Year: 2022

IMMORTAL have completed work on their upcoming new studio album. Their new record, War Against All, will be released via Nuclear Blast Records. This is the band’s 10th studio album, and it will feature 8 new songs in classic IMMORTAL style. The […]

West Chicago Metal Industrial project Derision Cult, led by multi-instrumentalist Dave McAnally, released the official music video for “Bastards of the World“! Produced by Sean Payne (Cyanotic, Robohop, Conformco), “Bastards of the World” is off […]

‘Overdrive‘ is the riff-filled new single from Riley’s L.A Guns and is out now via Golden Robot Records. This track comes in anticipation of their upcoming album, expected to be in their fans hands in […]

Seminal Seattle four-piece Mudhoney return to Australia in 2023, marking nine years since their last local shows in 2014. A mammoth odyssey spanning April and May will see them playing headline shows across six states, with a […]

After being buried for 3 years, Stigmata Promotions is proud to present Exhumation Deathfest II⁠. A day of brutal death metal, featuring 10 death & doom metal bands from around Australia who will be blowing […]

German nu-metal band OCEANS are set to release their third EP Hell Is Where The Heart Is – Part III: Clarity next month. It serves as the final part of the Hell Is Where The Heart Is EP […]

Brisbane blackened thrash/death metal act Idle Ruin have dropped a brand new single titled “Delta Hexatoxin” which premiered on Metal.de & Heavy Blog Is Heavy. The track comes off an upcoming full-length album which the band have been busy working […]

Classic Bay Area Thrashers HEATHEN are set to play Australia for the first time in support of their latest album Empire Of The Blind out now on Nuclear Blast. Originating from the San Francisco Bay Area, active from 1984 to 1993 […]

  The Metal Gods reigned supreme at Badlands Bar in Perth on Saturday night as the one and only Tim “Ripper” Owens and his backing band that also includes drumming legend Simon Wright, known for […]

Riot City is a heavy metal band from Canada formed in 2011, releasing their debut album ‘Burn The Night’ in 2019. The band’s sophomore album ‘Electric Elite’ was released in 2022. Bringing forth a resounding […]

Durty Triix is a hard rock band from Australia formed in 2021 by vocalist/guitarist Scotty Ginn (Rags N Riches), releasing their debut album ‘Crackin’ Skulls And Crushin’ Bones’ in 2022. The band are completed of […]

After a few reschedules & bands having to drop out or cancel due to that state of the fluctuating world – Here we are!! I do have to say I was personally a little sad […]

Headshot is a thrash metal band from Germany formed in 1993, releasing six albums to date – ‘Brain At Risk’ (1995), ‘Emotional Overload’ (1999), ‘Diseased’ (2003), ‘As Above, So Below’ (2008), ‘Synchronicity’ (2011), and 2022’s […]

After two long years of on-again, off-again, more on-again, more off-again announcements, the world’s most beloved big haired heavy metal outfit Steel Panther finally returned to Australia this past week. Having previously announced shows for […]

Sisters Doll, one of the hardest working rock n roll bands in the country have just released their super charged new single, Prisoner. With big drums, big riffs a proper old school guitar solo and […]

With The Alchemy Project, out on November 11th through Atomic Fire Records, symphonic metal titans EPICA finish their 20th anniversary year with a bang and will deliver seven new songs that were all created with a unique concept […]

With the release of their highly anticipated new album Astral Fortress only a week away, Darkthrone have released the song “Caravan Of Broken Ghosts” accompanied by a lyric video filmed by Fenriz and created by Matthew Vickerstaff. With the song, Fenriz says “there […]

Konquest is a heavy metal band from Italy formed in 2019 by multi-instrumentalist Alex Rossi, releasing their debut album ‘The Night Goes On’ in 2021, and their sophomore album ‘Time And Tyranny’ just a year […]

Circles‘ storm continues with the release of their most dynamic track yet, ‘Echo‘ out October 19. ‘Echo’ and its accompanying music video comes as the third single of their upcoming EP ‘The Stories We Are Afraid Of […]

Just in time for the kick-off of their nearly completely sold-out tour with Lorna Shore, cinematic extreme metal masters ABORTED have released ‘Infinite Terror‘, their first single in partnership with Nuclear Blast Records. The new track is […]

ARIA and APRA nominated iconic Melbourne band Kingswood have today unveiled details about their forthcoming studio album ‘Home‘ featuring the new single ‘Burning Holes‘. This is hands down the best writing to come from the Kingswood camp since in recent times and heralds […]

Rounding off a special anniversary year for the band (35 years since foundation of the group as well as launching the debut album ‚Animal House’) and its fearless leader & voice Udo Dirkschneider (who turned […]

In cooperation with Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e. V., German hard rock titans BONFIRE finance the “Farba Project” with donations in order to help traumatized children and young people from Ukraine. Today, the band re-issued the song “Freedom Is My Belief ” (originally released on their […]

Borealis are a melodic metal band from Canada formed in 2005, releasing five albums to date – ‘World Of Silence’ (2008), ‘Fall From Grace’ (2011), ‘Purgatory’ (2015), ‘The Offering’ (2018), and ‘Illusions’ released in 2022. […]