JOURNEY’s Neal Schon to release a new solo instrumental album in October on Frontiers Records The Calling will be released on October 19 in Europe and October 23 in North America Taking a detour from his main job as lead guitarist for Journey, the multi-talented Neal Schon has put the finishing touches on his latest solo album, The Calling, which will be released by Frontiers Records on […]

In anticipation of their first ever Australian tour, Apocalyptica have revealed which local acts will accompany them on their string of East Coast shows this August/September. Brisbane’s Awoken Solace will lend their blend of orchestral power metal, medieval baroque and fantasy soundtracks to the August 30th show, while Sydney’s progressive doom five-piece Rise Of Avernus  will accompany them on August 31. Finally, Melbourne’s Be’lakor will return from their […]

In yet another win for the crowd funding model, COSMIC PSYCHOS : BLOKES YOU CAN TRUST reached 100% of its $28,000 goal with Australian crowd funding site pozible.com. For what had been initially a self-financed project, Director Matt Weston thought he’d give the crowd funding model a shot to try and raise half of the funds required to complete the project, […]

THE ANGELS – NEW ALBUM ‘TAKE IT TO THE STREETS’ OUT 31 AUGUST FEATURING NEW SINGLE ‘WAITING FOR THE SUN’ OUT AUGUST 13 What do we do now? That was the hard question Rick and John Brewster of The Angels had been chewing over in early 2011. Their singer Doc Neeson had set off to pursue a solo career a […]

Metal forerunners DOWN will release Down IV Part I – The Purple EP, their first body of new material in five years, on September 14, 2012 via Roadrunner Records.  First single from Down IV Part I – The Purple EP is Witchtripper, with Rolling Stone calling it a “typically aggressive Anselmo vocal against a twisting, grinding musical backdrop.” The six song EP is the first in […]

Press release via www.nastyidols.com Nasty Idols – Kalifornia / New Album Out August 28th One of Scandinavia’s premier glam/sleaze bands returns.  Ever since their first savage and youthful rise back in the late 80’s the swedish rockers Nasty Idols have delivered their own brand of straight forward sleazy metal rock. The new album Kalifornia contains 11 original tracks featuring:  Kalifornia, 1969 […]

First Installment, ‘The Afterman: Ascension’ to be released October 12 Modern progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria’s upcoming sixth studio album will be a double concept album entitled, ‘The Afterman’,and will be released in two separate full-length volumes. The band made the announcement this week via a cinematic video trailer, a 90-second black and white classic film-noir style short, from director Robert Schober online now […]

Swedish heavy metal band SISTER SIN has released “End Of The Line”, the first single from their forthcoming album “Now and Forever“. Make sure to be one of the first to hear one of this year’s best heavy metal songs, now available digitally. Since 2002, SISTER SIN has worked hard to earn their position as one of the hardest working bands in metal. Amongst the hundreds […]

KIX was founded in 1978 in Hagerstown, Maryland. They were considered one of Maryland’s top cover bands prior to their signing with Atlantic Records in 1981, when they debuted with their self-titled album “KIX”. With this album, the tongue-in-cheek rock & roll style of KIX was established. Their 1983 follow-up, “Cool Kids” showcased a slightly more commercial side of the […]

NEWTON FAULKNER RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA PERFORMING NATIONALLY IN SEPTEMBER “He launches into each song with impressive guitar work and vocals being an understatement.”  FasterLouder, Palais Theatre April 2010 Hot off the heels of his third studio album, Write It On Your Skin, Chugg Entertainment and Bluesfest Touring are thrilled to confirm that Newton Faulkner will be making his anticipated return to […]

Official Press Release: Change. Some people welcome it. Others resist it. Some seek it out. Others fear the unknown. Sometimes it happens beyond our control. Whatever one’s mindset, change is inevitable. The challenge comes with how we face it and deal with the consequences. For vocalist Maria Brink and guitarist Chris Howorth, the duo at the heart of IN THIS […]

The Queen is back – DORO Pesch returns to the record stores. Almost four years after the highly successful album “Fear No Evil” (#11 in the German album charts) the time has come today: The Queen of heavy metal have just released her new EP “Raise Your Fist In The Air” via Nuclear Blast. Apart from the live-proven title track, […]

PYRAMID ROCK FESTIVAL Saturday 29 December 2012 to Tuesday 1 January 2013  Calling all Kings and Queens of Pyramid! It’s gonna be a loud and proud party this New Year’s Eve at Pyramid Rock.  Turning nine years old, Pyramid will see in the dawn of a new age in spectacular style! Set on the majestic cliff tops of Victoria’s Phillip Island with the ocean providing the dream backdrop. Summer camping under the […]

The first new studio album from ZZ Top in nine years is LA FUTURA, set for release September 14. The album harks back to the hallmark raw sound of the band’s formative years and will, inevitably, be considered a return to form on multiple levels.  LA FUTURA, produced by Rick Rubin and Billy F Gibbons, the band’s guitarist/singer, finds the legendary […]

Triple J, The Harbour Agency and Street Press Australia present: The Beards: The 2012 End of The World (for beardless people) Tour By now, everyone has heard about the various ancient prophecies predicting some sort of apocalypse at the end of this year. There’s the Mayan prophesies, the Incan and Egyptian prophesies, the prophesies of Nostradamus, as well as a […]

