Date: Sunday 24 February 2013 Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Photos by: Annette Geneva Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link… Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer

“The whole idea of this record is like a very communal based thing like engaging people as listeners and it’s a record for a listener rather than a record for musicians or about a singer in the band or the band itself.  The idea of being able to read it as a headline sort of connected the community to the […]

“UP IN THE AIR” – FIRST SINGLE FROM THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS NEW ALBUM ROCKETS INTO SPACE TOMORROW – First Copy Of Single Travels From Cape Canaveral To International Space Station In SpaceX Dragon Cargo Capsule  – “Up In The Air” Set For March 19 Release Thirty Seconds To Mars new single “Up In The Air” will be launched into […]

On the eve of the Soundwave festival performances, UNFD are proud to announce the release of Northlane’s highly anticipated second album, “Singularity”. To celebrate the announcement Northlane have released a new music video for the track, “Quantum Flux” unveiled today via the viral site singularity2013.com. The track is also available on iTunes. “Singularity” will be released on Friday 22 March, just […]

BLACK SABBATH With Special Guests SHIHAD – CITY OF CHURCHES – PREPARE FOR THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS!! – ONE SHOW ONLY! BLACK SABBATH– the band credited with creating heavy metal and one of the most influential bands of all time – has heeded South Australian pleas, confirming that their first Australian tour in nearly 40 years will now include Adelaide […]

Tonight, it’s time to get a little heavy in my Sidewave week, so it seemed like the right thing to do to go and check out the perfectly matched trio of Miss May I, Cancer Bats and Bullet For My Valentine for a night of loud, just loud… Miss May I make their way to the stage and ambitiously call […]

Date: Thursday 28 February 2013 Venue: Hi-Fi Bar, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link…

Oh another Sidewave? Don’t mind if I do… This time we’re heading up to Soundwave headliner status with Linkin Park, and along for the ride tonight on this awesomely paired show is Stone Sour. This is shaping up to be a big night and I for one can’t wait to see both of these monster bands who I have had […]

”A real fucking group… they also make fucking records. They don’t just go and twiddle around on stage to make a bunch of fucking money” – Iggy Pop Better 40 years later than never: The follow-up to the first record ever to bear the Iggy and the Stooges logo–the immortal proto-punk masterpiece Raw Power–will finally be out April 26, when Warner Music Australia and […]

STRYPER today released “Bleeding From the Inside Out“, the first digital single off the forthcoming album “Second Coming” due for release on Frontiers Records on March 26th in North America.  The song is one of the 2 original tracks which can be found on this new release (with the other being “Blackened”). The other 14 songs making out the new album are brand […]

OLD SCHOOL ROCKERS THE GLORIA STORY ARE BACK! – New album, Born to Lose, out April 5! Where bands like Graveyard or Rival Sons explore the heavier stuff from the 70’s, old school rockers The Gloria Story focuses on, and reinvents the more party-oriented sounds of that same decade. The Gloria Story is a mashup of punk rock attitude with hard rock energy […]

The wrath of Soundwave continues. In the midst of Sidewave week here we are at The Manning Bar in Sydney tonight to see Danko Jones, Fozzy and Loaded and I’m set for what I know will be a rockin’ night. Danko Jones are up first tonight, this three piece from Canada are in Australia for the first time and doing […]

Here we are again this time, this year Soundwave is bigger and better than ever before as headlining you have the one and only Metallica. In an amazing turn of events the day before it was torrential rain but today is absolutely marvelous! I know, right, so let’s keep our fingers crossed that the day remains perfect. In with absolutely […]

Date: Monday 25 February 2013 Venue: Billboard, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link…

DIRTY YORK ‘Feed The Fiction’ Album Launch, Saturday 2nd March www.dirtyyork.com Dirty York have earned a reputation in recent years as a hardworking, charismatic, unpretentious, old school rock ‘n’ roll band. Melbourne’s favourite sons have not only impressed local audiences with their swaggerin’, no holds barred, sweat-soaked performances, but European punters have also taken the lads to heart after they wowed thousands […]

April’s about to get a whole lot louder with the news that Aerosmith are returning to Australia for the first time in 24 years! McManus Entertainment is excited to announce that legendary rockers Aerosmith will play shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in April and May. A stellar line-up of special guests, including Wolfmother, Grinspoon, Spiderbait, The Dead Daisies, Kingswood […]

