LOWER HOLLOW Unleash Second Album Single ‘Burning Bridges’
South African metallic hardcore band Lower Hollow is back with their second single Burning Bridges from their forthcoming album Threnody: Songs of Fortitude, set to release via Mongrel Records on July 19. Following the success of their debut album Bloom & Expire in 2023, Lower Hollow faced significant changes, parting ways with three founding members. […]
HAMMERFALL Release New Album Single ‘Freedom’
HAMMERFALL will release their 13th studio album Avenge The Fallen on August 9 via Nuclear Blast. When it comes to the main focus of the album, frontman Joacim Cans mentions Freedom and the urge to let anyone be who they want to be. It’s represented in the album’s cover, where the band’s faithful warrior Hector […]
DROPKICK MURPHYS Add Second Melbourne Show
Melbourne punk rockers, we have some good news for you! Boston’s rock ‘n’ roll underdogs turned champions DROPKICK MURPHYS and CHICAGO’s rock canons ALKALINE TRIO have added a 2nd show in Melbourne after selling out the first show in under an hour. The 2nd show will be at the Forum on Monday 18 November and […]
SISTERS DOLL Lay Down The Law On new Song ‘Don’t Give Up On Us’
Melbourne rock trio Sisters Doll have just released the best rock song of 2024. Don’t Give Up On Us is simply epic. Tension driven verses lead into bombastic sing-along chorus that will instantly etch itself onto your soul. Passionate, vulnerable and powerful, Don’t Give Up On Us, has all the hallmarks of a classic, rock […]
SUNBLEACHED Share New Single ‘White Lace’
Brisbane alt-rock band Sunbleached share new single White Lace, and announce upcoming EP, I Crawled Into The Hole out Friday August 30. The news arrives fresh off the back of the announcement they’ll showcase at this year’s BIGSOUND Festival, and will main support UK alt rockers Boston Manor at three shows in August. Produced and […]
THE MIDNIGHT DEVILS Plan To Be BOPPIN THE WALLABY Any Way They Can
After smashing us clean out of the ball park on their first visit to Australia last year, LA rock outfit The Midnight Devils are returning this week for a national run of shows supporting Bon But Not Forgotten. But the guys have managed to squeeze in a few headlining shows around those commitments, and with […]
BON BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Celebrate 50 Years Of AC/DC With First Dates Of Massive Tour This Weekend
Any Australian music lover of any pedigree would be aware this year marks 50 years of hard rock excellence as brought to you by Australia’s greatest ever musical export AC/DC. With the band who started it all playing fewer and fewer shows these days, Bon But Not Forgotten have decided to celebrate this momentous occasion […]
TEENAGE JOANS Plus BETWEEN YOU & ME Announce Co-Headlining Tour
Dialling up the fun this August and September, Teenage Joans and Between You & Me are proud to announce the1800-Painless co-headline tour, with 17 regional dates locked and loaded across Australia this August and September. Launching the 1800-Painless run, Teenage Joans and Between You & Me will kick proceedings off on Friday 9 August in […]
DIRTY SOUND MAGNET Share New Track ‘Utopia’
Eclectic Swiss rock trio Dirty Sound Magnet recently shared their fourth full-length album Dreaming In Dystopia, with the world and have just unveiled the music video for Utopia. The band comment on the video “The music video for the song Utopia was shot during the band’s Mexican tour in March 2024. Utopia already had that […]
AVALANCHE Come Out Swinging With New Single ‘Armed To The Teeth’
Prepare to be blown away by Avalanche’s latest hard rock anthem, Armed To The Teeth. This track delivers an unrelenting blast of pure rock fury, showcasing Aussie rock at its finest. Featuring searing, explosive guitars, thunderous drums, and raw, unbridled dynamics, Armed To The Teeth is a high-voltage anthem that grabs you by the throat […]
July Round Up Of THE NOISE Out Now
Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, Dirty Heads, Nothing More, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, have released their latest edition of The NOISE, their monthly trailer highlighting the label’s newest music. This month, the trailer features: NOTHING MORE Active rock heavyweights NOTHING MORE marked the release […]
MUNICIPAL WASTE Kick Off Australian Tour This Friday
US thrash metal warriors Municipal Waste kick off their first Australian tour in over a decade this Friday, July 5, at Northcote Theatre in Melbourne. With a great line-up of Aussie bands supporting each show, Melbourne will see Stepmother, Hacker and Gutless open proceedings, Sydney welcomes Neptune Power Federation and The Veebees, who also open […]
20 Years Of BATI-HOLIC
Written by Iris Reinbacher One day in spring 2004, fifteen (former) students of Kyoto’s Ritsumeikan University gathered in Tokyo for a wadaiko (Japanese drums) concert. It was only meant as a one-off performance, but the experience was so exhilarating that ten of them decided to continue making music. This marked the birth of BATI-HOLIC, a […]
NEAERA Drop ‘Edifier’ From New Album
All is Dust, the new full-length from German metalcore veterans NEAERA, is out now on Metal Blade Records. Lyrically the band has altered their approach a bit and put the individual, its survival, and sanity in these testing times center stage alongside lyrics that tackle global and social clamor – a shift that was arguably […]
CATEGORY 7 Unleash New Track ‘Mousetrap’
Mousetrap is the latest single from CATEGORY 7, the heavy metal supergroup featuring the iconic line-up of John Bush (Armored Saint, Anthrax), Mike Orlando (Adrenaline Mob, Sonic Universe, Noturnall), Phil Demmel (Machine Head, Kerry King, Vio-Lence), Jack Gibson (Exodus), and Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall, Overkill). The track comes courtesy of the band’s self-titled debut full-length, […]
THE MENZINGERS Closing In On Australia/New Zealand Tour
Due to fan demand, US punk institution, The Menzingers have upgraded their venues in New Zealand, added a 2nd show in Sydney, and have almost sold out their Melbourne show (100 tix left)! Snap ’em up quick before you miss out!
