British rock sensations The Darkness are bringing their Motorheart tour to Australia this October for what promises to be a typically entertaining romp through the two decades of music that comprises The Darkness’ back catalogue. Known as much for their humorous take on music as they are for their scintillating guitar play and the dynamic […]
Alabama heavy outfit ERRA are currently experiencing the best possible outcome for a touring band. Not only are they currently in Australia and New Zealand supporting The Plot In You and playing at the larger venues, they are also turning straight around after the final show in Wellington and coming back to Australia for a […]
Death metal legends Autopsy are on the verge of releasing their eighth album, Morbidity Triumphant, on September 30. Described as a “truly a dark delight for seasoned and new listeners alike, with a raw organic sound perfectly encapsulating what makes Autopsy so distinguishable among its peers, for what could easily be considered one of its […]
Eleven years is a long time in music. Especially with that long of a gap between albums. While many bands would worry their fan base might desert them in favour of an artist with slightly better output, Swedish power metal outfit Dragonland need not worry. Since their debut The Battle Of Ivory Plains in 2001 […]
Death metal trailblazers THE AGONIST have just revealed a twisted new music video for the crushing, grooving track Immaculate Deception, cut from their JUNO nominated EP, Days Before the World Wept, out now via Napalm Records. Watch the music video for Immaculate Deception below. Vocalist Vicky Psarakis says: “Immaculate Deception is a song about societal […]
Escaping the underworld once more, the mighty WARKINGS rejoin on the battlefield with an unforeseen new ally – none other than legendary sorceress Morgana Le Fay. The sister of Arthur and mistress of the lost has joined the ancient royalty to accompany them in all of their upcoming battles. So, beware for the fourth chapter […]
After signing with international rock and metal empire Napalm Records and the successful subsequent release of their breakout first single, Wolf or Lamb, Germany’s hottest upstarts LEAGUE OF DISTORTION are thrilled to announce the upcoming release of their hard-hitting self-titled debut album, set for release on November 25, 2022. Featuring powerhouse members Anna “Ace” Brunner […]
Grimly Fiendish live from A Night of A Thousand Vampires is a rousing romp through one of The Damned’s highest-charting and best-loved singles. The single and video capture an electrifying theatrical moment with The Damned at center stage. On October 28, 2019, The Damned swooped into London’s prestigious Palladium Theater for a very special immersive musical […]
SKID ROW have released Time Bomb, the third single and video from the band’s forthcoming Nick Raskulinecz-produced album The Gang’s All Here, available everywhere October 14! The video for Time Bomb was helmed by acclaimed director Dale ‘Rage’ Resteghini (Five Finger Death Punch, Guns N Roses) who Rachel Bolan sought out to realize his artistic vision for the song about humanity’s continuing struggles with self-indulgence and monotony. Rage, […]
Seawitch – featuring Fiona Horne (DEF FX) and Dave “Spiff” Hopkins (Hellmenn) will release their second single Force on September 29, with HEAVY premiering the song today. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming debut album, Well Of Spells, which will be released on October 21. Horne says of the single: “Force is plain […]
September 30 Words by Erin Eddy Juno nominated multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Schoolcraft is celebrating a milestone, with the forthcoming 10th anniversary of her debut solo album, Rushing Through The Sky. The gothic singer/songwriter has remastered the record for re-release to mark the occasion, as well as making it available on 12” vinyl for the first time. […]
Multi-platinum Grammy-nominated hard rock band GODSMACK have released the first glimpse of their forthcoming eighth studio album with their new single Surrender via BMG. The track marks the first release from the band in four years, following their globally acclaimed and gold-certified 2018 album, When Legends Rise, which earned the band a #1 spot across US Hard Rock, Rock, and […]
