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, […]

June 13, 2012 – “When Yellowcard decided to take a break in 2008, I had never felt so uncertain about my future,” recalls vocalist/guitarist Ryan Key, about the story behind the title of their new album, Southern Air. “I decided the best thing for me to do was leave Los Angeles and relocate to the East Coast to be closer […]

SLIPKNOT ANNOUNCE ANTENNAS TO HELL OUT JULY 20 – HEADLINING THEIR VERY OWN KNOTFEST THIS AUGUST For their millions of fans around the world, Slipknot are as much a culture and a way of life as they are a band. To completely engage with all of the perseverance, ingenuity, artistic integrity and holistic vision of Slipknot’s creative output in all of […]

OBEY THE BRAVE SIGN TO EPITAPH – Debut Album Young Blood Available 31/8/2012  Canada’s most exciting, adrenaline-charged metalcore band Obey The Brave have officially signed to Epitaph Records with plans to release their album, Young Blood on August 31st. In anticipation of the new record, the band have posted a video about the recent signing and have also posted an in-your-face video for their first track, “Get Real” that […]

  Heaven – so who out there reading this thought they would be seeing a reformation of these Aussie rock legends in 2012?  Well as many of you are well aware, it’s happening and it’s happening in less than two weeks from today with the Heaven Twenty Twelve Tour!  Whilst 2001 saw a lineup of Heaven support Judas Priest, significantly […]

GET READY TO GO ON A PSYCHOTRIP WITH NIKKI MCKIBBIN’S  LOVE STRICKEN  DEMISE.  AMERICAN IDOL FINALIST RE-SURFACES TO KICK YOUR ASS  Dallas’ new hard rock heroes Love Stricken Demise, featuring former American Idol finalist Nikki McKibbin, have released their debut Ep, Psychotrip through upstart label Down Boys, Inc. With LSD you won’t be getting any girly Top 40 pop songstress type material.  […]

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release HESS new solo album entitled “Living in Yesterday” on August 24th in Europe and August 28th in the US. Best known for spending 17 years as frontman of Harem Scarem, one of the most well known and respected Melodic Hard Rock bands to come out from Canada, Harry Hess has been redesigning his career as music producer and […]

MATCHBOX TWENTY HEAD NORTH WITH NEW ALBUM MULTI-PLATINUM POP-ROCK SUPERSTARS RETURN ON FIRST ALL-NEW COLLECTION IN TEN YEARS ALBUM TO BE HERALDED BY THRILLING NEW SINGLE SHE’S SO MEAN AT AUSTRALIAN RADIO THIS WEEK  Matchbox Twenty has announced the release of their hugely-anticipated new album scheduled to arrive on Friday 31 August.  North marks Matchbox Twenty’s fourth full-length studio recording and first all-new album in a decade.  “The […]

After ten years, Australian heavy rock outfit HEAVEN are back and ready to kick ass once more with what’s sure to be a hell of a show at the Evelyn Hotel on Friday 22 June! Heaven found success in the US during the ‘80s, releasing three albums (Twilight of Mischief/In The Beginning, Where Angels Fear To Tread, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door) and supporting the likes of Motley Crue, […]

The incredible upward spiral of Perth Prog Metal masters VOYAGER continues as the band will celebrate its return to Australia on June 30th, with a welcome home show here in their hometown of Perth, WA. Currently touring North America supporting Rhapsody In Fire, VOYAGER are captivating larger than expected audiences at every show, winning over a multitude of new fans. […]

From Bio: A band of friends and brothers, the five members behind Tribune have been together since 2004, making it their mission to create challenging yet accessible metal. With an EP and demo behind them, the music has become both heavier and more melodic from release to release and now, Tribune is set to unleash its latest album, Elder Lore/The […]

Press release: Australian rockers Raise The Flag, return on their ‘Bon But Not Forgotten’ Celebration to the No. 1 rocker in the world Bon Scott. On what would have been Bon’s 66th Birthday they pay homage to the legend singer. On the rhythm section, Izzy Osmanovic, (Screaming Jets), and Rogue Shark Mick Adkins splitting the twin Marshall stacks and taking […]

Sydney couldn’t have been more beautiful tonight, with the Vivid festival lighting up Circular Quay and people flocking to watch the lights covering the buildings, there were even more people in the area this evening to head in to the iconic Sydney Opera House to catch Train and Matt Nathanson in probably my favourite pairing of the year so far. […]

