“We signed our first record deal in 1990 and that was for seven albums and we thought we’d have seven albums out by the end of the decade but twenty six years on we’re just doing our seventh one *laughs* but we did spend a couple of years re-establishing ourselves live, and it just felt the right time now to […]

Five years since their last Australian appearance THE CURE will make a very welcome return to our shores for an arena tour. Renowned for their sublime two-hour-plus performances, The Cure will play headline arena shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth this July marking the band’s first Australian tour since August 2007. Tickets for the Melbourne and Sydney shows will go […]

Periphery, the D.C.-based prog innovators, will return with their new album Periphery III: Select Difficulty on July 22nd. Periphery’s most recent releases, the Juggernaut albums (Alpha and Omega), debuted at #15 and #16 on Billboard’s Top Album chart and #22 and #25 on the ARIA chart.  The conceptual releases were hailed by outlets for their modern take on prog; Rolling […]

Gojira have announced details of their anticipated new LP Magma out June 17. The follow up album to 2012’s widely acclaimedL’enfant Sauvage, Magma is heralded by the new single Stranded, which is accompanied by an official music video directed by Vincent Caldoni. The album is available to pre-order now. Frontman Joe Duplantier commented, “We are very excited to release our […]

Today, blink-182 unveil the first track from their forthcoming 7th studio albumCalifornia, and first new music since 2011’s Neighbourhoods, in the form of brand new single ‘Bored To Death’ (watch the lyric video below). The San Diego 3-piece, who alongside Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker now feature Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba, replacing departed founder member Tom DeLonge, have sold […]

“This time we had all four of us in there at the same time when we were practising putting the songs together so there was no guess work on how it was going to sound when the bass guitar was added. Then we spent just a whole lot more time in pre-production just putting as many ideas as possible together…” […]

Sixx:A.M. have arrived, and by that I mean even after prior releases this is the first album the band are solely a band on, no other distractions from Motley Crue or Guns N Roses, this is straight up Sixx:A.M. and it shows! The collective of Nikki Sixx, Dj Ashba and James Michael as Sixx:A.M. have given us three albums prior […]

“It’s cool because we look at ourselves as a new band so to speak and we know we’re gonna have to roll up our sleeves and work our way back up to the top again and that’s exciting for us. So yeah we couldn’t be more pumped about it.” From Release: It’s a universal truth that true artists will always […]

“If anger is an energy, Shihad’s fury is such that it could power a city for years.” Rolling Stone “Toogood is clearly pissed off with certain states of affairs, and he’s not afraid to say so; fittingly, his bandmates have outdone themselves to match his fury.” The Australian Shihad return to Australian stages this June and July for the first […]

In an era rife with downloads, fly by night one hit wonders and singles it’s the passionate fans that truly appreciate the album in its purest form. There is something cathartic about putting on an album from start to finish and being at one with the artist. There’s something innately satisfying about an album’s running order. The way the songs […]

NOLA metal band Cane Hill has premiered a video for the first new song, (The New) Jesus, from their debut record, Smile, which is due out on July 15 via Rise Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia. Watch Cane Hill’s provocative new video for (The New) Jesus Here: “(The) New Jesus is the beginning. It is the end. It is everything in between. It’s time to reconsider who […]

BAYSIDE, the NYC-based rock band whose most recent album, Cult, debuted in the Top 25 on Billboard’s Album Chart, return with their seventh album, Vacancy, on Aug. 19 via Hopeless Records/Unified. Pre-orders are available now via http://smarturl.it/BaysidePreorder. Where Bayside’s last album, Cult, dealt with singer/guitar player Anthony Raneri’s move to Nashville, his recent marriage and impending fatherhood, Vacancy tells the […]

Visionary musician, Steven Wilson, who has changed the direction of rock music is set to tour Australia and New Zealand in October 2016. In 2013 Steven Wilson toured Australia with one of the most elaborate productions witnessed in rock venues. Those lucky music fans who attended the shows were immersed in an audio-visual sensory experience simultaneously overwhelming and uplifting. ‘I […]

BRING ME THE HORIZON have announced that special guests ARCHITECTS and ’68 will be added to their upcoming Australian Tour in September. Following the sell-out of their first Melbourne show on September 22, to meet overwhelming demand a second and FINAL Melbourne show has been added to the tour. Tickets for this extra Melbourne date – at Margaret Court Arena […]

“…the new foundation of the band is really solid, it’s such a situation that it’s a collaborative effort and it’s exciting, everybody’s throwing together ideas it’s not like one person running the ship, everybody’s pushing and pulling and it’s kind of odd for some people to be together so long and still respect each other as friends and then to […]

