Although K.K. Downing and Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens only spent what amounts to a fleeting moment together as part of Judas Priest (they actually played on two albums together, Jugulator and Demolition) they still formed an integral part of one of the most loved and influential metal bands in history. While Downing spent some time in […]
KickAss Festival successfully completed its second year last weekend with a bumper show at Kenilworth Showgrounds that emphatically proved rock music is alive, well and thriving. Held over two days with local acts appearing alongside established bands such as James Reyne, Kingswood, Dragon and the Choirboys, KickAss Festival did just that and more with thousands […]
Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons recently dropped their new album Kings Of The Asylum. If you’re not familiar with the name Phil Campbell, then you’re not a big enough Motorhead fan. Theformer guitarist of one of rock and roll’s most notorious bands has spent the last few years building up The Bastard Sons, a […]
Brazilian thrash outfit Nervosa are preparing to enter the next phase of their already successful career when they release their new album Jailbreak onto the world on September 29. Jailbreak marks a decisive new beginning for the band, being the first album to welcome guitarist and founding member Prika Amaral to the mantle as lead […]
British progressive metal outfit Tesseract are the consummate professionals, dedicating equal measures of effort into resources into all aspects of their music without favouring the other. It is an attitude and commitment that has seen the band establish themselves as a pioneering force in world metal over four previous albums, each of which has set […]
Craft Recordings celebrates the 40th anniversary of Social Distortion’s influential debut, Mommy’s Little Monster, with special vinyl and digital reissues. Set for release on November 10 and available for pre-order today, the classic SoCal punk album has been newly remastered from its original analogue tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl for the ultimate listening experience. […]
KK’S PRIEST – the iconic heavy metal group of iconic Judas Priest alum and GRAMMY Award winning/nominated musicians K.K. Downing (guitar) and Tim “Ripper” Owens (vocals), along with A.J. Mills (guitar), Tony Newton (bass) and Sean Elg (drums) – will proudly reveal their new sophomore offering, The Sinner Rides Again, on September 29, 2023 via […]
Renowned Australian heavyweight post-punk rock band TROPHY EYES have just announced they’ve added a bunch of news shows to their mighty Australian regional tour this October. The new dates include Coolangatta, Sunshine Coast, Wollongong & Newcastle as a continuation of the festivities surrounding their latest album, Suicide and Sunshine. Joining the regional ride are triple […]
Rose Tattoo have been tearing it up on their Southern Stars ‘23 Australian Tour with The Poor in August and early September. Unfortunately, the tour will now be postponed until 2024. “Dearest Brothers and Sisters, It weighs heavy on me to have to write this message to you but I have no other choice, due […]
FACE TO FACE TOURING is thrilled to announce +LIVE+ and INCUBUS, two of the US powerhouses of rock, will be co-headlining the inaugural LOOKOUT Festival, plus co-headline tour. These global concert juggernauts are coming together for a series of gigantic shows in 2024. This brand-new festival event will see +LIVE+ and INCUBUS joined by some […]
Get ready to unleash the fury as the iconic punk rock pioneers, BLACK FLAG, are set to storm Australia for their first tour since 2013 presented by Silverback Touring. With a blistering lineup and an unparalleled live performance, Black Flag promises an unforgettable experience for punk rock enthusiasts and music lovers alike. Known for their […]
Last week we gifted you ARIA and AIR award-winning electronic duo Flight Facilities and three-time platinum-selling electronic rock band Pendulum to the 2023 line up for Yours & Owls Festival, to be held at the University Of Wollongong on October 14 and 15. Map – This week, it’s time to introduce our new site footprint, […]
NuMetal Mayhem will be storming Australia and New Zealand in the not-too-distant future, and to celebrate promotors are offering a special opportunity. If you want a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet ANDERS COLSEFNI, the original singer of SLIPKNOT, then drop them an email with why you deserve a FREE VIP PACKAGE. The VIP package includes: To […]
Baroness’ eagerly-awaited new album, STONE (Abraxan Hymns) is out now, with the 10-song collection being celebrated both in-person tonight at NYC’s Rough Trade and via today’s release of their self-created video for Anodyne. “’Anodyne’ is one of the more pointed songs of STONE,” says Gina Gleason. “It throws you directly into a dreamy fuzz world […]
Overdrive Touring is proud to present Dwarven Metal pioneers, Wind Rose, who will embark on their first ever Australian and New Zealand tour in May, 2024. Some may say they dug too greedily and too deep… so deep they made it all the way Down Under! These Tuscan warriors have been bringing high fantasy to […]
Houston, TX-born and France-based rap rock sensation Hyro The Hero has released of his second full-length album Bound For Glory today via Better Noise Music. Hyro has today released the music video for the album’s pummeling title track, Bound For Glory (feat. Markus Videsäter of Solence).” On Bound For Glory, Hyro collaborates with some of […]
