2013-03-22 02:00 – Today is the beginning of a new era in the world of AVANTASIA: The new single “Sleepwalking” has hit the online stores (iTunes, Amazon, etc) Order here: http://bit.ly/avantasiasleepwalking   The video was shot in a magical forest in Germany on a snowy winter‘s night. Tobias comments: “It was far below freezing. And there we were, standing in the […]

Enslaved ‘Australian Winter Rite Tour 2013’ With special guests Rise of Avernus Thursday 13th  June: Rosemount Hotel – Perth WA Friday 14th  June: The Hi-Fi – Melbourne VIC Saturday 15th  June: The Manning Bar – Sydney NSW Sunday 16th  June: The Hi-Fi – Brisbane QLD After spending over two decades amassing a striking collection of releases, Norwegian progressive black metal […]

2013-03-18 22:00 – Finnish metal superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM have named their 8th studio album “Halo Of Blood” and have unveiled the album artwork.  Coverart was created this time by Sami Saramäki (Follow The Reaper, Are You Dead Yet?, Hate Crew Deathroll). Mastermind Alexi Laiho commented: “Halo Of Blood is the 8th studio album from Children Of Bodom and believe it […]

Watch out for the unruly dogs coming from Sweden ! The Poodles are ready to rock the house with their new album “Tour de Force” out in may on Frontiers ! Frontiers Records is excited to announce the anticipated return of THE POODLES with the release of the band’s fifth album “Tour de Force” on May 17th in Europe and May 22nd in North America. “Tour […]

Love Lust Faith + Dreams – THE NEW ALBUM FROM THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS SET FOR MAY 17 RELEASE New Single “Up In The Air” Premieres Today In Space And On Radio Worldwide “Up In The Air” Set For Global Release On March 20 As Album Pre-Order Goes Live  Love Lust Faith + Dreams, the new album from Thirty Seconds […]

Having never visited our shores before, the announcement of a KAMELOT Australian tour is bound to excite hordes of melodic metal fans across the country! KAMELOT’s style has been described as a blend of melodic, progressive and gothic metal interwoven with classical elements that defines a genre all their own.  With a new album ‘Silverthorn’ released late last year and […]

Principal Entertainment presents the return of Texas psychobilly legends The Reverend Horton Heat, live in Australia in 2013. The Reverend returns with his white hot band to deliver the good word from the bible of high-octane rock ‘n’ roll for his Australian disciples this May. Long held as the last true masters of country punk laden rockabilly, The Reverend Horton […]

Hot on the heels of his one-off performance at the Stone Festival as part of super group ‘Kings of Chaos’, legendary voice of rock Glenn Hughes will be performing 3 special solo shows up and down the East Coast in late April. Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane audiences will have the fortune of seeing Glenn perform a spectacular 2 set career […]

SENSES FAIL will release their fifth full-length studio album entitled RENACER (ray-nah-serr) on March 29, 2013 on 3Wise Records.  Renacer was recorded in Los Angeles, California at both The Airport Studio and Red Bull Studio with producer Shaun Lopez (Far, Deftones) at the helm. LISTEN TO FIRST TRACKS ‘MI AMOR’ & ‘THE PATH’ HERE “We celebrated our 10 year anniversary […]

Slave New World Group & Fetch Agency present HEROES FOR HIRE With Guests Nine Sons Of Dan & Forever Ends Here Sydney’s Heroes For Hire are hitting the road this May for a series of all ages shows with good friends Nine Sons Of Dan and Forever Ends Here along the east coast. These shows will be among the first […]

THY ART IS MURDER AND CATTLE DECAPITATION AUSTRALIAN TOUR ANNOUNCED! Hot on the heels of their nomination in the Best New Band category at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards in the UK, Western Sydney’s Thy Art Is Murder are proud to bring the hate home for their much anticipated headline tour in support of last year’s boundary smashing full […]

UK melodic rockers Summers are VERY pleased to announce the release of our debut album 364 on Tuesday, April 2nd 2013. Of the album they say, “we’re very proud of the album, and are excited for you to hear and see all the hard work that has been put into its completion. We know you’ve waited a long time for this day! Finally, you’ll […]

The annual Music Victoria membership drive kicks off for another year on March 18th. Jump on the bandwagon as a fully paid up member during the membership drive and not only will you have access to all the member’s benefits and be in the running for some fabulous prizes, but you’ll help your peak body continue to nurture and support […]

Emerging from Sing Sing Studios, with ARIA-nominated producer Forrester Savell at the helm to record their new album, INSIDE/OUT, Sleep Parade are back with their new track Dancing With The Enemy.  After the success of their 2008 debut, Things Can Always Change, their extensive tours throughout Australia in support of the likes of Karnivool, Cog, Dead Letter Circus, The Butterfly […]

New York, NY – Kings of underground rock, Escape The Fate have announced the release date for their 4th studio album, Ungrateful on May 14th with new label home Eleven Seven Music. AlternativePress.com is hosting today an exclusive audio premiere of the album’s lead single and title track. The song will be available to stream for 24 hours. Click here to […]

