Metallica tour on the cards?
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With their ninth studio album imminent, various reports suggest stadium rock gods Metallica are planning a visit to our shores very soon.
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Neil Young here in January
Hearted on Tuesday
After months of speculation, Neil Young has been locked in for three headline shows alongside My Morning Jacket! Oh, and Big Day Out too...
The Haunted to terrorise Australia
Hearted on Tuesday
Fresh from the European festival circuit, Swedish death metallers The Haunted will be bringing their own brutal take on the Gothenburg sound to Australia in November of this year.
Cog: onward and upward
Hearted on Monday
Fresh from a successful jaunt to the UK, heavy-duty rockers Cog give FL an idea of what to expect from their upcoming festival appearances.
The Bronx tour Australia in December
Hearted a few weeks ago
With their third album in the bag, The Bronx will bring their blistering white hot rock to our shores in December.
The Music @ The Metro Theatre, Sydney (31/07/08)
Hearted last month on the 3rd
The Music still bristles with the same raw power we first witnessed at Splendour In The Grass 2003. They returned to Sydney to stoke the fire.
All-star Ozzfest tribute to Dimebag
Hearted on the 25th Jul, 2008
Members of Metallica, Slayer, Alice In Chains and more will super-group it up at Ozzfest as a tribute to murdered Pantera axe-man ‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott.
Feel the Dragonforce in October
Hearted on the 4th Jul, 2008
Four albums in, Dragonforce has lost none of its fire. The British power-metallers are visiting our shores for some full-throttle shows.
Jay-Z sticks it to Noel, covers Wonderwall at Glastonbury
Hearted on the 30th Jun, 2008
Despite all the criticism going into Glastonbury, Jay-Z proved the doubters wrong with a solid set kick-started by a cover of Oasis' Wonderwall.
CARCASS RETURN TO AUSTRALIA
Hearted on the 25th Jun, 2008
Reforming in 2008 to play huge European metal festivals exclusively, CARCASS - regarded one of the most influential and important bands in metal - return to our shores this October for the first time in fifteen years!
The Music
Hearted on the 11th Jun, 2008
Rob Harvey, frontman for Splendour headliners The Music, opens up to FL about shitty music writers, depression and seeing the light.
The original Judas Priest tour
Hearted on the 28th May, 2008
Legends of metal Judas Priest are embarking on a stadium tour of Australia this September – for the first-time ever with the original line-up.
On the frontline with Cold War Kids
Hearted on the 26th May, 2008
One of Splendour’s hottest bookings, California’s Cold War Kids has obliged our calls for sideshows. Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney rejoice.
The Dillinger Escape Plan @ UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney (17/05/08)
Hearted on the 20th May, 2008
The Dillinger Escape Plan stopped in to Sydney tonight and there is only one word to describe the proceedings - Chaos. Well actually, I'll use two that might be more suitable - Synchronised Mayhem.
Cog @ The Enmore Theatre, Sydney (16/05/08)
Hearted on the 20th May, 2008
Cog put on the kind of rock show that is becoming increasingly rare in the ever-growing indie-fication of Sydney.
Cog - Sharing Space
Hearted on the 15th May, 2008
Cog shares some space with the listener on the sophomore recording. Mind space, to be exact.
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Hearted on the 12th May, 2008
Like their criminal namesake, hardcore revisionists The Dillinger Escape Plan have earned a certain notoriety. Ahead of their Australian tour, bass player Liam Wilson tells FasterLouder the band's modus operandi is to "shoot your way out".
Opeth in Australia
Hearted on the 10th May, 2008
With the release of their ninth album Watershed imminent, metal survivors Opeth will touch down on our shores in September.
Henry Rollins
Hearted ages ago
Author, radio host, performer, publisher, television producer, occasional actor, constant traveler. Old school LA punk icon. Henry Rollins is no slouch when it comes to, well, anything really.
Cog: shared experience
Hearted ages ago
Cog’s first album, The New Normal, made the Sydney three-piece one of the most talked-about hard rock acts in Australia. FasterLouder's Andrew Weaver chats to vocalist Flynn Gower about the band's meaner, leaner follow-up Sharing Space.
Zakk Wylde: by name and nature
Hearted ages ago
She knew he was hilariously erratic, but Melanie Lewis still wasn't really prepared for this one. She chats to Zach Wylde, predominantly about his sex life.
The Music starts again
Hearted ages ago
Things have been noticeably quiet in The Music camp of late, but the silence is soon to be broken with the release of the band’s third album Strength In Numbers.
Pennywise ninth album going for free
Hearted ages ago
US punk band Pennywise will release their ninth album this week - and it won't cost you a cent.
The Dillinger Escape Plan Australian Tour
Hearted ages ago
Rumors be gone. Riot! Entertainment has just announced the official tour dates for The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Australian Tour, which kicks off in May, six months after their innovative new release Ire Works.
Cog’s Sharing Space tour, presented by FL
Hearted ages ago
One of Australia’s most followed live bands, Cog will once again do the national rounds to support their upcoming album, Sharing Space. Presented by FasterLouder, the six-week tour is exhaustive, taking in regional areas as well as capital cities.
