Well rockers, this time next month, at least one half of May The Rock Be With You will be representing over in the USA.  Of course a holiday wouldn’t be a holiday without some form of musical entertainment and one such adventure will lead to El Paso, Texas for the Texas Showdown Festival – USA’s largest Tattoo and Music festival! Musically […]

Jean Beauvoir has made available 5 songs for Free Download, yes that’s right…FREE DOWNLOAD.  Here’s a message from Jean for the reasons why and some details of the songs on offer. Hi friends and fans! I’ve created a special set of songs from my varied body of work which I am offering as a free download… I realize that some of […]

“GOOD GIRLS BAD GUYS” WILD’N OUT IN NEW VIDEO FROM FALLING IN REVERSE Band To Rock Warped Tour Main Stage All Summer Long In The US  Ronnie Radke (original Escape The Fate vocalist) and his powerhouse rock n’roll band, Falling In Reverse have released a hilarious new video for their track “Good Girls Bad Guys” as they kick off the […]

Lo! are back with a gory new video for Bastion, taken from their album Look and Behold out now on Pelagic Records! The video was completed in one shot in lovely Redfern, Sydney. TWEET! POST! PIN! BLOG! https://vimeo.com/43384204 “The bass in Bastion could make you pregnant” – Drum Media  “They’re not shy about beating you around the chops with crooked riff-sticks” – Blunt Magazine  Lo! have been lucky […]

Tickets to the massive 3 month ‘RocKwiz – Some Kind Of Genius Tour’ went on sale last Thursday and the demand for tickets has been so huge that 4 extra shows have been announced! These brand new shows will go on sale at 9am this Wednesday 20 June: Saturday 25 August – Darwin Convention Centre www.darwinentertainment.com.au, 08 8980 3333 Saturday 6 October – Hobart […]

Official band bio: After a turbulent start to 2012, Sydney-based folk/indie-pop trio SET SAIL are ready to once again make their mark on the Australian music scene embarking on a mammoth 18-date tour of the country parading a new collection of heartfelt rhythms in the form of their new six-track “Hey!”, due for release on June 22, 2012. “Hey!” features […]

“Legacy is a high octane concoction of 80’s influenced hard rock, AOR, modern metal and New Wave Of British Heavy Metal…full of fist pumping whoaaaaaaa, whoooooaaaa’s” Well aren’t these boys from Essex, UK who call themselves The Morning After and deliver a totally 80’s influenced amalgam of hard rock, AOR, modern metal and New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, an […]

“When it comes to Hartmann it’s all about earthy melodic rock songs with a dollop of blues and modern rock elements” Hartmann – Balance, this being the fourth album now from the former At Vance frontman Oliver Hartmann.  More than just that claim to fame however, Oliver Hartmann possesses some mighty vocal chords which has seen him contribute them to […]

Official band bio: “There’s something to be said for fate in the music world. One moment you’re left with the skeleton of a band, unsure when you’ll be able to follow your calling again, the next you’ve got a whole new line-up, a brand new home, a stronger, more defined sound and are recording with some of the biggest names […]

It’s been interesting following the fortunes of Norway’s Wig Wam who initially blasted onto the scene back in 2005 with their entry into the Eurovision song contest with In My Dreams.  Similarly over in Sweden, there was The Poodles who followed a similar trajectory.  Both bands have struggled to shake their Eurovision moniker and quite frankly, also to be taken […]

KEITH URBAN CONFIRMS A RETURN TO AUSTRALIA FOR JANUARY 2013 TOUR Chugg Entertainment and Nine Live are thrilled to confirm today, that Grammy and ARIA Award winner Keith Urban, will kick off a world tour on his home soil this January. An undeniably electrifying live performer, the country rocker’s shows have repeatedly been called one of the biggest and best concert […]

“Delivers everything you would expect from an album featuring a Rambo like guitarist with a machine gun guitar.  There’s loads of gargantuan guitar work, some massive fist pumping anthems” Kane Roberts – for some he may be best known as probably one of the most identifiable members of Alice Cooper’s band, the hulk like guitarist with an arsenal of machine […]

Here’s the cover art for the new Green Day album ¡Uno!, released here in Australia via Warner Music on September 21, the first in a trilogy of albums due out! Click the image below to check out a trailer for the new album…

“World Of Pain shows that Angel King are more than adept at delivering some pretty hot sleaze rock songs, but just not a whole albums worth.” Unfortunately, when you come from Sweden as Angel King do and when you have the tag of glam/sleaze rock, immediately the expectations of those from this corner of the world in Australia are sky high. […]

Official bio: Since 2007, Sydney’s Resist The Thought have been carefully engraving their name into the Australian metal scene. Thanks to a relentless touring ethos which found them forever on the road and sharing stages with the likes of Suicide Silence, The Acacia Strain and All Shall Perish, Resist The Thought garnered enough momentum to propel themselves overseas to Lambesis […]

