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 […]

“I know we haven’t been down there before and it’s going to be awesome for everybody, man, for us, for the fans that haven’t seen the band ever down there. We’re just looking forward to it; we’re going to be at the top of our game so we hope everyone can stand the brutality.” When you’re given the title of […]

We are thrilled to announce that KATATONIA will be joining OPETH for their Australian tour this March! Since forming in 1991, KATATONIA have become one of the most revered and cherished of all bands in the modern heavy music firmament.  With a steady stream of classic albums, Sweden’s masters of melancholy have spread their baleful gospel across the globe, refining […]

THE GHOST INSIDE DEBUT NEW VIDEO First Australian Headline Tour Announced Los Angeles based melodic hardcore band The Ghost Inside are gearing up to embark on their first headlining tour of Australia. The band will be joined by Emmure, Antagaonist AD and Hand Of Mercy. The “Destroy Music Tour” will begin May 23rd in Perth and wrap up June 2nd […]

PLEDGEMUSIC TEAMS UP WITH SONY MUSIC AUSTRALIA, BRING ME THE HORIZON AND RAW POWER MANAGEMENT GROUNDBREAKING DIRECT-TO-FAN PRE-SALE CAMPAIGN FOR BRING ME THE HORIZON’S SEMPITERNAL ALBUM RELEASE PledgeMusic has teamed up with Sony Music Entertainment Australia, RCA Records, Bring Me The Horizon and Raw Power Management to launch a unique, direct-to-fan pre-sale campaign for what is tipped to be one […]

“We just do our own thing and that’s what we’ve done, and we try to keep turning the screw a little musically on the new music that we write and we like to be a little different and we’ve got ourselves a nice little following around the world and Australia’s next.” From tour press release: When names like Guns N’ […]

SUPPORT ACT LTD and SPITFIRE MUSIC PRESENT ROCK FOR DOC The incomparable Doc Neeson is the enigmatic frontman who won The Angels legions of fans from the bands’ very beginning. For generations, Doc’s onstage theatrics have lured in many loving fans and sold millions of records worldwide.  Since co-founding the Keystone Angels in Adelaide in 1974, Doc has now racked […]

No matter what people say, bigger is always better – especially when we’re talking about heavy metal. And heavy metal doesn’t get much bigger than FOZZY. FOZZY, the band featuring WWE Wrestling Superstar CHRIS JERICHO and Stuck Mojo mastermind RICH ‘The Duke’ WARD will be joining DUFF McKAGAN’S LOADED and DANKO JONES in Sydney only. There is no doubt that […]

“We grew up and started as a live band and that’s all we’ve ever wanted to do with music, writing and recording is awesome, but playing live is what we love doing.  Just expect six massive smiles on some stupid Welsh heads.” From Bio: Originally formed in South Wales in 2003, THE BLACKOUT have gone on to shift over 60,000 […]

TENACIOUS D RETURN TO AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND THIS MAY! The Frontier Touring Company are delighted to confirm that the comic rock brilliance of Tenacious D will be returning to our shores again this May for an extensive run of headline theatre shows. Bringing it all back to the classic lineup that originally birthed their genius, Jack Black and Kyle […]

Steve Stevens is one of the most gifted and original guitarists to emerge from the 80s music scene. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Stevens first picked up the guitar at age seven. Immersing himself in the great early 70s Brit guitar heroes like Beck, Page and Clapton, Steve would eventually became an avid prog rock fan. Post his graduation from […]

EMI are proud to announce the highly anticipated release of the Double Disc DVD MAIDEN ENGLAND ‘88 on 25 March. Now available for the very first time on DVD, this live show was filmed across two sold-out nights at Birmingham N.E.C Arena, UK in November 1988 during the band’s “Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son World Tour”. Disc one contains […]

EVERMORE ANNOUNCES ‘HERO’ TOUR Presented by Today Network, Radar Radio, Channel V & MOG Band to take in more than 30 tour dates across Australia Tickets on sale 10am today Evermore have their music bus packed and are ready to roll out one of the biggest tours of their career – a troubadour’s journey around Australia to perform the songs […]

COUNTING CROWS ANNOUNCING SPECIAL GUEST JACKSON McLAREN TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2013 – Multi-platinum American rock band  COUNTING CROWS head Down Under for a national tour this autumn, following the 2012 release of their first album in more than four years, ‘Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)’. Joining Counting Crows on all Australian dates will be Melbourne’s own  JACKSON McLAREN.  Jackson […]

In summary: The Dixie Dead is a ‘feature’ of heavy riffs, gruesome lyrics, awesome melody and many a toe tapped. What more can you ask for? From the opening of ‘The Dixie Dead’ with its haunting musical introduction and the premise of ‘Death Arise – main titles’, this concept from Wednesday 13 on his newest studio release gives you the […]

