With a swag of awards and sold out stadium tours across the globe left in their wake, we are thrilled to announce that US metal monoliths TRIVIUM will be shredding across Australia this April.  Widely tipped for greatness (some prophecies come true!) after their successful sophomore release, ‘Ascendancy’ in 2005, Kerrang! Declared it “the most skull-peeling collection of pulverizing metal grooves […]

“I think probably the only thing that we try and do is not copy ourselves to make sure that we set the scales for our own self critiquing to high, not to unobtainable heights because obviously that would kill any project but just to make sure we don’t take the easy way out and that we don’t copy ourselves.” From […]

With eight timeless punk rock albums and over 20 years of high intensity touring under their belt, Millencolin has come to help shape the skate punk sound that inspired them from the start. Millencolin fans are always waging wars, pitting so many of their brilliant records against each other to see which comes out the victor. It’s a war that […]

It’s about to get rowdy down under – Black Stone Cherry, Kentucky’s wild boys of hard rock done souther are hitting Australian shores in June 2016. The five dates in June see them hitting some of Australia’s biggest and best rock venues. Tickets go on sale January 20th. The tour will see them hit The Factory Theatre in Sydney, Max Watts […]

Get ready for the Best 80s Night Ever! TOTALLY 80’s! TOTALLY 80’s Stars 7 International 80’s Superstars – MARTIKA, BERLIN, LIMAHL of KAJAGOOGOO, PAUL LEKAKIS, KATRINA (ex KATRINA & THE WAVES), MEN WITHOUT HATS & STACEY Q will be together – live in concert – to perform all of their classic hits. Sharing the stage with them will be 2 of Australia’s own […]

Monsters of the Universe Australian Tour 2016 WEDNESDAY 13 has firmly cemented himself as the undisputed leader in Horrorpunk. With a vivid and vile imagination that has endeared him to countless fans of riff-driven macabre over the last two decades, WEDNESDAY 13 has been one of rock’s most prolific protagonists, spreading his credo of grave-robbing rock ‘n’ roll and Hallowe’en debauchery […]

Internationally renowned glam rockers STEEL PANTHER  have officially announced ‘Live From Lexxi’s Mom’s Garage’, the band’s first full length film, featuring a ten-song live acoustic concert interspersed with comedic vignettes showcasing the band’s unmatched shenanigans and debauchery. The album and film will be released on CD and CD/DVD by the band’s label Open E Records via Kobalt Label Services on February 26th.    PRE-ORDERS […]

KILLROCKSTAR & SOUNDWORKS PRESENTS BUCKCHERRY Australian & New Zealand Tour 2016 One of rock’s great bands, Buckcherry will return to Australia and New Zealand this March. Led by Josh Todd, a man who personifies rock n roll and anchored by guitarists Keith Nelson and Stevie D, drummer Xavier Muriel and bassist Kelly Lemieux, Buckcherry will deliver a night of straight up good time rock and […]

Date: Sunday December 13, 2015 Venue: Manning Bar, Sydney Presented by: Live Nation Supported By: Bellusira Photos by: Peter Coates – Inside Edge Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY   Check out our review of the show HERE    

OK, it’s fitting that it’s my last show of the year because this is also my most anticipated gig of the year, mostly due to the fact that I’m a huge fan of Halestorm and have been for around six years now. So to say I’m a little excited is an understatement, just a warning… Bellusira back from LA for […]

Date: Friday December 11, 2015 Venue: Sydney Opera House Presented by: Live Nation Photos by:  Annette Geneva – Every Day Is Saturday Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY   Check out our review of the show HERE  

Before the show even starts I feel that this could be the show that I simply review this way… ‘Chris Cornell. Genius.’ But I’ll see what else I can come up with. David Le’aupepe from Gang of Youths opens the show solo tonight. Now I love this band and hearing him sing these songs tonight this way is an absolute […]

Date: Tuesday December 1, 2015 Venue: The Factory Theatre, Sydney Presented by: Destroy All Lines & Chugg Entertainment Photos by:  Annette Geneva – Every Day Is Saturday Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY   Check out our review of the show HERE

I’ve been looking forward to this show, as a band like The Maine may not get the radio play or attention they deserve but there are plenty here tonight that know who they are and in the end that’s all that matters… With Confidence certainly know how to warm a crowd up as they with their way through a set […]

BABY ANIMALS REFORM ORIGINAL LINE UP FOR 2 SHOWS ONLY AND RELEASE 25TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE PACKAGE OF DEBUT ALBUM 2016 CELEBRATES 25 YEARS SINCE THE RELEASE OF AN ALBUM THAT BROKE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC HISTORY RECORDS, SIMPLY TITLED BABY ANIMALS. Celebrating 25 years since the release of their iconic self-titled debut album, Baby Animals are set to play two huge shows […]

