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What's the buzz, tell me what's happening! Winter has surely hit us hard in the Southern Hemisphere! Well, as hard as a Australian winter can hit I guess. And the colder months find us all at Rue Morgue Records facing an extremely busy period. Both the online store and the record label are experiencing a [...] Continue Reading

Whilst putting together the compilation albums we are doing at Rue Morgue Records, with every campaign we usually get 50-60 bands who send through their music. Which is great! I love getting the opportunity to hear stuff I otherwise would not have. The most disappointing aspect of this process tho, is telling a band that [...] Continue Reading

It was a Friday night sometime in 1989. I was visiting the boys at Metal For Melbourne which had become a weekly ritual in that year. They unpacked a bunch of new stuff that had come in and out of the cardboard box came a record called The Real Thing by Faith No More. "Who [...] Continue Reading

By Rod Whitfield Moving Pictures. The album. When approached to do a review of this mighty record for its 40th anniversary, I was tantalised and excited by the prospect, and just a little daunted, at the same time. After all, what does one say about this record that hasn’t been said before in the last [...] Continue Reading

My love for Ghost... my fanatical love for all things Ghost, happened on the release of the band's first album Opus Eponymous quite a few years ago now. I plugged them and defended them wherever I could. Many laughed at me but over time, those laughs became fans as well. You know who you are! [...] Continue Reading

Well it is not exactly Christmas coming early, but this year we will see an extra AusMusic T-Shirt Day thrown into the calendar, Rising to popularity in 2015 the first AusMusic T-Shirt Day was held in order to raise money for SupportAct, a charity that is designed to help out artists and those who work […]

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40 Years Of Music From The Elder I remember it as if it were only days ago. It was November 11 1981 and my last day of school before summer holidays. It had turned out to be a good year for yours truly and I was excited to kick off the summer holidays with the […]

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The producers of Becoming Led Zeppelin, the first official documentary about the iconic band, released its first trailer after the movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival yesterday. Guitarist Jimmy Page, who attended the event to represent fellow surviving bandmates Robert Plant and John Paul Jones, explained why they’d never previously agreed to take part [...] Continue Reading

By John Raptis IRON MAIDEN Senjutsu RELEASE DATE: September 3, 2021 PRODUCERS: Kevin Shirley, Steve Harris RECORDED: Guillaume Tell Studios Trackllisting: Senjutsu (Smith, Harris) 8:20 Stratego (Gers, Harris) 5:00 The Writing On The Wall (Smith, Dickinson) 6:14 Lost In A Lost World (Harris) 9:32 Days Of Future Past (Smith, Dickinson) 4:04 The Time Machine (Gers, Harris) 7:09 Darkest [...] Continue Reading

By David Griffiths One of the most ambitious projects of last year was the Murders In The Rue Morgue Vol 1 album, and the great news is it was so successful that Rue Morgue now has Vol 2 well and truly on the way. Once again the album is going to be full of some [...] Continue Reading

We are thrilled to announce the release of IRON MAIDEN’s 17th studio album Senjutsu on September 3rd through Parlophone Records (BMG in the USA). It was recorded in Paris with longstanding producer Kevin Shirley and co-produced by Steve Harris. For Senjutsu – loosely translated as ‘tactics & strategy’, the band once again enlisted the services […]

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75th Birthday Celebrated By Launch Of First Ever Official Website   Iconic AC/DC singer Ronald Belford “Bon” Scott would have turned 75 years old on Friday, July 9, 2021.   To mark this occasion, Bon’s family is launching the first ever official Bon Scott website which will serve as a destination for fans keen to discover more about the legendary […]

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Pre Order Now! Dive Into Ruin is delighted to announce that our new 5-track EP “Smithereens” is to be released as a 10-inch coloured vinyl via Rue Morgue Records. Dive Into Ruin is a truly unique Aussie punk rock 4-piece that has been a regular player in the vibrant Melbourne music scene since 2008, featuring […]

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Roger Waters has revealed that the long delay in releasing a remixed version of Pink Floyd’s Animals has been caused at least in part by a battle over the album’s liner notes. Now, he’s bypassing the problem. In new online posts, Waters says he’s agreed to have the remastered 1977 LP issued without liner notes. […]