Europe’s lead guitarist John Norum has signed a record deal with Gain/Sony Music. He will shortly enter the studio and record his new solo album, due to be released in September. John Norum released his first solo album ”Total control” in 1987 and has made eight solo albums in total since then. The latest album “Play Yard Blues” came out […]

As I walk through Sydney Olympic Park tonight there are many a barrier, food van and ride sitting there in preparation, readiness for Soundwave on Sunday, but as we keep walking and the crowd start making their way in to Allphones Arena tonight they are off to see a show nine years in the making. Yes, it has been nine […]

In July 2012, The Tea Party made a triumphant return to the stage in Australia with a series of sold out shows across all major capital cities after being apart for almost 8 years. The band made a promise to the fans each night that they would return with new music and they are about to make good on this […]

PUSCIFER ANNOUNCED ON SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL IN SYDNEY AND ADELAIDE! Soundwave Fans in Sydney and Adelaide are in for an extra special treat as PUSCIFER join the already massive lineup! A PUSCIFER live show leads their audience through laughter, tears and reflective enlightenment throughout one night’s performance. It’s a musically driven evening that merges technology, quirky characters and comedy in what […]

“To write songs for the people and the people can like it, instead of writing something about drugs or chicks, that’s not Journey’s thing, it was more about beautiful ballads, great rock songs with a cool message for the people, they were a band for the people, still is.” As a band for forty years now, with some of the […]

From bio: “degreed is a Stockholm based Melodic Hardrock band formed in the beginning of 2005. After many years of touring, gaining credabillity and fans the band released their critically acclaimed debut album ”life,love,loss” in the fall of 2010 through Melodic Rock Records (Europe/USA), Spinning INC (Japan) and Rambo/Sony Music Entertainment (Sweden). Now the band has once again teamed up […]

“We’re looking forward to coming, sucks that we had to cancel last time but we’re ready to come this time and we hope the shows will be good and it will be a fun time. I think this line-up is actually better, it’s probably the best line-up I’ve seen in a long, long time since I’ve been touring, so it’s […]

Whitesnake NEW DVD/LIVE CD PACKAGE: “MADE IN JAPAN” Multi-platinum rock band Whitesnake to release new DVD/live cd package: “Made in Japan” due out in April on Frontiers Records Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of legendary rock band Whitesnake’s new DVD/live CD package, MADE IN JAPAN. MADE IN JAPAN is set for release on April 19th in Europe (22nd in the UK) and April […]

In summary: A perfect companion and conclusion to The Afterman storyline concept. Musically and lyrically heartfelt and one to definitely check out. Following on from 2012’s ‘The Afterman: Ascension’ here only a few months later Coheed and Cambria bring us part two of this opus in ‘The Afterman: Descension’ and if it’s anything like the first then this will be […]

Alice In Chains have announced a May 2013 release for their highly anticipated new album, THE DEVIL PUT DINOSAURS HERE. Fueling excitement is the first track “Hollow,” which was initially released as a lyric video but has taken on a life of its own, hitting No. 1 on the US Mainstream Rock radio chart and closing in on No. 1 on […]

The trailblazing band, whose creative energy and unwavering artistic commitment has reverberated through underground subculture and in tastemaker circles alike since the late 1990s, return with renewed passion and unrivalled skill with their fifth full-length album. One of Us is the Killer is set to be released through the band’s own Party Smasher Inc., in partnership with Remote Control (Radiohead, Vampire […]

“So this is an absolute beast that’s coming on the road and we couldn’t be more proud, we feel like we’re back with a vengeance and we’re really hungry, this is a hungry animal and I’m really proud of the band, I couldn’t be more excited, I’m so stoked to be coming over there.” From Press Release: If you have […]

KillRockStar BigDog Entertainment by arrangement with X-Ray Touring present:  CRADLE OF FILTH, Australian Tour 2013 With special guests: TBA  KillRockStar BigDog Entertainment present UK gothic black metal legends Cradle Of Filth live in Australia in 2013. Cradle of Filth formed in Suffolk in 1991 and after a string of demo recordings released their debut album, ‘The Principle of Evil Made Flesh’ […]

STONE Music Festival is coming to Sydney in April! Only Australian performances from Billy Joel, Van Halen and Kings of Chaos Billy Joel (Sunday 21 April) and Van Halen (Saturday, 20 April) have been confirmed to headline the inaugural STONE Music Festival to be held over two days at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium. STONE Music Festival will be an EPIC once-in-a-lifetime Aussie celebration […]