Nearly 30,000 heavy music fans descended on Melbourne on Saturday for Australia’s first Download Festival. After a smattering of rain to kick off, the rock gods smiled, the clouds parted, and pure rock fury ripped through Flemington. International superstars Korn, Prophets of Rage, Limp Bizkit, Mastodon, Gojira, Amon Amarth, and Sabaton delivered stand out sets. Couples got busy tying the […]

“When we’re in the studio we’re kind of writing as well, we don’t sit and record everyone’s parts together, then one person might know what he’s doing and the other ones won’t and it wouldn’t make sense.” From Release: Primus is responsible for some of the most cutting edge and original rock music of the 1990’s. They were strictly an […]

Former GUNS N’ ROSES drummer & co-writer STEVEN ADLER ignites his ADLER’S APPETITE band and has today announced that he is to embark on a tour of AUSTRALIA this May. Steven and his esteemed guests will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of Guns N’ Roses’ classic debut album by performing “APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION” in its entirety! This unique experience will feature a Q & A, with Steven and the one and […]

“…I think these days I think I’ve observed a lot more just because time has passed and I’ve had time to do so and I’ve just taken in and studied a lot more music and just the craft of song writing.” From Release: Even at this point in their career, there can often be difficulty when it comes to describing […]

ESCAPE THE FATE are headed back to Australia to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of their highly praised ‘This War Is Ours’. With ‘This War Is Ours’ ESCAPE THE FATE came into their own exuding a spirit of chaotic mischief with each song firing like a cannon of pure rock genius. For the first time ever Australian fans will be treated to hearing the album in […]

Twenty-four years into their career and still with all original members, US heavy rockers Sevendust are set to release their 12th studio album, All I See Is War, on May 11 via a newly-inked deal with Rise Records! The band have just released the video for the albums first single. Watch Dirty here The clip is the first to feature the band in it since 2013’s Decay. Recorded last […]

“I can’t just say whatever pops into my head these days because I have a ten year old son and it really does affect me. When there probably was a time I would write or sing anything just to shock people now I would not take that path artistically.” From Release: Fusing rock, punk, rasta, gansta rap and soul into […]

Food glorious food, sizzling burgers with mustard! While we’re in the mood, hot pizza and mushrooms! Tacos, donuts and Gozleme! What next is the question? In-di-gestion! Download Melbourne has a plethora of goodies to satisfy your appetite for degustation in 2018! Introducing………. Hell’s Kitchen, the result of asking a bunch of our closest pals and the most inspiring folk in […]

STEREOPHONICS have added a second and final Sydney date to their much-anticipated run of shows, touring in support of their latest album, Scream Above The Sounds. Marking their first Australian tour since 2013, Stereophonics will play a second night at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on Wednesday, April 25; the April 26 show having sold out ultra-quickly. Tickets for this show […]

“I think as you watch us there are some bands you can tell they’re putting it on, but we very much mean it and we demand a lot of ourselves and I think people see that and then put that kind of pressure on themselves and boost themselves to get into it and keep us going…” From Release: Biffy Clyro […]

Australian rockers Lillye will release their debut full-length album entitled Evolve on May 18, 2018 via Eclipse Records. The band is fronted by vocalist Virginia Lillye who previously held lead roles in theater productions such as Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease, and more. The album was produced by bassist Christian Lauria at his own Machine Men Studios, and mixed by Shane Edwards (Northlane, Hanz Zimmer, Thy Art is Murder) at Karma Studios. Lillye features former Cats & Jesus Christ Superstar cast […]

Resist Records is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Reverence,the sixth studio album from Australian metal band Parkway Drive. Due out May 4, Reverence is the most sonically adventurous and emotionally intense effort yet from the Byron Bay-based five-piece. “Reverence represents the most honest and personal record we have ever created,” says Parkway Drive frontman Winston McCall. “It has been born though pain, sacrifice, […]

Shinedown has announced the release of their sixth studio album ATTENTION ATTENTION out May 4th on Atlantic Records. Lead single DEVIL is out now with the official video streaming HERE. Directed by Bill Yukich (Beyoncé, Marilyn Manson, Wiz Khalifa), the visual for DEVIL is a dramatic and visceral introduction to ATTENTION ATTENTION,which is now available for pre-order here. Deluxe album bundles are also available.  The 14-track album, Shinedown’s most raw and personal to date, is a mental, emotional […]

Sydney’s Maverick are really ramping things up in the lead-in to the release of their new EP State of Mind! The Sydney “No-F#cks-Given” band are today releasing the second taste of the record, a massive anthemic punk banger called ‘Resolve’ – and they are also on tour to celebrate the record and in support to both Hellions and Bare Bones! […]

On the back of their heaviest album to date, SEETHER are intent on blasting the roof off with equal measures of ferocity and purpose. This is a band that knows how to connect with an audience, whilst delivering all the blood, sweat and sheer musical brutality that transports fans to a state of nirvanic rhapsody. SEETHER’s existence itself is an act of […]

