“I can confidentially say we’ll be playing together for the rest of our lives.” The Getaway Plan were one of Australia’s biggest bands a few years back; but with five years as a band and only one year of real success in 2009 the band decided to go on hiatus.  This confused and shocked both fans and people in the […]

Diamond Sins will be supporting Crashdiet in Melbourne on their upcoming Aussie tour kicking off on October 20th, 2011 (check tour details below) and we thought it was a perfect time to introduce the band to you, our fine readers! Official bio: Diamond Sins are a deathpunk quartet hailing from Adelaide, Australia.  The band formed as a rock band that […]

With their brand new album Five Serpents Teeth having recently been released, it seems like the time is nigh for UK heavy metal band Evile to really make some inroads in the pursuit of global domination!  The journey between their second album Infected Nations and their now third release wasn’t an easy, with the tragic passing of bass player Mike […]

In 25 words or less: This was not the Staind album I was expecting at all.  This is heavy, and a welcome to return to the Staind of old! I guess the first song ‘Eyes Wide Open’ is exactly that, it opened mine, I love this.  If that’s anything to go by then we’re in for a treat.  Aaron Lewis […]

For Machine Head to follow up what has previously been referred to as a masterpiece in ‘The Blackening’ was going to be a tough call, turns out it really wasn’t that much of a tough call as I’d be happy to proclaim that ‘Unto The Locust’ is up there if not on par with The Blackening, yeah, I said it.  […]

            WE CAME WE SAW WE ROCKED! Friends, Rockers, Countrymen! Lend us your ears and we’ll subject them to loud rock music. Tighten your togas, strap on the dancing sandals and join us in this Roman edition of Soundwave; featuring our biggest line-up yet! SYSTEM OF A DOWN SLIPKNOT LIMP BIZKIT / MARILYN MANSON / […]

Official press release: COAL CHAMBER, the ’90s alt-metal band fronted by current DEVILDRIVER singer Dez Fafara, will reform for next year’s Soundwave festival in Australia. Commented Dez: “COAL CHAMBER is playing Soundwave Down Under! These reunion shows are for the fans that want to see us again as well as all the people that never got to see COAL CHAMBER. […]

Following a three-year sabbatical after the multi-platinum, worldwide success of their sophomore effort, The Open Door, Grammy Award winning band Evanescence, are set to release their third self titled studio album on October 7th. Produced by Nick Raskulinecz, (Foo Fighters, RUSH, Stone Sour, Alice in Chains, Deftones), it was recorded in Nashville’s famous Black Bird Studios earlier this year. The […]

When it comes to recording an album, adversity doesn’t stare you in the face much harder than having three of your band members depart the band just as recording is about to begin.  In the face of adversity, flagship member and singer Mark Hunter and guitarists Rob Arnold and Matt Devries, along with collaborator Ben Schigel bunkered down and in […]

“Yes we really want to spend a lot of time on the road really making this record make sense to people.  Whether it will immediately or take a bit of time, I don’t mind, it’s all about reconnecting with the audience, that’s the primary focus for me and for us as a band.” After a hiatus of around 2 years, […]

Official press release: Brand New Sin has risen to new levels with their latest recording, and is ready to unleash the disenfranchised roar of “United State”. The enduring trio of Kris Wiechmann (Vocals/Guitar), Chuck Kahl (Bass), and Kevin Dean (Drums) are joined by the new blood of Tommy Matkowski on lead guitar. Tommy’s playing is truly the finishing piece to […]

Official press release: Puddle Of Mudd are set to release Re:(Disc)overed through Goomba Music on the 3rd October 2011. The band has also announced a full UK tour throughout October 2011. After four albums, six million record sales, sold-out crowds and more than a dozen radio hits, Puddle of Mudd has cemented its reputation and its repertoire in the rock ‘n’ […]

Official press release: What an incredible year 2011 has been for Perth Prog Metal masters VOYAGER.  Having nationally supported the huge Alestorm ‘Back through Time’ Australian tour in May, completed to their first USA trip to take part in the prestigious Prog Power Festival USA in September, and recently been selected as the nationwide support for Finnish Metal act Children of Bodom on […]

