Perth’s adored post-hardcore quintet Eleventh He Reaches London will reveal their third album, Banhus via Hobbledehoy Records on October 4 2013. The next moody volume from the triple guitar wielding Goliath will be accompanied by some very welcome, long-awaited tour dates. Banhus is an Old English word meaning ‘body’, literally translating as ‘bone-house’. The album’s title and lyrical themes of existence, misery and […]

Avenged Sevenfold are back, well they didn’t really go anywhere, but they have had some time off, and this marks their first album in three years and their first completely ‘Rev-less’ R.I.P…  and as sorely missed as he is, the band marches on and in a big way with their sixth album ‘ Hail To The King.’ What isn’t missing […]

I’m awake, I’m awake!! Sorry, if I was in any way dozing, I am no longer as the new DevilDriver album ‘Winter Kills’ begins, so does my treatment for the mini heart attack I had as my volume was up all the way… my fault, but at least I’m alert now. Welcome back DevilDriver! ‘The Oath’ is the one that […]

Pre-order for Rise Against’s Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000 – 2013 is on now HERE, plus a limited amount of exclusive fan bundles are also available for pre-order at www.riseagainst.com. Official release date for Long Forgotten Songs is September 6th in Australia. Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000 – 2013 will include songs from Rise Against’s career, […]

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From Bio: Ashes of Ares is a band which represents the culmination of experiences, trials and tribulations of founding members Matt Barlow, Van Williams and Freddie Vidales. Within months of their departures from the iconic metal bands ICED EARTH and NEVERMORE, the trio came together with a renewed drive to create a sound which is a true collaboration of their […]

I always get intrigued when I have an album to review and I find out that the band has been around for quite some time (over ten years in fact) and I’ve never heard of them. Shame on me, shame indeed. Although in reading up on this new album by Misery Signals, I find that it’s been five years since […]

Date: Tuesday 20 August 2013 Venue: The Metro Theatre, Sydney Photos by: Annette Geneva Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer Check out our review of the entire night’s show HERE  

The ‘Nostaglia’ tour seems to be the flavour of the, well, last few years actually… bands are heading back into their catalogue and dusting off the usually never touched album tracks and giving fans a taste of generally their favourite album in a start to finish live experience. I love these things; I do, and often get excited when I […]

“Sammy Hagar & Friends” is the highly anticipated new album from Sammy Hagar set for release in Australia on September 27. The album’s first single and video for the high voltage track “Knockdown Dragout” features Kid Rock, Joe Satriani and Denny Carmassi. Sammy Hagar has enlisted three legendary musicians – Toby Keith, Mickey Hart and Taj Mahal – to round […]

“If you’re a DevilDriver fan you’re gonna love it, if you’re not, it may turn you around and if you’ve never heard of us, as soon as you’ve heard this you’ll want to go back in the catalogue, so I’m very proud of this record.” DevilDriver are back with a new album titled ‘Winter Kills’ and trust me, this one is […]

One of the most iconic catalogues in Australian music will be brought into a new era with Cold Chisel announcing the formation of their own label imprint and a change of distributor in Australia and New Zealand. It’s been over 35 years since Cold Chisel signed a recording contract with WEA (now known as Warner Music) and since that time […]

Arizona rock band, THE MAINE has announced the release of previously unreleased back catalogue titles and a limited first pressing of their new album, Forever Halloween on vinyl in Australia and New Zealand. THE MAINE will also be making a string of in-store signing appearances along the east coast, during their Australian tour with Anberlin and William Beckett, which kicks […]

“It’s amazing, and just to see that kind of support for a local band is incredible and it just shows me that there is hope from the music industry and the corporatized structure of it and it now becoming collaboration between your audience and the band, you know for me it’s really exciting. It’s still in its infancy, it’s a […]

Sydney rock band Dead In A Second has recorded a version of the classic Divinyls track Boys In Town; retitled Girls In Town as a tribute to Australian rock’s most formidable role model, Chrissy Amphlett. Dead In A Second guitarist / producer Tristan ‘Trizo’ Bouillaut was in the studio in April midway through recording their follow up EP to last […]

“I think it’s going to be pretty evident on the album for people to see how I’ve grown as a writer and a performer and just I think overall freeness of the song writing and the lyric, not that I wasn’t able to accomplish that before which was the end of the band, I think that certain pressures and outside […]

