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What makes a great cover song? That is perhaps going to be a question that will float around for as long as music itself exists. I guess in a way that questions can be answered differently by every single music lover in their own way, it all comes down to taste. I know there are […]

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ORDER HERE! Five-LP Collection Includes Original Album Plus Rare Quad Mix Along With The Vinyl Debut Of Two 1970 Concerts Also Available Digitally And As A 4CD Set Wildly regarded as innovators of the musical genre which came to be known as Heavy Metal, legendary Birmingham-bred Black Sabbath celebrate the 50th anniversary in 2020 of […]

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RUE MORGUE RECORDS is now 2 years old. Wow! Where did the time go? I can safely say that it has been one of the busiest and all-encompassing ventures of my entire life but two years in, I freaking love every single minute of it all.   We have released 10 seven inch vinyl singles […]

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It's safe to say we've come full circle. Through the mid to late 80's I'd go and watch Nothing Sacred play as many times as I possibly could. They were one of the best, if not THE BEST band in the Australian scene. I have often argued (with anyone who would listen) that has Nothing [...] Continue Reading

Recently I heard radio listeners voting on what they believed were the best Nirvana tracks of all time. As I listened to it I begun to realise that to the new generation of music fans Nirvana never really existed outside of their award winning Nevermind and MTV Unplugged: Live In New York albums. Of course [...] Continue Reading

The mighty Finns are back! With sold-out world tours and some of the highest selling albums of the past decade it is hard to imagine that the talented juggernaut that is Nightwish could get any bigger. Yet the release of their brand new album Human :II: Nature last week has seen the band reach new […]

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SOLD OUT! Witchskull: A Driftwood Cross $70.99 Read more While some bands have gone into hibernation during the Covid-19 quarantine one band that certainly hasn’t is Canberra’s Witchskull. Not only has their latest album, A Driftwood Cross, been released during this period but when the ACT’s quarantine restrictions were lifted slightly the band managed to [...] Continue Reading

Brisbane’s very own Aversions Crown have been wowing fans right around the world with their own style of sci-fi metal over the past decade and now they are returning with their brand new album Hell Will Come For Us All which the band promises captures a new sound that sometimes borders on the heaviest the […]

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When it comes to longevity only a few bands can boast being in the music industry as long as German hard rock outfit Bonfire. The band originally started out way back in 1972 under the name of Cacumen. After seven years together and two albums the band signed with BMG Records who suggested that their […]

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Come, come to the Sabbath Down by the ruined bridge Witches and demons are coming Just follow the magic call…   Not many bands can claim to be as influential as Mercyful Fate. As one of the early purveyors of True Metal, the band’s impact is felt far and wide; from the New Wave of […]

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Songs In The Key Of X. It is probably one of the most morose and dark albums to ever be created. It is still an album that I can put on today and I still find myself drifting off into a world of dark lyrics that to me show some kind of rare beauty. The […]

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STAY HOME SWEET HOME WITH MÖTLEY CRÜE & THE CAST OF THE DIRT This Saturday Morning @ 9am In a novel way to connect with their fans, Mötley Crüe have provided means for their global fan base to watch the Netflix bio-pic The Dirt with the band. With today’s popular social media platforms, Twitter & […]

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Direct from Iron Maiden’s manager Rod Smallwood we have the following update on the much anticipated Iron Maiden Legacy Of The Beast tour… I hope you and your loved ones are staying safe and well, wherever you may be, and my continued thanks to you all for bearing with us so patiently. Due to the […]

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When it comes to music Brian Tichy has drummed for Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, Whitesnake, Billy Idol, Foreigner and The Dead Daisies just to name a few. Now he has teamed up with Pete Shoulder from The Union and Winterville to form a new rock band called Silverthorne. With Silverthorne now releasing their debut EP – […]

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When it comes to extreme metal bands few have shared the sucsess of The Black Dahlia Murder over the past few years. Rising from being a small death metal band in Waterford, Michigan, the band now have eight albums under their belt and regularly headline some of the biggest festivals in Europe. Now their fans […]

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To use the word icon to describe an artist is a description that should only be used for the true legends of the music industry. Perhaps when you think of Vader you aren’t sure whether this is a band that deserves to be bestowed with the title of icon, but when you consider that these […]

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When you have bands of the ilk of Nightwish, Lacuna Col, HIM and Cradle Of Filth claiming that you inspired them and their careers to date you know as a band that you are doing something right. To be honest Paradise Lost have been doing that ‘something right’ since the late 1980s and once again […]

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No Aussie music compilation is complete without some dirty bluesy rock, right? Well bringing that to the table on the Murders In The Rue Morgue Vol 1 album is Melbourne band Southbound Snake Charmers. This is a band who describe themselves as dirtier than a roadhouse bathroom and guaranteed to make you slither like a […]

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My parent’s think I’m crazy! And they hate the things I do… It’s scary to realise that KISS Destroyer is 44 years old today. Even scarier to realise that yours truly was alive and kicking back then and this hot piece of wax was the first album the author owned and purchased with his own […]

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The Covid-19 outbreak has not treated thrash metal legends Testament well. First the band were forced to cancel their trip to Australia for the Download Festival and then in a bad twist of fate lead vocalist Chuck Billy came down with the virus himself. When I get a chance to chat to Billy about the […]