Premiere: CORY MARKS (ft DL from BAD WOLVES) ‘Guilty’
Equally divided between arena-rock and roots country, singer-songwriter CORY MARKS has released new with the rock-leaning Guilty, featuring guest vocals from DL of Bad Wolves. The track is available digitally via all streaming platforms and will be included on MARKS’ forthcoming solo album due later this year via Better Noise Music. Guilty (feat. DL of […]
Premiere: THE FUNERAL PORTRAIT “Suffocate City’
Theatrical emo rock group THE FUNERAL PORTRAIT deliver massive riffs and a driving chorus while evoking a sense of fear on their new track Suffocate City, featuring guest vocals from Spencer Charnas of horror-themed active rock outfit Ice Nine Kills. Out digitally today, June 21, Suffocate City is the second sample of new music from […]
REDHOOK Unleash Music Video For ‘Cannibal’
Gadigal/Sydney-based alt-rock force RedHook have followed up the release of their kinky industrial metal slammer Cannibal featuring Alpha Wolf with a sexually-charged music video, directed by the band’s frequent collaborator and mate, Ten Of Swords Media‘s Colin Jeffs (Breaking Up With, Imposter). The orally-fixated clip continues the themes of femme sexual empowerment and reclamation that […]
ORDEN OGAN Unleash New Track ‘Conquest’
German dark power metal band ORDEN OGAN have unleashed their powerful new single Conquest. The song is taken from their upcoming album, The Order Of Fear, which will be released on July 5, 2024 via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM). The soft whimsy at the song’s beginning quickly swells into a strutting, triumphant romp. By balancing […]
LOST SOULS Double Up On Second Single ‘The Return’
Australia, meet Lost Souls – the new heroes of metalcore tasked with saving the world one thunderous breakdown at a time. The five-piece have released their monumental new single, The Return, which is only the second taste of music from the band and is available everywhere today (Independent). Lost Souls’ second single The Return concludes […]
AMORPHIS Celebrate 30th Anniversary Of TALES FROM THE THOUSAND LAKES With Live Rendition
The 30th anniversary of AMORPHIS‘ landmark album, Tales From The Thousand Lakes, will be celebrated with a live recording that sets new standards in terms of brilliance and intensity. Set for official unveiling on July 12, 2024 via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM) on CD+Blu-ray and vinyl, the performance was shot at the iconic Tavastia Club […]
OCTOPLOID Launch Final Album Single ‘The Hallowed Flame’
OCTOPLOID have launched their final single, The Hallowed Flame, leading toward the highly-anticipated released of their debut album Beyond The Aeons. Accompanied by a striking music video (directed by Pete Voutilainen), The Hallowed Flame features Olli-Pekka “Oppu” Laine’s former BARREN EARTH bandmate and SWALLOW THE SUN vocalist Mikko Kotamäki. OCTOPLOID once again take listeners on […]
SPEED Unleash Latest Track ‘Don’t Need’
Sydney hardcore outfit SPEED have dropped their latest single, Don’t Need. Seemingly in your face on the surface, the song continues the bands’ message of staying true to themselves and the community that raised them. It comes with an anthemic, thrasher-styled music video, culminating in a vibrant final verse: “You keep runnin and runnin that […]
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Announce IRON MAIDEN Sideshows
Get ready to witness metal history in the making! Killswitch Engage, legends of modern heavy music, are set to bring their intense, soul-shaking live show to Australia this September. You can count the number of acts in the last twenty years that have influenced and inspired entire sub genres within the heavy music scene. Killswitch […]
ULCERATE Announce Album Tour Of Australia & New Zealand
New Zealand unorthodox Death Metal legends Ulcerate have just released their mind-bending 7th album, Cutting the Throat of God and will be bringing it to stages across New Zealand and Australia this winter. Their amalgamation of dark, oppressive death metal, atmosphere and mood into sonics brimming with pure rhythmic and dissonant extremity make for a […]
THE OMNIFIC Announce Tour To Support New Album THE LAW OF AUGMENTING RETURNS
To celebrate the release of The Omnific’s brand new album, The Law Of Augmenting Returns, the world’s most prominent bass driven instrumental rock act will hit the road and take their awe inspiring live show across the nation this September. Featuring the mind-bending tracks including single, Matrices, Base Camp, Will-O’-The-Wisp and Phat Mackerel, The Law […]
