When you think of Hollywood’s infamous ‘80s rock ‘n’ roll scene, it won’t take long before you turn your mind to Faster Pussycat. Led by the incomparable Taime Downe, Faster Pussycat was formed in […]
2018 was another year of great metal releases with both the major acts and the underground sharing a piece of quality musical pie that metal fans ate up vigorously. We here at The Rockpit […]
Cool name for a first album eh? The Lockhearts have been on The Rockpit’s radar since they dropped their first EP back in 2014 and followed it up with the wonderful double EP ‘Tales From […]
The death / thrash / black metal holocaust that is Nocturnal Graves bring the spirit of hell with them in grasping the national support for the upcoming WATAIN headlining tour of Australia / New […]
There were a lot of great Blues albums out this year and a lot of them came from Down-under, but it was Joe Bonamassa who dominated our chart this year with not only the wonderful […]
When I first read the title of the first Greta Van Fleet album I thought I could see the writing on the wall for Rock’s latest saviours – ‘the sound of Led Zeppelin with an […]
American Christian metalcore band Fit For A King hailing from Dallas, Texas, just wrapped up their US Fall tour supporting fellow American Christian metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada on their 10th Anniversary tour […]
The Black Wreath have announced the new location of BLACKEN OPEN AIR festival. The event will take place at the Ross River campground, at the mouth of the ancient N’Dhala Gorge. The spectacular festival […]
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, Progfest is the ultimate annual gathering for progressive music fans, and prog as a genre is one of the nation’s fastest growing. The 2019 line up of Progfest is definitely […]
Heart have revealed the second song from their upcoming live album “Live In Atlantic City”. The powerful live rendition of “Bébé Le Strange” with special guest Dave Navarro on guitar show why it is […]
Due to circumstances beyond Blaze Fest‘s control, Melbourne rock and rollers, Dead City Ruins have had to pull out of performing at the fest. They will not be replaced, the final line up is […]
Not many bands can boast the continued success of Nickelback. Countless sell-out tours, Two American Music Awards, Six Billboard Music Awards, 12 Juno Awards, Six Grammy Award Nominations, over 50 million album sales worldwide […]
What a great year for the music we all love! In what proved to be a fine vintage of a year there were many contenders for the top spot this time around but when […]
On March 29th, Whitechapel will release their 7th full-length, The Valley, via Metal Blade Records. Mixed by David Castillo, mastered by Ted Jensen, and produced once again by Mark Lewis (Cannibal Corpse, The Black […]
LEGION OF THE DAMNED New Video For Slaves Of The Southern Cross, DUST BOLT Release New Video For Bloody Rain plus Sojourner and Montanka sign to Napalm Records NECKBREAKER SUPREMACY: LEGION OF […]
DELAIN will release HUNTER’S MOON on Feb 22 2019 a stunning release, consisting exciting new studio tracks accompanied by a Live Blu-Ray from their SOLD OUT DANSE MACABRE tour across Europe in 2017. HUNTER’S […]
The Beasts announce the support acts for their upcoming ‘The Beasts Still Here’ national Australian tour this February / March 2019. Joining them for both Melbourne shows in St Kilda (Friday 22nd February) and […]
When the British/American metal trio Raven left the Skråen stage at the end of November 2017 after their acclaimed concert in Aalborg, Denmark, brothers John (bass, vocals) and Mark Gallagher (guitar) along with new […]
Every music lover knows that the closing concert of a long tour is always a very special event. For weeks in advance the audience has been able to read up on how much the […]
Mark Morton, the prolific guitarist of Lamb of God, has announced a new project that sees him further explore his creative drive for writing and collaboration. Joining forces with WPP Records and Spinefarm Records […]
Japan’s leading traditional heavy metal band, ANTHEM, have signed to Nuclear Blast Records (for the European territory) to break into the worldwide market. The first release, “Nucleus“, will be their greatest hits album, completely […]
LIVE ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2018 1. The Darkness – Live at Hammersmith “If ever there was a band that deserved a big fat live album it’s The Darkness, as anyone who’s seen them live […]
AUSTRALIAN RELEASES OF THE YEAR 2018 No these albums aren’t ones that wouldn’t make our overall TOP 25 list – in fact most of them would! Here at the Rockpit we just like to remind […]
Imagine you’re suddenly the coolest band in the World. Imagine that all the hard work over the last 9 years has got you to a point where not only every major Rock act that matters […]
Introducing 16-year-old Cassidy Paris from Melbourne, Australia. Following in the footsteps of female rockers Avril Lavigne, Pink and Lzzy Hale, Cassidy Paris promotes girl power by bringing back rock chic fronted melodic pop-rock. Cassidy […]
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