After selling out their album release show, Raised As Wolves are taking the show on the road, hitting Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and Canberra over September and October. After a number of successful singles and years of waiting, the debut album from NSW based indie punk band Raised As Wolves recently arrived through Resist […]
Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the upcoming release of the latest album from Enuff Z’nuff, Finer Than Sin on November 11, 2022. Now fronted by singer and bass guitarist Chip Z’nuff for their last three studio albums, including The Beatles’ covers album Enuff Z’Nuff’s Hardrock Nite, the band are still delivering their patented infectious power pop melded with hard […]
Adelaide metalcore outfit Alda Sky return from a brief hiatus with a tight grasp on their sound and future with new single Disintegration. To prove they’re here to stay, the quintet accompany their new single with the announcement of a forthcoming EP, A World Divided, which will be available to stream on Friday November 25. […]
SLIPKNOT / STONE SOUR frontman and GRAMMY® Award-winning singer/songwriter, COREY TAYLOR has announced a very special livestream event, Half Sold Out: CMFT Live At The Palladium, which is set to broadcast from the world renowned London venue on October 17 2022. The sold out London Palladium show, also featuring THE CHERRY BOMBS, will be a benefit event for The Taylor Foundation, Corey’s charity that supports […]
My Chemical Romance (aka MCR/My Chem) has announced Arizona’s finest Jimmy Eat World as support for their 2023 Australian arena tour. Celebrating nearly three decades and ten albums, lead vocalist and lead guitarist Jim Adkins, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch, and drummer Zach Lind will return to Australian shores for […]
Eva Under Fire have released their long-awaited debut album Love, Drugs & Misery via Better Noise Music. The Detroit-based band also released a new focus track called Coming For Blood (ft. Matt Brandyberry of From Ashes To New), along with an official music video. Although they had to push their album back due to the […]
Devin Townsend recently announced his forthcoming new album, Lightwork, due out on October 28, 2022. Following months of hard work finishing the album, as well as an extensive European touring schedule that included 2 nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall, he is very pleased to reveal more new music taken from his much-anticipated studio album. […]
NOFX dropped Single Album last February, and now the second half of the double album, appropriately titled Double Album, will be released on December 2. It boasts ten songs and is available for pre-order now. Plus, because we’re not monsters, you can hear the first single, Darby Crashing Your Party, on any digital service provider […]
Running Out of Time is the latest single from rock up and comers Genghis Nash and is now available digitally via Golden Robot Records. Running Out of Time is the follow-up to previous release The Swamp. Genghis Nash features Jackie Barnes on drums, son of the Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes. True to its title, Running […]
Not content to follow expectations and musical trends, Melbourne metal outfit Firing Squad have come out with both barrels blazing with the release of songs on the same day! Death By Firing Squad and Killing Spree form a lethal twin assault of hard rock and metal. Killing Spree starts with a 911 call, setting the […]
Berkeley, California- Punk rock legends Samiam have announced signing to Pure Noise Records and recently released a new single Lights Out Little Hustler, their first in over 10 years. The song also features additional vocals from Hot Water Music‘s Chris Wollard. “Lights Out Little Hustler is about becoming emotionally detached and creating obstacles to keep […]
Gearing up for another era, multi-platinum rock band Disturbed will release their eighth full-length album Divisive on November 18, 2022 via Reprise Records. Pre-order/Pre-save HERE. Bulldozing the way for the record, the group have unleashed an unpredictable and undeniable new single entitled Unstoppable. About Divisive, vocalist David Draiman noted, “Partisan tribal warfare has become a part of our regular existence nowadays. It’s one big […]
Whispers have turned into rumblings of late about the mysterious new cruise Rock Gods that is rumoured to be sailing its way through Australian shores next year. In what will be the first of its kind in this country, talk has been circulating of a 4 day / 3 night cruise departing from Brisbane featuring […]