Cavalera Conspiracy not so secret
Hearted ages ago
This amazingly phenomenal show will go down in every heavy metal encyclopedia as the historic moment when the brothers Cavalera joined forces again.
Cog: from Bondi to Weed and beyond
Hearted ages ago
Aussie band Cog are recording in California, touring in Australia, driving through the outback, and surfing in northern NSW. It's a tough life as Lucius Borich confirms.
Divine rebirth for Dino Cazares
Hearted ages ago
It’s been a long time since a band has come along that has this level of raw brutality, technical virtuosity and heaviness, yet the same mass-appeal melodics that landed bands such as Killswitch Engage as modern legends.
Hide Your Children! Andrew WK is Coming to Oz
Hearted ages ago
Andrew WK is bringing his unique One Man Show Tour to select cities in Australia this December
Don't Look Back coming to Oz!
Hearted ages ago
The International musicl phenomonen, Don't Look Back, is coming to Australia and rumours are already flying as to who may be on the lineup.
Soundwave confirms 2008 lineup
Hearted ages ago
The Offspring and Incubus head a bumper bill for the 2008 Soundwave festival.
Rage Against the Machine tour announced
Hearted ages ago
We've been waiting more than a decade - but finally the wait is over - Rage Against the Machine will be touring Australia this summer.
Cream set for a comeback
Hearted ages ago
You’d be forgiven for thinking that they already HAD made a comeback with all of the 70s inspired rock we’ve heard in the past couple of years, but it’s looking like Eric and co might very well be making a legit comeback. Take that White Stripes!
StoneSour @ Enmore Theatre - 15/5/07
Hearted ages ago
Corey Taylor creates a strong looking front man and easily whips the crowd into a frenzy as the fans finally wake up and realise that the band they came to see is about to begin.
Dragonforce: more human than human
Hearted ages ago
After speaking with Dragonforce vocalist ZP Theart, it can only be confirmed: Dragonforce are as metal as fuck.
Machine Head - The Blackening
Hearted ages ago
The Blackening is an hour long anthem of dissatisfaction with the status quo, but it boldly offers a whole heap more than the 'fuck it all' attitude of youthful arrogance.
Stone Sour – Australia What(ever) in May
Hearted ages ago
"For so long, nobody wanted to give us the respect that's due, and now it's really starting to come out," Taylor says. "And f--- man, it feels really good and it just makes us fight even harder."
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Slayer
From the first thirty seconds of Slayer’s latest album, Christ Illusion, it’s clear that the legendary band has hit a new peak. Its first record in five years and its first record in fifteen years with the original band line-up, Christ Illusion is a caco
Lamb Of God
Where pain, adrenaline and frustration turn to rage, therein lurk Lamb of God. In the six years since they changed their name from Burn the Priest and continued their musical quest, the Virginia band has written some of the heaviest, most brutal music eve
Come Together Festival
The Come Together Festival will be back for a fourth round with even more music and mayhem this Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend. Come Together will once again be an all ages gig with more than 50 Australian bands and international guests and once again o
Peeping Tom
For all those Mike Patton devotees out there, you’ll be ecstatic to know that the man with a thousand voices is once again heading to our shores. This time, he is bringing the all star cast that is Peeping Tom. The 11-track self-titled debut released
Hell Yeah
It’s a metal collaboration that dreams are made of – Pantera legend Vinnie Paul Abbott; Mudavayne’s Chad Gray and Greg Tribbet; Damageplan’s Bob Zilla and Nothingface’s Tom Maxwell – is that not one of the best metal line-ups you’ll see? Hel
Black Sabbath
the undisputed kings of heavy metal Black Sabbath will be bringing it to Australia in August with the ‘Heaven and Hell’ tour, presented by Fasterlouder. The ‘Dio Years’ lineup of Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice will al
Black Crusade Tour
Machine Head, Trivium and Arch Enemy, three of teh metal world’s most renowned bands, are joining forces for the wicked Black Crusade tour this fall. Each group is known for their outrageous live performances, blowing audiences away time after time.
Iron Maiden
Metal gods Iron Maiden will tour Australia for the first time in 15 years when they touch down in Perth this summer. The Australian shows are the first on their huge Somewhere Back in Time tour, which will take the band around the world several times t
Beck's Festival Bar pres. Warp label night feat. Battles
Warp label night featuring Battles (US), Andy Weatherall (UK), Harmonic 313 (Mark Pritchard) and Pivot.
Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, Divine Heresy, From Autumn To Ashes
Four solid bands from Soundwave ‘08 join forces for a rocking sideshow.
Cog
One of Australia’s most followed live bands, Cog will once again do the national rounds to support their upcoming album, Sharing Space.
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Riot! Entertainment has just announced the official tour dates for The Dillinger Escape Plan ’s Australian Tour, which kicks off in May, six months after their innovative new release Ire Works.
The Music
English four-piece The Music make their long-awaited return to Australian stages this July and August.