96 BITTER BEINGS Drop New Album RETURN TO HELLVIEW
Influential Los Angeles rock band 96 BITTER BEINGS has released their new record, Return To Hellview, today. The collection of fan-favourite, re-recorded CKY tracks spanning founding guitarist, vocalist and primary songwriter Deron Miller’s time with the band is available digitally now from Nuclear Blast Records. Miller recently commented on the record: “Revisiting these songs was […]
EXTREME All Class On New Track ‘Beautiful Girls’
Extreme’s new video Beautiful Girls is out now and is THE northern summer anthem of 2024, celebrating the uniqueness of all the special women around this world. The summer-themed video highlights the beach, sun and surf, cool drinks and all the fun fun fun the season has to offer. Blasting off with a calypso beat […]
GRETA VAN FLEET Announce Second Brisbane Show
Grammy Award Winning U.S. Rock act GRETA VAN FLEET are set to make their highly anticipated return to Australian and New Zealand shores this August for the first time since 2019. Having sold out their Brisbane Fortitude Music Hall show on August 21, they will now play a second show at the Brisbane venue on […]
AL DI MEOLA Finds Peace On New Track ‘Eden’
Celebrated guitarist and composer Al Di Meola is releasing today his brand new single Eden, which is a musical masterpiece and offers an inside look into his new studio album, Twentyfour, coming out on July 19. Once again, Al Di Meola demonstrates his unbelievable talent with this new single. It is an acoustic opus with […]
ALTERIUM Release New Song ‘Hear My Voice’
Following the release of their much-acclaimed, first full-length studio album, Of War And Flames and numerous, frenetically acclaimed live appearances in support of their debut, ALTERIUM – the uprising Italian power metal quintet led by Nicoletta Rosellini (ex. Kalidia, Walk in Darkness), has unleashed a new video single. About the song Hear My Voice, the […]
CRYPT CRAWLER Unleash Album Title Track ‘The Immortal Realm’
Perth death metal purveyors Crypt Crawler have announced that their new album, The Immortal Realm, will be released on September 13 with the title track being dropped like a ten-ton hammer onto an unsuspecting public. The band comment: “‘The Immortal Realm’ tells the story of a future where upper class humans stop reproducing in favour […]
JUDAS PRIESTESS Announce Debut Australian Tour
There are not many tribute band vocalists who can boast featuring on a track with, as well as being endorsed by, the lead singer of the band being paid tribute to. One vocalist who can claim that ultimate seal of approval is Militia Vox, lead singer with New York band, Judas Priestess, the world’s only […]
CLAY J GLADSTONE Offer Latest Single ‘Death By Idle Hands’
Sydney-based maniacal punk rockers Clay J Gladstone have offered up their latest single Death By Idle Hands, out now via freshly acquired independent record label DefWolf Records. The new song follows April’s Postmodern Teenage Angst, and further teases a debut album set to drop later in the year. Coined Corey Taylor’s ‘New Fkn Favourite Band‘ […]
BAT SABBATH, MOUNTAIN WIZARD DEATH CULT, POTION: Crowbar, Sydney 15/06/24
Words by Matt New Pix by Angie New Photography Toronto’s Cancer Bats are one of the most revered hardcore punk acts in the modern era of punk and affiliated genres. Their influence is widespread, but particularly strong in Australia, where local acts like Fangz and Hammers draw a lot of inspiration from the Canadian four-piece. […]
THE FUNERAL PORTRAIT Team With ICE NINE KILLS On Upcoming Track
Coffin Crew you read that right! The Funeral Portrait is dropping a brand new song, Suffocate City, featuring Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills on June 21. Show your devotion and pre-save now to be one of the first to hear it by pre-ordering here: https://thefuneralportrait.ffm.to/suffocatecity
FROM ASHES TO NEW Unleash ‘Live Before I’m Dead (Hours)’
Dive into the raw intensity of From Ashes To New’s powerful new official video, Live Before I’m Dead (Hours). This is Matt Brandyberry’s first time singing on an FATN track, so this is a special one! This anthem is more than just a song; it’s a visceral journey through life’s struggles and triumphs, urging you […]
CAIRO KNIFE FIGHT Get Tough On Upcoming Live Version Of ‘The Violence Of Action’
