German icons the Scorpions have announced the release of a compilation album that features new music and re-imagined classics along with the best of their ballad output. Born to Touch Your Feelings features 17 tracks […]
The Finnish cinematic metal band Dark Sarah is preparing their third album entitled “The Golden Moth” which is scheduled to be released next year, and has opened a crowdfunding campaign and presale of the album. […]
New England Industrial Metal Duo INVERTIA return with The Crimson Screen Vol. 1, the band’s first in a series of EPs that are thematically-based on the early days of horror films. The EP will, most appropriately, be released […]
Drum legend & producer extraordinaire Simon Phillips will be releasing “Protocol 4” on October 27th on Phantom Recordings, distributed by AMPED™. Simon Phillips is by far one of the world’s most renowned and respected […]
It gives all of us here at ‘The Rockpit’ great pleasure in officially welcoming to our Artist Management and Representation roster, Western Australia’s very own ‘Killer Quartet’- ‘The Mighty’, ‘The Purveyors of Front-Bar Notoriety’, ‘The […]
New Zealand experimental, atmospheric, post-metallers Spook The Horses will release their third album People Used To Live Here on November 10. The band have just released the video for the second single from the […]
Just in time for CLAIM THE THRONE‘S Australia & Japan Tour with Wintersun. A second video from their new album ‘ON DESOLATE PLAINS’ is released today – Check out ‘SPIRIT OF FIRE’! Read our review […]
Last month, metal fusion juggernauts Twelve Foot Ninja announced that they are returning to Australia with their international Monsoon Tour for one night only at Melbourne’s 170 Russell on 12th January 2018. Today they […]
Clint Boge of The Butterfly Effect. A Dropped Hot Dog. The Fortitude Valley Mall and its denizens. A massive mirrored high heel that doubles as a bicycle. Purple Velvet pants. Some serious FUNK. Breakdown […]
VIMIC, the acclaimed heavy rock band founded by GRAMMY Award®-winning Slipknot co-founder and heavy music luminary Joey Jordison, has signed a global deal with Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) and T-Boy Records, UMe’s label partnership (Via […]
Perth-based punk rocker Dan Cribb continues his tribute to The Simpsons with an upbeat rendition of Canyonero. Having teamed up with 12 other guest vocalists over the past year for Worst Tribute Ever (including […]
Mammal fans lucky enough to hold tickets for tonight’s sold out reunion show in Melbourne are being reminded today to get down early to catch openers, Terracotta Pigeons ,with the release of a brand […]
Fiction Syxx, is the brain child of songwriter/vocalist/guitarist, Mark Allen Lanoue. But like all ideas, including musical ones, it is not just about the writing; it is about the delivery. So, after writing the first song […]
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS, led by the legendary long time MOTÖRHEAD guitarist, have announced the details for the band’s upcoming debut album. Their first full-length studio effort will be entitled The Age Of Absurdity […]
Founding Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell will release his new solo album ‘Standing At A Bus Stop‘ on December 1st, via Of The Edge Productions/Cargo Records UK. ‘Standing at a Bus Stop‘ is legendary guitarist, […]
WARRIOR SOUL, the band fronted by legendary singer Kory Clarke, will release their new studio album, entitled ‘Back On The Lash‘ on December 1st, via Livewire/Cargo Records UK. Warrior Soul are back with profane […]
Following the release of their latest studio album BCCIV, Black Country Communion released the music video for their third single The Last Song For My Resting Place. The song is inspired by Wallace Hartley (the […]
I caught up with DEATH RATTLE right as they were heading out for tour and so I had RYAN VANDERWOLK who plays guitar for the band fill out the infamous “Tour Email Interactive Interview” […]
Whatever your views on the early 80’s Metal and Rock scenes and whatever your take on ‘theatrical rock’ of that period there’s little doubt that back in the day W.A.S.P. were a force to be […]
The latest news from napalm Records including updates from Hoobastank, Moonspell, Serenity, Amberian Dawn and Kobra & The Lotus. 2017 marks another chapter in the career of exceptional rock act, HOOBASTANK, by signing […]
Brisbane metal outfit Meliorist are today announcing the release of their new EP, ‘ii.’ and along with it, dropping their first single and video from it AND announcing their launch show for it. ‘ii.’ […]
Perth kings of ambient, depressive black metal, Deadspace will release their second full length album, The Liquid Sky on November 15. Following on from their debut record The Promise Of Oblivion, and 2016’s Gravity […]
Hands Like Houses have today dropped “Ana’s Song (Open Fire)”: the second single from Spawn (Again): A Tribute To Silverchair, set for release on November 17 via UNFD. The band have also announced they will be playing […]
Swedish death metal band THRONE OF HERESY have teamed up with Decibel Magazine to stream their new video for “Liber Secretorum“. The track is taken from the band’s forthcoming concept album Decameron. The band […]
The Used has released “Rise Up Lights” the second track from their forthcoming album, The Canyon, set for release this friday. The noisy super charged song picks up right away with singer Bert McCracken’s undeniable vocals […]
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