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Jason Singh signs with Ambition Records and announces new album

Jason Singh signs with Ambition Records and announces new album

Former Taxiride vocalist and songwriter Jason Singh is set to release his long anticipated solo album titled Humannequin on September 20th through Ambition Records, distributed by EMI Music Australia. Former WEA Records Managing Director Robert Rigby whom was responsible for introducing Taxiride to Warner Music heads Ambition Records. “I have had a long history with Jason and Charles each respectively […]

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TRIVIUM return with new album ‘Vengeance Falls’ on October 11 – Produced by David Draiman of Disturbed/Device

TRIVIUM return with new album ‘Vengeance Falls’ on October 11 – Produced by David Draiman of Disturbed/Device

Trivium have announced the release of their eagerly awaited new album, Vengeance Falls produced by David Draiman (Disturbed, Device) on October 11. The first single Strife will be available as an instant download with all pre-orders.   For fans who can’t wait for a taste of new Trivium, the album opening Brave This Storm is available as a free MP3 download […]

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Tracer

Tracer

From Bio: Tracer have come a long way since forming in Adelaide, South Australia just under 10 years ago. They made two independent mini albums (the three-song Into The Night in 2006, and the seven-track L.A. in 2009), but their debut proper came with “Spaces In Between” released on Mascot Label Group in late 2011. That album was widely praised […]

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Sunset Riot call it a day…

Sunset Riot call it a day…

Aussie rockers Sunset Riot, a band we have featured many times on the site have called it a day, see below for their official announcement regarding the finale… “OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT” Dear friends, It is after much thought, prayer and many long hours of personal and collaborative soul-searching, that we must announce the official finale of Sunset Riot. This was not an […]

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WIN tickets to see UK band PEACE live in Australia (CLOSED)

WIN tickets to see UK band PEACE live in Australia (CLOSED)

Would you like to see UK band Peace live in Australia this September, for free? Well, thanks to our friends at Chugg Entertainment we have a double passes to give away for each of the below shows for Peace’s first ever Australian tour.  So all you need to do is shoot us an email with your name, which show you want […]

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Dead Letter Circus – The Catalyst Fire

Dead Letter Circus – The Catalyst Fire

Some albums are hard to review, if they don’t grab you or you just can’t find the right words to put down, but then there are albums that are easy to review and they just flow out as you can just feel from the start that you’ll enjoy it, you’ll get it and you’ll want to share your thoughts with […]

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Dead Letter Circus

Dead Letter Circus

From Tour Release: 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 for an ARIA Award and was voted as one of the triple j Hottest 100 Albums of All Time. A hectic touring schedule has seen the band criss-cross […]

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Richard Clapton celebrates 40th Anniversary at the State Theatre!

Richard Clapton celebrates 40th Anniversary at the State Theatre!

Richard Clapton is a name that is synonymous with Australian Rock music and this year marks his 40th year as a recording artist. To mark this auspicious occasion, Richard is making his annual pilgrimage to Sydney’s State Theatre for a night of nostalgia, reminiscing and of course a generous serving of the latest and greatest hits of his illustrious career. […]

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The Miss Adventures tour – Diva Demolition and Bellusira – The Factory, Sydney – August 2, 2013

The Miss Adventures tour – Diva Demolition and Bellusira – The Factory, Sydney – August 2, 2013

Tonight in Sydney, we’re set for a night of Aussie rock and chick rock power reigning supreme as we have Diva Demolition and Bellusira taking the stage on the first night of their ‘Miss Adventures’ tour… Now the last time I saw tonight’s openers Bonney Read was when they won their heat of the Hard Rock Cafe battle of the […]

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Five Finger Death Punch’s The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell Out Today!

Five Finger Death Punch’s The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell Out Today!

Today, acclaimed hard rock band, Five Finger Death Punch release their highly anticipated The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell Volume 1 via Eleven Seven and Sony Music Entertainment Australia. The deluxe and standard editions of the album have already shot to the top of the iTunes metal charts in Australia at #1 and #2, and […]

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Diva Demolition

Diva Demolition

“I think timing in the world works for it now. We’re in this world of change and to be changing with it works for us, and it’s been surprising to us how much people are picking up on it, and you wonder why things don’t work at other times but I think it’s just the way the world rolls out, […]

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TONIGHT ALIVE new album ‘The Other Side’ available to pre order now!

