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RIP Firestarter I am glad I got to see Prodigy play live let alone have the opportunity to photograph them. It was a photo pass I had to truly fight for as my publication did not deem the band ‘heavy’ enough. That took me by surprise as most if not all Prodigy performances are some […]

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So come now children of the beast… Be strong And Shout At The Devil! Rock biographies are some of my fave books. I have an ample collection and in time, Rue Morgue Records will be stocking a bunch of the better ones right here in our store. For the longest of times, Led Zeppelin’s Hammer […]

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We may not even be through January yet but 2019 is shaping up to be a huge year for Western Australian musician Dan Brittain. A few months ago he became the first artist to sign with Australia’s latest record label Rue Morgue Records but then his debut release Celestial Seasons ended up selling out of […]

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Available for order now! Subract-S may have been making a name for themselves in the Adelaide music scene but soon they will be arriving in your music collection thanks to their brand new single (alone on a) Monday becoming available through Rue Morgue Records in February. To find out a little more about the band […]

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Available for order now via Rue Morgue Records Grant Burns is no newcomer to the Aussie metal scene. Stints with bands such as Mason, Vespers Descent, Darkenium and Watercolour Ghosts has seen him take to the stage with the likes of Opeth, Mayhem, Children Of Bodem, Hate Eternal and Annihilator. But now Burns is embarking […]

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Saddened to hear of the passing of Greville Records’ Steve Morgan. I was only there last week buying a record from him and the usual to and fro banter was plentiful. Always with sage and wise advice on my Rue Morgue Records project and everything he ever told me whether in jest or seriousness (well […]

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When Mason guitarist Grant Burns approached me to do his publicity photos for his new solo album, I of course agreed and put it to Grant… “How about we release a vinyl seven inch single through Rue Morgue Records as well?” After a hushed meeting in the confines of the Reverence Hotel, where Grant’s immediate […]

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AVAILABLE NOW! When the idea for Rue Morgue Records The Label was spawned and ultimately unleashed to an unsuspecting public, I really didn’t know what sort of bands would contact me. I didn’t care the genres that would approach me, all I was concerned about was the artist blow me away. And that is not […]

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King Diamond Songs For The Dead Live Available For Pre-Order There is only one King Diamond, and for more than thirty years the great Dane has been dropping classic albums and putting on shows fans remember for the rest of their lives. Perhaps the only downside to having such a formidable catalogue is that there […]

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I’m Eighteen And I Like It! The Local Record Store Perspective… For the longest of whiles, the biggest selling record at Rue Morgue Records was the recent WaxWork release of the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie soundtrack. I could not stock them fast enough and after three re-orders via my distributor, I finally mnnaged […]

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On behalf of myself and Dan Brittain (and Amy Edwards) I would just like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who took interest in Dan’s new single and Rue Morgue Records Label’s first (ever) vinyl release. I am pretty certain, we’ll be sold out by the AM. We did this in a week with […]

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On July 25, 1980, AC/DC released their first album since the death of Bon Scott. It became one of the biggest selling albums ever. In 2000 Classic Rock looked at the making of this record. It was towards the end of February, 1980. Brian Johnson was staying in the spare room of his mum’s house […]

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Dan Brittain: Celestial Seasons PRE-ORDER NOW! It is with great pleasure that Rue Morgue Records The Label announce our first signing, Western Australian vocalist Dan Brittain. Brittain is no stranger to the Australian Rock scene having performed extensively with Shots Fired and more recently fronting Electrik Dynamite. A born and bred bonafide Rock Star Dan […]

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We’ve been championing this band since their inception and are now absolutely stoked that they will be touring Australia in February. All details in the poster above. Having said that, Rue Morgue Records moved heaven and earth (quite literally) to get Zeal & Ardor stock in our store after an extensive email trail that led […]

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I was recently interviewed by Blaze Festival about the label side of Rue Morgue Records. Presented for you below is the interview in full: Why a record label? Good question! The label idea kinda happened organically. We evolved into the role and it was quite a spontaneous decision. I was helping a friend of mine […]

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Behemoth’s trajectory as underground black metal hopefuls to fully fledged scene leaders as been one of the most interesting of any band. Along the way their music – as expected, has shifted in style, but always maintain it’s vicious backbone. I Loved You At Your Darkest finds the band evolving once again. The songs ebb […]

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The original studio console used to record Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven is heading for auction at Bonhams next month. The Helios console, which was also used by the likes of Bob Marley, David Bowie and The Rolling Stones, is expected to fetch a six-figure sum when it goes up for sale in London on […]

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Rue Morgue Records The Label was born from out undying passion for Rock N Roll music and getting new and fresh sounds out into the hands of like minded people. Throughout the course of 2019, the label will be releasing exclusive limited edition seven inch singles of some of the world’s best unsigned talent. “We […]

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ORDER VIA THIS LINK Massive set features five “Albuquerque crystal”-coloured 10″ records housed in jackets representing each of series’ five seasons. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Breaking Bad, the beloved series will collect five LPs-worth of music that featured during the show’s five seasons for a limited-edition, vinyl-only box set. Limited to 5,000 copies, […]

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Two-time Grammy-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater recently announced the forthcoming worldwide release of their 14th studio album, Distance Over Time on February 22, 2019. Distance Over Time showcases a newfound creativity for Dream Theater while maintaining the elements that have garnered them devoted fans around the globe. The album also marks the […]

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Rue Morgue Records will be participating in our first Record Store Day/Black Friday event. If you join our mailing list here, you can see what records we will have available on Friday. We have very limited quantities of some amazing releases from A Perfect Circle, Alice Cooper, Anthrax, Devo, Dio, Judas Priest and more. If […]

