Pack your bags Australia, Camp Screamo is headed our way in 2027! Hot off selling out their Camp Screamo co-headline run across North America, Missouri stalwarts STORY OF THE YEAR and Canadian legends SILVERSTEIN will bring this huge tour down under next February, joined by special guests POINT NORTH (USA). Opening in Melbourne on Friday 5 February, STORY OF THE YEAR and SILVERSTEIN will head through […]

Lucidity: a state where the mind is unconfused, rational, and sound. It often describes brief moments of clarity in someone dealing with illness, dementia, or extreme stress.  On Saturday 13 March, 2027, a fresh curation of heavy metal and hardcore punk extremity will be inaugurated in Melbourne, Australia with Lucidity. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of their iconic Jane Doe […]

Three years ago From Ashes To New visited Australia for the first time for Good Things Festival, and now tonight in Sydney we are here for the bands first ever headline tour show in Australia. I missed them at Good Things, so I’m excited to finally catch FATN live! Banks Arcade open the night and these NZ via Melbourne boys […]

There’s something exciting about a debut album from a band. You know they’ve put everything into making sure this is their perfect introduction to the world, so today we have unpeople, a band I wasn’t aware of before this, so I’m pumped to be introduced to a new band and some new music. The album starts with ‘clouds’ a great […]

“I think it was as pleasurable and joyful and amazing as it was painful and hard in equal measures …” From Release: Rapidly ascending four-piece unpeople announce their unifying, genre-spanning debut album we are unpeople – out October 9th on SharpTone Records – which takes the philosophy behind the band’s name and turns it into a powerful, uncompromising statement of […]

Time for some heavy! Who doesn’t love that to start your day?! So I’m looking forward to seeing what Wage War have done with this, their sixth album ‘Landfall’.  Shall we begin? An alert siren starts and this one explodes, immediately the title track ‘Landfall’ means business, this is the perfect way to start my day, oh wow, those clean […]

Fifteen years and five albums into one of modern rock’s most enduring collaborations, SLASH FT MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS, also known as SMKC, return today with the new single and official music video, Flying Blind. The anthemic track is the first taste of a powerful new chapter for the band and serves as the title track from its highly anticipated […]

“Australia indulged our rock star dreams very early on, we were successful in Australia like very early on even before we were doing anything in Canada …” From Release: As one of the most culturally and commercially successful bands in rock, SIMPLE PLAN have spent over two decades cultivating and evolving their status as pop punk legends. Now in command […]

“I think our identity has always kind of been what it is, I mean it evolves but our identity is that we are a band that does rap and a band that does rock and pretty much everything else in between…” From Release: A band who have captured the hearts and minds of fans across the globe since first forming […]

In 2027, SLEEPING WITH SIRENS will return to Australia for their biggest headline tour to date, set to bring their An Ending In Itself Tour down under next April, joined by special guests STATE CHAMPS (USA) and BOSTON MANOR (UK). Commencing on Saturday 3 April in Brisbane, SLEEPING WITH SIRENS will journey through Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, before closing out in Perth on […]

Four years between albums is somewhat standard for bands these days, but it’s also exciting as that anticipation is there, the knowing that after hearing a few singles that the full length is coming, and for Miss May I, here it is. Their newest album ‘No Place For Me’, so let’s check it out. Almost what sounds like sirens ring […]

Bullet For My Valentine will release their new album, Social Apocalypse, on March 19, 2027, via Spinefarm. The announcement arrives with a towering new single by the same name. Social Apocalypse is the band’s first new song in four years; on the title track, Matt Tuck rages against “the end of the world as we know it”, when “all hope has […]

I love a tour like this, as it’s been 4 years since Bush have been here, and a whopping 16 for Shinedown, so this pairing tonight is exciting. There are two great bands and we are in for an amazing night of live music. Let’s get warmed up by Coast Arcade first… they did a great job and I’d be […]

“Having made a name in unflinching honesty and writing without fear, LØLØ’s new album sees the Canadian singer embracing her vulnerabilities more than ever before.” “Her writing is a unique, sarcastic blend of Carrie Bradshaw meets Sylvia Plath meets Avril Lavigne.” – Kerrang! “LØLØ is cementing her position as one of the most magnetic voices in modern pop-rock.” – TMRW “…mastered […]

“I always try to make time to speak about important things…” From Release: With emotional intensity and expansive soundscapes, Germany alt metal act FUTURE PALACE have been traversing the avenues of post hardcore, metal, electronica and synth pop since forming in 2018. From the vocal acrobatics of Maria Lessing through to their bewitching sonic output, FUTURE PALACE also just unleashed […]

Transmission update: as we prepare to welcome the next evolution of Australia’s largest travelling music celebration in 2026, the network has expanded. At Good Things Festival in 2026, the three festival dates in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this December will be the only place to exclusively catch LIMP BIZKIT, SIMPLE PLAN, SPIRITBOX, BAD RELIGION, ALEXISONFIRE, BILMURI, CHAD GRAY, MXPX, NECK DEEP and VOICE OF BACEPROT. But today, Good Things Festival is thrilled to announce the […]