Norwegian black metal masters have postponed their Australian and Japanese tour dates until September citing personnel reasons. Frontman Satyr says that due to personnel issues and logistics they have no choice but to delay the tour. Satyr states “We had on and off-stage personnel dropping out on us at the last minute for this tour. We would have had to really compromise on the quality of our […]

The Screaming Jets proudly announce a national tour, ROCK RADIO RIOT, with rock contemporaries and special guests, Boom Crash Opera. These two Australian radio favourites team up to deliver a powerhouse of high rotation hits in what is sure to be one of the rock events of the year! The tour commences in Sydney on August 3 and travels around Australia concluding on September […]

“…it’s a great thing and it’s not that often that you can be a part of something where you can talk about, actually it’s been more than twenty five years, it’s been twenty seven years since the movie so yeah it’s great, great that it stood the test of time.” From Release: In 1991, Strong was introduced to the world […]

Date: Friday March 2, 2018 Venue: Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Presented by: Select Touring Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – Gwendolyn Lee Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY   Check out our review of the show HERE  

They’re back! It’s been a few years since we’ve seen Fall Out Boy in Australia and I’ll tell you what hasn’t gone by the wayside, their fan base! This place is pretty damn full besides a couple of curtains upstairs and it looks great in here. I’ve perched myself at the back of the venue near what looks like a […]

The teenage bad-boy Reece Mastin, who stole hearts across the country back in 2011, is no longer.  In his place stands Mastin, a full-grown man; someone contemplative, and earnest – a man who has already lived a lifetime of peaks and pitfalls, caused in part by the ruthless nature of a career in the commercial music industry.  Now 23 years old, […]

Today Byron Bay metal band Parkway Drive share their new single ‘Wishing Wells’ and its accompanying video with the world. Opening with ominous vocals and haunting acoustic guitar, ‘Wishing Wells’ soon erupts into a furious and full-throttle metal assault. Captured in one shot, its starkly filmed video marks a deep departure from Parkway Drive’s usual high-production aesthetic. The video features front man Winston McCall giving […]

20 years since the release of their debut album and 20 million worldwide sales later, GODSMACK are an even stronger animal than before. The proof is in the grooves of WHEN LEGENDS RISE, their first studio outing in four years, due out April 27th via Spinefarm Records/Caroline Australia. The album is available for pre-order now HERE along with instant grat track, ‘Bulletproof’; this first single / video shows the […]

I Want To Know What Love Is, Cold As Ice, Waiting For A Girl Like You, Hot Blooded, Juke Box Hero. FOREIGNER‘s timeless anthems continue to rock the charts with ten multi-platinum albums, sixteen Top 30 hits and album sales now exceeding 75 million copies. For the first time ever, FOREIGNER will present all their hits with a 58 -piece […]

Twenty-four years into their career and still with all original members, US heavy rockers Sevendust are set to release their 12th studio album, All I See Is War, on May 11 via a newly-inked deal with Rise Records! Recorded last year at Studio Barbarosa in Florida, the new album was produced by Michael “Elvis” Baskette (Alter Bridge, Slash, Coldrain, Story Of The Year). All I See […]

Cymru’s rock ambassadors, STEREOPHONICS, will make a welcome return to Australia for a run of much anticipated shows this April, marking their first Australian tour since 2013. Stereophonics are heading out in support of their latest album, Scream Above The Sounds, launching with a show at the Sydney Opera House on April 26, then onto Brisbane’s Tivoli on April 28, Melbourne’s Forum […]

“I feel very much like I did back in 1998 / 1999 I’m still climbing the same mountain, maybe I have some new tools I certainly think that through practise and continued effort you develop additional skills and refine your approach to get into that peak but I still haven’t gotten to that climax and in way I’m thankful because […]

Steel Panther’s Wednesday 16th May show at Melbourne’s The Forum has SOLD OUT – a second show has been added to the tour on Tuesday 15th May at the same venue. Tickets are on sale today from 2pm AEDT for the additional show, and all other shows on the tour are selling VERY quickly. Grab tickets today for Steel Panther’s […]

A stellar double header that has two legendary guitar virtuosos between them, is heading to our shores in June 2018.   Grammy-nominated Extreme, one of the most successful rock acts of the late 80s & 90s, and hard rock’s original supergroup Mr. Big will be touring capital cities mid-year to showcase their exceptional musical prowess. Extreme became one of the most prosperous bands of the early […]

Get a double dose of Shock Rock as WEDNESDAY 13 and DAVEY SUICIDE join forces to bring their devilish goodness and a very early Halloween to Australia. A grimly glamorous ghoul who first slithered from the cobwebbed shadows of Charlotte, North Carolina, in the early 90s, WEDNESDAY 13 has firmly established himself as the world’s premier purveyor of balls-out horror punk insanity.  With a vivid and […]