Patience is a virtue many bands of the modern era could learn more of. With the abundance of technology at their fingertips which makes an album process easy to digest, too many newer bands are rushing out their debut albums, eager to be heard but often not quite ready for that to happen. It is […]
Who would believe that the album that brought us hits like She Talks To Angels, Hard To Handle and Jealous Again would be turning 30 so soon? For many those songs still ring as fresh and true as they did three decades, and for the benefit of such people, as well as a new generation […]
Interview by CJ Nash In their six short years as a band, Brisbane rock outfit Joy In Motion have made a large splash for themselves in what is fast becoming the quickest growing musical area in Australia. Earning support slots for bands like The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Young Lions, Never Shout Never and more, Joy […]
Interview by CJ Nash Brisbane noise machine Adriatic are not your run-of-the-mill metal outfit. Mixing traditional Bulgarian music with raw hardcore djent energy, Adriatic are one of those bands that has to be seen live to be fully appreciated. Not that they sound any less sensational on disk, but their sonic plain magnifies tenfold the […]
The newest project from two founding members of the most influential Desert Rock band of all time KYUSS return to Australia as STÖNER. With two studio albums under their belt, Brant Bjork, Nick Oliveri and Ryan Gut are a formidable force of Stoner Rock.  These shows are not to be missed, coming with them is Desert Rock legends Mario Lalli (Fatso Jetson, Yawning Man) and […]
Knotfest, the music and counterculture experience created by the multi-platinum sonic phenomenon Slipknot, will hit the east coast of Australia in March 2023. Headlined by Slipknot, the hugely stacked festival line-up includes Australian metal royalty Parkway Drive, Megadeth, Trivium, Northlane, Amon Amarth, In Flames, Knocked Loose, Spiritbox, Story Of The Year, Alpha Wolf, Void Of […]
Golden Robot Records are proud to announce the signing of the fiery, full-blooded Polynesian metal band, Shepherds Reign. Members Filiva’a James, Oliver Leupolu, Shaymen Rameka, Gideon Voon and Joseph Oti-George have cemented a unique space for themselves in the industry with thunderously fearsome hits, including 2020 hauntingly feral track Le Manu that has amassed over […]
While 2022 has had its fair share of surprises, none have been more resoundingly celebrated than the announcement earlier this year that Australian metal pioneers Sunk Loto were officially returning to stages after a 15 year absence. Selling out multiple Queensland shows within 24 hours of announcing their return, Sunk Loto swiftly went on to sell out additional 2022 […]
THE BLACK CROWES have announced a second date for the Brisbane leg of their Shake Your Money Maker Australian tour due to overwhelming demand, as the first show set down for November 16 sells out. This new show is confirmed for Thursday, November 17 at Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane. General public tickets on sale tomorrow, […]
Perth metal outfit All This Filth have been laying low since the release of their last album Misery Season in 2019. Not that they have been sitting on their hands. Far from it. The band have instead been preparing for their assault in the new world of music, but before doing so have decided to […]
Live Nation, the global leader in live entertainment, in partnership with Publica Australia, Pavilion Australia and the City of Port Phillip, have today announced St Kilda’s new Palace Foreshore outdoor entertainment venue is preparing for a red-hot summer of live music. One of Australia’s most iconic seaside locations, The Palace Foreshore is located just 7kms […]
Welcome to the wildest R’n’R amusement park! For this special occasion and D-A-D’s first Australian Tour since 1990 they will perform all their Greatest Hits – Sleeping My Day Away, Girl Nation, Jihad, Laugh And 1/2, Bad Craziness, It’s After Dark, I Want What She’s Got and heaps more! D-A-D have continued a schedule of […]
Destroy All Lines are proud to announce that Las Vegas-based post-hardcore band Escape The Fate will be returning to Australian shores in April 2023 for The Dead Masquarade national tour. They’ll be bringing along their American friends in D.R.U.G.S. (Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows) for their first tour back in Australia in 10 years, and […]
Slowly but ever-so-surely the release of Slowly Slowly‘s new album Daisy Chain is fast approaching; but it’s not just the album fans can look forward to this November, with Slowly Slowly’s Ben Stewart set to perform some special acoustic shows following the album’s upcoming release on Friday November 4. The shows will be performed as […]
Words: Shannon-Lee Sloane – The Colourful Writer Rock Beats Depression. Rock beats in our hearts. Rock keeps our hearts beating… Music soothes the soul. Music heals. Sometimes writing and playing music is what heals us. Sometimes listening to it is what soothes us. Sometimes going out to see live music helps get us off the […]