The USA, Canada, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, England and Scotland are amongst a list of first-world countries that can expect a visit this year from the kings of totalitarian beard-rock: The Beards.  ‘The First World Tour’ will take in a series of relatively well-off countries, including a run of shows in the group’s homeland, Australia. “People living in developed countries […]

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of one of the longest running large scale Led Zeppelin homage concerts and the 40th anniversary of the ground breaking album Houses of the Holy, CCEntertainment brings you the WHOLE LOTTA LOVE Led Zeppelin Celebration. Rocking Australia this April and May, WHOLE LOTTA LOVE is set to deliver an epic musical event, recreating the magic and […]

BLACK STAR RIDERS, the new band featuring THIN LIZZY members Ricky Warwick, Damon Johnson, Scott Gorham and Marco Mendoza together with drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (Alice Cooper, Megadeth), have announced All Hell Breaks Loose as the title of their debut album on Nuclear Blast Entertainment, which will be released worldwide on the following dates: May 21st – Japan May 22nd – […]

Thanks to our good friends at Universal Music Australia, we have five copies of the new Bon Jovi album ‘What About Now’ to give away to five of our lucky readers.  First single ‘Because We Can’ is being played everywhere and has given us a taste of the 2013 Bon Jovi sound and if you want to hear what else […]

SOILWORK:  RETURN TO AUSTRALIA THIS OCTOBER “Soilwork assaulted the crowds with their merciless metallic wall of noise, wringing every last ounce of energy out of the black-shirted masses” (the AU review) Sweden’s SOILWORK have long been regarded by many as pioneers of melodic death metal. Alongside fellow Swedish acts such as In Flames and Dark Tranquillity, the band’s unique blend […]

SECOND MELBOURNE SHOW ADDED AND BRISBANE SOLD OUT! Due to an unprecedented demand from rabid THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM fans, a second and definitely final Melbourne show has now been added! Tickets for the Tuesday 14 May show go on sale Thursday 14 March, 9am. With Brisbane now sold out as well, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth fans be warned that only […]

Whitesnake guitarist Doug Aldrich‘s original band Burning Rain to release new album: “Epic Obsession” in May via Frontiers Records Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of bluesy hard rockers Burning Rain’s third studio album, EPIC OBSESSION, on May 17th in Europe and May 21st in North America. Burning Rain was founded by current Whitesnake axeman Doug Aldrich together with singer Keith St. John (ex-Montrose). The line-up for the new album […]

Already announced as part of the biggest rock tour of the summer with KISS and Motley Crue, Irish rockers Thin Lizzy will also be taking to the stage for a headline show in Sydney out at Penrith Panthers. Australian fans will get to see the line-up that has been winning over fans and critics alike for the past two years. […]

Rock legends KISS are in Australia for their ‘Monster’ tour and thanks to our very good friends at the Hard Rock Café in Sydney we are giving five lucky winners a chance for you and a friend to come and witness something not many get to do, in a money can’t buy experience… Gene Simmons will be making an appearance […]

Blue Oyster Cult may be the ultimate ‘cult’ band. Revered by punks, metal heads, sci-fi geeks and horror movie fans alike, B.O.C. have carved out a 40-year career via a string of complex hard rock albums and killer live shows. The author Steven King adores them and so does Dave Graney. Their best known track Don’t Fear The Reaper, was a U.S. top […]

One of the best double bills of the year is about to rock the country – the legendary Deep Purple and, for the first time in Australia, Journey. Here we have two phenomenal bands that have stood the test of time in one incredible concert; a night of all round great classic rock and roll. The five-stop national tour starts […]

Thrash metal legends ANTHRAX have posted a viral video for their version of THIN LIZZY’s, ‘Jailbreak“ online, which you can check out below… Surf to http://youtu.be/lu3wHBW0GdI and feel free to like, share, embed the video!   ‘Jailbreak’ is taken from the upcoming special edition of the band’s successful last album, Worship Music. The special edition will contain both the regular album as […]

Already announced as part of the biggest rock tour of the summer with KISS and Motley Crue, Irish rockers Thin Lizzy will also be taking to the stage for a headline show in Melbourne. Australian fans will get to see the line-up that has been winning over fans and critics alike for the past two years. Led by alumni Scott […]

“UP IN THE AIR” – FIRST SINGLE FROM THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS NEW ALBUM ROCKETS INTO SPACE TOMORROW – First Copy Of Single Travels From Cape Canaveral To International Space Station In SpaceX Dragon Cargo Capsule  – “Up In The Air” Set For March 19 Release Thirty Seconds To Mars new single “Up In The Air” will be launched into […]

On the eve of the Soundwave festival performances, UNFD are proud to announce the release of Northlane’s highly anticipated second album, “Singularity”. To celebrate the announcement Northlane have released a new music video for the track, “Quantum Flux” unveiled today via the viral site singularity2013.com. The track is also available on iTunes. “Singularity” will be released on Friday 22 March, just […]