“… we’ll be getting to play the songs we’ve never played in Australia before, in fact there’s a few songs on the current tour we’re on that we’ve never played before and it will only be the second time we’ve ever played these songs on a set list, so we’re really looking forward to that.” From tour release: Periphery has […]

Ladies and Gentleman they are back!  The most eagerly anticipated concert of years and the entertainment opening of the world class Adelaide Oval in 2014 were announced today as rock icons The Rolling Stones confirm their long awaited return to the stage in Australia with a spectacular show. The date, unveiled today, is Saturday 22 March 2014. This special Adelaide […]

Queens Of The Stone Age and The Creators Project, a partnership between Intel and VICE, have unveiled the interactive video for ‘The Vampyre Of Time And Memory’. This bold production, directed by Kii Arens and Jason Trucco and designed and developed by Darknet, re-imagines the classic music video in the context of a virtual art installation distinguished by horror, weird […]

Joining Pearl Jam, Arcade Fire, Blur, Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion, Flume, Tame Impala and Northlane… We are so excited to welcome back the one and only PRIMUS, whose appearance at the 3rd ever BDO still makes highlight lists of the festival’s best ever performances. Armed with what can only be described as a unique breed of spiral drum crazy, […]

“Don’t take things too personally as well, but just try and do the best you can, it really is about the work and that’s all we intended to do with this record is to make a truly great album, and anything beyond that is a bonus and that’s really always been our main motivation.” From Bio: Spiderbait are considered Australia’s […]

Fresh of their win at the Music Oz Awards for Best Rock Album, Melbourne-based indie, rock band July Days have released the video for their second single “Photos” from their forth-coming debut album. The Video: The video for “Photos” is the collaboration of Melbourne filmmaker Jack C Levitt, Lawrence Henry and July Days. Conceptualised by Lawrence Henry (frontman for July […]

Rockstar Productions, AndrewHaug.Com & Metal Obsession present CHILDREN OF BODOM – HALO OF BLOOD OVER AUSTRALIA TOUR 2014 Children of Bodom, a name that redefined a genre and made it their own and a name that continues to galvanise all walks of life and all Heavy Metal sub-genres within that culture, it’s a name that crosses genres and moulds them […]

Still buzzing from their sold out city shows to unveil their new vocalist Paul Galagher, The Butterfly Effect have bowed to pressure from fans and extended the tour to include visits to Newcastle, Wollongong and Mona Vale to welcome in the New Year. Delivering nearly an hour and a half of classic Butterfly Effect tracks as well as new material […]

“…it’s all about connecting with the crowd, if you’re going to do anything in front of an audience you need to connect with them, and if you can connect with them then people will enjoy what you’re doing, if you can’t then they don’t give a shit, doesn’t matter who you are or what you’re doing.” From Bio: “No matter […]

Following hugely successful shows in February 2013, Mike Tramp returns to the stage in Australia for more solo concerts. A one man show telling the stories behind 30 years of music from his platinum days as lead singer of White Lion through his time in Freak of Nature and as a solo artist, when Mike Tramp takes the stage, you […]

Periphery has defied the boundaries of conventionality, bringing new life to the metal scene. Their meteoric rise to the upper echelon of the metal world will be in full display when they return to Australia in January/February 2014 joined by Animals As Leaders. Periphery push the envelope with an innovative brand of engagingly complex metal. The band’s latest offering, Periphery […]

Hailing from the dark lands of the deep South, better known as New Orleans, North America’s most uncompromising band EYEHATEGOD came to be In the year 1988, and have since created a 25 year legacy of sheer unadulterated, no holds bared, musical brutality. Their vision was pure and their approach was hostile, through the course of their four studio albums, […]

Australian rock legends The Baby Animals are back in Sydney tonight in support of their newest album ‘This Is Not The End’ and on the first leg of their ‘Feed The Birds’ tour… and now seeing Baby Animals before, numerous times actually, I’m looking forward to hearing the new material tonight at The Metro and also, being a part of […]

SPECIAL TWO DISC PACKAGE TO BE RELEASED FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER In the Northern summer of 2003, Billy Talent were a relatively unknown band from Toronto whose first single, Try Honesty, introduced them to new audiences across Canada.  Their self-titled debut album was released a few months later, achieving triple platinum status in Canada, winning a multitude of MuchMusic Video Awards and […]

Shock Entertainment is proud to announce the release on November 29, 2013 of R-Evolution from The Doors on DVD and Blu-ray. Combining early TV appearances with The Doors’ own music films, R-Evolution illustrates how the band evolved from the constraints of mid-sixties television to a point where they had the creative input and power to shape how they were portrayed […]

