KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment are proud to present platinum selling, US pop rockers Gin Blossoms on their first ever Australian tour. Fuelled by mega-hits including Hey Jealousy, Found Out About You and from the Empire Records movie soundtrack Til I Hear It From You, Tempe Arizona quintet Gin Blossoms completed the classic crossover from college-circuit heroes to multi-platinum album sellers […]

Alice Cooper’s Old School: 1964–1974 Special Edition is the incredible true story of the Alice Cooper group. A career-spanning 4CD and eAlbum set taking you inside one of rock’s great bands in a unique full-length school yearbook and an array of amazing audio rarities direct from the depths of the band’s own vaults and personal collections, with unearthed gems also […]

Eric Clapton has been in the spotlight for close on fifty years and the portrait of his artistry is a complex one – from his early days as a guitar icon to a songwriter of great sensitivity, as well as an interpreter of everything from blues and jazz to rock and country music. He has fashioned albums in many different […]

Having recovered substantially from a well-publicised incident, Peter “Blackie” Black will take his band The Hard-ons back on the road in Australia in November and December! Hard-ons’ irresistible march around Australia was abruptly halted back in May due to the said incident. Blackie has since recovered well, in no small part due to the support of the Hard-ons’ fans and […]

PERTH’S ARTS MARTIAL ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘PROMISES WILL GET YOU NOWHERE’ AND ANNOUNCE SPECIAL LAUNCH SHOW WITH EMPERORS and FURTHER EARTH With the band’s razor sharp hooks, and the producer’s unparalleled skill for audio fidelity; the meeting of WA band Arts Martial and Melbourne-based producer Tom Larkin (Calling All Cars, Strangers, King Cannons) was always destined for great things. Unfolding as an amazing […]

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10, 2012 – On the eve of the release of the band’s fourth album ‘Follow The Sun’, EVERMORE are thrilled to be joining MATCHBOX TWENTY, and very special guests INXS, on their national tour of Australia*. Evermore’s journey from three home-schooled brothers in country New Zealand to Australian chart toppers is the stuff of indierock folklore. The band have released […]

CRADLE OF FILTH RETURN TO SUPREME INFERNAL DECADENCE WITH NEW MASTERWORK THE MANTICORE AND OTHER HORRORS ON NOVEMBER 2, 2012 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’ in 1994. The band have gone on to become one of the UK’s most successful metal acts, known […]

Northern Music Company & InsideOutMusic in association with Live Music Stage proudly presents: Devin Townsend’s sold out Retinal Circus extravaganza can be viewed live online at LiveMusicStage.com JOIN THE EVENT HERE – http://www.facebook.com/events/371121462965878/?context=create  On October 27th, renowned multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer and now ringleader, Devin Townsend is gearing up for one of his biggest accomplishments to date: The Retinal Circus. Set to take place […]

JEFF LOOMIS is proud to present the brand-new song “A Liar’s Chain” recorded with his touring line-up consisting of the young talents Joe Nurre (Guitar and Vocals), Anup Sastry (Drums) and Greg Macklin (Bass). Jeff comments: “A Liar’s Chain is the first of three songs that I recorded with my band to officially debut online. We started playing it live on […]

BEVERLY MCCLELLAN ALBUM RELEASE & UK TOUR WITH STEVE VAI ‘Fear Nothing’ [Tour Edition} December 1 Blues rock powerhouse vocalist Beverly McClellan from smash hit TV show “The Voice” USA  is set to release her album “Fear Nothing” in the UK & Europe through Favored Nations on Dec 1 before embarking on the UK leg of her world tour with guitar […]

Legendary progressive rock veterans FOCUS are set to release their new studio album FOCUS X on November 5 via Eastworld Recordings. With their unique progressive rock Focus manifested themselves at the start of the seventies as the most successful and the most appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. The band is fronted by founder and musical genius Thijs van […]

Against Me! Announce 2013 BDO Side Show You asked for it, now here it is! Punk rockers Against Me! have announced sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne on top of their appearances at Big Day Out 2013. Dubbed by Spin Magazine as one of the 25 greatest live bands, you can’t miss their explosive live set as they play classics and tracks off their sixth studio […]

Ben Gillies’ Bento. The countdown to ‘Diamond Days’ album release begins! Fans have the chance to attend the album launch party! The sparkling debut album by Bento, DIAMOND DAYS, marks a new musical creation from Ben Gillies, drummer and co-founder of Silverchair. The first single Diamond Days has been embraced by fans at home and abroad. The catchy chorus along with […]

ANBERLIN return with their sixth studio album “Vital” out on October 12. Their new single, “Someone, Anyone”, out now on iTunes and other digital retailers, evokes a myriad of emotions with its warm guitar rapture and vocalist Stephen Christian’s inimitable and infectious cadence. The track’s music video will make its debut on VEVO soon. Driven by uncontainable youthful spirit, the […]

