20 years ago today, The Offspring released their breakout album Smash on Epitaph Records and made history. To celebrate the band will begin playing the album in its entirety on tour in Europe this May, June and early July before finishing with soon to be announced US Smash dates. . This August, Epitaph will also commemorate the anniversary with a […]

Carving out a name for themselves in Sydney’s beer-soaked, lipstick-smeared rock n’ roll scene are Bonney Read, a powerhouse (almost) all-girl quartet hailing from Sydney’s inner-west. Recently featured in the The Sydney Morning Herald around the discussions on saving Sydney’s live music scene, and fresh-off exceeding their target in their recent Pozible campaign, Bonney Read have released their latest single “Runaway” (available for free download HERE), taken from their […]

New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL will release their new album, ‘White Devil Armory’, on July 18, 2014 via Nuclear Blast. The effort was tracked at Gear Recording and will be mixed by Greg Reely, who also worked on 2012’s ‘The Electric Age’. The track listing of ‘White Devil Armory’ will be as follows: 01. Freedom Rings 02. Where There’s Smoke… 03. Pig 04. Amorist 05. Down […]

Hardly any other band has influenced the Heavy Metal genre as much as German legends ACCEPT! Classics albums such as ‘Restless And Wild’ (1982), ‘Balls To The Wall’ (1983) and ‘Metal Heart’ (1985), have inspired generations of new bands, and this has continued since their reunion in 2009. Both ‘Blood Of The Nations’ (2010) and ‘Stalingrad’ (2012) entered the charts globally ( #6 in Germany, #81 in the USA) and underline […]

Germany’s HELLOWEEN have been one of the most influential and internationally most successful acts of the global Heavy Metal scene and this year the Hamburg-based quintet, founded in 1984, celebrates their 30th anniversary. Their latest studio album ‘Straight Out Of Hell’, charted at a sensational #4, their highest German chart entry to date, holding this position for five long weeks. Additionally they made another […]

Grammy winning Minnesotan singer-songwriter DAN WILSON releases his brand new solo album ‘LOVE WITHOUT FEAR’ via Kobalt Music on April 11th 2014. Recorded in Minneapolis and Los Angeles over the past 3 years, the album was produced by Wilson and includes guest vocalists Missy Higgins, Sara Bareilles, Natalie Maines (Dixie Chicks),  Lissie and Sara Watkins.  You can listen to the track featuring Missy Higgins, `Even The Stars Are Sleeping`, here. A man […]

“It’ll be a rocker. It’ll be a mover. It’ll have people playing instruments. It will have lots of beautiful singing. It will sound great. It’ll make you look better and feel smarter.” From Bio: 2014 signals the birth of Melbourne’s newest band, THE SPIRIT. A four piece with an addiction to classic sounds and the human elements of hand crafted music. […]

ROCK LEGEND ACE FREHLEY SIGNS WORLDWIDE MULTI ALBUM DEAL WITH ENTERTAINMENT ONE MUSIC “SPACE INVADER,” FIRST NEW ALBUM IN FIVE YEARS, AVAILABLE ON 24/06/14 FREHLEY TO BE INDUCTED INTO ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND TO APPEAR AT THE REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS IN APRIL (New York, NY) – 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee  ACE FREHLEY […]

Within a proverbial blink of an eye, the legendary punk / pop / metal / psych hybrid Sydney band the Hard-ons turns 30 in 2014. To be precise, on the 21st of July 2014 the middle-aged yet brilliant trio will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their inaugural public appearance. In 1984, on that day, the multiracial band of bare-chested teenage misfits climbed onto a […]

Instantly rockin’ and instantly sleazy, ‘Going To Hell’ opens with the ballsy rocker ‘Follow Me Down’ and to open the bands second album with anything less than this would’ve been a disaster, but if you need to set the scene for an album, consider it set. Its bluesy parts and soulful breakdown show a side to the band that is […]

Would you like to see Twelve Foot Ninja, for free? Well, thanks to our amazing friends at Deathproof PR we have a double passes to give away for each of the below shows for the remaining dates of their Trollburger tour.  So all you need to do is shoot us an email with your name, phone number and which show you […]

After a breakout year in 2013 and a flying start to 2014 including the release of their highly anticipated self-titled debut album, winning the Best Regional Act award at the inaugural The Age Music Victoria Awards and establishing their single ‘Love You Deserve’ as a ubiquitous radio favourite, Melbourne-based rock outfit Stonefield today announce a return to the UK with […]

UK Metal titans DRAGONFORCE are nearing completion of their sixth studio album entitled Maximum Overload out August 15 via 3Wise Records. Produced by Jens Bogren at Fascination Studios in Örebro and Varberg, Sweden, the new opus will be the band’s first ever album collaborating with an outside producer, having historically opted to record themselves in association with Karl Groom. “Working with Jens gave […]

“We sit around on couches, buying what we think makes us who we are, like a hungry ghost”, it was these words from Kalle Lasn’s book Culture Jam that resonated with Violent Soho’s Luke Boerdam and acted as a major influence on him while penning the Mansfield (4122) band’s highly acclaimed third record, Hungry Ghost, which has subsequently lead to ‘Soho’ (as their […]

