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As the set unfolded tonight, it became clear that Bullet for My Valentine have evolved far beyond their early 2000s root...
23/10/2025

As the set unfolded tonight, it became clear that Bullet for My Valentine have evolved far beyond their early 2000s roots, standing tall as one of emo-metal’s closest heirs to Metallica’s legacy. Read our tour recap on BFMV, While She Sleeps & The Devil Wears Prada now ⚡️

Destroy All Lines

Saturday 18 October Supports: While She Sleeps, The Devil Wears Prada Bullet For My Valentine rounded up their current tour of Australia last night in Brisbane and let's just say, it was an absolute evening metal chaos and nostalgia for everyone in attendance. Witnessing While She Sleeps and The Dev...

On this record, All Time Low continue to shed a layer of their vibrant world, revealing something sweeter, brighter, and...
20/10/2025

On this record, All Time Low continue to shed a layer of their vibrant world, revealing something sweeter, brighter, and more self-assured than ever before. It’s a sound that’s sickly sweet, from a band who know exactly who they are and aren’t afraid to keep evolving. Everyone's Talking is out now ⚡

Released: 17 October 2025 Photo Finish Records US pop punk powerhouse All Time Low are back with their brand new record, Everyone's Talking! A play on word on the band's consistently good energy they've brought to our lives over the past twenty years, their tenth album continues to celebrate that…

New Found Glory are riding the glory wave again. Their first full-length in nearly six years, Listen Up!, lands February...
30/09/2025

New Found Glory are riding the glory wave again. Their first full-length in nearly six years, Listen Up!, lands February 20, 2026 through Pure Noise Records. And the best part? You can see them maybe playing a new track or two at Good Things Festival this December ⚡

Florida pop punk OGs New Found Glory are riding the glory wave once more for their first full-length record in almost six years. Listen Up! will be released through Pure Noise Records on 20 February 2026 and is a collection of songs about resilience and hope through hard times. To…

Yeah Chappell Roan is cool and all, but St Jerome's Laneway Festival has even more to offer fans in 2026 with more femme...
21/09/2025

Yeah Chappell Roan is cool and all, but St Jerome's Laneway Festival has even more to offer fans in 2026 with more femme, female-fronted acts than any festival has seen before. Aussie favs Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, Blusher.mp3 and The Belair Lip Bombs are our top picks for ⚡

Words by Jess Asher Laneway Festival released their lineup for the 2026 festival last week and we (the emos, the heavy metal and the hardcore fans) could not be more excited! For an event usually focused on pop and indie artists we are ecstatic to see so manyrock and punk…

'Tongue Tied' is a stark (almost 360-degree) contrast from anything Bloom have done in the past. Also featuring Yours Tr...
19/09/2025

'Tongue Tied' is a stark (almost 360-degree) contrast from anything Bloom have done in the past. Also featuring Yours Truly's Mikaila Delgado, it's a captivating emo ballad that is going to help the band's next album become their best work yet ⚡

Fresh off their most recent tour in Brisbane last week, Sydney melodic hardcore gang Bloom have unleashed their brand new track, 'Tongue Tied'. The song is the second track to appear from their forthcoming album, The Light We Chase, which is set to drop on 31 October. As we witnessed…

Violent Nature proves to the fanbase that I Prevail are not straying too far from their depths and that regular programm...
18/09/2025

Violent Nature proves to the fanbase that I Prevail are not straying too far from their depths and that regular programming is here to stay. You heard our verdict; get amongst the band's fourth LP now! ⚡

Fearless Records

Released 19 September 2025 Fearless Records I Prevail return with their fourth studio album, Violent Nature and upon first listen, it may not divide the fan base as large as initially thought. Following the departure of one of the band's key members, Brian Burkheiser, I Prevail's forthcoming new cha...

Machine Gun Kelly is FINALLY touring Australia in April 2026, hitting Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland, N...
17/09/2025

Machine Gun Kelly is FINALLY touring Australia in April 2026, hitting Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland, New Zealand ⚡️

Live Nation Australia

It was evident tonight that Mayday Parade place Australia very close to their hearts and we’re excited to witness more n...
16/09/2025

It was evident tonight that Mayday Parade place Australia very close to their hearts and we’re excited to witness more new music next month with Sad dropping October 3. Full recap on the band's show in Brisbane below ⚡

Destroy All Lines

Sunday 14 September Supports: Jack's Mannequin, The Home Team Mayday Parade returned to Australia this week to celebrate 20 years together of being in a band and Australian fans lapped. this. up. With 'Three Cheers for 20 Years' marking their biggest set of shows this side of the world, you…

SO. That  Amy Lee, Poppy and Courtney LaPlante collab is the rock/metal scene's version of Charlie's Angels that we didn...
06/09/2025

SO. That Amy Lee, Poppy and Courtney LaPlante collab is the rock/metal scene's version of Charlie's Angels that we didn't ask for. No spoilers, but please, watch the video first because it is truly Video of the Year material ⚡
Sumerian Records

What do you get when you combine Evanescence, Spiritbox and the bubbly metal-pop demeanour of Poppy? In what everyone's calling the biggest rock collab of 2025, 'End of You' marks the beginning of a new chapter for three female artists in the heavy genre. Alongside the song comes a music…

Viral heavy-hitters PRESIDENT - band will have you in a chokehold after listening to their latest drop 'Destroy Me'. We ...
06/09/2025

Viral heavy-hitters PRESIDENT - band will have you in a chokehold after listening to their latest drop 'Destroy Me'. We have to ask: how can be a band so mysterious be THIS GOOD? We cannot wait for them to hit Australia this December on the ARCHITECTS tour! ⚡

If you haven't taken the opportunity to check out multi-platinum streaming rock act PRESIDENT, we need to change that. STAT. Since unleashing upon the world early this year and debuting on the livestage at UK's Download Festival the band have seemingly exploded with their punchy, emotional brand of....

Only 11% of the fans and industry experts in Tixel & Bolster's Ticketing State of Play report read about new tour announ...
02/09/2025

Only 11% of the fans and industry experts in Tixel & Bolster's Ticketing State of Play report read about new tour announcements through news media publications. So where are they actually really finding their news? (Hint: social media is king)⚡️

Read about our thoughts and what we think the Australian music media space needs now (before we all become as obsolete as the radio) ⚡️

Once upon a time, music and entertainment news sites were the go-to for tour announcements. But fast forward to 2025 and that is no longer the case. According to 3000 fans and 11 industry experts who were surveyed in Tixel & Bolster's Ticketing State of Play Report, only 11% of…

Between acoustic campfire singalongs to punchy summer anthems with their friends in Free Throw, Hot Mulligan's latest op...
26/08/2025

Between acoustic campfire singalongs to punchy summer anthems with their friends in Free Throw, Hot Mulligan's latest opus, The Sound A Body Makes When It's Still is an insight into the band’s world from their eyes. Read more in our interview with the band now ⚡

US midwest emo act Hot Mulligan may seem like they're becoming the next big rock act in the scene, but underneath it all, they're still the same band they were when they unleashed 2020's LP, you'll be fine. On newest release The Sound A Body Makes When It's Still, the…

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