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Sevendust touring across Australia in April 2019
Legendary US metal outfit, Sevendust, has confirmed select tour dates across Australia for April next year. The tour is presented by MJR Presents alongside The Faction, Australia’s newest 24/7 Metal and Rock online radio station. The iconic metal ensemble...
- Posted 6 years ago
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Ne Obliviscaris announce national tour with Beyond Creation, Allegaeon & Rivers of Nihil
Australia’s foremost extreme metal ensemble, Ne Obliviscaris, will tour nationally in May 2019 as part of the band’s “The Painted Progression Tour” with a monstrous lineup featuring local progressive heroes, Caligula’s Horse and international heavyweights Beyond Creation from Canada,...
- Posted 6 years ago
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Steel Assassins Festival now taking submissions for 2019
Sydney’s long-running two-day metal fest, Steel Assassins Festival is set to return in 2019 with festival organisers on the prowl for band submissions. If you want to be apart of the action and perform at Steel Assassins Festival next...
- Posted 6 years ago
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Churches of Steel 2019 full line-up announced
Churches of Steel, Adelaide’s fastest growing heavy metal festival is returning to the city of churches on Saturday, 2nd February 2019 with the now full lineup confirmed, including Swedish thrash metal ensemble, Chainsaw, plus Elm Street, Desecrator, Eyefear, Lady Crimson,...
- Posted 6 years ago
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Earthless touring Australia in February & March 2019
California psychedelic heavyweights EARTHLESS will return to Australia and New Zealand next February and March in support of their acclaimed 2018 studio album Black Heaven and their new live album From the West, out now via Nuclear Blast Records. Comprised of singer/guitarist Isaiah Mitchell,...
- Posted 6 years ago
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Michale Graves exclusive Australian tour starts this week, supports announced
Michale Graves, former vocalist of the legendary punk rock band, Misfits, will perform two exclusive shows in Australia. First at Cherry Bar in Melbourne on Saturday, 8th December and finishing up at Frankies Pizza in Sydney on Sunday, 9th...
- Posted 6 years ago
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Led Zeppelin Masters returns to Sydney in January 2019
Led Zeppelin Masters, the all Australian production featuring Adelaide’s Zep Boys, fronted by vocalist Vince Contarino and the thirty-piece Black Dog Orchestra is set to perform two exclusive shows in Sydney in January 2019 at the Sydney Opera House before...
- Posted 6 years ago
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Melbourne’s The Reverence Hotel set to shut its doors next year
For nearly six and a half years, Melbourne’s established The Reverence Hotel situated in Footscray has played host to some of the biggest and best hard & heavy shows, including various Metal Obsession sponsored live shows over those years. As...
- Posted 6 years ago
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Melbourne’s Screaming Symphony to celebrate its 1000th show, EYEFEAR to perform
Screaming Symphony, Melbourne’s longest running radio station dedicated to progressive and power metal for nearly 20 years will celebrate its 1000th live-to-air show on Thursday, 6th December on 106.7 PBS.FM from 10pm till 12am (AEST). To mark the occasion, Melbourne...
- Posted 6 years ago
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The newly revamped Esplanade Hotel in St. Kilda opens its doors to the public
The Esplanade Hotel in St. Kilda (or The Espy as its known to the locals) is back in action after nearly 3 years of lying dormant. The iconic Melbourne live music hotspot which opened its doors in 1878 is now...
- Posted 6 years ago
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Pioneering Aussie metal drummer Matt ‘Skitz’ announces 2021 national tour.
One of Australia’s pioneering metal drummers, Matt ‘Skitz’ Sanders (Damaged,...
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Be’lakor tease new album studio updates.
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Psycroptic release details of upcoming EP “The Watcher Of All”.
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Tyr and Arkona reschedule Australian tour dates for 2021.
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