“I think over the years bands can deviate from their sound and I feel like we haven’t. The sound of Rise Against is very present on ‘The Black Market’ and that just means the world to me, once we deviate from that sound, that’s when I start to worry *laughs*” From Bio: After 15 years, and six incendiary albums, Rise […]

Let me start this by saying I’ve never been the hugest Rise Against fan, but that’s only because I’ve never truly taken the time to check out their work. I’m sure I’ve seen them live and dig what they do, but when time came for me to have a chat to Joe from the band, I got the chance to […]

Thanks to our very good friends at Universal Music Australia, we have TEN copies of the newly reissued 2CD deluxe version of the CLASSIC Bon Jovi album ‘New Jersey’ to give away to ten of our lucky readers. You can read below all about the release, as there’s not much more to say when it comes to this follow up to […]

Metallica have announced the release of a new song, titled ‘Lords Of Summer – First Pass Version’, out now via Blackened Recordings. The band first debuted the song in March this year at a concert in Bogotá, Colombia. The new recording dubbed the “the First Pass Version” clocks in at eight minutes and 20 seconds and recalls the group’s thrashier Eighties offerings, […]

Guitar hero revisits his roots to deliver a musical and personal landmark with a new collection of timeless blues classics due May 30 via Concord Records. “This is a homecoming in more ways than one,” Kenny Wayne Shepherd says of Goin’ Home, The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band’s May 30, 2014 debut on Concord Records. “I felt like I was retracing my steps and […]

SOUNDGARDEN to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Superunknown LP Superunknown Reissue Package out May 30, 2014 via A&M Records/USM Two Deluxe Editions including Rare Demos and Rehearsal Recordings and More Limited Edition Five 10-inch Vinyl Set of Superunknown: The Singles Available on Record Store Day – April 19 “The best albums define their time, then transcend it. Superunknown is an honest monument to its era and birthplace. Superunknown is also […]

“Don’t take things too personally as well, but just try and do the best you can, it really is about the work and that’s all we intended to do with this record is to make a truly great album, and anything beyond that is a bonus and that’s really always been our main motivation.” From Bio: Spiderbait are considered Australia’s […]

“…we’ve got this fantasy to be the first band to play the Moon… or the space station. We think Muse is onto it and obviously they’re quite a distance ahead *laughs*, so somehow we need to derail their plan and get enough relevance and funding to get there first. *laughs*” From Bio: One night a little over a year ago, […]

It’s Spiderbait as you have never seen them before! The band have been immortalized as puppets in their latest video for ‘It’s Beautiful’. The video is directed and produced by Toby Angwin and stars specially created anime/manga style puppets of each band member that they helped to create. The puppets wander through the alleyways of Melbourne, discovering unexpected objects of […]

Thanks to our good friends at Univeral Music Australia, we have five copies of the new Pearl Jam album ‘Lightning Bolt’ to give away to our lucky readers. This is Pearl Jam’s first album in four years and you can check out our review HERE to see what we thought of the album. To win one of the big five copies, […]

Welcome back Pearl Jam, good to have you back… before we start, let me tell you a quick story about Pearl Jam… it dates back to 1991, I hear a song called ‘Alive’ I think ‘uh oh… between this and that ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ song, something is happening here…’ at that time I was heavily in to the ‘hair […]

SPIDERBAIT RELEASE FIRST OFFICIAL SINGLE ‘IT’S BEAUTIFUL’ FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM ‘STRAIGH THROUGH THE SUN’ UNOFFICIAL VIDEO AND ARTWORK REVEALED ONLINE FOR FANS ‘It’s Beautiful’ is the first ‘official’ single to be lifted from Spiderbait’s forthcoming self-titled album, ‘Spiderbait’, which is out November 15. ‘It’s Beautiful’ follows on from the band’s debut track released from the album ‘Straight Through The […]

‘Obsession’ is the brand new single from the upcoming debut album from Brisbanite four-piece, The Cairos, due out in early 2014. Recorded at Studios 301 in the paradise that is Byron Bay, the single and album were produced and mixed by Nick DiDia, who has worked with such greats as Powderfinger, Rage Against The Machine and Karnivool. ‘Obsession’ gives a […]

Nine Inch Nails release their first new music in five years today so it’s time to get excited! Thanks to our good friends at Universal Music Australia, we have two copies of the brand new Nine Inch Nails ‘Hesitation Marks’ on vinyl pressed on two 180 gram LPs + digital download includes 14 tracks and also includes a CD insert […]

Pre-order for Rise Against’s Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000 – 2013 is on now HERE, plus a limited amount of exclusive fan bundles are also available for pre-order at www.riseagainst.com. Official release date for Long Forgotten Songs is September 6th in Australia. Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000 – 2013 will include songs from Rise Against’s career, […]

One of the most iconic catalogues in Australian music will be brought into a new era with Cold Chisel announcing the formation of their own label imprint and a change of distributor in Australia and New Zealand. It’s been over 35 years since Cold Chisel signed a recording contract with WEA (now known as Warner Music) and since that time […]