THE RUBENS – NEW SINGLE ‘MY GUN’ + NATIONAL ALBUM TOUR MY GUN is the brand new single from Menangle wunderkinds THE RUBENS. Recorded in NYC with Grammy Award winning producer David Kahne, MY GUN is a shining example of why The Rubens have managed so effortlessly to connect with audiences around the nation. A blend of frontman Sam Margin’s […]

Still Rockin’ After All These Years . . .  Over 17 rock legends from the 60s, 70s and 80s.  Melbourne – Sydney – Newcastle – Brisbane It has been a decade since the record-breaking Long Way to the Top rock music extravaganza blazed its way around Australia.  Over two hundred thousand ecstatic Australian fans revelled in the opportunity to relive the music that defined […]

Reverse Grip is a super high energy hard rock band formed by Dru, Sean and Dylan Broda, Three real Brothers from Toronto, Canada.  Living in Australia, Dru and Sean began writing music that would ultimately create Reverse Grip.  Sean had been playing guitar and had studied privately since he was 9 and his love for the face melting riffs of […]

Buckle up and get ready. The band you always wanted to experience actually exists. The perfect amalgamation of everything that makes rock ‘n’ roll with the punches. You wanted the best, well you’ve got it. The whole package. A guitar player who, seemingly effortlessly, delivers stunning solos and riffs of that classic, timeless grit you thought were killed off by […]

Queenscliff Music Festival hits Olympic heights with their second lineup announcement for 2012. Not since the lighting of the Olympic flame in London has there been so much anticipation for a single three-day event, running November 23rd, 24th and 25th! Requiring more clandestine negotiations than a Flag Bearer reveal at the Opening Ceremony, it’s time to unveil those garish uniforms and step out on […]

Platinum selling US country star Joe Nichols will make his fourth visit to Australia thisSeptember to perform at the Deni Ute Muster on Saturday 29 and special concerts inSydney on Wednesday 26 and Tamworth on Friday 28. The CMA award winner, whose catalogue of hits includes Brokenheartsville and Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off, began his love affair with Oz in 2009, when he headlined CMC Rocks the Snowys. The love from fans, who’ve turned out in […]

Following a string of headline shows and the coveted NSW and QLD support slot for Australian legends INXS, ZOOPHYTE are proud to announce the release date of the bands sophomore album SOMEWHERE ELSEWHERE  on SEPTEMBER 21. Recorded at Melbourne’s Woodstock Studios and mastered by legendary engineer Bob Ludwig (Nirvana, Radiohead, AC/DC) SOMEWHERE ELSEWHERE is the highly anticipated follow-up to ZOOPHYTE’S 2007 debut Another Point Of View. With line-up changes and sonic […]

HEROES FOR HIRE announce No Apologies, their 3rd full-length album out September 28 through Halfcut/Shock/MTV Australia/New Zealand Local Produce Feature Artist for August 2012 Brand new video for title track and first single ‘No Apologies’ online now  HEROES FOR HIRE and Halfcut Records are psyched to announce details of their forthcoming third LP No Apologies out through Halfcut/Shock on September 28, 2012.  From the sweatiest clubs to the biggest festival stages, Sydney’s HEROES […]

Sydney hard rockers, REVERTIGO, whose name came from an anagram of their favourite word, are set to release their debut EP “All You Can Eat” and hit the road on a whirlwind tour. Forming in late 2010, the Campbelltown shire trio have just completed work on their debut EP titled “All You Can Eat” at one of Australia’s premiere recording facilities […]

Epic viking-metal band ENSIFERUM, who’ve long been a market leader when it comes to stirring, armour-plated anthems, will have their fifth studio album released through the Spinefarm label on August 31st 2012. Titled ‘Unsung Heroes’ and produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, Sentenced, Apocalyptica, etc.), this is the hour-plus follow-up to 2009’s ‘From Afar’, and sees the Finnish five-piece – founded […]

Helsinki Vampires, THE 69 EYES, have revealed the tracklist of the bands upcoming album, X, which is set to be unleashed September 28, 2012 via Nuclear Blast. CD & Vinyl (Side A) 01. Love Runs Away 02. Tonight 03. Black 04. If You Love Me The Morning After 05. Red (Side B) 06. I Love The Darkness In You 07. […]

Jeff Lynne returns in october with two albums on Frontiers Records: The solo album “Long Wave” and the newly recorded “Mr. Blue Sky – The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra” Credit: Martyn Atkins “It all comes down to what you truly love doing, and what I love doing is overdubbing and making new sounds out of things that are […]

Since the announcement of WEDNESDAY 13’s sold out Annandale show the band and promoter have been inundated with hundreds of e-mails from disappointed fans. To cope with the demand we can now announce that the Friday 26 October show will now move to the Manning Bar. All tickets remain valid and new tickets go on sale Friday 3 August, 9am. […]

GREENTHIEF ANNOUNCE FIRST NATIONAL HEADLINE TOUR In support of releasing their new single, ‘Mr Number 1’ , hard-hi t t ing Br isbane rockers Greenthief will be bringing their unique blend of psychedelic audio mayhem to all corners of the country with their first national headline tour. The track is the first taste of their debut album to be released […]

COLUMBIA RECORDS CELEBRATES 125 YEARS OF GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC WITH 360 SOUND: THE COLUMBIA RECORDS STORY Written by Pulitzer Prize-and Grammy-nominated author and historian, Sean Wilentz, 360 Sound illustrates sweeping cultural and business changes in music over more than a century Special deluxe version includes book by celebrated journalist Dave Marsh highlighting his selection of the 263 most important songs […]