Date: Saturday March 19, 2016 Venue: The Metro Theatre, Sydney Supported By: Tensions Arise & Horrorwood Mannequins Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – Gwendolyn Lee Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY Check out our review of the show HERE

Sevendust are finally back in Australia for a headline tour, that of which ends tonight in Sydney and the sold out crowd here are all up in my grill and ready to block my view of the stage to witness one of the best live bands I’ve ever seen. With a couple of supports tonight in Tensions Arise and Horrorwood […]

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 […]

After traversing the outer limits of science fiction over seven acclaimed concept albums, COHEED AND CAMBRIA’slatest offering ‘The Color Before The Sun’ marks the bands first non – conceptual album and the first to be recorded live in the studio. Founder and songwriter Claudio Sanchez explores his emotions nakedly, plainly and unabashedly. Listen to tracks from the album: ”ATLAS” + ”ERASER” + ”GHOST” + ”PEACE TO THE MOUNTAIN” “This is the band’s […]

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 […]

“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 […]

SEVENDUST’s triumphant return to Australia marks the first shows on Aussie soil in six years and Atlanta’s brutal hard rock kings are back as heavy as ever. “They blew the audience away! …after about three minutes of their first song, the band managed to rock so damn hard that they shut everything down. It was awesome.” blogcritics.org SEVENDUST kicked off […]

Date: Thursday October 22, 2015 Venue: Max Watts, Sydney Presented by: Metropolis Touring Supported By: Chasing Light & Vanity Riots Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – Gwendolyn Lee Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY

Date: Friday October 16, 2015 Venue: The Big Top, Sydney Presented by: Metropolis Touring Support by: Stone Parade 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  

Thirteen years is a long time between tours, and although they almost made it back in 2013 we had to wait another couple of years for it to actually happen, but here we are, Lifehouse have made it back to Australia… Stone Parade are here to entertain the early comers and they’re doing it quite well at present, even managing […]

Date: Wednesday September 23, 2015 Venue: The Metro Theatre, Sydney Presented by: Metropolis Touring Support by: The Art & In Hydes Shadow 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              

Everything is running a little late tonight, but as I had the chance to wait before doors opened I was able to chat to a number of fans doing the same and it was evident how much people were pumped for the show tonight and just how much there is a love for straight up rock and roll. So all […]

“It’s a cliché but I love the music, it’s my whole life really, I think about music all the time, I collect it, it’s like I escape into it and it’s like my escape is my job so that works out pretty good.” From Tour release: Known as the original voice of Skid Row, Sebastian Bach is one of the finest […]

“I just want to tour the venues, bigger venues that are dangled in front of me like a carrot, like “If you get back with the old band you can play here” I know someday it’s just a matter of time before it’s “OK, just fuckin’ play here” *laughs* so that’s what I would like to accomplish… I would like […]

Date: Friday 28 August, 2015 Venue: The Manning Bar, Sydney Presented by: Metropolis Touring / Taperjean Music Support by: Awaken I am / Oslow Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – Gwendolyn Lee Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY  

It’s been three years since Hellyeah have hit Aussie shores, and with a new album ‘Blood For Blood’ in tow, I’m sure tonight is gonna be off the hook, the chain and anything else things can be off. So get ready… Carbon Black opened the show to a nice little crowd that grew ever so slightly after each song. These […]

Date: Thursday August 27, 2015 Venue: The Metro Theatre, Sydney Presented by: Metropolis Touring Support by: Bellusira & Carbon Black Photos by:  Annette Geneva – Every Day Is Saturday Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY  

HELLYEAH will conclude their 17 month World Tour (2014-2015) with 3 shows in New Zealand, 5 shows in Australia and 2 shows in Japan. The BLOOD FOR BLOOD tour will have been seen by over 1 million fans in Canada, USA, Europe and Asia since April 2014. Since the BLOOD FOR BLOOD album and touring cycle has been such a success, the band has come […]

“Basically we took about a year to write songs which we’d never done before, so we had a lot of material diving into that period to choose from to put on the album, so it was actually a bit tedious trying to pick all the best ideas, we actually felt like we were very productive, we made a lot of […]

Date: Saturday 22 August, 2015 Venue: The Factory Theatre, Sydney Presented by: Metropolis Touring / Taperjean Music Support by: Mike Waters Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – Gwendolyn Lee Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY  

“I met a bunch of people along the way that really excited me and inspired me in a new way towards creating and I think about after a year or so of kind of time away from making music for myself, I jumped in and started writing songs and gearing up to start the Wilderness project.” ANDREW MCMAHON needs no introduction […]

“…it’s hard to keep the ship floating in the right direction when you’ve got some people that are trying to lean it off to the side. So once we were able to get rid of the people that were the problem, everything really fell in line with myself, Tom and Chad, we’ve always been on the same page and we […]

Date: Friday 3 July, 2015 Venue: The Metro Theatre, Sydney Presented by: Metropolis Touring Support by: Glass Ocean – Red Bee Photos by: Gwendolyn Lee – Gwendolyn Lee Photography Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer and MTRBWY Check out our review of the show HERE      

It’s been two and a half years since Seether have graced our shores and tonight they’re back in a big way, with a new album out they’re ready to Isolate and Medicate Sydney tonight and everyone is ready. I made it in to catch the last few tracks from Glass Ocean, now they were good but maybe in a different […]

“Musically I think nothing’s changed and I think we’re more comfortable than we were back then, back then it was more of a question of ok we have to find where we fit in the musical landscape, we have to find where we fit in and I think now we just don’t care about that, we just write music we […]

With over 15 million albums sold, American alternative rockers Lifehouse have been making waves all over the globe. From their debut single “Hanging by a Moment”, and with hits such as “You and Me”, “First Time”, “Broken” and “Whatever it Takes”, LIFEHOUSE have continued to astound audiences; and now for their first ever string of headline shows LIFEHOUSE are coming […]

THIS IS A CELEBRATION!!! MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK will be hitting our shores this August celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their critically acclaimed and fan favourite sophomore album ‘Commit This To Memory’. Released in June 2005, ‘Commit This To Memory’ went on to become an instant classic of the genre, a sublime concoction of energetic melodies, catchy hooks, thumping drums and bursting keys.  A riveting […]

“Fists pumped and enthusiastic shouts of ‘You rock!’ and ‘F*ck yeah!’ painted the concert hall as Sebastian Bach swung his microphone and head banged as if it were still 1988.” – Tahoe On Stage “He IS the voice of Skid Row, and if you want to hear the songs the way you remember them, ‘Sebastian Bach’ is the band to […]

“There’s a saying, there’s only two man-made objects that can be seen from outer space, The Great Wall of China and the Malmsteen Marshall stacks *laughs*.” From release: Yngwie J. Malmsteen has been blowing minds across the globe with his incredible guitar skills and showmanship for over 35 years and in June 2015, Yngwie and his band will be returning to Australia […]