STARSET, who’ve existed at the intersection of music and sci fi for most of their billion-streaming career, kicked off their newest era with the new single p a r a d 0 x 1 c. Now, they continue the journey with the video for a n n 1 h 1 l a t 1 0 n. a n n 1 h 1 […]

Fearless Records is thrilled to welcome German metalcore force OUR PROMISE to the label’s global roster. They have shared SPITE, their debut single for the label. Spite deals with the realization that staying quiet and keeping the peace often comes at your own expense. The track moves from the quiet memories of giving in to a powerful outburst of  self-determination. It’s an honest, cathartic […]

Earlier this year, FEARLESS RECORDS welcomed iconic, ’00s band FROM FIRST TO LAST to its global roster. Now, the band is thrilled to announce the October 2 release of the new EP, titled WE WERE BLEEDING ANYWAY. Pre-order it/pre-save it here. To herald the news, the band has also shared the video for new single THEY SAID YOUR GHOST WAS A PROMISE. Watch […]

MISS MAY I — Levi Benton [vocals], Jerod Boyd [drums], Ryan Neff [bass], and Elisha Mullins [guitar ] — will unleash their new album NO PLACE FOR ME on October 2 via Solid State Records. Pre-order it here. Now, they are Highbrow Thieves. Actually, no, they’re not. That’s just the title of their new single. The track isn’t about a typical theft of […]

“We’re not a band that believes in a top, that’s never been a thing for us…” From Release: One of rock’s most revered live acts, SHINEDOWN‘s relentless energy and audience connection have been a staple of their performances for decades, with their diverse back catalogue balancing moments of spectacle with breaths of emotive finesse. Whether performing with Papa Roach, Halestorm, […]

In 2027, two rock titans will join forces for a monumental Australian co-headline tour. Colliding the sonic architects behind the GRAMMY Award-winning rock ballad Runaway Train, SOUL ASYLUM, together with record-breaking California collective UGLY KID JOE, next March not only marks the first joint run between these two prominent alternative trailblazers; it also will mark the first time SOUL ASYLUM has performed on our shores since […]

“You’re getting the best version of us in Australia…” From Release: A band equally capable of delighting and devastating with their versatile take on bewitching and aggressive industrial flavours set against brooding soundscapes, HEALTH are the ultimate amalgamation of dexterity and modern ennui. The perfect band to lure you onto the dancefloor while an apocalypse plays out, HEALTH’s cult-like ascension […]

I love reviewing albums of bands I’m not hugely familiar with, so when Movements are releasing a new album it’s definitely worth checking out and let’s see how ‘Happier Now’ shapes up. ‘Pulse’ opens the album and it’s songs like this that annoy me in the fact that I haven’t delved into a band like this earlier. This is great, […]

I’ve had the chance to see Skindred a few times now, but only ever in a festival or special guest slot, so tonight will be my first time seeing them as headliners, and knowing what their show is like in those other environments then I can’t wait to see what tonight brings. Broken Earth did a great job of warming […]

At the crossroads of grief and exhilarating sonic potency, Sydney’s Polaris return today with their first instalment of new music in three years, unleashing their brand new single Without You via ADA in AU/NZ and SharpTone Records for the remainder of the world. Born from unimaginable pain following the loss of their bandmate and brother Ryan Siew in 2023, Without You channels their love, hurt and heartbreak […]

STARSET, who’ve existed at the intersection of music and sci fi for most of their billon-streaming career, kick off their newest era with the new single p a r a d 0 x 1 c. This is STARSET at their most seductive — dark, synth-driven alt rock with a hypnotic pulse. Known for their interstellar, world-building atmospheres, STARSET bridge the gap between cinematic EDM and […]

MINUTE AFTER MIDNIGHT, the brainchild of Derrick Ryan that sprouted from the fertile musical grounds of Nashville in 2016 and who cannot be tethered to singular genre parameters in favor of mixing alt, rock, and pop, will release the new album MATTER OF TIME on November 13 via Fearless Records. Pre-order it here. Coinciding with the album news, the band has also shared the video for new single INFAMOUS. Infamous is […]

New rendition arrives as part of forthcoming ALL IS BEAUTIFUL… BECAUSE WE’RE DOOMED: CIRCULARITY We Came As Romans have released red smoke, a reimagined version of the track from their 2025 album ALL IS BEAUTIFUL… BECAUSE WE’RE DOOMED, this time featuring HEAVENSGATE. Watch the visualiser for the new single here: CIRCULARITY will present four brand new songs alongside six rewritten versions of tracks from All Is Beautiful… […]

Canadian hardcore heroes Comeback Kid are thrilled to announce their new album Chosen Hell. It arrives November 6 via SharpTone Records and via Dine Alone Records in Canada. Pre-order it here. Chosen Hell, the band’s eighth and latest LP, further distills the potency of the musical elements that have defined CBK since the beginning while once again evolving their creative spectrum, weaving in influences of blazing modern metal, piss-and-vinegar punk, […]