Back in 1996, before YouTube, before Facebook, before My Space and come to think of it, before the internet was what it is today, I stayed up for hours to hear a song on the radio, a song that half the time never got back announced, and all I knew was that the lyrics “Reach down your hand in your […]

“I’d like to think it’s because we’ve got good songs, we play hard and we work hard, but I think for me, the bands that connect the most with me are the ones where there’s undeniable heart behind what they’re doing, and we do play that way.” ‘The Vaccines’ from London have only been a band for the best part […]

AEROSMITH TO RELEASE ‘MUSIC FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION’ ON NOVEMBER 2nd 2012 MARKS BAND’S FIRST STUDIO ALBUM OF ALL-NEW MATERIAL IN 11 YEARS ALBUM’S FIRST TWO SINGLES SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPACTING RADIO THIS WEEK: “WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN LOVE” AND “LOVER A LOT” There has been a witch’s brew boiling for 10 years, and America’s greatest rock band is about to blow the […]

  ALL WE LOVE WE LEAVE BEHIND ON OCTOBER 12th Listen To New Track / Watch New Video For “Aimless Arrow” Today Influential Hardcore Outfit Announces New Album Heavy music’s most established and innovative band, Converge will release their highly anticipated new studio album, All We Love We Leave Behind on October 12th Accompanying the track “Aimless Arrow,” is a new video directed by talented filmmaker Max Moore (Whips/Chains, […]

August 29, 2012 – Baltimore pop-punk 4-piece, All Time Low have announced their new album Don’t Panic will be released on October 12, 2012 via Hopeless / UNFD in Australia and New Zealand. “With this record, a big part of the process was finding what made our band special on each of our past records,” says singer/guitarist Alex Gaskarth. “This time around, rather than taking influence from anything we […]

Viv Lees, MAX TV, SPA & Faster Louder Present PRIMAL SCREAM AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2012 “They have redefined music once and they’re not resting on their laurels” (Hit the Floor Magazine, June 2012) Last seen in 2011 performing their era-defining album Screamadelica in full, PRIMAL SCREAM return to Australia this summer armed with classics, fan favourites and brand new songs. After […]

Melodic rockers White Widdow return to the stage here in hometown Melbourne, Australia this Friday August 31st in support of the 18th anniversary gig for local metal legends Pegazus and will introduce new drummer, George Kristy for his first local gig with the band.  It’s been a while since the band have played here in Melbourne, rather the band have […]

Let’s get rokked with Dokken: “Broken Bones” out in September via Frontiers Records Frontiers Records is proud to announce the return of melodic hard rockers, Dokken; the band’s 11th studio album, BROKEN BONES, has been confirmed for release on September 21st in Europe andSeptember 25th in North America. The album will be released in two configurations: standard CD and limited edition CD in digipak with […]

MOTÖRHEAD THE COMPLETE EARLY YEARS RELEASED 19TH NOVEMBER 2012 through Sanctuary / UMC In celebration of over 35 years in the business for Motörhead, Sanctuary/UMC is very excited to officially announce the release of Motörhead’s, The Complete Early Years boxed set. This limited collector’s edition, housed in a unique Motörhead case, is a truly remarkable set, containing eight albums, seven […]

Royston Vasie are getting set to release their anticipated debut album, Tanah Merah. The band are giving you a special taste of what’s to come with the highly contagious second single Come on, and an East Coast tour with friends Immigrant Union. Come On is a goodtime hit featuring flawless harmonies with the help of Courtney Barnett and Bob Harrow […]

Having made a welcome return to homes and supermarket aisles across Australia with their re-recording of their classic Down Down for Coles, Chugg Entertainment and Coles are today thrilled to confirm that British rockers, Status Quo, will be returning to our shores for a national theatre tour in March/April 2013. The tour will kick off in Sydney on Wednesday 27 March at the Hordern Pavilion, thenBrisbane on Thursday 28 March at […]

AUSTRALIAN / NEW ZEALAND TOUR JANUARY 2013 Holy whale barnacles! ALESTORM are hauling themselves back to AUSTRALIA!!! Having plundered the world mercilessly on the back of their ‘Back Through Time’ album, ALESTORM are sailing their way through the seas of time, to their favourite place on the planet with one last mission in mind…….the filming of their very first live DVD!!! To be titled “LIVE AT THE END […]

It’s been over 23 ”ish” years since 1927 stormed the charts here in Australia in late 1988 with their 500,000 plus selling debut album …iSh.  Featuring smash hit singles That’s When I Think Of You, If I Could, You’ll Never Know and Compulsory Hero, ..iSH, remains one of the highest selling debut albums ever by an Australian band….and that’s a […]

Grammy-nominated rockers Stone Sour will release the first installment of their double album House of Gold & Bones Part 1 on Roadrunner Records on October 19, 2012. The second installment will be released in 2013. The album was recorded at Sound Farm Studios just outside of the band’s native Des Moines, Iowa with producer David Bottrill (Tool, Muse, Staind) at the helm. The band is sharing the […]

