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 […]

Thanks to our good friends at Riothouse Publicity we are giving away a double pass to see AMERICA, the band that is… along with that a DVD of their amazing 1979 live in Central Park concert that has been digitally remastered.  To win this double pass and DVD, let’s have some fun.  Of course we all know one of America’s biggest […]

Norwegian death-punks Turbonegro return to Australia this December appearing at the Meredith Music Festival and for headline appearances in Sydney and Melbourne. It is the band’s second visit to Australia and their first since 2003. Turbonegro hit the high water mark in 1998 with the release of their fifth album, Apocalypse Dudes, an intoxicating mixture of glam, punk and US […]

THE SHEEPDOGS TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED MAJOR LABEL DEBUT ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 Canadian rock’n’rollers The Sheepdogs will be releasing their self-titled Atlantic Records debut -produced in Nashville by Patrick Carney of The Black Keys and Austin Scaggs -on September 7.The band is fronted by Australian born singer-guitarist Ewan Currie, who was born in Sydney and lived in Adelaide until his family headed north when he was […]

Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros Release Re-Issues and Rarities Record Honors Legendary Singer’s 60th Anniversary To celebrate the extraordinary life and career of musician Joe Strummer, Hellcat Records proudly announces the  digital release of Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, The Hellcat Years. The album came out yesterday, on August 21st, which would have been the iconic artist’s 60th birthday. In addition to the […]

“This album is a whole new side of us.  It’s a lot more positive, the music is definitely giving off a strong message, we want to show people there’s other ways to handle things as opposed to violence or dwelling on things, instead be strong and stand up for what you believe in, that’s definitely what we are pushing for.  […]

Los Angeles’ SHINY TOY GUNS revealed the cover art for III, their upcoming new album due out October 23 on Five Seven Music.  They are also offering a free download of “Waiting Alone” remixed by L.A. Riots via www.facebook.com/shinytoyguns from Tuesday, August 21 through Friday, August 24. The cover artwork for SHINY TOY GUNS III was created by Ben Schwartz using a photo by Oklahoma-based artist Benjy Russell.  Shot on location in a very remote […]

Strangers release their debut LP Persona Non Grata on Permanent Records through Shock on October the 12th, 2012.  Recorded and produced by Tom Larkin (Shihad, The Getaway Plan, Calling All Cars), Persona Non Grata delivers on the promise that has made Strangers such an interesting prospect. Capturing the band’s heavy swing and dual guitar, high octane rock ‘n roll attack, the album […]

TOM KEIFER SET TO RELEASE LONG-AWAITED, HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED SOLO ALBUM, SPRING 2013 August 20, 2012 — Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Tom Keifer is finally releasing his long-awaited and highly anticipated solo album in the Spring of 2013 after entering into a partnership with Merovee Records (a joint venture with Worldwide Pants, Inc.). The as-yet-untitled collection of 14 new songs ranges from intimate, organic, acoustic tracks to […]

Swedish hard rockers Eclipse are set to unleash upon the world this week their highly anticipated new album Bleed and Scream, which follows on from their killer 2008 release Are You Ready To Rock.  Bleed & Scream sees the band build upon the bombastic’ness of Are You Ready To Rock to deliver an even more in your face and gargantuan […]

On October 12, 2012 Evermore are set to release their fourth studio album, titled Follow The Sun, in partnership with Universal Music. It arrives after a three-year hiatus from the local scene, during which time they toured the world with Pink, then traversed the globe a second time to start the album writing process. Brothers Jon, Peter and Dann Hume built […]