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FLYNN EFFECT RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘ANDROMEDA’ AND ANNOUNCE MELBOURNE LAUNCH SHOW

Melbourne's FLYNN EFFECT are back in 2021! They return from a 2020-sized absence from the scene with the first taste of the record they wrote and recorded last year, a planet-sized song called 'Andromeda'. The track will be released on Friday February 19.

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FIGURES DROP NEW SINGLE ‘SOMEONE UNINVITED’ FROM NEW ALBUM ‘OPERATING IN UNSAFE MODE’

Following the success of their first album single 'Underpaid Machinery', Melbourne-based metal powerhouse FIGURES have dropped 'Someone Uninvited', the second video/single drawn from their forthcoming debut album 'Operating In Unsafe Mode' - which is available for pre-order now at http://figuresband.com/.

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HEADWRECK RELEASE 'GOOD GRIEF' AND INTRODUCE FOURTH MEMBER

Brisbane's hardcore outfit Headwreck are back and demanding attention with their latest offering 'Good Grief'. This sophomore single also welcomes a fourth member into the mix, Callen Batson on bass guitar, who also fronts Brisbane band Days Like These.

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AVERSIONS CROWN RELEASE NEW SINGLE AND MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘PARADIGM’ + NEW ALBUM ‘HELL WILL COME FOR US ALL’ OUT NOW!

The wait is over! Australian metal destroyers AVERSIONS CROWN released their fourth studio album, Hell Will Come For Us All via Nuclear Blast. In celebration, the band offer fans the music video for 'Paradigm'.

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LUNE UNLEASH THEIR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT EP ‘GHOST’

LUNE are today unleashing their debut EP 'Ghost'! The band dropped three brutal singles in the form of title track "Ghost", "Manipulator" and "Mirror Image", with a fourth sneak preview, "Misery Dialogue", premiering on triple j's The Racket on Tuesday night. LUNE have amassed hundreds of thousands of plays and thousands of followers in the few months since their launch last year

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FIGURES ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘OPERATING IN UNSAFE MODE’ & DROP FIRST SINGLE ‘UNDERPAID MACHINERY’

After six years, two EPs, one single and a commanding presence in the Melbourne live music scene, 2020 sees the debut album release from Alt-Metal 5-piece, Figures!

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CALIGULA’S HORSE RELEASE VIDEO FOR ‘OCEANRISE’

Caligula’s Horse, hailing from Brisbane, a leading light in contemporary progressive metal worldwide, released their fifth studio album, Rise Radiant, recently. Produced by the group’s Sam Vallen, and mixed by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Devin Townsend Project, Leprous), the record is their most focussed and potent artistic statement to date.

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LUNE DROP 'MISERY DIALOGUE' SINGLE, 'GHOST' EP OUT FRIDAY JUNE 12

LUNE - are releasing their debut EP 'Ghost' Friday, June 12th. Today they are dropping the last taste of the record before its release - 'Misery Dialogue'. Pre-Orders for their debut 5-track EP 'Ghost' are live NOW

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SHOTGUN MISTRESS RELEASE NEW SINGLE & VIDEO ‘SAVE ME FROM MYSELF’

‘Save Me From Myself’ is the blistering new track from Melbourne’s SHOTGUN MISTRESS. Following on from their debut ‘No Friend Of Mine’, the latest release captures all the raw uncompromising energy of the band’s live shows and merges it into a powerful contemporary hard rock sonic spectacle, replete with hypersonic riffs, hooks and pounding grooves. 

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BRISBANE’S AVERSIONS CROWN DISCUSS THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON THEIRS LIVES & THE NEW ALBUM

Australian metal destroyers AVERSIONS CROWN will release their fourth studio album, Hell Will Come For Us All on June 12th via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band discusses the ramifications of living during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

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CALIGULA'S HORSE NEW ALBUM, RISE RADIANT OUT NOW

Caligula’s Horse, hailing from Brisbane, a leading light in contemporary progressive metal worldwide, release their fifth studio album, Rise Radiant,! Produced by the group’s Sam Vallen, and mixed by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Devin Townsend Project, Leprous), the record is their most focussed and potent artistic statement to date.

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SHIT TINNIES TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘POINT TO PROVE’

The SHIT TINNIES will release their new single ‘Point to Prove’ on 25th May via Riot Records (part of the Golden Robot Global Entertainment Group), the follow up to their recent single ‘Town’. ‘Point to Prove’ is an edgy 70's punk track with both metal and ska overtones, and in classic Shit Tinnies fashion, it’s also boosted by a truck load of attitude. 

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