Buckcherry are just straight up rock and roll and judging by the crowd here at The Metro tonight that’s exactly what the people here need and are waiting for. Alas, we must wait just a little bit longer as we have two supports tonight… Electrik Dynamite are up first and delivered a set worthy of their 80’s style which of […]

Brisbane punk rockers, The Strums announce national tour and new single, hard hitter Bare Hands. Off the back of touring with Sydney stalwarts The Snowdroppers and Adelaide purveyors of punk poetry The Hard Aches, The Strums are hitting the road to share the love with mates. With a recent line-up change, bringing bassist, long time best mate and avid supporter […]

Dynamic, assertive, powerful and poised, San Francisco’s DEAFHEAVEN have announced a run of anticipated Australian club shows for June, complementing a coveted slot on Sydney’s 2016 VividLIVE program. Deafheaven occupy a curious and oft-divisive space between being an ambitious outfit and playing proudly complex, niche music. They are evidence that these qualities need not be mutually exclusive. In five years […]

Closure in Moscow have been added as the support to the COHEED AND CAMBRIA Australian Tour! Also Newcastle show has been added and is on sale MONDAY MAY 9th – The Cambridge Hotel , Newcastle 18+ Based in Melbourne, Australia, but having already travelled much of the globe, Closure in Moscow are a progressive rock powerhouse with a penchant for […]

Legion Music Fest organisers have announced that the heavy music festival that has been in the works since December, is now fully funded and confirmed to go ahead as planned in 2017. Having originally planned to crowd fund the festival through a Pozible campaign, organisers have now stated that they will no longer accept pledges and that the campaign will […]

Hard and fast Adelaide punk rock’n’rollers GRENADIERS have been announced as main support in Millencolin’s fast approaching April/May national tour. Grenadiers are relentless in pursuing their live domination of this nation, currently in the midst of an epic national headline tour. New single ‘Live Fast, Diabetes’ (complete with outrageous video) is an energetic, riffy joyride, ridiculously sing-alongable. Having toured with the likes of […]

Kvelertak have announced details of their new LP Nattesferd out on Roadrunner May 13. The follow up album to 2013’s widely acclaimed Meir, Nattesferd is heralded by the new single 1985 which is out now.  Pre-orders will be available April 8th. Frontman Erlend Hjelvik commented, “We are finally getting ready to release our third album Nattesferd on the world and […]

After spending the last month recording in Nashville, The Dead Daisies are heading to Germany to take part in Musikmesse Frankfurt, Europe’s biggest Music Trade Show.   The band will immerse themselves in workshops and industry panels as well as performing centre stage of the fairground every day from April 7 – April 10, 2016.  They’ll also play a headline club show as […]

Much adored metal monoliths TRIVIUM have predictably sold out their forthcoming Melbourne date weeks in advance. To satisfy dedicated local fans the US act have announced a second and final Melbourne date on Tuesday April 12 at 170 Russell.  All shows are on sale now, and moving fast. Widely tipped for greatness (some prophecies come true!) after their successful sophomore release, ‘Ascendancy’ […]

“I guess we just know each other’s strengths and weaknesses, we’re one of those bands that hasn’t gone through too many member changes and the guys that we’ve got are really trustworthy and we know our parts in the band and we rely on each other a lot, which is great that you have that sort of backup and support […]

Band Of Skulls has announced a new album, By Default, their first to be released through Liberator Music/ BMG Recordings on May 27. Lead single ‘Killer’ was premiered on Radio 1 by Annie Mac and is streaming now and available as an instant grat upon album pre-order with iTunes. Produced by Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters, Patti Smith) and recorded […]

“Isn’t it bazaar that all we are is a band, two guitars, drums, bass and a vocalist and we just write about our experiences and our lives around us and what we did and we’re like this thing, and I don’t know one other band that’s making new, traditional rock and roll records and this has been going on since […]

Katatonia, the Swedish purveyors of dark progressive rock/metal, have revealed details of their eagerly awaited 10th studio album. The new album, entitled The Fall of Hearts is set for release on May 20 through their long-time home of Peaceville Records + Rocket Distribution in Australia. “This album is probably everything we unknowlingly ever dreamed of to release. It’s a bleak […]

Tasmania’s hardest working and most endearing melodic punks step up their game with third LP ‘If This Is All We’re Going To Be’. Out April 29 via Poison City.  In just the last six months the intrepid, ever passionate quartet have nailed a wall to wall sold out out national single tour, seen two new singles scoop up triple j, […]

“We’ve had a lot of ups and downs and I think we’ve grown as musicians, but not only as musicians we’ve grown as people and I think that now after all these years everyone in this band is finally in a spot where we can finally look up and look around and finally take a breather you get what I’m […]