Chugg Entertainment and XIII Touring can confirm the return of HANSON when theANTHEM World Tour Australia and New Zealand begins Tuesday 5th August at The Tivoli in Brisbane, Wednesday 6th August at The Coolangatta Hotel on the Gold Coast, Friday 8th August at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre, Melbourne’s Palais Theatre onSaturday 9th August, HQ in Adelaide on Tuesday 12th August, Metropolis Fremantleon Friday 15th August, and finishing up in New Zealand at Auckland’s Powerstation onSunday 17th August. Pop-rock trio, HANSON, are back with their brand new album ANTHEM, which […]

“It just felt good to me, and not only the style of music that I was going for but I’m good at making that music by myself without too much help from engineers and I didn’t want to rush it, I wanted a homemade sounding record that was true to the roots of the band, which is not hard for […]

After postponing this tour from last August, Thirty Seconds To Mars are now back to give Australia the shows they have been waiting for and tonight is Sydney’s turn and it seems the pent up excitement is well and truly there. White Lies from London are here to open up the show tonight and after what felt like a tiny […]

Date: Saturday March 29, 2014 Venue: Qantas Credit Union Arena, Sydney Presented By: Frontier Touring Photos by: Kelly Hobson – www.kellyhobsonphotography.com.au Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY Check out our review of the night HERE  

“I think we’re just doing our thing and lyrically there’s a lot of messages in the lyrics, and for me I think the most important thing is that to just live your life to the absolute fullest and have fun and enjoy everything and not take life too seriously, and I think our music covers a lot of different things, […]

STORY OF THE YEAR are returning to Australia in June to celebrate the Tenth anniversary of ‘Page Avenue’. One of the most revered and beloved rock albums in recent memory will be performed in its entirety, with hits such as Until The Day I Die, Anthem Of Our Dying Day and Sidewalks. In addition, a slew of fan favourites and […]

Soundworks Touring & KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment present the genre-breaking instrumental pyrotechnics of the incredible 2CELLOS live in Australia. Young Croatian cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, together known as 2CELLOS, have achieved sensational success by taking the cello to a new level. Their playing style has broken down the boundaries between different genres of music, from classical and film […]

AMENDMENT – CANCELLATION NOTICE At the 11th hour a critical impasse culminated between the parties involved with the Royal Hunt tour. This irreconcilable impasse made the tour and the shows itself untenable, as such, the tour is cancelled. We are disappointed in light of these events all the while remaining steadfast in the fact that we did everything to try and […]

Byron Bay metal / hardcore outfit In Hearts Wake will release their second album,Earthwalker, via UNFD on May 2, 2014. In an effort to counteract the effect global warming is having on Australia’s natural flora and fauna, In Hearts Wake have joined forces with Carbon Neutral – a carbon solutions provider and bio-diverse reforestation developer that helps organisations and individuals minimise their impact on […]

“…their songwriting chops have hardly wavered and the best may be yet to come.”— Village Voice Fans have dreamed about it for years, and now Pixies are delivering.  Indie Cindy, the band’s first full studio album since 1991’s Trompe le Monde, will be released on April 25th on the band’s own independent label, Pixiesmusic (and marketed and distributed by [PIAS] Australia). Pre-orders […]

THE WHOLE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT NOTHING MORE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BAND SIGN GLOBALLY TO ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC GROUP New York, NY – Allen Kovac’s Eleven Seven Music Group is proud to announce the signing of San Antonio, TX alt-rockers, NOTHING MORE. With soaring vocal melodies, meticulous atypical rhythmic structures, huge anthemic choruses and lyrical content that restores the art […]

It’s always sad when this kind of news comes through, particularly when you’d just seen the band a month ago and had previously had one of the funniest interviews I’d ever done, so to get this news is surreal. Rumours spread yesterday of his death but below is the statement from Gwar’s manager confirming his passing. R.I.P. Oderus Urungus… Thanks […]

Fresh from their critically acclaimed new music stage set at Melbourne’s St. Kilda Festival, Ten Thousand have landed an international management deal with entertainment powerhouse, Unbreakable Global. The band was first noticed by Unbreakable CEO, Mark Spillane, at Stone Music Festival while supporting Aerosmith and Van Halen. Spillane mentioned his immediate reaction to the band’s innovative approach reminiscent of a […]

“Well we always stay true to our core which is sex, drugs, rock and roll and heavy metal, that’s just what we do, but this record we decided that you know what, people are moshing to ‘Community Property’ we need something fuckin’ heavy, a little bit darker, a little edgier…” If you’re not aware of Steel Panther, then this interview […]

“Steel Panther have this shit down, and I’m glad that this band exists as without this kind of fun in heavy metal what the fuck would we do? All You Can Eat has me more than satisfied, although I’m greedy and going back for another helping… *presses play*…” To quote The Simpsons – “Hens love roosters, geese love ganders, everyone […]

“We spent a lot of time writing and demoing this album, trying to craft the guitar parts while keeping some big chorus hooks in there at the same time. We hope that people are into what we’ve tried to pull off.” From Bio: Luca Brasi have toured Australia relentlessly, with a sense of youthful abandon, infectious enthusiasm and undeniable dedication […]