Brisbane’s annual Moondoll Festival is fast becoming one of the premiere events on the local calendar. Despite being plagued by COVID-related issues, this year’s show, which featured Kaosis, Ben Ely, Kallidad, The Wrath and more, was a resounding success. Continuing with a second stage after it was well received the previous year, Moondoll 2022 showcased […]
New Brisbane metal outfit Glora are proud to introduce themselves to the music world with their debut single Paralysed. Despite only announcing themselves as a band recently, Glora have been holed up writing for over 12 months, fine-tuning their music and setting preparations in place to hit the ground with full sonic intensity. Paralysed delivers […]
Perth rising metal stars INFINITE EXILE are closing out the year with a bang, unleashing their third single Futility which also comes with a visually stunning video. The new release comes in the wake of two scorching singles released earlier this year, Subhuman and War Is Here.On the new track Futility, the band comments: “The […]
Following up from their acclaimed 2020 EP The Transience Of Flesh, Adelaide based blackened death metallers Descend To Acheron hand down their latest offering in the form of The Welcoming Void. The Welcoming Void is the most personal song Descend To Acheron have ever released, as it deals with the emotional side of loss. After […]
They are Sweden’s premiere purveyors of thrash metal meets sleaze rock; they are HARDCORE SUPERSTAR and due to popular demand they are bringing the party back to Australia in November thanks to Silverback Touring for their third consecutive tour in four years previously headlining in 2018 and with Buckcherry in 2019. Australia has certainly shown […]
Australian pub-rock rabblerousers Private Function have shared a Halloween treat with the scorching new single Seize and Destroy, the second track lifted from their forthcoming 2023 album, and the toughest song in their bulky back-catalogue. Tipping a cap to both The Stooges and Metallica and invoking the fury of ‘80s thrash metal, the vicious new […]
Melbourne based Garage Rockers TV Dinners have just released their insanely catchy new single Running On You. Since their humble beginnings in a Frankston bedroom in 2016, TV Dinners have shared the stage with many epic bands such as Jeff Rosenstock (USA), Lime Cordiale, Slowly Slowly, Bleeding Knees Club, and The Hard Aches. Their latest […]
Melbourne hard rockers HZED have released a video for their latest single Point Of View, a high-energy rock n’ roll song in the spirit of bands such as Halestorm and The Pretty Reckless. On the meaning behind the song, vocalist Michelle states: “It’s not giving a shit what others are saying about you, and that […]
Since their dynamic debut on the Melbourne alternative scene in 2019, Excuse for an Exit have taken no prisoners. Their premiere singles Here Again and Take Me Out scored them air-time on Triple J’s Home & Hosed and Short.Fast.Loud, rave reviews from several Unearthed presenters, and a place on Spotify’s coveted Rock Out playlist. Even […]
Melbourne alternative rock band Rumours team up with J Hurley and Jot Maxi of UK rap metal group Hacktivist on their new single, CTRL + ALT + DLT. The band will set off across Australia on a national tour in support, beginning next Friday, November 4. Produced mixed and mastered by long term collaborator Chris […]
Newcastle based Pop artist Horby has just released his epic new single Sing Like Hell. The new single encourages you to follow your dreams, no matter what expectations are placed upon you. “Sing Like Hell is really just a song about reflection and coming to own the fact that I’m not really any good at […]
Out Now Solid State Words by Erin Eddy The Hell We Create is the seventh studio album by Texan band Fit For A King, and it is ten tonnes of unyielding, meaty metalcore delivered with intensity. If there’s one thing I can really jive with, it’s music as a tool of catharsis when faced with […]
Out Now Words by Michael Naidos LACUNA COIL had established their place in the gothic metal scene by the time of the release of their third album Comalies in 2002 to strong reception from critics and fans alike, elevating their reach to countries outside their European homeland. The floral album cover artwork scintillatingly stood out […]
Out Now Nuclear Blast Records Words by Jimmy Glinster There I was driving home this afternoon when all of a sudden, the Fear Factory version of Cars came on Rebel FM. I was quickly reminded of how much I hated that song when it first came out, and also that I was meant to review […]
November 4 InsideOut Music I’m gonna bypass the introductory formalities regarding Devin Townsend and dive straight into giving my lowdown and (probably insignificant) review of his latest offering – Lightwork I don’t think that Townsend, in all honesty, needs to release a mature album of sorts because everything he has released in his thirty-year career […]