In their return to Australia since their last time here for Soundwave in 2007, and this time with new singer Kristen May who replaced original vocalist Lacey Sturm last year, it’s always daunting to try and get a new voice to fans that are used to what they know. Now, Flyleaf’s newest album aptly titled ‘New Horizons’ did feature Lacey […]

Date: Saturday 17 August 2013 Venue: The Metro Theatre, Sydney Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee Check out the full galleries at facebook.com/GwendolynLeePhotography or flickr.com/photos/GwendolynPhotography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer Check out our review of the entire night’s show HERE Red Bee

Eskimo Joe are proud to announce the release of their brand new single ‘GOT WHAT YOU NEED’, the first to be taken from the bands forthcoming 6th studio album WASTELANDS due for release through Dirt Diamonds Productions/Inertia on FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20. Last week, the band released a taste of some new music from WASTELANDS, streaming the beautiful ‘Running Out Of […]

“I think the songs that moved me, it wasn’t like let’s put on this because it was a hit, or because somebody asked for it, I just followed my instincts completely on what sounded great to me and it’s a piece of art to me, it’s not product, so if people respond to it as music, should it matter?” John […]

From Bio: Having survived the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012 and with the bands line-up finalized, As Angels Bleed really had no choice but to abandon the sanctuary of Hell’s Gate and bring their brand of symphonic vampiric metal to the stages of the world. Joining Valhallian vocalist Avelina De Moray and shred guitarist Von Lehmann on their odyssey will be […]

Welcome to my favourite album released in 2013 so far! This one jumped at me and surprised the b’jesus out of me. I had never heard of Bellusira before so when this landed in my hands and I finally got around to checking it out, I kicked myself that I hadn’t done so weeks earlier. So now after listening for […]

“No matter what language or dialect or whatever that you speak, Heavy Metal Music means Heavy Metal Music and I want to make sure that everybody’s clear that if I’m going to do this again and go all the way in frickin neck deep, I want to make sure that there’s question as to what style I’m playing.” Jason Newsted, […]

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND – ANNOUNCE FEBRUARY/MARCH 2014 AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND DATES. (INC. FIRST EVER SHOWS IN ADELAIDE & PERTH!) WITH SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS: HUNTERS & COLLECTORS REFORM FOR SPECIAL MELBOURNE ONLY SHOW, JIMMY BARNES – AUCKLAND ONLY, DAN SULTAN – MELBOURNE & HUNTER VALLEY ONLY After delivering in March 2013 what many critics and […]

“I remember us starting out being a band as well, we would sort of jump at the opportunity of having a touring band have us play, and some of the bigger acts are doing that already with some of the more established acts like us around Australia, so definitely something we want to consider and maybe the next big run […]

Jon Stevens’ remarkable career as a singer, songwriter and performer continues to involve many exciting projects. Recently, sold out shows for Andrew Lloyd Webbers’ Arena Spectacular ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ playing the part Pontius Pilate and now heading across the U.S. with the Dead Daisies. This 24-date Uproar tour, sponsored by Rockstar Energy drinks and Cold Cock Bourbon, is the first […]

There may be contenders and pretenders, but the Bach and Paganini inspired Yngwie J. Malmsteen remains the undisputed king of neoclassical shred guitar. The legendary guitar virtuoso and composer’s influence on the guitar world is undeniable. Yngwie has become the most revolutionary, copied and talked-about guitar hero since Eddie Van Halen. He is also one of the most spontaneous. What […]

Grammy Award-winning multiplatinum hard rock innovators KORN have revealed that their 11th studio album, will be released on October 4. Titled ‘The Paradigm Shift’, it marks the emotional return of much-revered co-founding guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch for his first album with Korn since 2003’s ‘Take a Look in the Mirror’. This record serves as the follow-up to the band’s critically […]

Delta Bravo Presents – Rock ‘N’ Roll Revival – Friday 16 August 2013 – One World Bar, Parramatta The resurgent rock ‘n’ roll landscape in Sydney is about to receive a further shot in the arm with “Rock ‘N’ Roll Revival”, a brand new one off event set in what has been long held as the heartland of rock music […]

Anberlin have revealed that an Australian act will tour nationally with them on their upcoming run with The Maine and William Beckett. Opening for the triple international bill will be Masketta Fall. The Melbourne pop rockers have spent the last year and a half trekking around Australia spreading the infectious hooks of their debut 7 track EP ‘Something Beautiful’. The […]