Brisbane metal outfit As Paradise Falls (known commonly as APF) have released their new EP, Madness/ Medicine. Danny Kenneally from the band says of the EP ‘We pushed ourselves to create a collection of songs that pushed every boundary of our genre yet kept things fresh and unique in every song. As a collection of music, […]
Brisbane metal stalwarts Dreamkillers have been decimating crowds with their unique blending of punk infused metal for over three decades, along the way gathering a loyal army of fans who have proudly followed the band since their debut EP Poison In The Soup in 1992. Some have been there since before that even when Les […]
The day has come for extreme metal pioneers VENOM INC. to finally unleash their new album, There’s Only Black, in its devastating entirety. Their sophomore album is a no-holds-barred assault on bigoted hypocrisy and conformism in today’s society, as well as a demonstration of musical superiority delivered by some of the genre’s true originators. In […]
Waikato rockers Medusa Glare have officially released their new song LAY IT TO REST. LAY IT TO REST is available on Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, YouTube Music and Bandcamp. Listen/ Buy at this link: https://smarturl.it/LayItToRest
After Ukrainian metalcore unit SPACE OF VARIATIONS had to delay the release of their new album due to the ongoing war in their homeland, the day has finally come for IMAGO to meet the world, unleashed today via Napalm Records. Fasten your seatbelts and prepare for full speed when diving into the thrilling, high energy soundscapes of the outfit’s […]
Just two weeks after dropping their acclaimed sixth full-length album, Survival Of The Sickest, death metal beasts BLOODBATH massively hail towards the annihilating spirit of old-school death metal with a new music video for thrillingly violent Putrefying Corpse. This vicious onslaught is driven by explosive death, thrash and black metal and features a roaring contribution […]
Nuclear Blast Records Out Now Words by Jimmy Glinster MACHINE HEAD is a name that’s well and truly earned its place in Modern Metal history. Even with a few hits and misses on albums, depending on which shade of the Machine spectrum you fit, they are a band that continue to deliver no matter what […]
September 30 Words by Erin Eddy Juno nominated multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Schoolcraft is celebrating a milestone, with the forthcoming 10th anniversary of her debut solo album, Rushing Through The Sky. The gothic singer/songwriter has remastered the record for re-release to mark the occasion, as well as making it available on 12” vinyl for the first time. […]
Words and photos by Robert Forte Lamb of God are somewhat of a rarity in the world of heavy music. Not only does the band continue to be one of the hardest-hitting live touring acts today, the boys fromRichmond, Virginia have also continued to produce new material that, in some ways, surpasses their more revered, […]
Ultra Heavy Records September 30 Words by Erin Eddy How to make a Lotus cocktail: First, you’ll need your main ingredient, deathcore – at least half a glassful. Then you’ll want to add a liberal amount of metalcore and nu-metal, and a decent splash of trap and slam. Add a portion of cyber-metal, sprinkle through […]
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Out now Weathermaker Music Apologies to you readers and purveyors of the finer hard rock delights in life for submitting the latest CLUTCH album Sunrise On Slaughter Beach a few days after release, but I have a reasonable excuse…It arrived on my desk on the evening before its release and I have only now just […]
This is Laurie Strode’s last stand. After 45 years, the most acclaimed, revered horror franchise in film history reaches its epic, terrifying conclusion as Laurie Strode faces off for the last time against the embodiment of evil, Michael Myers, in a final confrontation unlike any captured on-screen before. Only one of them will survive. Icon […]
Stan, Australia’s unrivalled home of original productions, today announced production has commenced on the brand new Stan Original Series C*A*U*G*H*T. Director, producer and writer Kick Gurry (Edge of Tomorrow) stars in the six-episode series alongside Sean Penn (Stan Exclusive Series Gaslit), Ben O’Toole (Detroit), Lincoln Younes (Last King of the Cross), Alexander England (upcoming Stan Original Series Black ...
