A week ahead of its Australian debut, Knotfest has completely sold out.

Big New Tunes From Avenged Sevenfold, Bury Tomorrow, Blood Command, Jesus Piece, RedHook feat Yours Truly, R.U.B & Trophy Eyes fire up the Friday Fire.

Instrumental prog rock powerhouse Polyphia have announced a debut Australian headline tour.

Japanese metal sensation Babymetal have announced their very first headline tour of Australia. 

Linkin Park guitarist/vocalist Mike Shinoda has uploaded an unboxing video of the holy grail of the configurations, the Limited Edition Super Deluxe Box Set, providing a sneak peek at all that the collection has to offer those lucky enough to snap one up. 

Avenged Sevenfold have shared a new single 'Nobody' and announced a new album 'Life Is But A Dream...'

My Chemical Romance reportedly treated the Brisbane audience to an eclectic mix of cuts from across their celebrated catalogue. Opening with their 2022 comeback single The Foundations Of Decay, the set featured tracks from every release with five songs each from their most recent full-studio album, 2010's Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, five from 2006's career-changing The Black Parade, three from 2004's breakout Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, two from singles collection Conventional Weapons, two from their 2002 debut album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, and B-side Bury Me In Black from their Life On The Murder Scene live album. 

A crushing debut from deathcore supergroup Project: Vengeance, a big return track from Closure In Moscow, an earworm from Enter Shikari, a remastered Roadrunner United classic and a djent adventure from Haken ignite our Friday Fire.

While we wait for the April 7th release of Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition and the reported six additional unreleased songs, demos and b-sides that will be included in the Limited Edition Super Deluxe Box Set, we've been satiating our own desire for a fresh Linkin Park fix by taking a deep-dive through the many covers of Linkin Park songs by other artists. We've compiled a list of five of the best Linkin Park covers.

Ahead of their arrival in Australia, we caught up with Story Of The Year frontman Dan Marsala for a chat about the upcoming release of Tear Me To Pieces, early tour memories, the great emo renaissance, the challenge of being the 'softer' act on Knotfest Australia and how it feels to have survived long enough to see themselves and their contemporaries become part of a nostalgia scene.