Dutch metallers REVAMP featuring FLOOR JANSEN (After Forever, Nightwish etc.) will release their second album »Wild Card« on August 23 via Nuclear Blast. The opening track `The Anatomy Of A Nervous Breakdown: On The Sideline´ has been released as a digital single. Get it on iTunes here: The tracklist of »Wild Card« reads as follows: 01. ‘The Anatomy Of A […]

KARNIVOOL’S live show is one which has received the respect of their peers and the loyalty of their fans all over the world, so it would be beyond remiss of the band to release a new record without giving those songs the chance to breathe, morph and thunder as they should in the live arena. The “Asymmetry” tour starts in […]

Following the announcement earlier this month that Canadian musician, Dallas Green – known better as City and Colour – would be visiting Sydney and Melbourne to promote the release of his new album The Hurry and The Harm, (June 2012, Dine Alone Records) the news also spread that during his stay he’d be announcing details of a full national tour […]

Fueled By Ramen/Decaydance recording group Panic! At The Disco has announced early details of their anticipated new album.  Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! arrives on Friday 4 October.  The album – Panic! At The Disco’s fourth studio effort and first new release since 2011 – will be preceded by the darkly anthemic first single Miss Jackson. Produced […]

The Frontier Touring Company regretfully advises that due to unavoidable and unfortunate circumstances, the Thirty Seconds To Mars Australian tour scheduled for this August has been postponed to March 2014. The band has always been known for a deep connection with their fans and sent this personal message to break the news: “It is with a heavy heart and deep […]

Renowned Australian singer/songwriter Rick Price is ready to commence a national tour to launch his latest single ‘I’m Coming Home’ from his latest album ‘The Water’s Edge’. Known for his hits such as ‘Heaven Knows’ and ‘Walk Away Renee’ Rick Price is one of Australia’s most talented musicians. Rick Price will perform live at venues across Australia. This new album […]

Australian melodic metallers LORD have set a August 26 release for ‘Digital Lies – Extended Mix‘ on 12″ vinyl, limited to 250 hand numbered copies worldwide. The band has announced pre-sales for the release which include a variety of bundle packs via their online store. Stated LORD mainman Lord Tim: “Any of us old enough to remember the 80s will […]

Swedish AOR outfit HOUSTON will release their new album, “II“, on September 2nd in Europe/USA through Livewire/Cargo Records. Tracklisting: 1. Glory 2. I’m Coming Home 3. Return My Heart 4. Talk To Me 5. Back To The Summer Of Love 6. 24 Hours 7. On The Radio 8. Losing 9. Just Friends 10. Believe HOUSTON “II” is the follow-up to the highly acclaimed 2010 debut. The band has […]

STEVE BALBI – BLACK RAINBOW Steve Balbi has lived a remarkable life. His is the sort of story that sells books, and shifts movie tickets. It’s a tale of incredible highs and rare lows, a rock ‘n’ roll reality with all the trappings that come with being a familiar face from one of Australia’s biggest bands of the late ‘80s […]

JOHN MAYER’S NEW ALBUM PARADISE VALLEY TO BE RELEASED ON AUGUST 23rd , AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER  First Single “Paper Doll” Available Now Paradise Valley, the latest album from Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician John Mayer, will be released on August 23, and is available now to pre-order.  Mayer produced Paradise Valley with longtime collaborator Don Was, who also […]

Live Nation by arrangement with Artist Voice are proud to announce the national tour of Aussie kids turned international pop-punk royalty, TONIGHT ALIVE. From humble beginnings, this group of Sydney-locals have spread their energetic pop-punk sound  around the  world collecting a dedicated global audience wherever they go. The band’s September Australian tour will offer the chance for fans of all […]

Having spent the last 5 years living and working in the UK, Australia’s pop maestro, ALEX LLOYD returns home to Australia with a brand new single and accompanying video coinciding with the launch of a Pledge Campaign to complete the release of his sixth studio album titled Urban Wilderness. Alex’s last musical journey was the collaborative soundtrack effort with WA’s […]

Is there anything left to say about BEHEMOTH? If you are honest to yourself, not really – but let’s give it a shot. Polish blackened death metallers have achieved what only a few bands in that genre will ever be able to reach for. After years of relentless touring and releasing even stronger music with each output, all the hard […]

The Frontier Touring Company are thrilled to confirm that Muse, the band voted Best Act In The World Today at 2012’s Q Awards, will be returning to Australia this summer for a run of electrifying arena shows. A long way from their humble roots as a Devon-born band of school friends, Muse has now sold more than 15 million copies […]

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 […]

Bio: Sunsets are a Brisbane based pop-punk band that formed in the end of 2010 with one goal; to have FUN and to play FUN music! In March 2011, Sunsets put out their first release “We’re In This Together”, and this first release allowed the band to start building a name for themselves, gaining bigger support slots and touring interstate […]

“For me I think the concept is more to do with when you add ‘un’ as a prefix, when you add ‘un’ in front of a word, you actually look at it and gain a new perspective on the word and it has a different meaning. So for me ‘Unimagine’ is to kind of deconstruct where you are and build […]

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 […]

From tour release: One of the UK’s most exciting new bands, rock quartet Peace, is gearing up to tour Australia for the first time, playing east coast shows throughout September. Being nominated as BBC’s Artist of 2013 and NME’s Best New Band is just a start for these four young upstarts from Birmingham. Peace released their debut album ‘In Love’ […]

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 […]

“The word that keeps coming up is rejuvenation, it’s just fresh and feels like something, it is new, she’s not Lacey, but there is this freshness and rejuvenation in the music and in her voice and really enchants you and it’s an amazing experience.” From tour release: Flyleaf’s style of hard rock is reminiscent of Deftones, Evanescence and Chevelle. Heavy […]

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 […]

Guns N’ Roses are one of those bands that has cult status back in the day and as each member formed their own personality within the band, a guy like Gilby Clarke had his perfect place within the band and has gone on to still be prominent in the industry even almost twenty years after leaving GnR. He was only […]