British metal band ASKING ALEXANDRIA are set to return with new frontman, Denis Stoff, touring Australia for the first time since Soundwave 2014. “We couldn’t be more excited about this tour,” says guitarist Ben Bruce on the announcement of world tour. “We are back and we truly are better than ever. This tour is going to be absolutely insane and we can’t wait to see […]

Date: Saturday November 28, 2015 Venue: The Roundhouse, Sydney Presented by: Destroy All Lines & Chugg Entertainment Photos by:  Annette Geneva – Every Day Is Saturday Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY   Check out our review of the show HERE  

Tonight Taylor Swift returns to Australia and wait… There’s another gig on in Sydney tonight and that’s exactly where we are… thankfully… It’s been a long time between tours for Zakk Wylde and his Black Label Society, so after almost six years they’re back, and as the merch says they’re ‘forged in iron and built to destroy…’ and we can’t […]

Thanks to our very good friends at Riothouse publicity, we have a double passes to each of the shows below to see Unwritten Law when they head back to Australia starting next week to give away to our lucky readers. So if you want win one of the double passes, simply send us an email to mtrbwy@maytherockbewithyou.com with the subject line of […]

“I think that our love for music has just substantially grown, exponentially it’s grown and at this point it’s really, really special that people are still allowing us the opportunity to make records and giving us the chance to see where it goes and I think that’s something that we certainly don’t take for granted.” From Release: THE MAINE, Arizona’s […]

Juno-Award winning rock outfit Monster Truck have just announced that their highly anticipated sophomore album, Sittin’ Heavy, will be released February 19, 2016 on Dine Alone Records/Cooking Vinyl in Australia and New Zealand. The album is available to pre-order now via the band’s webstore, Dine Alone webstore, JB HiFi and iTunes. Those who pre-order the record via iTunes will instantly receive Don’t Tell Me How to Live and the anthemic new track The Enforcer. Produced […]

The Dead Daisies new album, ‘Revolución’ has been received incredibly well in Australia.  Rave reviews from media including Rolling Stone Magazine’s editor Rod Yates stating, “This is up there with the best hard rock releases of the past decade”, reaching No. 3 on the Australian Independent Record Labels Association ‘Air Charts’, airplay on radio stations across the country with singles […]

“Really we just play a rock and roll show, there’s no tracks or trickery, we don’t even use a click track, we just kind of plug in play and what you see is what you get. We like it, we get to ride the wave of the audience…” From Release: Pennsylvania-natives Halestorm have left an indelible impression on the hard […]

“So I think what you really need to do is come with an open mind if you’ve never seen the band and participate and I think participation is really the key to having that combustion between that audience and the band.” From Release: From hell they came… in April 1977 at the dawn of the punk movement, THE MISFITS were […]

The Flatliners are about to be in Australia with Lagwagon! Before heading out to check out one of the below shows, check out this piece exclusively on MTRBWY written by Chris Cresswell of The Flatliners telling us about the best Canadian bands you don’t know! We know we’ll be checking these ones out ASAP! The Dirty Nil They are a […]

“It’ll be great family entertainment, I wrestle a great white shark and then after that we have dancing bears, grizzly bears and then we introduce everyone to the Black Label fall fashion line of men’s lingerie, so it’s a very exciting evening *laughs* there’s also a lot of choreography going on, it’s just a delight to the senses. *laughs*” From […]

“…we’re pretty much there just to have a good time, it’s not really about metal and it’s not about being serious, it’s just about having fun. So we appeal to pretty much everybody really which I think is pretty unique in the metal genre, so yeah, fun.” From Bio: Avast, ye landlubbers! From the deepest darkest depths of the Caribbean […]

Date: Tuesday November 17, 2015 Venue: Qantas Credit Union Arena, Sydney Presented by: One World Entertainment Support by: Live & The Baby Animals Photos by:  Annette Geneva – Every Day Is Saturday Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY   Check out our review of the show HERE  

Def Leppard are back in Australia, and what can you say about a band that has been doing it for almost forty years? Everything… but where to start? Let’s get to that after The Baby Animals and Live… The Baby Animals open with a newer one tonight. ‘Under Your Skin’ and it’s great hearing these guys in a big arena like […]

After a highly successful 26-date album release tour, Sydney rockers GANG OF YOUTHS are set to embark on their most ambitious run of shows to date, announcing a national Australian headline tour for April 2016. Kicking off at the Tivoli in Brisbane on April 8, followed by all ages shows in their hometown of Sydney, Adelaide and Perth, the band will wrap […]