An evening of stories from 30 years of metal, wrestling…and drinking!   Two of Rock’s absolute royalty are teaming up for one unforgettable evening! SCOTT IAN (Anthrax) and CHRIS JERICHO (Fozzy) will be sharing stories from 30 years of metal, wrestling and drinking! In a no holds barred Q and A session absolutely nothing will be off limits. SCOTT IAN […]

Fuelled by a burning desire to rage harder, play louder, and have more fun than any other band, CANCER BATS are used to turning venues into rolling pits of punk rock hell and will no doubt “have the pit moving, and long-time fans thanking the musical gods that a band of this design continues to exist.” – Killyourstereo. Ferocious front […]

“Trust me, when I’m in Australia for Soundwave, I’m not going to be out sightseeing, my job is to rock the Australian audiences.” With a comment like the above, it’s no wonder that Danko Jones have built up such a strong reputation as a killer live rock act since they begun in 1996.  Heading to Australia for Soundwave Festival and […]

Australia’s Airbourne will release Black Dog Barking on Roadrunner Records, May 17, 2013.  Produced by award winning producer Brian Howes, this is Airbourne’s third album and the follow up to No Guts. No Glory which was released in 2010.  Inspired by the likes of Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, AC/DC and Motörhead, Airbourne has been winning fans since 2003 with their high energy, whiplash-inducing, working man’s rock ‘n’ […]

NEIL YOUNG and CRAZY HORSE PERFORMING INTIMATE SHOW AT THE PLENARY, MELBOURNE The announcement that Neil Young and Crazy Horse would be gracing both Australia and New Zealand with their phenomenal live show left fans thrilled and quick to grab tickets to see the legendary performers in concert. In addition to the arena and winery performances already announced on their tour, […]

“Obviously you’re only as good as your last album, so we’ve improved and adopted a little less is more on this album, the songs only have what the songs need and we’ve matured a lot…” Bullet For My Valentine have been ripping it up now for almost fifteen years.  In that time have released three albums and helped pave the […]

Melbourne based HATCHET DAWN will be recording the bands next release to follow up from the REBIRTH LP with Logan Mader (ex Machine Head/Soulfly) in Los Angles USA at Dirty Icon Productions where Logan Mader has produced past releases with Fear Factory, Gojira, Soulfly, Devildriver, Caverlera Conspiracy, Divine Heresy & Five Finger Death Punch. Original founding member Howsie Noise will carry on the HATCHET DAWN legacy with continuing REBIRTH […]

Highly-acclaimed British fantasy artist Rodney Matthews (Thin Lizzy, Asia, Nazareth, Magnum) is the talent behind AVANTASIA’s album artwork for The Mystery Of Time. States AVANTASIA mastermind Tobias Sammet: “It is a great honor for me to have Rodney create the artwork . . . Since the new album is a conceptual album and its story has a magical and enchanting atmosphere, there […]

After a huge debut year this year, SLAM DAY is back! Registrations are now open for 2013.  On Saturday February 23rd 2013 musicians and music lovers will come together in the largest simultaneous celebration of Live Music and Small Gigs that’s ever been held in Australia, for the second annual SLAM Day. On February 23rd last year, over 150 gigs […]

The young people of Brisbane have something to celebrate upon their return to school with today’s announcement of the LIVE IT UP Festival on April 13 this year at the RNA Showgrounds. With early bird tickets on sale now LIVE IT UP is Brisbane’s first major festival targeting under 18s and includes The Amity Affliction, Pez, The Getaway Plan, Chance […]

The Frontier Touring Company announce the return of triple Grammy® award winning Californian prog-rockers Tool to Australia and New Zealand in 2013. Taking time from recording their highly anticipated fifth studio album, vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones, drummer Danny Carey and bassist Justin Chancellor will be performing a series of headline shows across Australia and New Zealand this […]

  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). ”Treat and H.E.A.T are not alone my dear friends, if the […]

“I HAVE NO IDEA WHY WE HAVE LASTED SO LONG IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO HAVE INFLUENCED SO MANY BANDS, AND I THINK THAT IS WHY WE HAVE MAINTAINED OUR RELEVANCE.” There isn’t really any easier introduction to an interview than simply stating Black Sabbath = Heavy Metal, does anything more need to be said?  The band where it arguably […]

“Play it loud… it’ll make you feel like you can walk through walls” – NME Australia’s favourite LA punk band THE BRONX are back with their first album in five years, IV. Produced by Beau Burchell, IV marks the 10 year anniversary of the band and will see the band return to Australia this April to share it with fans all around the […]

“New single ‘Oh No’ takes it into bass guitar-heavy, rhythmic pop territory.” Samuel J. Fell- Rhythms Magazine/Sydney Morning Herald Melbourne based indie/dance outfit Blackchords will hit the ground running in 2013 with the release of their single ‘Oh No’ on January 18th. This is the second single from the highly anticipated sophomore album ‘A Thin Line’ which is set for […]