Australia’s The Amity Affliction have entered a Florida studio to work on their proper Roadrunner Records debut, Chasing Ghosts. Chasing Ghosts is scheduled to be released on September 14.  It follows the band’s previous album Youngbloods, which debuted #6 on the Aria Charts and was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at both the ARIA and AIR Awards. . The Amity […]

It took 13 minutes for STEEL PANTHER to completely sellout their Melbourne show at The Palace. The show moved to up to Festival Hall with nearly 3 times the capacity and sold out again! Shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide (YES! Adelaide!) were not far behind in the expediency with which “ticket allocations” were “exhausted” and the flood of e-grief […]

Def Leppard rocked the Sunset Strip on June 6th at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood for a one-time rare club gig in partnership with YouTube presents..   A FREE show on a first-come, first-served basis, the performance was followed by a Q&A of fan questions with the band. Def Leppard ripped through 7 songs including “Rock of Ages”, “Foolin’”, “Animal”, “Hysteria”, […]

Australian melodic metallers LORD reveal the title, tracklist and cover art from their forthcoming album. Stated LORD mainman LT: “We can now reveal the title of our forthcoming album is ‘DIGITAL LIES‘. The track listing is as follows: 1. Incipio 2. Betrayal Blind 3. Digital Lies 4. Point Of View 5. Walk Away 6. 2D Person In A 3D World 7. Final […]

“From seriously the most dependable artist in my entire collection, I applaud Richard Marx for yet another exceptional release.” Whilst this observation hasn’t been completely lost on me over the years, sitting down to write this review, I was reminded that when it comes to albums I’ve owned, Marx’s bazillion selling Repeat Offender album would sit somewhere amongst the first 10 […]

“Dominated by melodic rock right to the very end, this is the album that many Hardline fans have most likely been waiting for since Double Eclipse.” Whilst the lineup of Hardline has changed much over the course of the bands 20 odd year history and 4 albums, there has been one constant – the unmistakable vocals of Johnny Gioeli, surely […]

The band formerly known as Sencelled is now The Spin.  With a new name, a UK tour in the pipeline and a second record on its way, Sweden‘s best melodic pop rock group are raring to go in 2012 and bring their “catchy melodic power pop addictiveness” to the world, in the name of The Spin! The band has split up with […]

Sydney, Australia – Thursday, 7 June, 2012:  It’s been 22 years since 1927 burst onto the scene with their debut album, …ISH, selling half a million copies in Australia and producing  the 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 to this day. […]

Date: 31 May 2012 Venue: Corner Hotel, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Inside Edge Photography www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography Click here to check out the full photo gallery…

CHILDREN COLLIDE’S anticipated MONUMENT TOUR is kicking into the next gear this week, as national supports are announced and the band release an online video for album track SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. Presented by triple j, Channel [V] and Music Feeds THE MONUMENT TOUR will take in all Australian capital cities plus a bunch of regional centres, one of Children Collide’s most lengthy tours to date and […]

Official press release: “Critically acclaimed English troubadour Daniel Pearson trades in timeless and melodic songs that fuse the dynamics of alternative rock to the heart-on sleeve honesty of classic singer-songwriters, sung with a unique voice that’s equal parts confidence and vulnerability. Growing up in a small Yorkshire town he fell in love with both the 90s alt.rock of The Lemonheads, […]

“I can’t explain why it only took the opening 10 seconds of Wishing Well for Daniel Pearson to have me completely hooked, but it did.” Isn’t music just a wonderful thing, or more specifically, aren’t our own personal reactions to music an even more wonderful thing?  Like I often do, do you often sit and wonder why sometimes your ears and […]

Date: 26 May 2012 Venue: The Hi Fi Bar, Sydney, Australia Photo’s by: Inside Edge Photography www.facebook.com/InsideEdgePhotography Click here to check out the full photo gallery…

The tale of a boy and a girl from the same small country town. They dated for a while but were more in love with the idea of each other. She was prettier than he was and he was more sophisticated than she. Realising that it was never going to work, the boy ended it and moved to Melbourne. Heartbroken the girl […]

ULVER STREAMING COVER OF WE THE PEOPLE’S “IN THE PAST” “Childhood’s End” out next week on Kscope   NORWAY – Norwegian avant-garde rock outfit, Ulver, has updated the Childhood’s End mini-site: http://www.kscopemusic.com/ulver/childhoodsend/ with a stream of the band’s rendition of We The People’s, “In the Past.” Childhood’s End, a 16-track collection of psychedelic rock covers recorded in unique fashion by one of Scandinavia’s most passionate and […]