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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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

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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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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Metalcore Gods Atereyu are at the point of their career where they could just sit back and rest on their laurels. They have just celebrated twenty years in the business, their albums chart each time they have a new release and they have toured alongside greats such as Slipknot, Chris Cornell, Linkin Park and Avenged […]

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Strictly Limited, Numbered Edition Of 1970 In 1999, Rhino Handmade released The Complete Fun House Sessions, a 7-CD box set that included almost every take from The Stooges’ sophomore effort, Fun House.  Now, the label will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fun House with a luxurious vinyl box set, due July 17. Fun House – 50th Anniversary […]

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Rue Morgue Records fave Chelsea Wolfe is set to tour Australia in June… Straight from her Facebook Page…   Happy to announce my New Zealand and Australia tour with Emma Ruth Rundle (Solo) supporting will be in June 2020 Presented by Sargent House & The Bird’s Robe Collective JUN 05 Wellington, NZ @ San Fran […]

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The Riff Raiders have been busy! With their double A side single now available for sale via Rue Morgue Records, the band has also put together two music videos to accompany each track. The songs can be seen below. If you would like to purchase a copy of the limited edition seven inch vinyl, click […]

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Not only do Espionage appear on the Murders In The Rue Morgue Vol 1 LP with an exclusive mix of their killer track Lost In Space, the boys have teamed up with Rue Morgue Records for a killer limited edition seven inch vinyl called Arrow Of Time. Rue Morgue Records is delighted to be working […]

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1982’s ‘The Litanies of Satan’ has been remastered for the updated release Diamanda Galás is reissuing her debut album. Originally released on Y Records in 1982, The Litanies of Satan has been remastered for its updated release and will be made available on vinyl, CD and digital formats via Diamanda Galás‘ own Intravenal Sound Operations […]

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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Black Sabbath’s landmark debut at our exclusive listening session in the dark on Number 10’s beefy 18-speaker sound system in the heart of Hackney. Hear and feel every detail of this classic played through MQA’s lossless audio technology from the comfort of a sofa or comfy chair with no distractions. […]

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Def Leppard have compiled a thorough accounting of their earliest days — when they burst out of their native Sheffield, England, as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal — for a new box set. The Early Years 79-81 collects remastered versions of their first two LPs, On Through the Night and High […]

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We get so many submissions from bands here at Rue Morgue Records. I’d say on average it boils down to about 5 a month. Sometimes more. Of course, we don’t just take anyone on board. We listen carefully to the music submitted. We look closely at the band’s look and image which we deem just […]

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2nd AustralAsian World Turbojugend Days March 5-8th 2020 For the second time since Norwegian Death Punk band Turbonegro graced our continent with their presence in 2012, the Australian Turbojugend is organising a big get-together to celebrate the local variety of the global fan-club that Turbonegro has developed over the last 25 years... Some of the [...] Continue Reading

Seeing as our entire nation seems to be on fire in these terrible bushfires, we have decided to do our small bit to assist in any way we can. We donated our entire weekend income a few weeks ago to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal but we have also decided to pay a monthly contribution to […]

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In this social media age, the first thing I reached for this morning was my phone, only to see something that shocked me out of bed faster than ever being late for work… Neil Peart Dead. I think the word BULLSHIT must have been heard by my immediate neighbours, but when checking various news sites, […]

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Dimebash – an all-star jam tribute to “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, the late co-founder and guitarist of Pantera and Damageplan – is set for Thursday, January 16 at The Observatory OC in Santa Ana, California. Rock legend Dave Grohl and many more top rock and metal artists will be on hand to honor the guitar legend […]

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LISTEN NOW – SPOTIFY | APPLE | STITCHER | WHOOSHKAA | RSS | MAIN WEBSITE Australian Metal Band LORD are continuing to ride the success of their latest album Fallen Idols with the announcement of a 10 part podcast series named Nod to the Old School, hosted by the band’s very own Andy Dowling. Nod to the Old School is all about the old school […]

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When one thinks of Rue Morgue Records it is a name that is usually associated with the harder and faster aspects of music. That's fine! That is pretty much who we mostly cater for, and have catered for, over the course of our existence. But that is not to say we don't dip the old [...] Continue Reading

A year ago today the site launched. I had no idea where this would all lead to but I certainly knew where I wanted it to go. A year ago, we were strictly an online store selling predominantly vinyl products. The label side of things did not happen for months yet. It hadn’t even entered […]

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As Rue Morgue Records is about to turn one year old in a few days, I look back at the year that has past and simply marvel at just how far we have come. Although the label side of the business is only 8 months old, we have made some inroads into the independent industry […]

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The dream has always been to take Rue Morgue Records the label to the next level. From day one my mind's eye was burning with the idea that someone really needed to bring the classic compilation album back in vogue! That someone was me! Back in the 80's the Metal compilation album is what brought [...] Continue Reading

Rue Morgue Records recording artist Grant Burns launched his debut single Chaos In Design at a successful in-store at Alt.Cvlt in Frankston. In front of a receptive gathering, Grant played his entire debut EP live whilst also generating interest from many passer bys who were enthralled with Burns’ guitar hystrionics. Grant was available to sign […]

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A new exhibition about the band finally cements Birmingham’s reputation as the centre of a global musical phenomenon. ‘Home of Metal: Black Sabbath – 50 Years’ runs at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery from 26 June to 29 September. A blockbuster exhibition devoted to the music that was born in and around Birmingham. Music […]

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Korn are back with a brand new album. The follow-up to 2016’s The Serenity Of Suffering, Korn’s 13th full-length is titled The Nothing and will be released on September 13 via Roadrunner Records. “Deep, within our Earth lives an extraordinary force. Very few are aware of the magnitude and significance of this place where good/evil, […]

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Chelsea Wolfe has announced that she’ll release her new studio album later this year. The follow-up to 2017’s Hiss Spun is titled Birth Of Violence and it’ll arrive on September 13 through Sargent House. Wolfe says: “I’ve been in a state of constant motion for the past eight years or so – touring, moving, playing [...] Continue Reading

Band photo by our friend Ester Segarra The Norwegian black metal legends mark their return with a sublime new slab of relentless riffing in the true spirit of the underground. The legendary Norwegian longstanding partnership of Fenriz and Ted “Nocturno Culto” Skjellum, return with their first studio album since 2016’s hugely popular ‘Arctic Thunder’, in [...] Continue Reading

Motörhead. Do they need an introduction? Everything about these legends of heavy metal was iconic. Their logo, their look and their frontman.. the immortal Lemmy Kilmister RIP. Motörhead and their music are part of the very fabric of rock n roll. It’s in the DNA that spawned countless sub-genres and inspired everyone from Metallica to […]

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Lawrence Carroll created the cover art for Slayer’s Reign In Blood, South Of Heaven, Seasons In The Abyss and Christ Illusion. Lawrence Carroll, the artist who designed and created four of Slayer’s most iconic covers, has died at the age of 65. The news was confirmed by the Karsten Greve Gallery and his friend Jason […]

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