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Sunk Loto Announce August Return Shows With New Single Dead Shadows

by Paul Cashmere

Sunk Loto announce their return to the stage with August 2026 shows and new single Dead Shadows, marking the next chapter in their post-reunion era.

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Avatar Photo By Johan Carlén

Avatar Announce Australia And New Zealand Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Avatar will return to Australia and New Zealand in 2026, bringing their theatrical live show and new album Don’t Go In The Forest to local stages.

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From Ashes To New supplied Better Noise Music

From Ashes To New Share New Song Die For You Ahead Of Reflections Album

by Paul Cashmere

From Ashes To New have unveiled the new single Die For You as the band prepares for the April release of their upcoming album Reflections.

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Sace6 Announce Signing With Sumerian Records And Release New Single Ego

by Paul Cashmere

Genre-bending duo Sace6 have signed with Sumerian Records and marked the announcement with the release of their new single Ego and official music video.

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Lost Society photo by Sam Jamsen

Lost Society Announce New Album Hell Is A State Of Mind

by Paul Cashmere

Finnish metal band Lost Society have announced Hell Is A State Of Mind, their new album due March 6, 2026 via Nuclear Blast, led by the single Blood Diamond.

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Lions At The Gate

Lions At The Gate Release Explosive New Single ‘Burn The Candle’ Ahead Of 2026 Push

by Paul Cashmere

LIONS AT THE GATE release new single Burn The Candle, their first under Reigning Phoenix Music, signalling a bold new era in metal for 2026.

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Sepultura perform live during their Celebrating Life Through Death farewell tour.

Sepultura Announce Final Australian Tour As Part Of Global Farewell

by Paul Cashmere

Sepultura will perform their final Australian shows this March as part of the Celebrating Life Through Death global farewell tour, marking the end of a forty-year legacy.

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Lorna Shore performing live at 170 Russell in Melbourne on 3 December 2025.

Lorna Shore, 170 Russell St, Melbourne 3 December 2025 #REVIEW

by Tim Cashmere

Lorna Shore turned 170 Russell into a battleground on 3 December 2025 with an 80-minute set that spanned Pain Remains, …And I Return To Nothingness, and their new album I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me.

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Tool announce exclusive 2025 arena shows in Adelaide and Perth

Tool Play Rarities And A Debut At Two New Zealand Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Tool surprised New Zealand fans with two wildly different Auckland setlists featuring rare performances, a live debut, and a Black Sabbath cover ahead of their Australian tour.

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David Draiman Disturbed at Margaret Court Arena on Saturday 12 November 2016 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Disturbed Call Time On Their Career (For Now) After a Year of Controversy

by Paul Cashmere

Disturbed have announced an indefinite hiatus following a year of controversy and tension. Guitarist Dan Donegan says the band “needs to breathe” after nearly three decades on the road.

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Battle Beast performing promotional shot for Steelbound, Twilight Cabaret single, photo credit Jarmo Katila

Battle Beast Unleash Electrocharged Seventh Album Steelbound, Drop Sinister New Clip For Twilight Cabaret

by Noise11.com

Battle Beast return with Steelbound, a 38 minute blast of power, melody and party anthems, plus a new video for Twilight Cabaret and a European tour kickoff in Hamburg

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PRESIDENT release debut EP King of Terrors and announce first Australian tour with Architects in December 2025.

PRESIDENT Release Dark and Powerful Debut EP ‘King of Terrors’, Set for Australian Tour with Architects

by Noise11.com

PRESIDENT have released their debut EP King of Terrors, a bold fusion of heavy riffs, electronics and cinematic soundscapes. The band will make their Australian live debut in December supporting Architects.

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Slipknot debut 1999

Slipknot Mark 25 Years With Deluxe Edition Of Groundbreaking Debut Album

by Noise11.com

Slipknot’s self-titled debut album landed on 29 June 1999 like a pipe bomb in the middle of the metal world. Twenty-five years later, that same record – the one that introduced nine masked maniacs from Des Moines, Iowa to the world – has been reimagined in a definitive deluxe edition, Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition), out now via Roadrunner Records.

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Parkway Drive

Parkway Drive To Launch 20th Anniversary Tour With Berlin Concert

by Noise11.com

Australian metal titans Parkway Drive will mark two decades of chaos, fire and stadium-sized riffs with a very different kind of show. On 17 September 2025, the band will play a one-off warm-up gig at Berlin’s legendary Metropol.

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Tom Araya of Slayer at Download Melbourne 2019 photo by Mary Boukouvalas

Slayer Announce One-Night-Only Headline Show at Hersheypark Stadium

by Noise11.com

Slayer will return to the stage this September for a rare headline show on the U.S. east coast, confirming a massive one-night-only concert at Hersheypark Stadium, Pennsylvania, on September 20, 2025.

