English heavy metal legends Iron Maiden have officially announced Australian and NZ stadium tour dates in April and May 2016 for the upcoming ‘The Book of Souls’ world tour. The new album, “The Book of Souls” is the...

Finnish metallers Lordi have been announced as the sixth band added to the Soundwave Festival in Australia next year. This will be the first time the Finnish metallers will venture to Australia. In 2006 the band made history...

Images: Mark Hoffmann Words: Suzie Killady A (not surprisingly) black clad crew lined the dock at Central Pier, Docklands to take part in he third voyage of the Hell on the Bay, subtitled with another clever film title...

Soundwave Touring have announced Sydney based metalcore outfit Northlane as the fifth band added to the 2016 instalment of the Soundwave Festival. After debuting at no.3 on the ARIA charts with the release of ‘Node’ earlier this year,...

Melbourne based metal quintet Toxicon have unveiled the debut track ‘Void’ from their forthcoming 11 track album. The 4 minute Heavy Metal crowd mover (which is rumoured to be recorded and filmed entirely in space) is the first...

Swedish alternative metal outfit Refused are the fourth band to be announced for the 2016 instalment of Soundwave Festival. The band are currently promoting their new release ‘Freedom’, now available from Epitaph Records. REFUSED wasn’t just ruminating about the...

Pennywise (the US punk band not the clown from Steven King’s “It”) will celebrate their 20th anniversary of ‘About Time’, the band’s third studio release which made its debut back in 1995.  The album was produced by Jerry Finn (Rancid,...

Black Sabbath have announced plans to Australia for their final tour across the world simply dubbed, The End, promising to surpass all previous tours. Dates includes Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Live Nation Australia currently have ticket details...

Sydney’s LORD have announced plans to tour the country this October and November. The guys in LORD are unashamedly massive fans of John Farnham, and after finding out he was headlining a major music festival in late November...

Melodic death metal masters Soilwork have announced plans to tour Australia in February next year thanks to Live Nation. The band will play a selection of club dates in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Soilwork are...