Lock up your Sisters, your Mothers and probably your Grandmothers! The United States’ most balls-out, pedal to the metal rock act, Steel Panther, are today announcing their June 2016 Australian Tour. They are cumming coming to Australia to see how things are progressing… down under. Presented by MJR Presents, the tour takes in Australian capitals Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and […]

One of the most anticipated acts that were announced for Soundwave 2016, Venues across Australia are NOW about to get the roof blown off when L7 take to the stage for an ass-kicking live experience this October presented by Metropolis and Select Touring. It’s been a long hiatus, but the female punk heroes are FINALLY BACK, giving Australians a down […]

“…the first time we were together there was a certain type of magic that was there that I felt just something that I couldn’t put my finger on at the time but I knew that we had something special and we still have that when we get together on stage. I don’t know, we just get up there and throw […]

When an album starts with a straight up rock and roll energy the way that Monster Truck’s new album ‘Sittin’ Heavy’ does, well you get the feeling you’re in for a bit of an injection of what many people are missing these days, and that is what might save your life tonight… Rock and Roll! I mean the track is […]

Round Records Records is the new record label from Ginger Wildheart – a home for Hey! Hello!, Mutation, live albums and DVDs from The Wildhearts and more. It’s arguably Ginger’s most ambitious project to date; moving from stand-alone individual releases to a fully-fledged record label. PledgeMusic is proud to be partnering with Ginger and Round Records Records for fans to pre-order new releases and access […]

The Artists Entertainment Group presents The Two Headed MonsTour featuring Hawthorne Heights & Mest After much anticipation and rave reviews, The Two Headed MonsTour will be hitting Australian shores this April! Featuring mid 00’s Emo/power pop icons Hawthorne Heights and Chicago’s original pop punk poster boys Mest this tour is destined to bring back memories for old fans and deliver an educational insight to new […]

“I mean when we started the band it was to have something to do and have fun with friends and I think in a lot of ways it’s the same thing, as we do have fun together and that’s an important thing because if we put out an album every year or every second year it wouldn’t be that fun, […]

Touring Festival  Set To Hit Melbourne’s Corner Hotel With Headline Sets from Electric Mary and Dallas Frasca. WALLAPALOOZA IS BACK! And it’s more fiery, exciting and poignant than ever. One of Australia’s longest running independent festivals remains an annual rockin’ good time for dedicated fans of live music. Taking inspiration from the recent furore raised in opposition to idiotic lock-out laws in the northern […]

To coincide with the bands forthcoming Australian Tour, New York’s legendary post-hardcore prog visionaries COHEED AND CAMBRIA are proud to unleash the 3rd single (ISLAND) taken from the bands first foray into non- conceptual albums. ‘The Color Before The Sun’ marks the bands first released outside of The Amory Wars story line which has to date, tied their music together. […]

On March 25th, 2016, multi-platinum Canadian rock artist Lee Aaron returns with her hotly anticipated new rock album, Fire and Gasoline Ever timeless, seemingly ageless, and artistically fearless, Lee Aaron has sustained a three-decade strong career based on the powerful songwriting and vocal delivery that are at the heart of Fire and Gasoline (Big Sister Records/ILS/Caroline). Featuring songs like the […]

The FEAR FACTORY machine is at its most confident and passionate than ever before and they will be bringing every sonic weapon in its arsenal to the fore when they stampede across Australia this June. With nine critically acclaimed albums under their belt Fear Factory will be reaching deep into their storied history to bring an unparalleled experience to Australian […]

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has partnered with VEVO to exclusively debut the much-anticipated official music video for their new single My Nemesis. The video concept was conceived by the band and realized by renowned director Nick Peterson who previously directed the band’s award winning videos for “Coming Down” (2012) and “Wrong Side Of Heaven” (2014). “My Nemesis” is the third […]

Touring Australia for the very first time in their distinguished and illustrious career, Primal Fear have one single goal and mission on hand: perform in Australia for the first time ever; perform the best ever show we can ever perform for Australia; and absolutely smash out a set that will destroy and completely rule the memories of the people that […]

Hot on the heels of their critically acclaimed and fan adored sophomore release Cauterize, TREMONTI returns with the companion album Dust, scheduled for release on April 29th via Fret 12 Records/MGM. Recorded during same sessions as Cauterize, Dust features Mark Tremonti on vocals/guitars, Eric Friedman on guitars, Wolfgang Van Halen on bass, Garrett Whitlock on drums, and was produced by long-time […]

”You know I just think we’re a much, much more focused in what we want to do and we’ve got a really great way of making things sound better now, I think we’ve advanced as players, singers and all that stuff, musicians in general and we’ve just gotten better , we’ve naturally picked up the pace and that’s a good […]