“…when I do these things where I go out and these people that I meet blow my mind *laughs* it’s like they’re so die hard over us that it’s nice that you’ve got your die hard Paul’s, and Gene’s and Ace’s and then I’ve got mine, and most bands don’t even have that where they have so many fans that […]

Diamond-certified, global award winning rock band, Nickelback, today premiere their new track, “Song On Fire”, taken from their ninth studio album “Feed The Machine” which will be released on June 16th and will be a radio single in all international territories. The track will then later released as a radio single in North America this summer. Chad Kroeger has said […]

Stone Sour has announced details of their highly anticipated new album HYDROGRAD, which will be released Friday, June 30. HYDROGRAD is available to pre-order now. Recorded at Sphere Studios in North Hollywood, CA with producer Jay Ruston, HYDROGRAD features the track Fabuless and Song #3, both available now at all DSPs and streaming services. Fabuless is joined by an official music video directed […]

“I do like to say we’re a real high energy live show and everybody’s very happy to be there, everybody on stage is excited to be where we’re at and we’re all having the most fun. We take it seriously, it’s not goofy by any means but we take having fun very seriously too.” From Release: Celebrated American rock band Against […]

Byron Bay’s In Hearts Wake have been changing minds and lives since 2012 and with fourth albumArk they are looking to inspire change like never before. Set for release on May 26 via UNFD, Ark pays homage to the past as much as it signals a bright new future for conscious heavy music with the band partnering up with Tangaroa Blue for We […]

Multi-platinum selling and Grammy nominated recording artist GAVIN DEGRAW has announced Australian dates for his 2017 An Acoustic Evening with Gavin DeGraw World Tour. Following a multi-city trek across Europe, Gavin DeGraw heads to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne for club shows this July to perform songs spanning his entire career. The intimate set will give fans the chance to see […]

Ahead of their upcoming Australian tour, we caught up with Page Hamilton from Helmet to muse on the band’s 1994 game-changing album Betty, a record which will be featured in full at shows across the country this April and May. If you were a fan of heavy guitar music in the days after Nirvana went stratospheric, there’s a chance that […]

Date: Friday April 21, 2017 Venue: The Star Event Centre, Sydney Presented by: TEG Live 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    

If you’ve ever read one of my reviews before you’d know that I like to review in the moment and give a play by play of everything that happens, but for this show I knew it was going to be something special, something different that I needed to actually be in the moment for and not writing while at the […]

WOLVES, the new album from Rise Against, will be released on June 9 via EMI Australia. Today, the band unveiled the first single, “The Violence”, which can be purchased HERE. Los Angeles-based alternative radio station KROQ gave the song its U.S. broadcast premiere this morning. The pre-order for WOLVES begins today – PRE-ORDER HERE. Fans who pre-order the digital album will instantly receive “The […]

Guitar virtuoso, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Richie Kotzen will tour Australia’s east coast for the first time this August. The current Winery Dogs axeman and former member of Poison and Mr Big has just released his 22nd solo album, Salting Earth via his own label, Headroom-Inc. From deep bluesy grooves to balls-out hard rock; burning sky harmonic glory to funk-jazz and […]

“…when we come to a place like Australia and you’ve travelled a long way and people just go nuts and it’s brilliant, that’s why you do this, that’s the reason you perform anyway because you feel the energy in the room, and there’s nothing like it, we’re just very lucky I think.” From Release: Rejoice, Australians fair, in your home […]

Diamond-certified, global award winning rock band, Nickelback, have unleashed the brand new video for their  US Top 10 radio single “Feed The Machine”. Directed by Simian Design, the video premiere comes as the band continues to prepare for the release of their ninth studio album Feed The Machine now confirmed for worldwide release on JUNE 16th and the colossal headlining […]

Hit the extreme aggression button metal fans – The Gods Of Violence return to tear the top of your head off and crush you into submission.   “The encore was filled to the brim with really old-school material with songs like “Flag of Hate”, “Under the Guillotine” and “Pleasure to Kill”. Needless to say, the crowd went crazy.” Metal Wani   Three years after […]

Fueled By Ramen recording group Paramore have announced the eagerly awaited release of their fifth studio album, After Laughter, which will arrive everywhere on May 12.  The GRAMMY Award-winning band’s first new album in more than four years is available to pre-order now and is accompanied by an instant grat download of the just unveiled new single, Hard Times, joined […]

