“It’s usually a wild, crazy, energetic kind of show, I’m not sure what we’ll be able to do production wise as I assume we’ll be playing in the afternoon so it’ll be a little bit stripped down from our normal club shows but it should be just as energetic and hopefully entertaining.” From Bio: For the six men in UNDEROATH, […]

When Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and former Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach got back together and released a new album under the banner of Times Of Grace, titled The Hymn Of A Broken Man, as Jesse explained himself, not even they themselves could have anticipated the level of interest worldwide in the band.  Not just in terms of the […]

Following the announcement that multi-platinum rock band Shinedown have joined the Roadrunner Record family, the band have revealed the cover art for their new album Amaryllis, as well as a new website offering snippets of the albums tracks. Amaryllis will arrive in stores and at all digital retailers on March 23, 2012. You can hear the snippets and pre order […]

NEW SINGLE ‘WORLD SCUM’ RELEASED, FROM ‘ENSLAVED’ OUT ON MARCH 9 2012 will see the release of Enslaved, a brand new Soulfly album which will be their eighth overall. While many bands barely make it to a third album, the Max Cavalera-led collective is still going strong two decades deep. 2012 also marks the band’s 15th anniversary of making a […]

MASTODON TEAM UP WITH NOTED FINE ARTIST ON VIDEO FOR ‘DRY BONE VALLEY’, THE FOLLOW-UP TO GRAMMY-NOMINATED ‘CURL OF THE BURL’ FROM BAND’S ACCLAIMED ALBUM THE HUNTER To create the video for their new single ‘Dry Bone Valley’, Atlanta rock icons Mastodon have teamed up with noted fine artist Tim Biskup a long-time friend who has amassed a cadre of […]

NEW EP ‘HELLO, IT’S MZ. HYDE’ TO BE RELEASED DIGITALLY ON FEBRUARY 3 NEW ALBUM ‘THE STRANGE CASE OF…’ TO BE RELEASED APRIL 13 Roadrunner Records is delighted to welcome Pennsylvania-based hard rockers Halestorm to the family and announce the release of their brand new album! Formed by frontwoman Lzzy Hale and her brother, drummer Arejay Hale, Halestorm has been […]

ALTER BRIDGE TO RELEASE INTIMATE DOCUMENTARY & BONUS SONGS OUT ON ROADRUNNER RECORDS ON FEBRUARY 10 ALTER BRIDGE are pleased to unveil a limited edition of their October 2010 album AB III – to be titled AB 3.5. The special release will be available in Australia from February 10 to coincide with band’s appearance at the national Soundwave Festival and […]

  “Soundwave is a great festival and the line up this year is huge and you’re going to see a lot of bands and you’re going to see Lamb Of God up there trying to take the stage every night.” Lamb Of God are as Metal as Metal can be, with over fifteen years as a band and six albums […]

ROADRUNNER RECORDS WELCOME FLORIDA ROCKERS SHINEDOWN AND ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘AMARYLLIS’ TO BE RELEASED MARCH 23 Roadrunner Records is delighted to welcome multi-platinum rock band Shinedown to the family. In addition, Roadrunner and Shinedown are excited to announce the much anticipated release of their new album, titled Amaryllis.  Amaryllis will arrive in stores and at all digital retailers on March […]

LAMB OF GOD FIRST SINGLE ‘GHOST WALKING’ TAKEN FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM ‘RESOLUTION’ Ghost Walking is the hard-hitting first single from Resolution, Lamb Of God’s seventh studio album. Resolution is out on January 20 through Roadrunner Records Resolution is the follow up to their Grammy nominated album Wrath. Produced by Josh Wilbur, the album will feature 14 songs and will come in a digipak with artwork by longtime art director […]

“I think it’s all about the energy in our show and everybody does the best they can and it doesn’t matter if we’re playing for ten people or ten thousand people we still have the same energy on every night.  No matter what and it’s a good time for the band, we’re coming out of an American tour that we […]

DELAIN ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘WE ARE THE OTHERS’ OUT EARLY 2012 THROUGH ROADRUNNER RECORDS  Dutch symphonic rock outfit, DELAIN have set We Are The Others as the title of their third studio album, due out early 2012 on Roadrunner Records. The tracks were recorded at various studios in Stockholm, Sweden with producer Jacob Hellner, renowned for his work with Rammstein and […]

KORN – NEW ALBUM ‘THE PATH OF TOTALITY’ OUT NOW Korn have released their tenth studio album, The Path of Totality. But this one is unlike any Korn record.  It’s even unlike any record released before. The Path of Totality is an experimental album which finds Korn shifting gears and exploring new territory. That should hardly come as a shock to […]

The guitar driven, blues prodigy, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, is coming to Australia. There are few artists whose names are synonymous with one instrument and how it’s played in service to an entire genre. This is one such artist. KENNY WAYNE was given his first guitar at 3 years old, was playing by 7 after meeting Stevie Ray Vaughan and sharing […]

