Year: 2022

Swedish modern metal sensation AMARANTHE are keen to release their brand new single “Find Life“, right in time for the start of their multiply postponed co-headlining European tour with Beyond The Black. Olof Mörck comments: “‘Find Life’ sees Amaranthe exploring […]

In the past two years, Symphonic metal super stars NIGHTWISH have been affected by the cancellations and restrictions just like many other artists out there, and could not present their highly successful Human. :II: Nature. album (No. 1 in […]

Dark Forest is a heavy metal band from the UK formed in 2002 by guitarist Christian Horton. The band have released five albums to date – ‘Dark Forest’ (2009), ‘Dawn Of Infinity’ (2011), ‘The Awakening’ […]

Well here we are my Metal Roo Family – I’m back with a personal favourite review. I trust you are all well & can get out & about to give yourself some much-needed music therapy. […]

ASTRODEATH are excited to announce the launch of their new tour “RED WEED” celebrating the forthcoming release of their new single and video. This new tour will see’s the lads blasting up the East Coast […]

German Symphonic Metal ascending stars BEYOND THE BLACK can already look back across a stratospherically successful career, despite their youthful years. Upon release, their 2015 debut album hit like a bomb in their home country. Songs Of Love […]

Brash, unashamed, loud and in your face, GLAM FEST is here Australia. Catering to fans of throwback glam metal (think ‘80s era Sunset strip), sleaze, shock rock, hard rock and everything in between, GLAM FEST offers fans […]

Sydney metalcore quartet Bloodshot just released their crushing new single ‘Move‘. Representing a bold and assertive new direction, Bloodshot are taking no prisoners with this high-octane concoction of drop tuned fretwork, vibrant synths and a tasteful interplay between […]

With over 100+ million streams and a tremendously successful album released just a year ago, symphonic metal titans THERION have not been idle and continue their epic Leviathan trilogy with striking new single ‘Marijin Min Nar‘. Christofer comments: “When […]

Melbourne rockers Thornhill have had a huge year with no plans on slowing down anytime soon. Their epic sophomore full-length record Heroine stormed up the charts debuting at #3 on the ARIA Album Chart. Not only that, it debuted at #1 on the Australian album chart and has […]

Fusing mathcore cacophony with downtuned bludgeoning tones for a progressive metal sound layered with electronics. Frontierer are in a class of their own. Originally a two-person bedroom project created by Scottish guitarist and primary songwriter […]

Norwegian Black/Death Metallers Brotthogg have just released their third full-length album Epicinium, a dynamic display of deathly blackened and thrashing extremity filled with dark and gloomy melodies. Be sure to check out the new lyric […]

The undisputed Duke of Spook, WEDNESDAY 13, will finally drop his highly-anticipated new album, Horrifier, this Friday, October 7, 2022 via Napalm Records! Today, following addictive first single “You’re so Hideous”, and one of his heaviest outputs yet, the […]

UK’s dark rock legends The Sisters of Mercy will be returning to Australia & New Zealand this October and November, playing shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland & Wellington. Joining them for NZ and all […]

There are not many times in what passes for modern metal, where we are forced to stop ourselves and take notice of what is a truly special and utterly transcendental moment in music. Too often […]

With the band releasing more content in advance of an album release than ever before, ALTER BRIDGE is back with the fourth song from their upcoming album, Pawns & Kings. “This Is War” is the bombastic album opener that sets […]

A piece of art in four acts, the legendary Ukrainian act Drudkh has emerged as titans within the Black metal. Unafraid to question the beliefs of a modern society consumed by its materialistic nature and […]

Hailing from Greece Aenaon is an Avant Garde musical project that celebrates the Greek goddess of remembrance and the river of memory, this is their third full-length album and it is a myriad of textures […]

Australia’s premier extreme metal merchants Thy Art Is Murder are thrilled to announce the Decade Of Hate Australian Tour. Plowing through the country in January 2023, Thy Art Is Murder will celebrate the 10-year anniversary […]

One week after the release of their new album “Survive“, Stratovarius first album in 7 years, the band follows with a dystopian video release for the third track of the album, “Broken“. It’s a melodic […]

Almost 10 years ago, Candlemass legend Leif Edling made the doom metal world a darker and ultimately more interesting place with new band, AVATARIUM. Over the next eight years the band released four criticially acclaimed […]

Asylum is a thrash metal band from Australia formed in 2012 releasing three E.P.’s – ‘Slaughterhouse’ (2013), ‘Concealed Death’ (2016), and the live ‘Live In Melbourne’ (2021). The band’s debut full-length album ‘Tyrannicide’ was released […]

Stormrider Festival returned to Badlands Bar in Perth this past weekend with another stellar lineup of local rock and metal acts. From sleaze rock to power metal, grungey riffs and death metal headbangers, we had […]

Today marks the next chapter in the epic journey of Lorna Shore, leading up to the release of new album, Pain Remains (due to be unleashed October 14 via Century Media Records / Sony Music […]