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CALL FOR AUSTRALIA TO WAKE UP WITH NEW SINGLE & VIDEO 'BACKBURNER'

Founded in 2015 Wildheart are a Brisbane based melodic hardcore band who stormed onto the local scene with their debut release ‘A Thousand Days’. Since that release, the band have established themselves as firebrands and ones to watch, with their hard-hitting messages and music. Wildheart have slowly yet surely carved themselves a position as a heavy, emotional outfit that demands the attention of punters through their relentless live performances.

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NOSEDIVE ARE IN A ‘BAD MOOD’ WITH NEW SINGLE

Wollongong Heavy Metal band Nosedive are releasing their latest single ‘Bad Mood’ on the 23rd of April through Best Wishes Records. The track is a melancholic introspection on depressive episodes, with haunting guitar solos and rabid vocals which pull you down into a concoction of seething anger and misery.

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THE VENDETTAS TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘GUARDIANS’

Melbourne hard rockers THE VENDETTAS are back with a brand new single ‘Guardians’ which will be released on all digital platforms on 6th April via Golden Robot Records.

There's nothing better than guitar-driven, hook-laden, straight-up rock ‘n’ roll and Melbourne based band, THE VENDETTAS fit right into that category.

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SILVERBACK TOURING PRESENTS “HOME BREWED” FESTIVAL 2021

Australia has long held a reputation as a breeding ground for world class bands across the entire rock spectrum. In 2021, this continues to ring true.

Silverback Touring are proud to announce “Home Brewed”, a series of festival style shows across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane showcasing some of the best local talent each city has to offer. Whether you’re a fan of straight up hard rock, metal, glam, doom, stoner, punk or lean towards the heavier sounds, Silverback have curated a line up set to appease all fans with multi act bills held in some of Australia’s finest rock venues.

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DZ DEATHRAYS RELEASE ‘FEAR THE ANCHOR (FEAT. ECCA VANDAL)’

“We asked our good friend Ecca Vandal to join us on this track. It was such a pleasure and honour to have Ecca on ‘Fear The Anchor’, she absolutely shreds it! We actually changed the key in pre-production so both our voices fit the track and I think it was for the better. When it came time to working in the studio it was really fun to bounce ideas around between everyone and have Ecca add extra melodies throughout the song. I hope we all get to share a stage again and thrash this one out!” - Shane Parsons, DZ Deathrays

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DAYS LIKE THESE RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘GRAVITY’ AND ANNOUNCE ‘WIDE AWAKE’ EP

Brisbane's Days Like These are back with a vengeance. It's been nearly two years since the last release and the band are in fine form, and finally unleashing brand new single "Gravity". The new single also accompanies the announcement of the release of their upcoming EP, 'Wide Awake' - available Friday May 14.

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WATCH AC/DC: THE MAKING OF REALIZE

From Rolling Stone US: AC/DC’s video for Realize, the thunderous opening track of the hard rockers’ recent Power Up album, presents a closeup of the band in dizzying detail. The camera gets right in Brian Johnson’s face and perches on the headstock of Angus Young’s guitar as they rock out in front of Young’s deafening wall of Marshall amps — and then it spins in circles on the floor, aiming up at the Aussie hellraisers. Each frame of the clip is disorienting.

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BELLE HAVEN ANNOUNCE ‘NOBODY LIKES A HOSPITAL’ TOUR WITH THE PROMISE OF NEW MUSIC

Melbourne chaotic rockers Belle Haven have announced the 'Nobody Likes A Hospital' Australian tour presented by Greyscale Records and Destroy All Lines. The tour will see the quartet play to fans in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide in celebration of the return of live events and brand new music.

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NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER ‘CAST YOU OUT’ EP OUT TOMORROW, RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘EXILER’

NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER, Australia's best-named heavy band, have not begun 2021 with any of that 'New Year, New Me' rubbish, they have simply got down to business doing what they do best - release heavy as hell music! Today, the video for their new single Exiler drops just ahead of the release of their 'Cast You Out' EP!

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VILIFY RELEASE HARD-HITTING DEBUT EP ‘CLARITY’

After two brutal singles have been welcomed into the world, today finally marks the release of Vilify's hard-hitting debut EP, 'Clarity'. Vilify released "Habit" and "Deadweight" in the lead up, both proving to be a searing introduction to the brand new melodic hardcore trio. "Habit" premiered at triple j Unearthed, had subsequent plays on triple j's Short. Fast. Loud directly after and was one of Unearthed's Top 5 of the Week on release before being added to Unearthed rotation the week after. Alternative Press included the single in their '50 New Artists You Need To Hear In November' piece, reviewing with: "Cutting screams accompany haunting guitar riffs that make you feel as if you’re in a foggy dream."

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NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER RELEASE ‘DEAD ENDS’ VIDEO & SINGLE OUT FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27

NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER are back, and much like a mash-up of the marvellously over-the-top actor's antics and a brutal, no-holds-barred steel cage match, you never know what to expect from the band from Ballarat, Victoria. Today they announce the release of their new single 'Dead Ends', which is from a forthcoming EP 'Cast You Out', which will be released in the first quarter of 2021.

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REVOID RELEASE NEW SINGLE & VIDEO ‘CUT ME DOWN’ + SINGLE LAUNCH SHOW SET FOR WOOLLY MAMMOTH MANE STAGE 22ND NOVEMBER

Having released their EP Reform & Regret in January 2020, Revoid had other plans for this year, as did most other artists in the world. But the Brisbane heavy outfit knew that the chaos couldn't last - and took the time to write, record, change their line-up, prepare and develop skills and content, until they could finally take to the stage again!

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THE ATOMIC BEAU PROJECT GO THROUGH THE ‘CELLAR DOOR’ WITH NEW SINGLE/VIDEO

The Atomic Beau Project are Brisbane’s newest prog/heavy powerhouses - and today, in time for Halloween 2020, surely the spookiest Halloween in recent history, they are announcing the imminent arrival of their latest single Cellar Door. Torn straight from the same cloth as Marilyn Manson, SKYND, Poppy, Rob Zombie and more, The Atomic Beau Project have dived DEEP into the occult and supernatural to create the song and its accompanying clip.

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