Bullet For My Valentine will return to U.S. stages for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a welcome return to American venues. The band will also make appearances at key spring festivals, including Sonic Temple and Welcome to Rockville. From Ashes to New will appear on select dates. “We’re excited to ..read more

Words and interview by Erin Eddy The Go Set are veterans of the Aussie music scene with a career spanning 20 years and the infusion of traditional Celtic folk music weaved into their sound not only sets them apart but helps them reach a wider audience than the average punk rock band. Their high-energy live ..read more

Spirit of Hamlet is a long-distance collaboration of four absolute history-making juggernauts: Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE, The Stooges), Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple), Scotty Irving (Clang Quartet), and highly-acclaimed songwriter/producer Benjy Johnson. “I have been a guest on Mike’s show, and he was kind enough to ask me if I would be interested in recording ..read more

Out Now Words by Kris Peters After their highly impressive debut No Saints In The City last year, Ghosts Of Sunset (singer/songwriter John Merchant and multi-instrumentalist Todd Long) return with the follow-up Breathe. While No Saints was more conceptually based, telling many interwoven stories of life in New York City and featuring many guest contributions ..read more

To say that GUTTERFIRE! have been itching to get out on the road in a meaningful way for a while doesn’t quite get to the heart of it. The past three years have been rough for the music industry as a whole and after finishing their debut album just weeks shy of the country’s first ..read more

HEAVY is proud to jump on board with Wacken Metal Battle Australia & New Zealand. With heats already completed in Perth, Adelaide and Sydney, there are still events to be staged in Hobart, Brisbane (King Lear’s Throne, April 9) and Canberra (The Basement, April 16) and let me tell you the quality of bands has ..read more

It has been a long time coming for Melbourne’s indie rockers British India, and it appears that fans did not desert them during two years of Covid restrictions with the band having recently been awarded both ARIA Platinum and Gold Record status for their songs I Can Make You Love Me and Suddenly, due to ..read more

AFTERMATH released their highly anticipated new album, No Time To Waste via Zoid Entertainment /TLG/INgrooves last Friday, March 17, 2023. This marks the third album in a trilogy, and is a departure from the previous dark, concept album instalment in the trilogy. “We are really proud of this album. It completes a trilogy of albums ..read more

Perth alternative singer-songwriter RinRin is set to bring her unrelenting infusion of pop-punk, nu-metal and J-rock across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne for the Protagonist May 2023 Tour. Featuring exhilarating fretwork, vibrant synths and a groove-oriented rhythm section bolstering RinRin’s powerhouse vocals, the group delivers infectious melodies akin to Paramore, BabyMetal and Avril Lavigne. Having established ..read more

Today, the producers of Unify Gathering proudly announce Unify Off The Record 2023. Hitting Mackay, Adelaide, Wollongong, Hobart and Frankston, Unify Off The Record 2023 features a diverse lineup of Australia’s premiere heavy acts including ARIA chart topping Northlane, Thy Art Is Murder, Thornhill, Make Them Suffer, Teenage Joans, In Hearts Wake, Alpha Wolf, Ocean ..read more