Musical powerhouse Cairo Knife Fight are set to release a live version of their 2011 track The Violence of Action on June 28 via Golden Robot Records. This single is a nod to the band’s raw and dynamic origins, delivering an authentic live experience captured in a single take. “The release of this track feels […]
CANCER BATS, FANGZ, PISTONFIST, STRANGE FICTION: Brightside, Brisbane 13/06/24
Words by Jimmy Glinster Pix by CounterfeitFilms This is a weird line-up for me, because I know every band name, but I’m only familiar with the music of one of them. And no, it’s not the headliner, or even the main support, both of which I was meant to be interviewing during soundcheck. In a […]
SOLENCE Offer The Cure With ‘A Banger A Day Keeps The Doctor Away’
Formed in Stockholm, SE and based out of Los Angeles, Solence have engaged global audiences with their authentic positive vibes, high energy performances, and endless optimism. The world can be cruel, but Solence offers a simple cure: A Banger a Day Keeps the Doctor Away. Much like their recent track F*ck The Bad Vibes, the […]
MUNT Share New Single ‘The Curse Of Frailty’
Aussie Black-Grinding-Death metal band MUNT have released a new single, THE CURSE OF FRAILTY, the first of two conceptually-intertwined tracks releasing in 2024. It is a seething and churning lean towards blackened death metal, driven by pounding D-beats and harrowing melodies that evoke sickly and despairing feelings. The themes of this song are a candid […]
SHOTGUN MISTRESS Unleash New Album KINGS OF THE REVOLUTION
Melbourne rockers SHOTGUN MISTRESS have just released their sophomore album, Kings Of The Revolution. This comes off the back of their spate of single releases this year including 2 number one singles JUDE JUDAS & Mary Jane featuring Electric Mary’s Rusty Brown. Going straight to #1 on the iTUNES ROCK ALBUM CHARTS & #3 OVERALL […]
ANVIL Drop New Music With ‘One And Only’
By the end of this month, on June 28, 2024, the Canadian cult metal trio ANVIL will release its brand new, 20th studio album, One And Only, via AFM Records. “Just when you thought Anvil wasn’t heavy anymore,” says charismatic frontman, Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow, and following previously-released, first album appetizers Feed Your Fantasy and Truth […]
RIDING WITH KILLERS Release New Track ‘DNA’
Riding With Killers, a Detroit-based alt/metal group featuring current and former members of Taproot, etc., has just unveiled a new music video for their single DNA. This visually stunning video, directed by renowned film director Jason Arntz of Revo Media, is set to elevate the band’s powerful music and sound to new heights. The single […]
FANGZ Drop New Track ‘Wasting Time’ To Launch Tour With CANCER BATS
Eora/Sydney-based punk rock quintet FANGZ have just revealed their frenetic single Wasting Time and B-side Nothing To Lose – produced by Tim Maxwell (LOSER) and mixed by Jonathan Gardner (Front End Loader, Grinspoon). Raucous guitars wrap a resolute rhythmic section, as Wasting Time defies its title brazenly with haste. Recalling the vibe of post-hardcore luminaries […]
FIRE FROM THE GODS Release ‘Soul Revolution Deluxe – The Collabs’
For some artists, making music isn’t a choice, it’s fueled by something larger than themselves. This is undoubtedly true for alt-metal outfit FIRE FROM THE GODS who have today, June 14, released the deluxe digital version of their disruptive 2022 album SOUL REVOLUTION via Better Noise Music. It was co-produced by Erik Ron (Godsmack, Motionless […]
REDHOOK & ALPHA WOLF Team Up For ‘Cannibal’
Gadigal/Sydney-based alt-rock genre-benders RedHook are back gnashing their teeth and licking their lips on Cannibal, featuring Naarm/Melbourne metalcore titans Alpha Wolf – produced by Stevie Knight (Stand Atlantic) and mixed by James Paul Wisner (Underoath, Paramore). Cannibal is a dark and sexy industrial metal stomper inspired by both bands’ collective vision to celebrate more sexual […]
FIXATION Return With ‘Random Acts Of Violence’
Fixation is back with a new song and announces an EP before taking the stage at several European festivals. The band, originally from Norway, has quickly established themselves as one of the major new rising stars in metalcore. Their debut album was released in 2023, and that same year, Fixation performed over 60 international concerts. […]
WICKED THINGS Release New Track ’10X ME’
In the same vain as their heroes, Guns N Roses and Skid Row, Wicked Things deliver another Rock N Roll Anthem that is just as infectious as the song title. With its Sabbath meets Ratt meets AC/DC riff and a vocal delivery full of attitude not seen in rock for at least a decade, 10X […]