer Joe Chiccarelli (The White Stripes, […]

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS TO RELEASE 6-CD BOX SET, 5-LP VINYL AND TWO DIGITAL VERSIONS OF “THE AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH’ – Available on July 23rd As part of the continuing series of reissues of THE SMASHING PUMPKINS’ acclaimed catalog via Virgin/UMe, the iconic alternative band is set to release four separate versions, all fully remastered, of their platinum-selling 1996 box set […]

Today, ASHES OF ARES are happy to reveal details on their upcoming debut album. The self-titled record »Ashes Of Ares« will be released via Nuclear Blast Records on September 6 as a limited CD in Digipak incl. a bonus track as well as in two different 2LP versions. The tracklist reads as follows: 01. The Messenger 02. Move the Chains […]

German thrash titans KREATOR will play a this years Roskilde Festival in Denmark on Friday, July 5 at 11.00pm CET. The entire show will be available as live stream at www.roskilde-festival.dk – check it out! KREATOR recently announced to release a brand new live DVD called »Dying Alive« on August 30, 2013. A first video trailer can be viewed below: The DVD/Blu Ray features the band’s sold out homecoming show […]

AVENGED SEVENFOLD TO RELEASE SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘HAIL TO THE KING’ ON AUGUST 23 “Avenged Sevenfold are THE sound and face of hard rock and metal in the new millennium.” – REVOLVER Avenged Sevenfold have officially announced Hail To The King, their sixth studio album, will be released in Australia on August 23, 2013. Produced by Mike Elizondo, Hail To […]

Dallas Green – better known by his moniker City and Colour – will be paying his dedicated Australian fan base a visit this month, for two very special shows in Sydney and Melbourne to promote the release of his new album The Hurry and The Harm. Green has also promised to drop into the triple j studios to reveal details […]

CROSSFAITH REVEAL FIRST TRACK ‘WE ARE THE FUTURE’ FROM UPCOMING ALBUM APOCALYZE RELEASE DATE CHANGE TO SEPTEMBER 6 Japan’s Crossfaith today unveil the first taste of their upcoming studio album, Apocalyze. Originally slated for release on August 16, the album is now set to be unleashed upon the masses on September 6 via Halfcut Records. Lead track We Are The […]

‘Guitar Pickin’ Man’ is the first single taken from  CHRIS SHIFLETT & THE DEAD PEASANTS sophomore album All Hat and No Cattle, set for release on August 2, 2013 via Sideonedummy/Shock. All Hat and No Cattle follows the band’s 2010 self-titled debut which introduced the veteran Foo Fighter Shiflett’s skill for writing understated, infectious Americana-influenced rock songs. Inspired by CHRIS […]

JIMMY BARNES – WELCOME TO THE PLEASURE HOUSE TOUR Frontier Touring Company and Premier Artists are very pleased to announce that rock and roll legend JIMMY BARNES is set to hit the road this August/September on a run of exclusive shows for his WELCOME TO THE PLEASURE HOUSE national tour. Australia’s favourite and most prolific artist will storm the stage […]

Tickets for STEREOPHONICS’  first East Coast shows in nearly three years have  been long sold-out, leaving many fans ticketless and disappointed. Now due to a change to the band’s tour  itinerary, it has become possible to add a second Melbourne show. Tickets for this final Melbourne show, at The Palace on Tuesday July 23, will go on sale at midday […]

Live: All Access is the new live album from John Waite. The album was released on iTunes June 11th and is a sparkling collection of live recordings of songs from the ‘Rough and Tumble’ album, from the solo albums ‘Ignition’ and ‘No Brakes’ and from The Babys era. Waite’s trademark vocals are crystal clear and every bit as powerful as […]

Following on from the epic release “Hair.Denim.Sex.Metal” (New Justice Records, 2011), the mighty Electrik Dynamite are on the eve of releasing their brand new double A-side 7” vinyl “Showgirls / Steel of Fortune”. The 7” is the first recordings since Dan Brittan took over vocal duties for the band, and will introduce the listener to a harder edged clean vocal […]

WHERE MUSIC IS THE HEARTBEAT AND ART IS THE SOUL “The perfect leafy surrounds, a stellar line up of International acts, the unexpected art installations and impromptu burlesque shows, culminated in a very impressive music festival. It sets the benchmark high for what a good festival should be” – THE AU REVIEW “Harvest was without a doubt the greatest festival […]

SWITCHFOOT ANNOUNCE FEATURE FILM AND NEW ALBUM FADING WEST SET FOR RELEASE IN OCTOBER, 2013 Grammy-award winning rock band Switchfoot are pleased to announce the release of their ninth studio album as well as the details behind their new feature film, both titled Fading West.  The new album will be released this October on Atlantic Records/Word, while the 80-minute film, […]

In their grand spirit of never ever ever slowing down, Melbourne’s beloved THE SMITH STREET BAND have announced that they’ll be venturing overseas to explore lands unknown off the back of their new EP. They’ll take off just days after wrapping up their August headline tour in support of new 5-track EP/10″ ‘Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams’, and hit the UK, […]

SLIPKNOT DRUMMER JOEY JORDISON UNVEILS NEW PROJECT, SCAR THE MARTYR Slipknot member Joey Jordison has unveiled details of his new project, Scar The Martyr. Recorded at Sound Farm Studios in Des Moines, IA, Scar The Martyr’s as-yet-untitled debut album, was produced by Rhys Fulber whose production and mixing credits include Fear Factory, Rob Zombie, Mindless Self Indulgence, Front Line Assembly and more.  The […]

Kingdom Sounds, Pumped Up Kids, GiggedIn, Kill Your Stereo, Blunt Magazine and Santa Cruz presents THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS (USA) – CHOOSE OUR ADVENTURE AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2013 The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus is a Faith driven punk rock/post hardcore band who strives to show people the light in a world of dark through music and after 4.5 years – the band are […]