TONIGHT ALIVE new album ‘The Other Side’ available to pre order now!

TONIGHT ALIVE’s highly anticipated forthcoming album, THE OTHER SIDE, is available globally to pre order now through all major digital music retailers and the band’s official website (excluding Japan & North America). ‘Lonely Girl’ is the first official single to be taken from the album and is available to purchase digitally now. ‘Lonely Girl’ premiered globally last week to an […]

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Between The Buried And Me: Announce National Tour For November

Between The Buried And Me: Announce National Tour For November

Destroy All Lines and Australian Guitar Magazine Present Between The Buried And Me Performing ‘The Future Sequence’ In Its Entirety – Plus Special Guests The Contortionist November 2013 Between The Buried And Me have confirmed they will be returning to Australia this November! The band will play their ambitious release The Parallax II: Future Sequence in it’s entirety. The critically […]

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Big Day Out 2014 lineup announced

Big Day Out 2014 lineup announced

The wait is over, it’s roll out time for Big Day Out 2014. We have 3 rare jewels in the 2014 Big Day Out crown playing full concert sets, all major headliners in their own right, all coming together in the spirit of Big Day Out to deliver a unique event. That’s just the beginning; we have an array of […]

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Introducing ‘ONIX’

Introducing ‘ONIX’

‘Australia’s new Queen of Rock!’ may sound a little ambitious for a band so fresh into  their career, but many are in agreement that ONIX is a band to watch out for. Forming  as an acoustic act late 2012, front woman Jessica Renee Kirby and former Freestate and  New Skinn bassist  Chris Miller came together to create a blend of […]

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AFI Announce October 18th Release Date For New Album – ‘Burials’

AFI Announce October 18th Release Date For New Album – ‘Burials’

Multiplatinum alt-rock band AFI have announced an October 18th Australian release date for their highly anticipated new album Burials. The news follows last week’s sneak preview of the album’s first track, “I Hope You Suffer,” which the band posted on their official site, www.afireinside.net   Rolling Stone described “I Hope You Suffer” (available now on iTunes) as an “epic” song, “layering […]

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METALLICA Through The Never (Music From The Motion Picture) To Be Released On September 20th

METALLICA Through The Never (Music From The Motion Picture) To Be Released On September 20th

Metallica yesterday revealed the details of Metallica Through The Never (Music from the Motion Picture), the soundtrack companion to the forthcoming groundbreaking 3D feature film, Metallica Through The Never. The two disc CD set will be released on Blackened Recordings/Universal Music in Australia on September 20th and highlights last year’s career spanning sets at Rexall Place in Edmonton and Rogers […]

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NIRVANA: ‘In Utero’ 20th Anniversary Multi-Format Reissue Out September 20th

NIRVANA: ‘In Utero’ 20th Anniversary Multi-Format Reissue Out September 20th

NIRVANA: IN UTERO 20TH ANNIVERSARY MULTI-FORMAT REISSUE OUT SEPTEMBER 20th REMASTERED ALBUM AND ORIGINAL B-SIDES TO BE REISSUED ALONG WITH NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD DEMOS AND THE COMPLETE “LIVE AND LOUD” CONCERT FROM DECEMBER 13, 1993 To say that Nirvana’s third and ultimately final studio album In Utero was 1993’s most polarizing record would be the understatement of a decade. The unadorned sonic […]

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Gus G’s Firewind Announce Australian Tour for Oct/Nov 2013

Gus G’s Firewind Announce Australian Tour for Oct/Nov 2013

“GUS G’s FIREWIND always put on a balls-out and exciting show, and with the girls drooling over the dashing Greeks and the guys drooling over Gus G’s flashing fingers, it’s a good combo!”   Metal-Rules.com Keep your heads high and don’t go falling to pieces, Greek power metallers GUS G’s FIREWIND are hitting Australia for the very first time in […]

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SIRENIA Australian Tour Announced

SIRENIA Australian Tour Announced

Sirenia will be touring Australia for the very first time. One of the pioneer Symphonic Gothic Metal artists, Sirenia is the complete package; they have that captivating female fronted Symphonic sound, they have that mystique and aura about them with both atmospheric keyboards, guitars and music score while being able to enlighten and uplift the listener with sheer beauty, and […]