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As a music photographer now for 10 years, there are many photographers who I admire and look up to. None more so than the incredible Ester Segarra. Her work is bathed in darkness and tinged with a level of brilliance that I have yet to see matched or surpassed in the world of Extreme Music. […]

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Ok I am going to be brutally honest here. I really didn’t know too much about Aus Music T-Shirt Day. Which is a crying fucking shame because there’s more to it than just wearing a band t-shirt to work. Maybe my complacency arose because I pretty much wear a t-shirt (band or otherwise) every single […]

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Slipknot’s 2008 album, “All Hope Is Gone”, will be reissued on December 7. The 10th-anniversary deluxe edition of the LP will feature re-imagined artwork and a bonus disc containing an audio recording of the band’s 2009 headlining concert at Madison Square Garden. Disc 1: “All Hope Is Gone” 10th-Anniversary Deluxe Edition 01. .Execute. 02. Gematria […]

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Geezer. Ozzy. Tony. Bill. Made in Birmingham 1968. Eight words set to immortalise ‘Iron Man’ rock legends Black Sabbath in trendy stainless steel. And all complete with images of the band members as you’ve never seen them before. Plans are afoot to give the chart-topping ‘Paranoid’ stars a ‘Metal Bench’ that would be handmade in […]

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Huge news with the return of HEAVY Magazine to printed form. Over the last couple of years the magazine was only available as a digital download but now the mag hits the streets as a formidable street press publication. Already, it looks like the best street mag out there – by a long shot! HEAVY […]

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Two-time Grammy-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater announce the forthcoming worldwide release of their 14th studio album, Distance Over Time on 22nd February 2019. Distance Over Time showcases a newfound creativity for Dream Theater while maintaining the elements that have garnered them devoted fans around the globe. The album also marks the first for the band’s new label InsideOutMusic […]

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November is a huge month for Metallica fans worldwide and for Rue Morgue Records. With the re-release of one of the band’s finest hours …And Justice For All we’re all amped up at making this our best seller for the month of November! Surely we can sell more copies of this than we have of […]

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Hey Ho, Let’s Go! The Ramones Museum was one of the first destinations I wanted to check out whilst I was in Berlin. And sure enough, I got to visit it on my first day in the city. After doing the old Google Maps shuffle and plotting how to get there, I managed to find […]

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There is a fantastic interview with Mark Evans of AC/DC and Rose Tattoo on the kick ass vinyl podcast show, The Vinyl Guide. The Vinyl Guide is probably the definite look at vinyl and the collecting vibe and culture of this medium. This is definitely a podcast we are all big fans of here at […]

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I’ve literally just walked out of an advanced screening of the movie Bohemian Rhapsody. I was fortunate to be invited to a special screening brimming with free booze and popcorn. Fortunately, I don’t drink, but I do love popcorn! Especially of the free variety! I’ve come away from this movie absolutely blown away. I enjoyed […]

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This October, Island Records/Ume/Universal Music will release the 30th-anniversary, 2CD deluxe edition of ANTHRAX’s fourth studio album, “State Of Euphoria”. The package will consist of two discs: Disc One is the fully remastered album, all of the B-sides originally released in conjunction with the album, and “Antisocial” recorded live in London at the Hammersmith Odeon […]

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The Studio Collection Remastered will encompass 16 of Iron Maiden’s albums – to be released in chronological order in batches of 4 starting in November 2018. Titled The Studio Collection Remastered, they follow on from the band’s 2014-2017 vinyl releases, with the CDs featuring the same remasters as the 2015 hi-res digital albums. The albums […]

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Absolutely stoked to announce that Rue Morgue Records is one of the sponsors for the forthcoming Ballarat Blaze event. We are so confident that this is going to be a huge gig that we’ve put our name to it! All the info you could possibly need is at the Facebook Event page linked below. Check […]

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Behemoth have unleashed a third single from I Loved You at Your Darkest, “Bartzabel,” along with an ominously blasphemous — and seriously NSFW — accompanying visual. The track falls in line with frontman Nergal’s revelation that the record will be fairly conceptual, relaying a cogent narrative throughout without explicitly basing itself on singular story but […]

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Manowar have released LP re-issues of their classic albums Fighting the World, Kings of Metal, and The Triumph of Steel via Metal Blade Records. See below for an overview of all versions. Order now! Fighting the World (Clear Vinyl – limited to 1500 copies) Side A 01. Fighting the World 02. Blow Your Speakers 03. […]

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Limited edition deluxe numbered box set of …And Justice for All includes the album remastered on 180-gram double LP and CD, three live LPs, picture disc, eleven CDs + four DVDs featuring unreleased content, MP3 download card of all audio, tour laminate, set of four patches, Pushead print, lyric folder and sheets, and a 120-page hardcover book with never-before-seen photos + stories.

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Photo By John Raptis One of the last remaining rock ‘n’ roll icons and a pioneer of theatrical shock rock; Alice Cooper is the quintessential entertainer in every sense of the word.

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He’s a guitar hero; a spaceman; a guitar-smoking, rocket-shooting hero from the planet Jendel, whose lead guitar wizardry defies generations and has solidified the original Kiss guitarist’s place in the ethos of rock ‘n’ roll history. Ace Frehley is back (and he told you so) with his new limited edition vinyl exclusive “Bronx Boy” EP!

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Following the release of the 2017 studio album “Paranormal”, which was the best chart-performing album by Alice Cooper in decades, the American rock legend took his exciting live show all over the world, accompanied by “the best band he has ever had.”

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