Denmark’s ARTILLERY are easily appointed as one of Europe’s earliest exponents of thrash metal, and the band’s contribution to the classic genre is difficult to ignore. Delivering a sinister array of riffs, fusing pure aggression and hyper speed with technicality and strong melodies, ARTILLERY are a full throttle thrash inferno.…
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IRON MAIDEN announce 2020 Australian dates for the Legacy of the Beast tour
While west coast Australians are waking up and east coast Australians are staring their day, IRON MAIDEN have released the Australian dates for the 2020 Legacy of the Beast tour. Band members and crew created a teaser last week with clues as to which country would benefit from the next…
Download Festival dates announced for Australia 2020
The festival that last year gave us Behemoth, Ghost, Slayer and Judas Priest, just to name a few, is back in Australia for 2020! Gather your heavy music mates and get ready. Download will return to Melbourne (new home at Melbourne Showgrounds) and Sydney at Parramatta Park. Melbourne Friday 20…
Fabio Lione and Luca Turilli count down one month until Turilli/Leone RHAPSODY hits Australian east coast in October – VIP packages still available
The legendary Rhapsody alumni Fabio Lione and Luca Turilli have reunited to conquer Australia’s east coast. Founding members Fabio Lione and Luca Turilli have a message. www.facebook.com/overdrivetouring/videos/3009967212378640/ When it comes down to the genre defining albums, there is no denying that it is often an iconic duo weaving it’s inexplicable…
GEOFF TATE’S OPERATION MINDCRIME announces 2020 Australian east coast shows
Limited early bird and meet & greet tickets on sale this Friday 6 September @ 10am AEST only at www.hardlinemedia.net Hardline Media proudly presents GEOFF TATE’S OPERATION MINDCRIME. The legendary frontman returns to Australia with his band to perform the classic concept album “Operation Mindcrime” in its entirety and much…
ROSS THE BOSS plays ‘HAIL TO ENGLAND’ album Australian and New Zealand tour November 2019
“With 1984’s Hail to England, Manowar delivered one of the quintessential power metal albums of all time” Allmusic Ross The Boss, Manowar’s co-founder and definitive guitar god, takes no prisoners when he and his earth shattering band pounds out “Hail to England” in all its decibel meter destroying glory. Formed…
Italy’s symphonic death metal horde, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, return to Australia October/November 2019
Over a clutch of consistent, ever more intricate and dissonant recordings, this Roman outfit has impacted the global metal scene profoundly with its sculpted compositions and unrelenting attack, heard first on 2009’s Oracles. In 2019 they emerge with the new album “Veleno” (Italian for venom), continuing further their unequalled blend…
BATUSHKA release second album “Hospodi”, Australian and North American pilgrimage
As civilisation continues to eat itself, heavy music’s dark spiritual quest has never seemed more vital. Emerging from the shadows of eastern Poland back in 2015, BATUSHKA have already established themselves as one of the modern era’s most powerful and evocative bands. Harnessing the fire and fury of arcane black…
STATIC-X Wisconsin Death Trip 20th Anniversary tour + Wednesday 13 + Dope, August 2019
Just one month to go until evil disco heavyweights original Wisconsin Death Trip line-up reunite to honour late frontman Wayne Static, performing Wisconsin Death Trip in full. “Our intention is to pay ultimate respect to Wayne and celebrate the music that’s been in all of our hearts for more than…
SCARED REICH and VIO-LENCE announce February 2020 Australian tour
Fresh of the back of a huge run of international shows, Hardline Media announce that SACRED REICH & VIO-LENCE will be heading DownUnder in February 2020 for an epic thrash double bill. SACRED REICH back for a triumphant return to Aus Formed in 1985 in Phoenix, Arizona, SACRED REICH are…
Marty Friedman announces December 2019 Australian tour with full “super band”
Legendary guitar virtuoso MARTY FRIEDMAN will be returning to Australia for the first time with his full “super band” across four very intimate venues. With a career of over thirty years with some of the world’s biggest heavy metal acts on top of an absolutely monumental solo career, Marty Friedman…
DARK ANGEL Announce September 2019 Australian Tour
For the first time in Australia and for a very rare run of shows, DARK ANGEL has reformed and hit Australian shores for a very limited number of appearances. In 1992, despite working on a fifth album, DARK ANGEL announced they were breaking up to pursue individual careers; however, 27…
RED SEA Release video for new single “The One” and announce tour dates
“… a rich mix of prog rock, metal and more melodic leanings…surging rhythms ravaging riffs and powerful melodies…immense vocal presence and an emotional weight that grips and ceases to let go…*newly charted musical ground*.” The Brag Sydney progressive metal quartet Red Sea have just released their new single “The One”.…
Graham Bonnet and Alcatrazz say “Hello Australia” in June
Graham and the band play RAINBOW “Down to Earth” in its entirety, plus a 2 hour set of classics from his time with Alcatrazz/Michael Schenker Group/Impelliteri/Blackthorne even his classic ’70s hits Warm Ride, Baby Blue, even some Marbles classics! ONLY $50 Limited VIP meet and greet EXCLUSIVE ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE before…
The NWOBHM Tour – Girlschool, Tank, Raven, Australia June 2019
TANK announced for The NWOBHM Tour replacing Venom Inc cancellation due to health reasons For their first time in Australia – The Filth Hounds of Hades themselves, bring their heavy artillery Downunder. Formed in 1980, Tank has often been compared to British brothers Motörhead – both being trios, fronted by…