Rick Price presents a dynamic and emotionally powerful one man show.  His soaring voice and soulful story telling songs, take you on a journey from the heights of laughter to the depth of tears. Rick combines his greatest hits, works from his latest release ‘Tennessee Sky’ and songs from the ‘Great Singers’ that have inspired and helped to create Ricks’ […]

‘Ahimsa’ is the debut single from Cloud Cycle (the re-branded name for Sydney’s Blood Brothers). Awash with pure emotion and brilliant guitar and vocal tones, ‘Ahimsa’ is a song that will take the listener away to a transported place of peace. Literally a message of non-violence and compassion, ‘Ahimsa’ is Cloud Cycle’s wish sent out into the world. A post-rock […]

“…when I’m on stage I get to be something else, there’s this strange transformation that happens that kind of brings out a part of my personality that doesn’t get exercised all that often in everyday life. So that’s what I love about it, I get to meet another side of me.” From Release: After traversing the outer limits of science […]

American Progressive Metal Legends, QUEENSRŸCHE return to Australia for their first tour in nearly a decade thanks to Tombowler www.tombowler.com.au + Metropolis Touring www.metropolistouring.com + David Roy Williams Having sold over 30 million albums around the world over the course of their storied 30-plus-year career, QUEENSRŸCHE e’s triumphant legacy of progressive metal classics is one of the most celebrated in […]

Great news people!  With an enormous response to his nine-date ‘Pieces Of Americana’ Tour earlier this year, Diesel – known as one of the hardest working men in rock n roll – has just announced 21 regional shows in support of his new album. The new album, Americana, is set for release on Friday 1 July (through Liberation Music). From […]

Destroy All Lines and Chugg Entertainment in association with UTA Present LACUNA COIL Australian Tour, October 2016 There is an old sanatorium up in the hills of Northern Italy. An old, abandoned, and decayed fortress whose corridors are filled with the ghosts of a thousand tortured minds and souls.   A place where every wall still bares the scars of countless […]

Bob Spencer has started work on his highly anticipated album ‘Saints – Murderers’ and would like to thank everyone for supporting his “crowd funding” journey. This has been quite an experience and it has been overwhelming in many ways. “I’ve learned a lot and, if I were to do it again, there would be changes in both preparation and execution. […]

“I could have hung up my shoes when I returned for an amazing sold out show at the Olympia Paris a few years back. I felt like I’d come full circle. But as a performer, it’s hard to walk away from the applause and the love of an audience.  So I didn’t. Retirement is not a word in my vocabulary […]

“…it’s not like I’ve been sitting around writing these songs for twenty years, because Black Label’s been working for the last twenty years basically, so I’m always making records and I’m always recording. You give me a month, you manage me and say ‘Zakk, the fellas are gonna be coming out to The Vatican in about a month’ and I’m […]

“WE ALL FEEL THE TIME IS RIGHT TO FINISH WHILE WE ARE ALL AT THE TOP OF OUR GAME. TONY’S CANCER DIAGNOSIS MADE US REALISE WE WON’T BE AROUND FOREVER, AND WE’VE HAD MORE THAN A GOOD RUN. AFTER ALL, WE THOUGHT WE’D LAST FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED. WE NEVER DREAMED WE’D BE AROUND NEARLY […]

This summer The Dead Daisies will return to Europe to play a series of high-profile festivals as well as headline shows in the UK, Ireland and Germany – all in support of their upcoming SPV release, ‘Make Some Noise’ (dropping on August 5th 2016). The Dead Daisies, the biggest new name in Rock, have just recently announced the addition of Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake, Dio) […]

“We’ve never wanted to be a band that just is what it is, we’ve always thrived to be the biggest band in the world, and that’s a very big statement to have *laughs* and a big goal to try and achieve that and I think we’ve done incredibly well in having that ambition that served us so well…” From Release: […]

In one of the most righteous tour combos ever to touch down on our shores, behemoth heavy acts BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, ATREYU and CANE HILL will team up this October for an unforgettable national headline tour. As revealed exclusively last night on triple j’s The Racket, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will bring their world renowned slam dunk  live show to Australia […]

“It’s not as if the band lost Dave, the world lost Dave and Drowning Pool fans lost Dave and I think through that tragedy people were brought together and that created a lasting relationship and I think it’s all testament and all due to the fans continuing loyalty and support that Drowning Pool continues to be able do anything…” From […]

Parkway Drive gave fans the chance to name their Australian East Coast Regional tour, so why the fans? Winston says, “Honestly, we we’re just kind of stuck for names. We could have called it anything, but we figured if that was the case we may as well let our fans throw some names at us.” After sifting through hundreds of entries […]