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 string of new Australian tour dates in 2014 – a continuation of this year’s national capital city tour. Presented by Social Family Records, The […]

Melbourne’s HARMONY have unveiled a tempered, stark, sober, and ultimately haunting video for ‘Diminishing Returns’. Simple yet moving, and unmistakably Australian, it’ll give you shakes and shivers. Eerily disparate and gorgeously bluesy, it’s conclusion sneaks up on you and abruptly cuts short this immensely engrossing listen. Vocalist/guitarist Tom Lyngcoln’s perspective on the song also translates to its audio visual accompaniment; […]

Single: “It’s Gonna Take Time” – Release date: 23rd December 2013 Album: “The Dead Daisies” – Release date: 11th November 2013 UK Dates – November / December 2013 – Special Guests of Black Star Riders & Debut UK Headline Show After the enormous success of their first single “Lock ‘N’ Load” feat. Slash which saw the band reach #1 status […]

EVP Recordings Sign BEHEMOTH For Australia! – First Release to be ‘Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel’ – iTunes single on Dec 4 2013 Polish metal titans Behemoth have inked a deal with EVP Recordings to release their new album The Satanist in 2014. The band will premiere the first of their new unholy incantations to their disciples to worship them digitally […]

In what is somewhat of a special evening and a test, Australian music legend James Reyne is here to perform the first of his two ‘A Crawl to Now’ shows which will see James split his show into two sets, a set of his solo material and a set of Australian Crawl songs, some of which haven’t seen the light […]

A DAY TO REMEMBER MASTODON HIM / PENNYWISE / JIMMY EAT WORLD / GLASSJAW / PANIC! AT THE DISCO/ EAGLES OF DEATH METAL / MAYDAY PARADE / SEVENDUST / CROSSES / SUICIDE SILENCE / THE PORKERS / GOJIRA / BLACK VEIL BRIDES / ZEBRAHEAD / SATYRICON / DREAM ON DREAMER / MUTE MATH / DESAPARECIDOS / STIFF LITTLE FINGERS / […]

Returning to Australian shores this month in support of their latest release Mechanical Bull, Frontier Touring are excited to announce that Tennessee rockers Kings Of Leon will perform a one-off intimate show at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Wednesday 20 November. No strangers to the land down under, Kings Of Leon have rocked some of Australia’s biggest arenas with shows selling […]

“I’m really proud of everything we’ve done over all these years, it’s really hard as we just want to keep this momentum going, and of course write our best album ever, an even better album, that must be the goal, as long as you’ve got that goal, that’s when you keep evolving and become a better band I guess.” After […]

It’s always hard when you have a front man that you are well aware of his previous works… so what I need to not do is use this review as a comparison between what vocalist Clint has done before and purely base it on this new band, this new project, truly as anyone should anyway, so nothing to worry about […]

“…we’ve got this fantasy to be the first band to play the Moon… or the space station. We think Muse is onto it and obviously they’re quite a distance ahead *laughs*, so somehow we need to derail their plan and get enough relevance and funding to get there first. *laughs*” From Bio: One night a little over a year ago, […]

“…if you’re a listener and everything hasn’t really worked out perfectly for you then give some of our songs a listen because I think that there’s still a lot of hope in the world and a lot of good things and you just have to look for them as they’re out there.” From tour release: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (TRJA) […]

Merry fucking Christmas!  KING PARROT and GAY PARIS are set to smash their way through the East Coast in the perfect accompaniment to the impending holiday season. Melbourne five-piece KING PARROT is a force of nature unto themselves, smashing together thrash, death, grind and punk rock into something uniquely skull-shattering. Renowned for their aggressive, no-holds-barred, and always confronting live show,  […]

Dave Dobbyn and Don McGlashan, two of New Zealand’s most successful songwriters, will share a stage for the first time in Australia  later this year. On November 28 and 30 these respected and much-loved musicians will perform together in Melbourne and Sydney.  In these intimate, seated performances, Dobbyn and McGlashan will draw on a vast catalogue of songs written as […]

“…it’s an ongoing thing, I think having a break freshened things up, and then being able to go back out on tour and playing songs kind of gives you a hunger and wanting more, really.” From tour release: Following the release of the bands fourth studio album, ‘Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action’ in August, and the daring, defiant and […]

Date: Thursday 31 October 2013 Venue: The Metro, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY   Check out our review of the night HERE