NEW FOUND GLORY PREMIERE NEW VIDEO, “SUMMER FLING, DON’T MEAN A THING” Beloved melodic punk outfit New Found Glory have released a new music video for the perfect summer anthem, “Summer Fling, Don’t Mean A Thing” off their latest album Radiosurgery. The video features New Found Glory performing their song in a cardboard house getting peed on, thrown in the trash and tossed around like a beach ball. […]

THE FLAMING LIPS AND HEADY FWENDS THE LIPS’ COLLABORATIONS WITH NICK CAVE, BON IVER, YOKO ONO, TAME IMPALA KE$HA AND OTHERS IS AVAILABLE JULY 6, 2012.  NEW STUDIO ALBUM DUE LATER THIS YEAR  The Flaming Lips’ The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends sold out instantly at retail outlets internationally when it was released on vinyl in honour of Record Store Day this past April. Due […]

Metropolis Touring and Tombowler Present: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones with special guests Thursday 05 July 2012 (opening 8pm) at The Metro Theatre ( venue info )  **18+** 624 George St, Sydney www.metrotheatre.com.au Click this link for tickets….https://tickets.metropolistouring.com/default.aspx?Event=27652 One Of Those Bands That Make You Feel Like Everything Is Going To Be OK – The iconic Boston-bred skacore octet have been in business for over 25 […]

During a live chat with fans today, rockers Papa Roach officially announced they will release their sixth full length studio album on October 2, 2012. The chat was hosted on the band’s website and saw frontman Jacoby Shaddix, guitarist Jerry Horton, bassist Tobin Esperance and drummer Tony Palermo interact with fans from around the world. The new album was recorded at the band’s hometown studio, The Red House in Sacramento, […]

Australia’s metal-core unit, Dream On Dreamer has had one of the most ridiculous touring schedules ever seen within the span of 10 months. Since the release of their debut album “Heartbound”, the band has amounted well over 100 shows worldwide – notching up two US tours, two European tours, and running through Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. They somehow found time to […]

Pop-punk trailblazers CARTEL have been revered and praised for their refreshing take on the genre. In a storied career spanning 2 EPs and 3 full-length albums including the now classic ‘Chroma’, CARTEL has firmly cemented themselves atop of the rock world. It hasn’t all been smooth sailing for the Atlanta based quartet following the departure from their label and a […]

From www.bonjovi.com – Jon Bon Jovi and The Kings of Suburbia will perform at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on July 26, 2012 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 15 at noon. An exciting solo debut for Jon Bon Jovi at Hard Rock Live, fans can expect to hear favorite Bon […]

Ok – The Living End have been cooking something very tasty up over the past couple of months and we’re almost ready to tell you what it is. We’re positive that you TLE-heads are going to go bananas over it, so we’re really struggling to keep it under our hats. What we CAN tell you is that all will be […]

Eve 6, yes this is the same band that back in 1998 had a radio hit here in Australia with Inside Out, the song that saw the at the time teenagers “wanting to put their tender heart in a blender”.  For me, Eve 6 is best defined by their second album Horrorscope which in the year 2000 was as close […]

TRUCKER DIABLO, rolls into Tennents Vital!!!! We always love it when bands we’ve featured as one of our ‘Best Things You’ve Never Heard‘ get breaks like this!  Check out the press release below from the band and here’s to what’s next!! We are ecstatic to announce that we been chosen have to play Tennents Vital this year and will be […]

In 25 words or less: Millencolin fans out there, I’m sure most of you have already bought this already….if you haven’t, what the hell are you waiting for?  First things first, Happy 20th anniversary to Millencolin, you crazy Swedish punksters!  In celebration of their 20 years, the guys have just released The Melancholy Connection, which is essentially a follow on from the 1999 […]

House vs Hurricane Announce Crooked Teeth Album Tour & New Track UNFD is proud to announce that Melbourne thrashers HOUSE VS HURRICANE have finished recording their second album Crooked Teeth and are gearing up for it’s release this Winter. The album is their first with new frontman Dan Casey, who joined late 2011. Behind Casey’s energy and enthusiasm, they have delivered one of the […]

PAPA ROACH TO MAKE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT;  FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH AND KILLSWITCH ENGAGE DISCUSS METAL HAMMER TRESPASS AMERICA FESTIVAL PAPA ROACH: Rock berserkers and multi hit-makers Papa Roach have announced a special live chat with fans for a “major announcement” this Thursday, June 14th at 3pm PST. Frontman Jacoby Shaddix, guitarist Jerry Horton, bassist Tobin Esperance and drummer Tony Palermo will make the special announcement as well as interact and chat with Roach […]

Swedish heavy metal band BULLET will release the title track from their upcoming new record Full Pull on July 13th. The single will be available digitally and on colored vinyl. Track list: Side A: Full Pull Side B: Get On You can order the single by clicking here: ORDER SINGLE The album was recorded at Gutterview Recorders in Solna/Stockholm Sweden, […]

From Bio: AFTER was originally conceived by Jose Frietas (vocals/guitar/keys) and Brian Santner (drums) in the halls of the Los Angeles Music Academy; shortly after moving the fledgling project out to Orange County they were signed to Skullr Records, and released their first demo and subsequent self-titled album. They quickly exhausted the options available to them in the OC scene, […]