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A word from the two Unholy ones… We would like to summon you Sunday, April 12th at 3pm PST for a live streamed Unholy Communion service via our YouTube Channel! Be sure to follow Twin Temple on YouTube to receive the live notification! Link to Livestream. Churches refusing to follow the stay at home orders are […]

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When Nergal isn’t thrilling the world with his amazing talents with the mighty Behemoth he is exploring the darker side of folk music with his side project Me And That Man. Their first album Songs Of Death And Love landed in 2017 and was well received by both critics and fans alike. Now three years […]

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For anybody who saw the last tour of Slash, Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators one thing lingered in their mind after the show. Sure we were all thinking about how amazing the main act was but we were all expecting that – the other thing in our mind was just how impressive the opening act […]

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Flatten The Curve With Rock’n’Roll! New Single & Video, Samantha Jones Out Today. New Album, Rock N Roll Daydream Out Now!   Melbourne classic rock champions, Riff Raiders have just released their second album, Rock N Roll Daydream! The album features eleven rock anthem tracks that successfully showcase and match the vocal range of powerhouse frontwoman Jenni […]

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One of the hardest hit industries during the Covid-19 pandemic has to have been the Arts community. My inbox over the past couple of weeks has been full of promoters announcing that shows have been cancelled, and while I look around the street around me I see live music venues and cinemas closed and in […]

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Gone are the days when Nine Inch Nails releases were once every half decade. Trent Reznor is incredibly more prolific these days and in the end it is the fans that benefit as most things stamped with the NIN brand, are usually pretty damn good! A nice surprise greeted us all this past week when […]

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I hope every single one of you is doing whatever they possibly can to help STOP this virus. Please practice personal hygiene and wash your hands throughout the day. A good thorough wash and then disinfect with hand sanitizer. Please stay inside and in your home as much as is humanly possible. Only leave if […]

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One artist that couldn’t be more excited about having a track on the Murder In The Rue Morgue Volume 1 compilation is solo musician Grant Burns. Burns has made a name for himself over the years performing with bands such as Mason, Vulgod, Vespers Descent, Darkenium and Watercolour Ghosts and he released his solo album […]

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Hello friends of Rue Morgue Records. We’re all living in some strange times right now. Things are getting tougher for us all on a daily basis. And that really is stating the obvious hey? I sometimes wonder if it is insensitive of myself and my company to be peddling new records and new releases in […]

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If you are a fan of Dio then you are about to be in for a very special treat indeed. BMG are about to release some very special remastered versions of Angry Machines, Magica, Killing The Dragon and Master Of The Moon in memory of the tenth anniversary of the passing of Ronnie James Dio. […]

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For anybody that thinks that the Murders In The Rue Morgue Volume 1 compilation might just be Melbourne-centric then think again. The next artist to feature on the compilation that we are taking a look at hails from Western Australia and was one of the earliest signing to Rue Morgue Records when the label was […]

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Dio music collectors, it's time to add some key pieces of the legendary musician's history. Niji Entertainment Group have partnered with BMG to reissue four classic records in 2020, with each set bolstered by rare and never-before-released live material and select bonus tracks. Longtime Dio collaborator Wyn Davis was brought in to remaster the four [...] Continue Reading

Melbourne band Nothing Sacred are certainly not new to the scene. They have been around since the early 1980s and are a proud member of the Rue Morgue Records stable, so it is not surprising that they were one of the first bands selected to have a track included on the Murders In The Rue […]

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I am the voice inside your head (and I control you!) It’s not every day we get to celebrate classic albums but this one, well, Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral,  changed my life. It had an impact. It moved me. And here we are two decades later, and it still has the same effect. [...] Continue Reading

When it comes to collecting music what collectors may look for can vary. You get some collectors who are more than happy scouring op shops and markets for those hard to find CDs or even CDs that they just want to add to their collection. Then there are others that are more likely to go […]

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Metallica’s Master Of Puppets At 34 With the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) movement in full swing, a bunch of pimply faced kids in San Francisco were paying notice to albums by Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Diamond Head, Saxon, Tygers of Pan Tang and the like. A whole new scene was evolving influenced […]

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When Scottish punk band The Exploited  arrive on our shores next week it will be an absolute miracle that they are here. I don’t use the word miracle in a form of journalistic shock either, it will be a true miracle as lead singer Wattie Buchan has had a number of heart attacks over the […]

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There is perhaps no busier man in the heavy metal world than Bjorn ‘Speed’ Strid. Strid is the permanent front-man of not only the mighty Soilwork but also the highly energetic Night Flight Orchestra. Nobody really likes to talk about it but Night Flight Orchestra really began as a side project for Strid alongside his […]

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photos by John Raptis “Hello, is that AC/DC? Its Gill here!” That is the way a phone conversation needs to begin that should be made by AFL Chief Commissioner Gillon McLachlan this week. Perhaps an arrow hasn’t really been fired in anger yet when it comes to the 2020 AFL Season but people have already […]

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Glenn Danzig‘s long-awaited collection of Elvis Presley covers, appropriately titled “Danzig Sings Elvis”, is scheduled for an April 17 release. Tracks set to appear on the effort include “Is It So Strange”, “Loving Arms” and “One Night”. Two live shows in support of “Danzig Sings Elvis” will be announced next week for Los Angeles and […]

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