Empire State Bastard have released a new single The Looming. Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil layers feral vocals with guttural death metal growls over a hypnotic stoner soundscape provided by Slayer/Testament/Mr. Bungle/Fantomas drummer Dave Lombardo, Biffy's live guitarist and solo artist Mike Vennart and Naomi Macleod of Bitch Falcon.

From Placebo to Within Temptation & Two Minutes To Late Night, these are the best rock and metal covers of Kate Bush's timeless hit 'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)'

An intimate documentary film showing the back-to-basics recording process they adopted to create their ninth studio album, 'The Myth of the Happily Ever After'.

We've listened to all 53 tracks of 'The Metallica Blacklist' in a quest to identify the most memorable metal moments of the lot. These are our findings.

Surely by now you’ve all had a chance to check out all the Sidewaves that have been announced and hopefully these clashes aren’t as bad as what we’re going to experience on the actual day. I guess time will tell, eh? These ones are our picks (and yes, we probably will be running all over Sydney and Melbourne all week trying to catch our favourite songs at each!). Click on each of the tour posters for Spotify playlists of each gig!

All too often in life are we let down at exciting times.

Today is not one of those days.

SOUNDWAVE have pulled out all the stops with a mind-blowing lineup of the best from the across the globe.

There has been some recent murmurs regarding a few Game of Thrones characters and what they might be getting up to in their spare time. Suspicious?

JOFFREY BARATHEON = MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE’S GERARD WAY?

YGRITTE = PARAMORE’S HAYLEY WILLIAMS?

WHITE WALKER = BIFFY CLYRO’S SIMON NEIL?