OBITUARY remains to this very day as one of the most influential and groundbreaking bands in the death metal genre, one which they helped to create. Combining hyper-speed guitar riffing, complex arrangements and guttural screams, the band created a bleak and violent soundscape all of their own. After more than 35 years in the pit, […]
Critically acclaimed Mongolian rock group The HU originally released their debut album THE GEREG on September 13, 2019, and then the Deluxe edition of THE GEREG on July 10, 2020, on CD, double vinyl and digital formats. The Deluxe version included 3 tracks re-made with special featured artists including Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach), Danny Case […]
PAIN have released their brand-new song Revolution. PAIN also confirmed their set for Wacken Open Air next year. Peter Tägtgren comments: “We wrote this song together, me and my son Sebastian, – he wrote all the music and I did the lyrics. And it turned out great. We are very proud of this song. The […]
Steven Wilson has released a new track from his forthcoming album The Harmony Codex. Steeped in sun-dazed, autumnal acoustics, What Life Brings is a timeless psychedelic pop song – three and a half minutes of wistful pastoral beauty that offers the perfect entry point to the world of the Harmony Codex. The video for What […]
Melbourne alternative metal outfit NTH RD share the video for their heaviest song yet, Teeth. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Christopher Vernon (Belle Haven, Bloom, Tapestry), Teeth showcases a new side in the exploration of NTH RD’s sound, taking notes from metalcore and post-hardcore heavyweights inlcuding Alpha Wolf, Counterparts and Loathe. Teeth explores both sides […]
Gold-selling hard rockers Of Mice & Men — Aaron Pauley (bass + vocals ), Valentino Arteaga (drums), Alan Ashby (guitar), and Phil Manansala (guitar) — will issue their new album Tether on October 6 via SharpTone. They’ve just shared the third single Indigo. Listen to and watch the visualizer below.
The first release of legendary outfit SCREAM since Fumble in 1993 is coming out this November 10 via Dischord Records. Scream formed in 1979. Drummer Kent Stacks, bassist Skeeter Enoch Thompson and the brothers Pete and Franz Stahl attended school together in Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia, when they began to discover the punk and new wave […]
BLACKBRIAR have released their new single Forever and a Day. The new album A Dark Euphony will be released on September 29 via Nuclear Blast Records and features 11 brand-new tracks. Zora Cock comments: “Forever and a Day is a tragically romantic song, inspired by 19th-century mourning traditions. While listening, I imagine a Victorian lady, […]
Mexican death grind band BRUJERIA put the world of cartels and ritualistic murder on wax with a brutal power equivalent to when Compton arrived in pop culture via NWA. Earlier this week the band unleashed their fifth full-length album Esto Es Brujeria onto the world via Nuclear Blast Records. El Patrón Del Reventón is the […]
Platinum-selling powerhouse Pierce The Veil — guitarist/vocalist Vic Fuentes, guitarist Tony Perry, and bassist Jaime Preciado — have shared the video for their new single 12 Fractures video. The song and video feature singer-songwriter Chloe Moriondo. The video features Fuentes and Moriondo walking down a crowded city street towards one another, as the song plays […]
Shimmering psychedelic rock trio Dirty Sound Magnet have shared their new single Lonely Bird, the third from their upcoming fourth LP, Dreaming In Dystopia (out October 20 via Wild Thing Records). In the words of the band, everything in the music video “is handmade and done 100% DIY over the course of three months.” Although […]
In 2021, New Zealand’s global metal frontrunners ALIEN WEAPONRY released their sophomore full-length album, Tangaroa – a record immersed in important historical accounts and cultural heritage of the Māori people. Their role in uniquely spreading vital tales of their culture to an international audience even resulted in recent accolades – last year and for the […]
The Sons Of Sounds release Sound of Hoope the new single/video from their seventh album Seven is available on all streaming platforms. Singer Roman Beselt affirms: “The “Sound of Hope ” resounds from a place where we are all well! More than that – it is something like paradise! (Can also be a live concert, for example). […]
New Model Army‘s Sinfonia has arrived, and it’s the album they’ve spent a lifetime working towards. It is a triumph in every sense of the word. From the opening, fully orchestral Overture – which gently sets the mood before launching full-throttle into Devil’s Bargain – to the closing of Wonderful Way To Go, it’s an […]
Gold-selling, billion-streaming rock band BEARTOOTH — Caleb Shomo, vocals; Zach Huston, guitars; Will Deely, guitars; Oshie Bichar, bass; and Connor Denis, drums — will release their fifth album The Surface on October 13 via Red Bull Records. Like its predecessors, The Surface is an intensely personal and powerful journey for Shomo, who has never shied […]