The incredible upward spiral of Perth Prog Metal masters VOYAGER continues as the band announces their “MEANING OF I” east coast tour of Australia in November, venturing into familiar popular territories, some new ones & two festival appearances! In support of their latest outstanding release ‘The Meaning Of I’, VOYAGER are riding high on the crest of the wave that ceases to lose momentum. With outstanding crowd reactions and rave […]

The Australian and New Zealand release of the forthcoming Steel Panther DVD ‘British Invasion’ is imminent, with the official date for release being September 28th, with release dates for the rest of the world still to be announced. Shot at a sold-out show in London’s famed Brixton Academy, Steel Panther brings back the 80’s in full force with a blistering […]

NIGHTWISH: WORLD PREMIERE OF “IMAGINAERUM – THE MOVIE” AND CONCERT ANNOUNCED AT “HARTWALL ARENA”, HELSINKI, FINLAND ON NOVEMBER 10, 2012! 2012-08-24 06:00 – The long-awaited Nightwish movie “Imaginaerum” will have its “flying” premiere at “Hartwall Arena”, Helsinki, Finland, on November 10, 2012, as the audience will be treated to both a full-scale Nightwish concert and the world premiere of the […]

JARED FOLLOWILL AND NICK BROWN UNITE AS SMOKE & JACKAL – TEAM-UP REVEALED TODAY BY BBC’S ZANE LOWE – EP1 RELEASED ON OCTOBER 12 RCA Records has announced the upcoming release of EP1, the debut EP from Smoke & Jackal.  The six-track collection arrives in stores and at all digital retailers on October 12. EP1 marks the first collaboration between […]

Already announced as a co-headline at this December’s Meredith Music Festival, Feel Presents are pround to announce additional shows for UK space-rock giants Spiritualized. Sunday 2nd December: Sydney Opera House Concert Hall – NSW Tuesday 4th December: Brisbane, The Hi-Fi – QLD Thursday 6th December: Melbourne, The Hi-Fi – VIC Jason ‘Spaceman’ Pearce and co. were last here in 2011 […]

2012-08-24 05:00 – Mike, Schmier & Vaaver from German thrash metal legends DESTRUCTION are currently in Gernhart Studios in Troisdorf with Engineer Martin Buchwalter to record their new thrash hammer! The thirty-years anniversary album will be mixed by Andy Classen. In addition, there have been visits from Mr. Tom Angelripper, who does the vocals for a new song. Also one […]

Nat Col & The Kings are no strangers to the pages of May The Rock Be With You, having first featured an interview with them back in February 2011, which you can incidentally check out right here…  On that occasion we chatted with the bands guitarist and vocalist, Nathan Cavaleri, however last week we thought we would mix it up […]

Date: Sunday 26 August 2012 Venue: HiSense Arena, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full live gallery by clicking this link…

Date: Sunday 26 August 2012 Venue: HiSense Arena, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full live gallery by clicking this link…

Date: Friday 24 August 2012 Venue: The Palms, Crown Casino, Melbourne, Australia Photos by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com) Check out the full live gallery by clicking this link…

PAPA ROACH SUSPENDS TOUR, SINGER JACOBY SHADDIX TO UNDERGO SURGERY NEW YORK, NY – Multi-platinum rockers Papa Roach have been forced to cancel the remainder of their scheduled dates on the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival, which kicked off last week in Kansas City. Lead singer Jacoby Shaddix has been diagnosed with a nodule on his left vocal chord. At […]

There are only a handful of bands that people regularly talk about never getting the chance to see live. It burns in their soul and gnaws at them incessantly.  REFUSED fit perfectly into the category as one of those legendary bands however on January 9, 2012 they announced to the world that they were indeed… NOT FUCKING DEAD! REFUSED reunion […]

In 25 words or less: “A Top 10 album of the year…yep, I think this one will make the list without question!” Swedish hard rockers Eclipse are set to unleash upon the world today (August 24th which is when I write this) their highly anticipated new album Bleed and Scream, which follows on from their killer 2008 release Are You […]

In 25 words or less: “If you are entranced by the vocals of Kobra Paige, then you have 41 minutes of aural pleasure awaiting you…” In a metal world now dominated by virtually every sub-genre imaginable, on this, their self titled album, Canadian’s Kobra and the Lotus deliver 11 tracks of straight up heavy metal, simple as that.  Signed to […]

Loverboy – yes that’s right, the Canadian rock legends Loverboy have just released on August 24th, a new album titled Rock N Roll Revival.  With Working For The Weekend and Turn Me Loose being a couple of classic 80’s rock anthems, over their 30 plus years, the band has sold over 10 million albums worldwide.  Whilst the last 20 or […]

The undisputed queen of metal, Doro, marks her arrival on new record label Nuclear Blast (fellow Germans), with the release of this four track EP, Raise Your Fist In The Air.  With a new full length album due out in October set to contain the tracks on this EP, this release acts merely as a teaser for what is to […]