Director Stacy Peralta’s an award-winning documentary filmmaker and one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. His documentary Dogtown and the Z-Boys won him the Best Director Award at the Sundance Film Festival and his brand new film, The Yin & Yang Of Gerry Lopez turns its attention to Gerry Lopez. While “Mr. Pipeline” […]
Director Stacy Peralta’s an award-winning documentary filmmaker and one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. His documentary Dogtown and the Z-Boys won him the Best Director Award at the Sundance Film Festival. You were a professional skateboarder before you went into filmmaking. How did that transition happen? I fell into filmmaking. During the […]
With the Aussie Ozploitation classic Sons Of Steel about to get a re-release through Umbrella Entertainment this week Dave Griffiths sat down for a chat with the film’s director Gary L. Keady. Take a listen to the full interview right here:
The trailer and poster are now available for 20th Century Studios’ romantic comedy “Rosaline,” starring Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Kyle Allen and Sean Teale with Minnie Driver and Bradley Whitford. The film will debut on October 14 exclusively as a Star+ Original on Disney+. “Rosaline” is a fresh and comedic twist on Shakespeare’s classic love story […]
Madman Entertainment is thrilled to announce that zero-waste innovator Joost Bakker will participate in a series of special Q&A events around Australia ahead of the theatrical release of GREENHOUSE BY JOOST in November. Joost Bakker will be joined after screenings of the film for an on-stage discussion with a variety of special guests including Damon Gameau, Sarah Wilson, Jack Thompson, Clare Bowditch, Neil […]
Sharmill Films will release the highly anticipated black comedy Triangle of Sadness, from acclaimed filmmaker Ruben Östlund (Force Majeure, The Square) on Boxing Day, 2022. The winner of the 2022 Palme D’or at the Cannes Film Festival, Triangle of Sadnesshas become one of the most talked about films of the year, reflecting the times with its satirical take on the tawdry relationship […]
In “Barbarian,” a young woman traveling to Detroit for a job interview books a rental home. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers that the house is double booked, and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgment, she decides to spend the evening, but soon discovers that there’s a lot more […]
Stan today confirmed the highly anticipated second season of the critically acclaimed criminal drama series Gangs of London will premiere 20 October, same day as the U.K. and only on Stan. To watch and share the trailer, click here: https://youtu.be/XSZ8Wtbw6H4 One year after the death of Sean Wallace and the violent reckonings of the first season, the map and […]
AMC+ today released the trailer for the highly anticipated 53rd season of Documentary Now!Known for lovingly paying homage to the world of documentaries, Documentary Now!Season 53 will premiere with three episodes on Wednesday 19 October on AMC+. New episodes will debut weekly on Wednesdays. The upcoming season of the critically acclaimed comedy, co-created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers and Rhys Thomas, executive produced […]
This seems to be the school holidays of hidden gem family films. A couple have been released with very little fanfare and one of the better ones just happens to be new Russian animation Little Monsters… which has been released worldwide under the title Finnick. I just had to write about this film because I […]
I think I just had one of the funniest experiences that I am likely to have in a cinema this year and was something that I was wasn’t really expecting. Brand new animated family flick Paws Of Fury: The Legend Of Hank has been released in Australia with very little fanfare, a shame really because […]
Hollywood seems to have always had a fascination with ‘disaster’ films. Whether it really happened or whether it was created in the mind of a screenwriter a good old fashioned disaster or someone’s life being placed in peril on the screen always seems to attract an audience. I’ll admit that I am one of those […]
The Creeper is back in cinemas for a limited time and last night we sent Dave Griffiths to check out Jeepers Creepers: Reborn. Take a listen to his review below:
A brand new sports documentary is on its way – one that explores the life of one of the most controversial tennis players of all time – John McEnroe. Take a listen below as Dave Griffiths reviews McEnroe.
Stan today announced the brand new season of the smash-hit series Your Honor, starring Oscar® nominee and Emmy, Screen Actors Guild® and Tony Award-winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) will premiere 10 December, same day as the U.S. and only on Stan. The acclaimed series broke network viewership records in the U.S. with its debut season and stars Cranston as Michael Desiato, a respected […]
The time has come for SABATON to reveal some BIG NEWS. The band is beyond proud to announce that for the last two years, they have been busy working on an exciting, large-scale project. In 2023, SABATON will release The War To End All Wars movie, a full-length musical motion picture featuring songs from the band’s 10th studio album, The War To End […]
While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost. From visionary filmmaker M. Night […]
Sharks! Are there any other creature that is as universally feared as there fearsome monsters from the deep? It seems wherever you go in the world you will always find someone that has such a fear of these creatures that they will never venture far into the water at the beach. Certainly cinema has played […]