It was March 1977 when Alice Cooper, the architect of shock-rock, undertook his first ever concert tour of Australia – and broke attendance records.  40 years on and this revered entertainer continues to surprise and exude danger at every turn, thrilling audiences globally! Fans will be delighted to hear that Alice Cooper will return to our shores this October for […]

Don’t cry because THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN are calling it a day; smile because they’ve somehow managed to stay alive this long and that you’ll get one last chance to witness them live. After twenty years of defying expectation, pushing the boundaries of their compositions, and performances beyond what might seem possible or even reasonable, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLANannounced that […]

“…we’re always constantly learning stuff, something new has to be learned when we’re together, someone is always going to come up with something we don’t know, so that’s something new and I love that and I love that I’m constantly learning and I’m constantly getting an education.” From Release: Spearheaded by guitarist Vernon Reid, Living Colour emerged onto the scene […]

Multi-Grammy and Billboard award winning band, TRAIN, make a welcome return to our shores when they bring their ‘Play That Song’ tour to Australia this winter. Kicking off the tour in Brisbane at The Tivoli on July 31, Train will then head to Sydney’s State Theatre on August 1 and finish at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre on Friday August 4, all […]

One of the UK’s most important musical exports, The Stranglers announce their return to Australia in 2018 with their biggest tour in 30 years, ‘The Classic Collection’ Taking twenty of their most popular tracks from their revered album classics, chart successes and fan favourites from across their 40-year history, The Stranglers prove their longevity and impact with tracks including Golden Brown, Always […]

Everybody knows that GRENADIERS are the real deal. The Adelaide rock warriors have returned, with acerbic new single and video ‘Suburban Life’, and a high volume east coast tour. Premiered on radio by triple j’s Home & Hosed last week, ‘Suburban Life’ is a driving justification of why Australian rock music is firmly back on the up and up. Taken from new recordings for […]

“…I like the fact that the Australian audience has no pretense it’s kinda like if they feel like moving around and having a good time they do, they’re not worried about the guy next to them and what he’s thinking they just cut loose and have a good time which is what it’s all about.“ From Release: Hard Rock Heroes […]

“Music is a positive, beautiful thing to share with other people and make people happy and I fuckin’ love that, I love that aspect of singing and performing and making music and sharing it with people in a live environment you’ve got that one moment in time and that’s it, so I just live for that moment really.” From Release: Jon […]

Date: Tuesday April 4, 2017 Venue: The Enmore Theatre, Sydney Presented by: MJR Presents Supported By: Like A Storm 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 Check out our interview with Myles Kennedy HERE Check out our interview with Matt Brooks of Like A Storm HERE

“I guess because we started out very small and we built it up through the pubs and clubs it’s just enabled all of us, me included to just be creative and just enjoy the music, have fun and not think about anything other than that you know?” As far as Aussie rock goes you can’t beat a band out there […]

Australia loves Alter Bridge and tonight the band we love so much are here on the back of their newest album ‘The Last Hero’ and ready to turn the volume up, way up to show us how it’s done tonight in Sydney. Like A Storm open their set with a didgeridoo and take us into ‘Chaos’ with a big heavy […]

Take yourself back to a time when Wheatus and Alien Ant Farm were smashing their way to the top of the Hottest 100. To a time where the epic stadium rock of Hoobastankreigned supreme. And to a time when the ‘jackass’ skate punk of Lit and CKY were as common as mohawks and wallet chains. With collective worldwide record sales […]

The wait is finally over, TEG LIVE & SONY Music are proud to announceBODY COUNT’S eagerly-awaited return to Australia in June seeing the band perform in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne for the first time in 22 years to celebrate the release of their highly anticipated album Bloodlust. The Australian Bloodlust Tour will be the first BODY COUNT shows in the world to support the release […]

Handsome tours are thrilled to announce that ever-engaging Lemonheads frontman EVAN DANDO will perform a run of intimate shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth this May. Tickets are on sale now via handsometours.com The scruffy, haphazard Peter Pan-like presence that is Evan Dando has achieved music-lover legend status down here in Australia. Possessing just the perfect knack for irony, barefaced talent and undeniable […]

Hailing from New Jersey/New York, ILL NIÑO are a not just a meteorological event, they are a musical force to be reckoned with. Their revered album ‘Revolution Revolución’ marked what was the beginning for these founding fathers of Latin metal. ILL NIÑO offered something different, they brought a flair and ethnicity to the metal scene. With their jaw dropping percussive […]