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Mastodon - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Brent Hines of Mastodon Killed In Motorcycle Accident Aged 51

by Noise11.com

Brent Hinds, founder and former frontman for Mastodon, has died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 51.

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Deep Purple: Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Legendary Deep Purple Voice Turns 80: Ian Gillan’s Journey Through Sound, Loss, and Legacy

by Paul Cashmere

Ian Gillan, the iconic vocalist of Deep Purple, celebrates his 80th birthday (19 August 2025). Still blessed with a powerful, wide-ranging voice—even into his eighth decade—Gillan has traversed the peaks and troughs of rock history with a rare grace and tenacity.

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Uli Jon Roth photo supplied by Hardline Media

Uli Jon Roth Reveals His Three Aussie Supports

by Noise11.com

In September, Australian audiences will finally experience the artistry of one of rock’s most visionary guitarists, Uli Jon Roth, as he embarks on his long-awaited debut tour of the country.

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Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine and new guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari performing live in 2025

Megadeth Have One Final Album and One Final World Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Dave Mustaine is pulling the plug on Megadeth after one final album and a world tour.

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Mastodon - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Brent Hinds Parts Ways with Mastodon And It’s Anything But Amicable

by Labelle Hayes

In a move that stunned the metal world, Brent Hinds, co-founder, lead guitarist, and one of the defining voices of Mastodon, has officially parted ways with the band.

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Deep Purple Made In Japan 2025

Deep Purple ‘Made in Japan’ — the 50th-Anniversary Edition and Why This Live Album Still Matters

by Labelle Hayes

Few live rock albums have the mythic status of Deep Purple’s Made in Japan. Recorded across three blistering nights in August 1972 and originally released in late 1972/early 1973, it’s the record that crystallised the ferocious power of Deep Purple’s Mk II lineup (Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Roger Glover and Ian Paice) and set a blueprint for stadium-scale hard rock and heavy metal live performance.

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Deftones Private Music

Deftones’ Tenth Studio Album ‘Private Music’ Is About To Drop

by Labelle Hayes

Deftones 10th album ‘Private Music’ is set to release on 22 August 2025 via Reprise/Warner Records, marking the band’s first new album in nearly five years since Ohms.

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Bernth and Charles Berthoud

Bernth and Charles Berthoud Dissect Guitar and Bass Classics, Explain Funk’s Addictiveness and Preview ‘Escape The Internet’

by Noise11.com

In their interview with Noise11.com, Bernth (Bernth Brodträger) and Charles (Charles Berthoud), dive into their musical influences, dissect iconic basslines, reflect on legendary bands, and preview their upcoming Australian tour.

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Kim Dracula (supplied)

Kim Dracula and Wednesday 13 To Tour Australia In November

by Paul Cashmere

Australia Tik Tok rapper/musician Kim Dracula will tour Australia in November with Wednesday 13.

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Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons

Watch Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons Perform Motörhead’s Finest Moment ‘Ace of Spades’

by Paul Cashmere

Few would argue ‘Ace of Spades’ is the greatest Motörhead song of all time. The good news is the song lives on with Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell and his current band Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons.

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Iron Maiden Saddened By Death of Paul Mario Day

by Music-News.com

Iron Maiden have been left “deeply saddened” by the death of the band’s original lead singer, Paul Mario Day.

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Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath photo by Ros OGorman

Ozzy Osbourne Fans Turn Out In The Thousands For Funeral Procession

by Music-News.com

Ozzy Osbourne’s wife and children were overcome with emotion as they visited the vast sea of tributes to the rocker during the funeral procession in Birmingham, England on Wednesday.

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Steven Wilson On the Lost Black Sabbath Tapes

by Paul Cashmere

Producer, audio engineer, musician Steven Wilson has remixed albums for Jethro Tull, Yes, The Who, Tears for Fears and Deep Purple as well as Phil Collins, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and even Gentle Giant but one incomplete project was Black Sabbath’s iconic ‘Vol. 4’ album.

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Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons

Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons Will Be Performing Motörhead Classics In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

When Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons tour Australia in September, Motörhead fans do note … you will be getting a good chunk of Motörhead in the Bastard Sons setlist.

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Metallica photo by Ros O'Gorman

Metallica Rumours For The Sphere Las Vegas 2026

by Labelle Hayes

Though nothing is officially announced yet, numerous reputable outlets report that Metallica is in advanced talks to book a residency at the Sphere in fall 2026. Betting markets, particularly in the UK, currently list Metallica as the 6/1 favorites to be the next artist headlining the Sphere.

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