“It’s a perfect time to come back now, I’ve got a killer band, most of us have been together for nine years, this is the right time, this is the right record and we’re coming back to a pretty much sold out tour, it’s gonna be great, it’s gonna be awesome.” Everclear are back, even though they never went away. […]

Date: Sunday 07 October 2012 Support band: The Art Venue: Festival Hall, 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…

There’s no better authority than the ‘Glam Junkie’ himself to introduce Generation Swine to his upcoming Sleaze Ball – “I stumbled across these guys in a gutter one night…looking like they’d just stepped off a plane from L.A, circa 1987. Their combination of leather and lycra was drenched in a mixture of Jack Daniels and glitter, as they lay right beside […]

Date: Friday 05 October 2012 Support bands: Entrails Eradicated, Disentomb, Psycroptic 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… Check out our interview with Alex Webster from Cannibal Corpse right here…

“Tonight sums up what this band is all about, they’re metal, they’re bringing it back and if this crowd and those around the world have their way, it won’t be going away again in a hurry.” So, I’m pretty sure that the wigs outnumbered the real long haired males tonight but regardless, the fact that people have come in droves […]

LOST ANGELS, the super-group featuring singer John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, THE SCREAM, UNION, RATT), guitarist Eric Dover (SLASH’S SNAKEPIT, SEXTUS, ALICE COOPER, JELLYFISH), drummer Troy Patrick Farrell (WHITE LION, GILBY CLARKE, PRETTY BOY FLOYD), bassist Eric Brittingham of CINDERELLA are visiting Australia in December 2012 to play special intimate shows in selected cities only! LOST ANGELS was formed as a […]

About Hansel: “Mindlessly pouring propane onto the flame, Hansel reignites the fire of rock inside. Hair and metal are combined in a blaze of arena rock glory as the snakeskin clad Novacastrian dudes hit the stage. Like love children of the gods of rock they toy with the sound of a golden age and set it loose upon the world […]

In what seems like, but isn’t really a quick turnaround from 2010 release Chasing The Grail, Fozzy hit us with new album, Sin and Bones.  Whilst technically the bands fifth album, it’s their third of solely original material.  Upon the first spin, I couldn’t help but notice that Sin and Bones was considerably more diverse and less heavier than Chasing […]

In 25 words of less: Praise the lord for people such as Chris Robinson who make albums for those of us who still enjoy the complete listening and visual experience. They say never judge a book by it’s cover right?  Well in this instance, on new album The Magic Door, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood deliver everything you would expect from […]

It’s just over a month until THE LIVING END kick off their massive 39 DATE RETROSPECTIVE TOUR and the band are now ready to reveal the huge list of special guest bands and DJs who be joining them on the road. In all, 18 BANDS & 7 SPECIAL GUEST DJs ranging from Australian Rock Royalty, iconic 90s punk legends and the next crop of Australian music […]

“It’s supposed to have a communal atmosphere, I’m not going to turn up and play music to a bunch of heads staring at me and then just have a disconnect, I just want everyone to be involved you know?  It’s a party I want everyone to be a part of.” If you’ve never heard of Frank Turner, now’s a perfect […]

KISS have released two tracks from upcoming album Monster. Listen to Long Way Down and All For the Love of Rock & Roll below. Fans are expecting great things after the success of 2009’s Sonic Boom – the record they made after spending years insisting they wouldn’t return to the studio. Gene Simmons says it’s all down to the band’s […]

Consistently throwing one of the most exciting, energetic live rock shows you’ll ever witness, REEL BIG FISH, GOLDFINGER and ZEBRAHEAD are teaming up for a killer Australian tour this Summer. This is the kind of tour that these titans of rock thrive upon; twisted flesh, flailing limbs and a sea of swarming bodies…this will be one for the ages! Armed […]

Torpedohead’s new album “Greetings From Heartbreak Key”‘, is being released on October 26 via Woodhouse Records, contains 12 original tracks and features the new single “Gasoline”. Imagine a 70’s stadium rock n’ roll tape coming through a trashy 90s pop-punk stereo, digitally remastered today for speeding down the autobahn ! Combining a riff oriented sound, melodic supercatchy choruses and some tasty […]

Newcastle’s favourite adopted Melburnian JAMIE HAY has been dedicated to music for a vast portion of his life.  From house shows, to huge festivals, international tours and regional youth centres, Jamie Hay has seen it all. Now the Conation/A Death In The Family/Fear Like Us vocalist opens a new chapter., with debut solo album KING OF THE SUN (out November 2) and a tour to accompany […]

Serpent Sermon 2013 tour: Marduk / Portal / Order of Orias Tickets onsale NOW! Sweden’s kings of unholy black metal chaos MARDUK will be invading our shores, headlining the Serpent Sermon tour this summer. Joining them on the crusade will be Australia’s own curators of the abyss PORTAL, and Melbourne’s blackened horde ORDER OF ORIAS. Tickets are onsale now, and […]