
Tour News - Randy Rhoads: A Guitar Legend’s Lasting Legacy Rocks Australia This December
XMusic Presents A Tribute to Randy Rhoads - "The Stories and Music Behind the Legend". Featuring Kelly Garni of Quiet Riot and Randy’s first guitar teacher, Scott Shelley, touring Australia in December 2025.

Tour News - A Day To Remember Returns to New Zealand with Special Guests Hatebreed
Goodvibes Promotions and One Eighty Presents are thrilled to announce a night of unmissable live music as A Day To Remember takes the stage at Eventfinda Stadium on Auckland's North Shore on Tuesday, 25th February 2025.

Tour News - Jinjer announce Wellington venue upgrade and extra tickets
Due to phenomenal demand, the Jinjer show scheduled to take place at San Fran, Wellington has now been moved to take place at Meow NUI, Wellington

Tour News - Alien Weaponry announce Aotearoa Nationwide Tour in March 2025 with special guests Shepherds Reign
Fresh off an exhaustive North American tour, sensational thrash metal band Alien Weaponry will return home in superb form next March to deliver their colossal adrenaline-charged performance to their loyal fans on a 6-date NZ tour with phenomenal Tāmaki Makaurau Polynesian metal band Shepherds Reign.

Tour News - Knotfest returns to Australia in 2025
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Tour News - Ahoy! Alestorm announce NZ and Australia 2025 Tour
Wowsers! Behold human pirates of the southern lands, Alestorm have set their compass this way for their next expedition to the other side of the world to regale us all with their super infectious blend of modern folk and power metal.

Tour News - Alien Weaponry Announce The Level One Tour of NZ
Alien Weaponry are set to unleash their relentless live show on New Zealand this November & December with the Level One Tour.

TOUR NEWS Obituary announce 'Cause of Death' NZ Tour in 2020
Celebrating 30 years since the release, 2020 brings reason for Obituary fans to rejoice, the sunken eyes and heaving cries have all but abated and they are headed to New Zealand to play the album in full !

Rue Morgue Records Announces Collectable Vinyl Compilation
Featuring some of Australia’s rocking talents; Rue Morgue Records have announced the first of an annual compilation; Murders In the Rue Morgue Vol 1 with PRE-ORDERS OPEN NOW

Tropical F*ck Storm announce Braindrops album tour for AUS
After spending the past year pulverizing the world with their stupefying live performances, Tropical Fuck Storm return home to tour their new album Braindrops and put the Antipodean public to the sword! Braindrops, the follow up to 2018's epic odyssey, A Laughing Death In Meatspace, will be released on Flightless Records in August

Lo! announce new tour dates & release insane music video
Australia’s post-metal/sludge legends, Lo! recently released another mind bending visual feast, this time for the track As Fools Ripen. The track comes from their third full length album, Vestigial.

EMP Pathways launches fundraiser to tackle gaming addiction via music programs + announces charity gig in Adelaide
EMP Pathways, a new not for profit organisation creating entertainment industry opportunities for the youth of Adelaide, is pleased to announce it will be hosting a Metal Fundraiser at The Gov on Sunday, August 11. All proceeds will go towards programs supporting Adelaide’s youth to increase life skills, career pathways and actively engage with each other and the community through music and gaming.
Metallica WordWired Tour sold out in 12 minutes!
Metallica’s WorldWired one-and-only New Zealand show sold out in 12-minutes!

DOWNLOAD SYDNEY: IT’S A WRAP!
Premiere Gladys Berejiklian’s excessive police presence could not dampen the spirits of heavy music lovers in Sydney! 20,000 heavy music fans descended on Parramatta Park for Download Sydney’s debut.

Hellions announce 2019 Australian Tour
The 4-piece genre-melders Hellions are getting ready for their biggest Australian headline show yet. The tour will be taking place this May and stopping off in all the major cities; Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

First Show Announced for The Fortitude Music Hall: Architects
British metalcore outfit Architects take the coveted spot of being the first band to announce a show at the anticipated new Brisbane music venue, The Fortitude Music Hall on August 8th, 2019.

ELUVEITIE announce New Zealand shows this May
Not to be missed - two hours of mythology, pagan belief and spiritually combined with brutally melodic metal with the one and only ELUVEITIE. The 9-part band soak the stage and audience with charisma while their beautifully archaic folk metal fills the room

Download Will Return to Melbourne ….. and Sydney in 2019
Nearly 30,000 heavy music fans descended on Melbourne on Saturday for Australia’s first Download Festival.

The Devin Townsend Project announce Auckland show
The Devin Townsend Project is heading to New Zealand and Australia in 2017.

Opeth announce NZ & Australia tour
Opeth have announced that they'll be playing New Zealand & Australian shows in February 2017 as part of their 'Sorceress World Tour'.