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  • King Parrot drop “Dead End” and are heading to America

    King Parrot have unleashed “Dead End”, their brand new music video to coincide with the band’s upcoming US tour this March/April. If you don’t know who King Parrot are by now, you seriously need your head checked. Hailed by...

    • Posted 12 years ago
  • New Cryptic Abyss single ‘Blood on the Nature Strip’, ft. Youngy from King Parrot

    Melbourne groove-metallers Cryptic Abyss are set to release their debut EP ‘Into the Abyss’ is set for release in March. The band finished recording it recently with Chris Themelco from Monolith Studios. Yesterday, the band released the first single of the...

    • Posted 12 years ago
  • Gwar, Satyricon, Amon Amarth and The Black Dahlia Murder are playing a sideshow together. Yep.

    Well this certainly something we saw coming, and while it’s undoubtedly a bizarre combination, it also sounds like a whole lot of fun; viking metallers Amon Amarth, black metallers Satyricon, modern death metallers The Black Dahlia Murder and the always hilarious Gwar are teaming up for a...

    • Posted 12 years ago
  • Toehider and Troldhaugen announce “Toehaugen Troldhider Touring Extravaganza”

    Melbourne prog rockers Toehider and Wollongong’s crazy Troldhaugen are teaming up this March for an east coast tour that’s guaranteed to be a whole lot of fun. The former are absolutely smashing the Pozible campaign for their new album “What Kind Of Creature...

    • Posted 12 years ago
  • Separatist release new single, album coming out this Friday [update: out now!]

    Tassie’s Separatist came to an end back in 2011, when a hardware error resulting in them losing their entire new album right at the end of the recording sessions. In some exciting news, the album is finally seeing the light of...

    • Posted 12 years ago
  • Megadeth pull out of Soundwave Festival

    US thrash metallers Megadeth have announced today they will no longer be performing on this years Soundwave Festival tour. Megadeth head honcho, Dave Mustaine posted the following statement on the band’s official Facebook page. Due to circumstances beyond its...

    • Posted 12 years ago
  • Testament and Newsted announce SW sidewaves

    West Coast thrash metal titans, Testament will be teaming up with Jason Newsted’s (Flotsam and Jetsam, Voivod, Metallica) new eponymous band Newsted, performing two special Soundwave Festival sidewaves in Sydney and Melbourne. TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY MELBOURNE, GERSHWIN ROOM ESPY...

    • Posted 12 years ago
  • 3 Inches of Blood Australian tour cancelled

    Canadian metal warriors, 3 Inches of Blood have cancelled their upcoming Australian tour this April. Metropolis Touring released a statement from the band on the official Facebook event page, citing circumstances outside the band’s control. All tickets purchased will...

    • Posted 12 years ago
  • The Adolescents are touring Australia for the first time

    After announcing tours for D.R.I. and D.O.A. just over a week ago, The Drunk Promoter has announced another punk tour; this time for Californian hardcore-punk legends the Adolescents. This will be their first tour on Australian shores in their 30+ year history. One of...

    • Posted 12 years ago
  • Blacken The Globe metal fest returns to Alice Springs

    After the success of the first Blacken The Globe metal fest in the Northern Territory last year, the organisers of this awesome metal festival return, bigger and better than before. Set to take place dead centre in Australia’s Northern...

    • Posted 12 years ago