As iconic hard rockers Extreme complete the Australian leg of their THICKER THAN BLOOD TOUR (featuring special guests Living Colour), they share a new video for THE MASK, from the much-praised new album SIX. THE MASK is a propulsive big beat pondering of the duality of human nature. Bassist Pat Badger and drummer Kevin Figueiredo […]
Progressive metalcore head-turners INVENT ANIMATE — vocalist Marcus Vik, guitarists Keaton Goldwire and Trey Celaya, drummer Brody Smith, and bassist Caleb Sherraden — released their head-turning fourth album HEAVENER earlier this year via UNFD. Today, they have shared the visually arresting video for the title track, which does not appear on the original release. The […]
VARG, Germany’s top-notch pagan metal force, returns stronger than ever on their new album, entitled Ewige Wacht (Engl. Eternal Vigil), to be released on October 13, 2023 via Napalm Records. Today, the wolves prove their standing as a firmly rooted, leading entity in the scene once more by unleashing the brand-new single Eisenseite, cut from […]
Grand Rapids, Michigan-based metalcore slingers HOLLOW FRONT recently announced their third album The Fear of Letting Go. It arrives October 27 via UNFD. Today, they have shared the visualizer for the voracious new single Breaking Teeth. The song is as fierce and ferocious as its name suggests — it can knock your chompers right down […]
GRAMMY® Award-nominated act In This Moment releases the third new song with a stirring cover of Bjork’s ARMY OF ME off their forthcoming new studio album Godmode out October 27, 2023 via BMG. “I was a teenager when I first got into Bjork. I was mesmerized by her. She has a really inspiring energy to […]
Helmet have released a new song and video from their upcoming album LEFT. Gun Fluf is a raw exploration of society’s fascination with violence and the consequences that follow. As anticipation builds, Helmet embarks on the LOOK LEFT tour in support of the album, bringing their powerful performances to stages across the USA and Europe […]
Finnish melodic death metal unit BEFORE THE DAWN have released an official music video for their track Chaos Star, cut from the band’s stunning comeback album, Stormbringers, released this past June. The new music video was filmed during BEFORE THE DAWN’s performance at John Smith Rock Festival this summer. Chaos Star immediately draws the listener […]
Adelaide indie rock duo Teenage Joans pump up the jam with their brand new single 5 Things I Can Taste out today. Loaded with glossy bounce and a karaoke-ready chorus, the track comes hot on the heels of previous single Candy Apple which accompanied the announcement of the duo’s debut album The Rot That Grows […]
It goes without saying that Cattle Decapitation is one of the most important and revered extreme metal bands in the world and have been for the last decade. They demand attention and get it! Which is exactly what the sell out Melbourne crowd expected and got last Saturday night. But let’s rewind…and start at the […]
Sun Records 22 September 2023 Words by Michael Bradley One of the most difficult tasks for ageing musicians, traversing the decades and breaking into new generational consciousness, is remaining relevant – the music of the counterculture died as ‘70s stadium rock straddled at the helm before punk spat in its face and fended off the […]
Decibel Cooper/BMG September 15 Love him or hate him there is no denying that Corey Taylor is a musical enigma. I’m not going to detail his credentials because similarly if you are on the other side of the fence then no matter what I say here you will invariably find something negative to come back […]
With a strange blend of horror and true crime Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism has snuck into Australian cinemas so Dave and Lee Griffiths went to check it out.
Director: James Wan Cast: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Nicole Kidman Director James Wan and Aquaman himself, Jason Momoa — along with Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Nicole Kidman — return in the sequel to the highest-grossing DC film of all time: “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.” Having failed […]
Well-loved film and television actor Miriam Margolyes is to be a judge in the Best Documentary category at the Byron Bay Film Festival (BBFF) in October. The 82-year-old character actor, British by birth but an Australian citizen since 2013, is no stranger to the Byron Bay Film Festival. She appeared in the feelgood Australian film […]
Genre: Animated Action-Comedy Cast: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Camila Cabello, Eric André, Amy Schumer, Andrew Rannells, Troye Sivan, Daveed Diggs, Kid Cudi, Zosia Mamet, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, RuPaul Charles, Aino Jawo, Caroline Hjelt, Kenan Thompson, Anderson .Paak, Kunal Nayyar, Ron Funches Director: Walt Dohrn Co-Director: Tim Heitz Producer: Gina Shay This holiday season, get ready for an action-packed, all-star, […]
The compelling follow up to the ground-breaking 1973 classic described as the ‘scariest film ever made’, The Exorcist: Believer is a terrifying supernatural thriller, a movie experience to be shared and seen on the big screen. For over 50 years, one story has terrified millions. Witness the next chapter of evil: The Exorcist: Believer – […]
Dave Griffiths, Harley Woods, Kyle McGrath and Lee Griffiths go back to the 80s as they review Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Teenage Mayhem. Take a listen to the review right here:
