Year: 2022

Emerging from a turbulent few years armed with rejuvenated focus and ferocity, Adelaide rockers Alt. are closing out 2022 on a huge note, announcing today their signing to Resist Records for Australia, and SharpTone Records for the rest of the world, […]

Winter is coming… and El Puerto Records sign Dying Phoenix! DYING PHOENIX from Berlin have signed a worldwide contract with El Puerto Records! Their debut album will be released in 2023.  The band got prominent support: […]

Rockshots Records will be releasing Finnish rockers Highway Queen‘s debut full-length “Bitter Soul” this coming December. The album is a collection of rock and metal songs with beautiful melodies, and strong riffs with heavy drums and bass. Each song […]

Swiss thrash metallers Gomorra will issue their sophomore full-length album, Dealer of Souls, on December 9, 2022 via Noble Demon. The album is available for pre-order HERE. With their blend of insanely fast and groovy riffs full of […]

Canadian hardcore luminaries Alexisonfire have added a second Melbourne show on Saturday 25 February to their anticipated 2023 Australian visit. Responding to demand during the pre-sale period, the five-piece will now deliver five headline shows down under, kicking off at Brisbane’s Fortitude […]

Mudhoney are pleased to announce a stellar lineup of local supports for their upcoming 2023 Australian tour …. Wollongong post-punk duo Chimers join to open shows in Coolangatta, Byron Bay, Brisbane with noise psych band Gravel […]

Multi-platinum Grammy-nominated hard rock band Godsmack have officially announced details for their forthcoming eighth studio album Lighting Up The Sky, which will be out February 24, 2023 via BMG. The album follows the band’s globally acclaimed & gold-certified […]

The purists may be shocked but the serenity and cinematic feel of the opener ‘’ Dark Country. Ritual’’ is undeniable and it is also pure Nytt Land. This is a reimagining of their previous LP […]

If you had to list the most important heavy Australian albums of all time, it’s likely that Sunk Loto’s 2003 release Between Birth and Death would be near the top, and metal aficionados still consider the band as one of […]

Eviscerate The Crown returns with a heart stopping heavy hitter that will leave you wanting more. The Australian Prog outfit have again brought together elements of metalcore and deathcore to produce an aggressive soundscape, delivering […]

It was with no small amount of trepidation that I set off to the Enmore on this Sunday night. I mean, the Black Crowes, playing their killer debut album in full? What’s not to love, […]

The result of Turkish duo multi-instrumentalist Ozan Tunc and vocalist Ozan Erkmen. ‘’ Elegy of Fire Dusk’’ is only their second record yet it is an elaborate concept album that revolves around Turkish Mythology and […]

Hailing from the region Pisa/Livorno, Tuscany Deathless Legacy is a quintet that specializes in horror and the supernatural. Mater Larvarum (their Sixth!) is an epic tale of the feminine arising from the underground. Upon first […]

Alternative rock act Black Hornet have released their new video for the track “Fever Of The Night“, the opener from the current album “Remove Before Flight”, which was released on July 1st, 2022. The first […]

Sweden’s Candlemass are one of the big four of doom before it became known as doom. Since 1982 they have defined and perfected the art of huge monolithic riffs and soaring vocals, epic themes that […]

White Skull is a heavy metal band from Italy formed in 1988, releasing eleven albums across a three-decade career – with the band’s most recent release ‘Metal Never Rusts’, emerging in 2022… …featuring the band’s […]

The heavy metal ‘n’ roll, dark, madcap visionaries collectively known as AVATAR — vocalist Johannes Eckerström (vocals), guitarists Jonas Jarlsby and Tim Öhrström, bassist Henrik Sandelin, and drummer John Alfredsson — have emerged from deep within the Swedish forest to announce Dance Devil Dance, their ninth […]

Platinum-selling powerhouse Pierce The Veil  — guitarist/vocalist Vic Fuentes, guitarist Tony Perry, and bassist Jaime Preciado — have announced their new album The Jaws of Life. It arrives February 10, 2023 via longtime label Fearless […]

In the wake of the ecstatic reaction to its appropriately titled opening track and first single “Frenzy“, it can now be revealed that Iggy Pop will unleash his new album, EVERY LOSER, on the public come January 6, 2023 […]

In the home country of some of the world’s top metalcore bands, it can be hard to stand out from the crowd and bring something new to the table. IRONSTONE, hailing from Bendigo, has more than […]

From day one, David was Born To Fly!! With The Dead Daisies about to wing their way to the UK on their Winter Tour in December, the single ‘Born To Fly’ is set to take […]

Borderline Destruction is a new metal festival on the scene featuring International and Domestic acts. A joint venture between Destruct Agency and Borderline BMT it is headlined this year by Unearth who make their long […]

  Hardline Media are absolutely stoked to announce that SACRED REICH & VIO-LENCE will be heading down under in MARCH 2023 for an epic thrash double bill! After a 29 year wait, Hardline Media are thrilled to welcome back SACRED REICH to Aussie […]

US post hardcore icons, Saosin will return to Australia for the first time in 13 years for a national headline tour in March, 2023! Fronted by their original vocalist, Anthony Green, the band will be playing bangers from […]