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Alter Bridge To Release Long-Awaited New Album ‘Fortress’ On September 27

Alter Bridge To Release Long-Awaited New Album ‘Fortress’ On September 27

International  rock  juggernauts,  Alter Bridge  are  set  to  release  their  long-awaited  fourth  studio album, Fortress on September 27. Three years have passed since the critically lauded AB III crashed into the Top 10 of the UK Album Chart, and now Myles Kennedy (vocals), Mark Tremonti (guitar), Brian Marshall (bass), and Scott Phillips (drums) return with a new collection of songs to cement […]

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Steve Balbi releases debut solo album “Black Rainbow” out Friday 13th September and is heading out on tour

Steve Balbi releases debut solo album “Black Rainbow” out Friday 13th September and is heading out on tour

It’s been a long time coming, but virtuoso musician, songwriter and performer Steve Balbi, will release his debut solo album, Black Rainbow, on Friday 13th September. He’ll then take the album on the road in October, touring with the Baby Animals to Newcastle, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Geelong, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.     Balbi, the former bass guitarist for Noiseworks, Electric Hippies and […]

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SEPULTURA announce upcoming album’s title!

SEPULTURA announce upcoming album’s title!

Legendary Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA have announced the title of the band’s forthcoming album: ‘The mediator between the head and hands must be the heart’ Although being inspired by Fritz Lang‘s classic 1927 movie “Metropolis”, the album is not set out to be a concept album or a soundtrack like it’s predecessors ‘Dante XXI’ (“The Divine Comedy”) and ‘A-Lex’ (“A Clockwork Orange”). ‘The mediator […]

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ALL TIME LOW Australian supports announced

ALL TIME LOW Australian supports announced

After a brief hiatus, SKYWAY are back with plans to dominate the Australian scene with the release of a brand new EP in the latter half of 2013. With an impressive list of supports already under their belt, the band will be sharing the stage with All Time Low in Brisbane. SWING FROM A STREETLIGHT combine catchy vocal hooks, clever […]

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VOYAGER are coming to Brisbane – Tour Support slots open for application… wanna play?

VOYAGER are coming to Brisbane – Tour Support slots open for application… wanna play?

Perth’s most brilliant metallers of the progressive kind, Voyager are bringing their much anticipated live show to Brisbane in support of their heralded new album. The Meaning Of I. They came with Children of Bodom, they came with Alestorm and now they are coming for you. They will be officially launching The Meaning Of I at Brisbane’s Crowbar in Fortitude […]

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FALL OUT BOY returning to Australia this October with special guests BRITISH INDIA

FALL OUT BOY returning to Australia this October with special guests BRITISH INDIA

The Frontier Touring Company confirms the return of American rockers Fall Out Boy to Australia this October, this time bringing Melbourne’s own British India along for the ride. No strangers to our shores, Fall Out Boy played a pair of intimate theatre shows in March this year that sold out almost immediately after going on sale. Australians eager to catch […]

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Stephen Christian of Anberlin

Stephen Christian of Anberlin

“My favourite moments are the moments when I’m in the crowd, on top of the crowd and they’re just screaming along with me every word of the song. That to me is the biggest rush, the biggest adrenalin rush, some of the greatest memories and moments of playing in a band ever is just those few moments of being absolutely […]

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The Given Things

The Given Things

Bio: We’re a rock band from Brisbane. We’ve all been in and out of bands for a while. Somewhere along this journey, some of the music we were involved in had become not quite as fun as what it once was. Maybe when you become more concerned about which radio station will play your ‘genre’ or whether you get to […]

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Airbourne – The Hi-Fi, Sydney – July 27, 2013

Airbourne – The Hi-Fi, Sydney – July 27, 2013

Aussie rock is alive and well, even if it may not always be at the top of the charts or all over mainstream radio (well not the new stuff anyway, you’re safe if you released a song before 2000) so when Airbourne are back in Australia, you know you’re in for a show that is loud, heavy and a damn […]

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Jon Stockman of Karnivool

Jon Stockman of Karnivool

“There’s definitely a lot going on, so it’s hard to sort of capture exactly everything that we wanted to in a first listen. I think that’s where it comes from writing it over such a long time as well, you know songs do get quite complicated in terms of the textures and how much is actually present in a song…” […]

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