Having released their most ambitious and diverse album yet with Dark Passion Play back in 2007, the big question was always going to be what Nightwish were going to come up with next?  Well that question has been answered with their new release Imaginaerum which takes Nightwish to a whole new level when you are talking about bombastic, symphonic, theatrical and […]

SOULFLY TO RELEASE EIGHTH ALBUM ENSLAVED IN 2012 THE BAND WILL CELEBRATE 15th ANNIVERSARY WITH A NEW ALBUM 2012 will see the release of Enslaved, a brand new Soulfly album, which will be their eighth overall. While many bands barely make it to a third album, the Max Cavalera-led collective is still going strong two decades deep. 2012 also marks […]

Multi-platinum rock band Nickelback have smashed the Aria charts with their first Australian #1 debut for seventh studio album Here and Now. First single ‘When We Stand Together’ was also the number 1 most added single to radio and peaked at #12 in the Hot 100 Radio Airplay Chart. Here and Now had the biggest international debut in Nickelback’s history.  The album […]

FIRST AUSTRALIAN CONCERT APPEARANCE IN 18 YEARS JOINED BY SPECIAL GUESTS THE CRANBERRIES AND WOLFMOTHER Get ready to rock Australia! McManus Entertainment in association with F1 Rocks is thrilled to announce the return of rock icon Lenny Kravitz to Australia in March 2012. Marking his first concert appearance in the country in 18 years, Lenny will be joined by Irish […]

Cavalera Conspiracy Announce Australian Tour Performing for the very first time in Australia, Cavalera Conspiracy are set to cause mayhem around the nation performing at all Big Day Out festivals and select east coast shows. Cavalera Conspiracy was created following a decade long silence between Max and Iggor, the two brothers who formed the legendarily trailblazing heavy metal band Sepultura […]

…Meet Myles Kennedy (Slash’s frontman), Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips; the future of rock. ALTER BRIDGE are fast becoming a rock juggernaut and are on the way to firmly placing themselves in the rock ‘n’ roll pantheon forever. With 2 brilliant albums already under their belt ALTER BRIDGE has crafted one of the best rock records of recent […]

Love them or hate them, but Canadian rockers Nickelback are about to release their new album ‘Here And Now’ through Roadrunner Records this Friday the 18th November, and if you’re in Australia, you can be one of the lucky ones to check it out first as it currently streams in its entirety on the MMM website! You can check out […]

ROADRUNNER RECORDS ANNOUNCES THE SIGNING OF GOJIRA Roadrunner Records announced today the addition of French metal behemoths Gojira to the label. The band is universally recognized as one of the most talented and extreme art-metal acts on the scene today. Gojira are one of those rare bands that come along every couple of years and take everything you know about […]

In 25 words or less: “It’s a heavy, at times classic sounding metal album and one I’ll be happy to listen to again” Im not sure if I’ll be berated for this but my favourite Megadeth album is ‘Countdown To Extinction’. So when I heard this new album from Dave and the boys was somewhat similar to that awesome album […]

LAMB OF GOD TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM RESOLUTION JANUARY 20TH 2012. Lamb of God has set 20th January 2012 as the release date for Resolution, the follow up to their Grammy nominated album Wrath.  Resolution, produced by Josh Wilbur, will feature 14 songs and will come in a digipak with artwork by longtime art director Ken Adams.  The album was […]

In 25 words or less: A prog, jazz, blues, psychedelic, metal vibe delivered in a great slab called Heritage From the opening piano intro I truly didn’t know what to expect with this new release from Opeth but as that faded out and directly in to the next track I could finally get a gist for what I was in […]

In 25 words or less: A great album that is not too heavy, not too light, it’s just right. The new album from mastodon is pretty damn good. There, I said it. This is an album full of chunky riffs and catchy heavy songs. This album is their first since 2009’s ‘Crack The Skye’ and continues to show the growth […]

In 25 words or less: Amazing playing, amazing songs, something to get lost in… Ok. Now forgive me for saying this but I know of Dream Theater but I can honestly say I’ve never listened to any Dream Theater before. I know, stop mocking me, it’s not nice, so forgive me if I can’t compare to previous releases.  This being […]

“We are very aware of expressionism and its foundational role in music, and when we play shows we aim to express the emotions that make the songs.” The Devil Wears Prada in their six year career have released four albums, a DVD and an EP and have risen to the top of the Hardcore genre of music.   Their fourth, […]

In 25 words or less: ” If you like heavy, I mean really heavy music then you need to already have Dead Throne in your collection.” Wow. Not really knowing what to expect going in to this new album by The Devil Wears Prada I was pleasantly surprised to be greeted by a nice soothing dose of the fucking heaviest […]

NIGHTWISH TO RELEASE IMAGINAERUM ON JANUARY 6, 2012 Fans of dramatic, symphonic, Euro metal have something to look forward to when the cold, dark, dreary winter sets in. Finnish superstars Nightwish will release their new album Imaginaerum on January 6, 2012 via Roadrunner Records and it will serve as a welcome beckon of warmth and light in an otherwise dark […]