There is something in the water in Adelaide that creates excellent heavy music. Among the absolute dearth of heavy music that comes from Adelaide comes 23/19. Today, 23/19 return to the fray with what […]
In Hearts Wake are returning home to hit the stages on Australian soil in January 2019… but with a twist. The Summer Setlist Tour invites In Hearts Wake fans to vote for the songs […]
One of the Last Truly unmistakable front men of our rock age JIZZY PEARL puts his feet back firmly in the UK this month with 4 special shows (see below). With a career that would […]
Greta Van Fleet, one of the most buzzed-about new rock bands today, announces the “March of the Peaceful Army” World Tour and initial headline dates for 2019. These dates are in support of the […]
Ed Kuepper has had a long and colourful journey in his musical life, not only with a very successful solo career but also as founder member of The Saints back in the 70’s. The […]
This is a story about a little band that could. They hail from upstate New York, Utica to be exact. To me they are what rock ‘n roll should be especially for this new […]
Craft Recordings is excited to announce a special collaboration with Taking Back Sunday, in celebration of the band’s 20th anniversary. As part of this year-long fête, the band will be embarking on an extensive […]
Puerto Rican thrashers Calamity will release their sophomore album, Kairos, in the early 2019. As the first offering of the album, they have released the video of the first single “The Truth“. “Rooted in […]
HAKEN, one of progressive music’s most exciting bands, recently announced details of their much-anticipated fifth studio album titled ‘Vector’, due for release on the 26th October 2018. The album was produced by the band […]
Australian enigmatic psych-prog rock trailblazers AlithiA are today releasing their new single and video ‘Diamonds’. A pulsating melancholic and ethereal track that lashes out riffs and beats, it is the second taste of the […]
With their national tour off to a raring start, Wollongong four piece THE VANNS have continued to stroke the fires of momentum surrounding their new single, ‘HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW’, with the […]
After a massive announcement of their Sydney event for the Sydney Summer Series, MJR Presents is pleased to announce they are taking Australia’s biggest ever Motown party on the road, with The Jacksons, Kool & […]
JOE PERRY – legendary guitarist, co-founding member, principal songwriter and co-producer of Aerosmith–has just confirmed more shows in support of his 2018 SWEETZERLAND MANIFESTO (via his Roman Records imprint, distributed worldwide by AMPED Distribution) solo […]
Australia are you ready? Well you better be well prepared because we have seen nothing like this before. A 3 pronged attack of darkened, deathly Swedish majesty, in the form of AT THE GATES, […]
With 189 days to go until we swing open the gates to the beautiful Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm just outside Byron Bay, the festival have has the second artist announcement for the 30th Anniversary […]
Clutch has announced their annual “Holiday” tour dates for December with The Messthetics, Lionize and Mike Dillon Band supporting the tour. Radio pre sale tickets go on sale this Thursday, October 11th at 10:00am […]
Last month, As A Rival dropped the news that they would be releasing their new Album ‘Griefers‘ into the world on Friday November 2nd and released single ‘What We Got“. Laundry Echo, who premiered […]
Melbourne blues rockers, Ablaze, have just released their four on the floor belter of a debut album, No Chaser. The band recently did a run of shows in support of the albums first single, […]
Welcome to the official Rockpit press page for the 2019 Download Festival Australia. Here you can keep up to date with all the latest press releases, interviews, sideshows and more as we help give the […]
Since 1979 SAXON have shown their ability to take rock ‘n’ roll and give it an electrifying edge, which has since cemented their status as pioneers of the British heavy metal wave. With over […]
It’s been 6 years since we got to last see Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his band play in Australia. The setting was the historic Forum in Melbourne and it was the place to be […]
Every year one talented Victorian band wins the opportunity to represent Australia in Memphis USA at the International Blues Challenge. Past winners have included Aussie festival faves Fiona Boyes, Geoff Achison, and Jimi Hocking, […]
Australia’s leading international independent record label, Golden Robot Records continues to grow at an unprecedented pace. The label is absolutely thrilled to announce that globally revered, Billboard-charting rock icons KING’S X are now part […]
GONE IN APRIL, the symphonic melodic death metallers based in Canada and the USA – feat. TESTAMENT‘s Bassist Steve Di Giorgio – have released an amazing “Musicians Only Version” video for “Our Future Line”, […]
After two massive tours traversing Australia to celebrate the revered music institution that is Countdown, Dragon are taking the concept back out on the road again by popular demand for a third series, this […]
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