Following the tremendous success of ACCEPT’s comeback album Blood Of The Nations and the accompanying world tour (more than 180 shows around the globe), these German heavy metal legends have now withdrawn from the stage to start work on their next CD. The band is currently writing material for their new album with British producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, NEVERMORE, […]

Official press release:  The leatherswept members of DEATHSTARS are getting ready for the release of their new video “METAL” and their The Greatest Hits on Earth collection (released on November 4). They are also proud to present their new drummer Vice (aka Oscar Leander/CRESCENDOLLS). Vice replaces Bone W. Machine who split ways with DEATHSTARS in 2010.  “I’m really excited to be […]

SLIPKNOT TO RELEASE TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF IOWA ON OCTOBER 28, 2011 DOUBLE CD/DVD SET WILL FEATURE ALL NEW ARTWORK AND MORE It’s been 10 years since Slipknot unleashed their second album, IOWA, upon the waiting world. Slipknot had impacted the music scene in revolutionary, unpredictable ways and established themselves as a way of life for their fans with their […]

“The fact that I’m still listening to the record almost three months later, generally when an Anthrax record is finished I don’t put it on again unless it’s 15 years later and I need to relearn something, so I’ve been listening to this album like as a fan now for three months and that’s strictly because of Joey” Scott Ian […]

  Date: Sunday 2nd October, 2011 Venue: Billboard, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com)       * Click on the slideshow below for more options such as view gallery and full screen slideshow

  Date: Sunday 2nd October, 2011 Venue: Billboard, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com)       * Click on the slideshow below for more options such as view gallery and full screen slideshow

  Date: Sunday 2nd October, 2011 Venue: Billboard, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com)       * Click on the slideshow below for more options such as view gallery and full screen slideshow

On the back of their latest release Relentless Reckless Forever, Children of Bodom have further solidified their standing as one of the leading new generation metal bands, but in saying that, the band formed in 1993, so they aren’t exactly that new!  On their seventh album the band once again effortlessly blend crushing metal riffs, haunting melodies, stadium sized metal […]

Official press release: After seven records and seven world tours Hardcore Superstar are celebrating 10 years with a best of album The Party Ain’t Over ’Till We Say So”. It will be released on October 26. The album contains songs from all the records that the band has released between the years 2000 – 2010 and the newly written song ”WE DON’T NEED […]

KORN TO RELEASE GROUNDBREAKING ALBUM THE PATH OF TOTALITY ON DECEMBER 2 Korn will release their tenth studio album, The Path of Totality on December 2. But this one is unlike any Korn record. It’s even unlike any record released before. The Path of Totality is an experimental album which finds Korn shifting gears and exploring new territory. That should […]

“I think there’s just something about it that we still get excited, and if we didn’t I don’t think we’d be able to tour the way we tour because we tour so much, we’re pretty much gone the whole year just playing shows, so I think if you don’t enjoy it it’d be a really tough life, so we just […]

  Date: Friday 30th September, 2011 Venue: Counter Revolution, Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com)       * Click on the slideshow below for more options such as view gallery and full screen slideshow

Canadian pop punk rockers Simple Plan always put on a fun show, and tonight’s SOLD OUT gig at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney was no exception but more on them later… The first of two supports, Sydney’s ‘New Empire’ got the crowd warmed up with their amazingly friendly rock music and within seconds of opening with hopefully the next single  […]

  Date: Friday 30th September, 2011 Venue: Counter Revolution, Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com)       * Click on the slideshow below for more options such as view gallery and full screen slideshow

  Date: Friday 30th September, 2011 Venue: Counter Revolution, Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com)       * Click on the slideshow below for more options such as view gallery and full screen slideshow

Mi-Sex are back, yes that’s right, they’re back!  In support of their upcoming tour that kicks off in November, May The Rock Be With You chatted with Murray Burns, Mi-Sex keyboard player about the upcoming shows and of course that hit single, Computer Games! Tour press release:  Mi-Sex emerged from New Zealand in 1977 as a collection of creative souls […]

Date: Friday 30th September, 2011 Venue: Counter Revolution, Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia Photo’s by: Lens Of Rock (www.lensofrock.com)         * Click on the slideshow below for more options such as view gallery and full screen slideshow