Year: 2022

A few weeks ago, the New Wave of Swedish Death Metal architects IN FLAMES announced their fourteenth studio album, Foregone, with the immense single ‘Foregone Pt. 1’. Today, the band pick up the threads releasing ‘Foregone Pt. 2‘! Frontman Anders Fridén states, “While […]

Fresh from their Wacken Open Air 2022 appearance after winning this years Australian Wacken Metal Battle, Newcastle melodic metal outfit Lycanthrope maintain their indomitable momentum by releasing the first single ‘Built On Glass‘ from the upcoming EP […]

Seminal Seattle four-piece Mudhoney return to Australia in 2023, and people of Rye, they are coming for you! A mammoth odyssey spanning April and May will see them playing headline shows across six states, with […]

Halestorm has grown from a childhood dream of siblings Lzzy and Arejay Hale into one of the most celebrated rock bands of the last two decades. Fronted by the incomparable Lzzy Hale with drummer Arejay […]

Want some more Sum 41 in 2022? Along with joining The Offspring on the sold out national Australian tour this December, the Canadian punk rock juggernauts are thrilled to announce an intimate club show at Northcote Theatre in Melbourne […]

Just one week before the kick-off of their long-awaited co-headline-tour with Eluveitie,  AMORPHIS shroud you in more heavy riffs and timeless melodies by launching their brand new track ‘The Well’! As part of the “Halo (Tour Edition)” digipak […]

On February 24th, Finnish metal melancholists Insomnium will release their ninth full-length, Anno 1696, via Century Media Records. Anno 1696 is a gateway into another world. This time around, Insomnium tells us a tale based on a short story by Niilo Sevänen […]

In 2011, Fit For A King emerged out of Texas with a searing signature style rooted in metal and hardcore and uplifted by hypnotic hooks. Following the breakout LP Creation/Destruction [2013], they earned four consecutive Top 5 debuts on […]

Australia’s biggest alternative travelling music festival, aka Good Things Festival is almost upon us and it’s the biggest one yet! Good Things come to those who wait and Good Things Festival is thrilled to announce the headline sideshows from some of the […]

Atomic Drive is an original high-energy, melodic riff rock band from Cape Town, South Africa. Drawing influence from the likes of Audioslave, Guns n Roses and AC DC, the band was formed in 2019 by Floris […]

Following the release of their two latest singles “Reborn” and “You Will Never Be Our God”, symphonic metal icons XANDRIA have finally announced their upcoming new studio album, The Wonders Still Awaiting, out February 3, 2023 via Napalm […]

Hard-line extreme metal squad To The Grave are one of Australia’s most uncompromising bands. They return on February 24th, 2023, with the release of their heaviest album to date, both sonically and thematically. Director’s Cuts drops via Unique Leader Records […]

Grammy-nominated Lancaster five-piece AUGUST BURNS RED — JB Brubaker [lead guitar], Brent Rambler [rhythm guitar], Matt Greiner [drums], Jake Luhrs [vocals], and Dustin Davidson [bass] — have announced their new album Death Below. It arrives on March 24 via SharpTone Records. Pre-order it here. “It’s no secret that the past few […]

Perth industrial groove metal act ALL THIS FILTH have released their brand new single titled “Still Bleeds My Heart“, their first new music in 3 years. The track is available on all digital platforms here: https://li.sten.to/ATFsbmh Along with […]

Western Australian Death Metal act CRYPT CRAWLER announce their first interstate run, joining forces with South Australian Black Metal aficionados CHRIST DISMEMBERED and WA’s very own WOEWARDEN and DRIPPED as they head to Adelaide and […]

After “Live My Dream”, Norwegian heavy rockers STARGAZER return with the second digital single from their upcoming album. “Live Today” is a heartfelt ballad where Tore André Helgemo shows all his vocal range and potential until the […]

2021 W.A.M. Rock Band of the Year awarded The Southern River Band are back with new single ‘Watch Yourself (You’re Going to Hurt Somebody)‘. Built from a core of a strutting guitar riff, the complementing driving drums and melodic […]

TRIVIUM frontman and guitarist Matthew K. Heafy, under the name “KIICHI CHAOS,” and leading metal and hard rock label Nuclear Blast have teamed up with leading global esports organization Team Vitality for the launch of […]

Whether it’s the prog-rock, hypnotic slow burning opus Angler… The poetic, atmospheric imagery of murder ballads Ode To Ol’ John Doe and If You Only Knew… the late night rock n’ roll drive of Love Is Strange, or the punk/ […]

Perth’s newest heavy outfit, Pincer+, recently announced their signing to independent alternative music label, Greyscale Records and today they bring news of their debut EP, ‘Hunting God Tapes. Vol. 1: Violence‘, out Friday November 25. The band share new single “Ugly On 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 […]

“Lovers Die At Midnight” is the first sign of life from the new Scandinavian heavy rock act BIG SUN. With big hooks and haunting melodies, the band throws out a terrific take on danceable arena rock […]

With their new studio album just announced, German epic heavy metallers CROM release the title track of the record as the first digital single, which kicks off the promotion for the full-length. “The Era Of Darkness” is […]

It’s been a long time coming but international shows in Perth is well and truly back! Swedish metal masters Soilwork made sure of that on Tuesday night as they kicked off their much welcomed Australia […]