Multiplatinum alt-rock band AFI have announced an October 18th Australian release date for their highly anticipated new album Burials. The news follows last week’s sneak preview of the album’s first track, “I Hope You Suffer,” which the band posted on their official site, www.afireinside.net   Rolling Stone described “I Hope You Suffer” (available now on iTunes) as an “epic” song, “layering […]

Metallica yesterday revealed the details of Metallica Through The Never (Music from the Motion Picture), the soundtrack companion to the forthcoming groundbreaking 3D feature film, Metallica Through The Never. The two disc CD set will be released on Blackened Recordings/Universal Music in Australia on September 20th and highlights last year’s career spanning sets at Rexall Place in Edmonton and Rogers […]

NIRVANA: IN UTERO 20TH ANNIVERSARY MULTI-FORMAT REISSUE OUT SEPTEMBER 20th REMASTERED ALBUM AND ORIGINAL B-SIDES TO BE REISSUED ALONG WITH NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD DEMOS AND THE COMPLETE “LIVE AND LOUD” CONCERT FROM DECEMBER 13, 1993 To say that Nirvana’s third and ultimately final studio album In Utero was 1993’s most polarizing record would be the understatement of a decade. The unadorned sonic […]

“My favourite moments are the moments when I’m in the crowd, on top of the crowd and they’re just screaming along with me every word of the song. That to me is the biggest rush, the biggest adrenalin rush, some of the greatest memories and moments of playing in a band ever is just those few moments of being absolutely […]

Legendary Brazilian extreme metallers SOULFLY have announced the title of the band’s forthcoming studio effort. The 9th SOULFLY album will be entitled »Savages« and is set for release on October 4, 2013 via Nuclear Blast / Universal Music Australia. Produced, engineered and mixed by renowned sound guru Terry Date (PANTERA, DEFTONES, WHITE ZOMBIE), »Savages« will be released as a limited edition digpack CD, 2LP vinyl and digital download. Guest vocal […]

Metal legends Black Sabbath are back with a new album titled ‘13’ and thanks to our friends at Universal Music Australia, we have two prize packs of the brand new Black Sabbath album ‘13’ to give away to our lucky readers. Each pack contains a copy of the new CD ‘13’ as well as a Black Sabbath T-shirt (Mens Large […]

Black Sabbath: 13- Hosted by Jim Norton Presented by MX2 Media & Republic Records As the progenitors of hard rock, Black Sabbath blazed a trail for generations of musicians and fans to follow. Now, after nearly 35 years between albums, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, and Geezer Butler have returned as conquering rock overlords with the release of their brand new […]

Thanks to our friends at Universal Music Australia, we have five copies of the brand new Megadeth album ‘Super Collider’ to give away to our lucky readers.  Well if you want a copy, it’s as simple as sending us an email and at random you may be picked as one of our lucky winners. To win one of the big […]

“With worldwide sales of more than 30 million, and a seat at the top of the headbanging pantheon… Megadeth is a force.” – Billboard Magazine MEGADETH, a heavy metal band that’s been around for nearly three decades, selling more than 38 million albums worldwide, earning numerous accolades including 11 Grammy® nominations, scoring five consecutive platinum albums—including 1992’s two-million-selling Countdown to […]

Grinspoon, one of Australia’s most loved live rock bands have confirmed a new run of shows on their 2013 Black Rabbits Tour which will see the band touring through Western Australia before heading back east to Jindabyne, Sydney and Melbourne. In September last year Grinspoon released their seventh studio album, Black Rabbits, which debuted at No. 8 on the ARIA […]

The Frontier Touring Company has confirmed that Thirty Seconds To Mars will be unleashed into Australian arenas for blockbuster performances in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane! Lead singer Jared Leto revealed the bands intention to return to Australian shores whilst here earlier this month to promote hugely anticipated fourth offering, Love Lust Faith + Dreams (out May 17 through Universal). […]

Limp Bizkit have officially released “Ready To Go” featuring Lil Wayne, their very first single for Cash Money Records, available on iTunes and all digital retailers now. It’s a taste of what’s to come in 2013 from the Grammy Award-nominated multiplatinum Florida titans-Fred Durst [vocals], Wes Borland [guitars], Sam Rivers [bass], and John Otto [drums]. Striking the perfect balance between […]

Thanks to our friends at Universal Music Australia, we have five copies of the Bryan Adams 2CD Australian Tour Edition  to give away to five of our lucky readers.  Surely you can all name at least 12 Bryan Adams songs, and yes they’re all on there on this 34 track monster, not to mention some unreleased and live tracks from […]

“I mean I don’t think I kind of fit into one particular genre, I think I encompass many different sounds, ultimately it’s probably pop songs, but a lot of people say that I’m quite folky, in that I write all the songs myself, there’s always stories behind every song and I have so many different sounds going on that there’s […]