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“We released a single with Rue Morgue Records last year so it was a pretty easy step to just keep that relationship going that was already there. We’ve been really happy with John and I think that he has been really happy with us so it was just common sense to keep that relationship going.” […]

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There Are No Gods! It is with great pleasure that Rue Morgue Records announce their latest signing, Nothing Sacred. With the band on the verge of releasing their brand new album No Gods and a retrospective Deathwish box-set of their classic era 80's material, 2021 is proving to be one of the most exciting in [...] Continue Reading

KISS, the band behind hits such as Rock & Roll All Nite and God Gave Rock & Roll To You, are set to be the subject of a four-hour, two-part documentary for A&E. The cable network has ordered Biography: KISStory as part of its long-running doc strand. It will be produced by Leslie Greif, who […]

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We tried to get at least the standard edition to stock at Rue Morgue Records but our contact efforts were largely ignored! But as Sabbath/Dio fans here at the Morgue, we had to bring your attention to this incredible publication. Read below… This huge, coffee table book from Rufus Publications celebrates this era of the […]

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We here at Rue Morgue Records are staunch believers in the separation of Church & State. And whilst we are based in a country which largely adheres to this edict, many others don’t. Many others are persecuted and prosecuted for their beliefs and or lack of beliefs. In Poland, for example, there has been a […]

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Australia’s very own Rue Morgue Records started off as a dream for acclaimed music photographer John Raptis. That dream started off as wanting to set up an online record store that would eventually become a bricks and mortar store… along the way it evolved into a record label that has just celebrated its second birthday. […]

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After a year of pandemic lockdown Melbourne artist Karly Jewell is brushing off the musical cobwebs and jumping headfirst into 2021. Not only has Jewell been able to announce that her latest track ‘Dancing With The Devil’ is set to appear on the new Murder In The Rue Morgue Vol II compilation but she has [...] Continue Reading

Back in 1978, KISS released four solo albums. I was old enough to go and purchase Ace Frehley‘s album a couple of weeks after its release in September 1978. Now, we are not here to discuss the merits of those records, but on the back of each album, each member dedicated their record to the […]

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  If you are a fan of the hit television series Vikings then chances are you have heard the music of alternative band Wardruna. Not only have the band had music feature on the show but one of their main performers, Einar Selvik, has appeared in the show a number of times. Of course Wardruna’s [...] Continue Reading

Everyone's favourite Devil... The Tasmanian Devil! 2025: Throughout 2021, Rue Morgue Records sponsored 12 Tasmanian Devils. This was done monthly. The first sale of every month was donated to the Devils@Cradle program and each customer who happened to be the first sale, received a photo and bio of their sponsored Devil along with their order [...] Continue Reading

A new video containing a live interview with Black Sabbath star Tony Iommi has been made to commemorate the reinstallation of the band’s ‘heavy metal’ bench on Broad Street in Birmingham. The mini documentary is presented by Christian Martin, the former Argentinian rugby player who is himself a huge Black Sabbath fan, and features rare […]

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The Variants I thought it would be a good idea to give everyone a detailed look at all the possible variants of the Rue Morgue Records Murders In The Rue Morgue Vol I variants. This way, everyone can have a clear understanding of which product they have and what is and isn't rare. MURDERS IN [...] Continue Reading

Number 10 – AC/DC: PWRUP An electrifying return to form that stands in tribute to fallen stalwart Malcolm Young. A balls to the wall hard rock album is par for the course when it comes to AC/DC but there are some definite fresh highlights on this record that freshen the usual AC/DC bombast. ‘Through The Mists [...] Continue Reading

At times over the years it has felt like the compilation album is dead and buried. I still remember those days of buying the latest music magazine and then having to get past that sticky stuff (what the hell was that?) to get my prized sampler of new music off the front of the cover. [...] Continue Reading

It was early in the year 2000 when the buzz started to go around the music scene about this brand new band called Linkin Park. People were starting to talk about this band out of California, people knew there was something great coming but couldn’t quite put their finger on what it was. I remember […]

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Eddie Van Halen. The greatest! Defined a genre! Mastered it! Probably responsible for inspiring more to learn the guitar than any other human alive. Absolutely! Guitar histrionics that could peel the skin off your face, but at the same time he could take it all down to beautiful levels and make his guitar and your […]

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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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