The original Turbo is a curious album. This was Priest’s early experiment with guitar synthesizers. Although, this wasn’t the first time Priest ventured into mainstream territory, a lot of listeners were unprepared for what […]
Episode 5 of The Heaven & Hell show…presented by The Rockpit. Each episode will be split into 2 segments – The first hour is Heaven, which represents the hard rock and blues and the […]
Avantasia are on their way to Australia. The Rock Opera, brainchild of Tobias Sammet of Edguy, and its impressive cast touch down briefly to perform two shows as part of the ‘Moonglow World Tour’ on […]
Derek Davis, Frontman and Songwriter for former Arista Records and Frontiers Records recording artists, “Babylon A.D.” has just released his first single and video “Sweet Cream Cadillac.” The track is from his upcoming new […]
Perth, Western Australia has had it’s fair share of great musical acts over the years, home to Bon Scott, birthplace of INXS and Baby Animals and a host of big hitting bands in the alt […]
Death metal pioneers Possessed are back, three decades after their tragic end which halted the career of this heavily influential band. The band’s new album “Revelations Of Oblivion” is a reminder of why so […]
Three decades have gone by since original material has been heard from the pioneers of death metal, Possessed. That’s a long time in anyone’s book but there’s an entire story behind that which we […]
California thrash metal legends DEATH ANGEL have unleashed a snarling new song today called “The Pack” from the band’s long-awaited 9th full-length album, Humanicide, that’s due out May 31st from Nuclear Blast Records. Watch […]
It’s a rare thing that we review a single here at The Rockpit but when a band mails you a 7″ vinyl copy of their latest release I always listen. The Backstabbers are a Finnish […]
Thin Lizzy are very pleased to announce the bass player for the forthcoming run of European Festival appearances to commemorate 50 years since the formation of the original band and 40 years since the […]
After a wonderful return with last year’s ‘Back on The Lash,’ which bridged a five year gap between studio albums, Warrior Soul proved to everyone that they still know how to Rock and Roll. Of […]
Faithsedge have signed a new deal with Scarlet Records to follow up the 2016 acclaimed release ‘Restoration’. The band, which is known for their 80’s arena rock style mixed with progressive and metal, enriched […]
COLLECTIVE SOUL’s silver anniversary year will be a celebration of their ongoing legacy in all-out style with a little bit of the classic and a lot of the new. Not only have they already […]
THE DAMNED THINGS release new lyric video for ‘Omen, ELUVEITIE release lyric video for “Worship” featuring Randy Blythe, VADER release single & lyric video for “Grand Deceiver”, ENFORCER present ‘Regrets’ music video. […]
New England’s leading metal band, DEAD BY WEDNESDAY released their self-titled full length album on April 19th, 2019 through Combat Records/ EMP Label Group. The band has announced that they will be hitting the […]
After serving up the first taste of their upcoming debut album IN BORROWED SHOES, ON BORROWED TIME with the lyric video for the cautionary track “Dead or Worse,” NYC’s buzzed-about, young, dirty rock n’ […]
Australia’s extreme metal titans Thy Art Is Murder have announced they’ll release their earth-scorching fifth record, Human Target, on July 26 via Human Warfare. The band also released the confronting first single / video of […]
There’s already a good few great EP’s out this year and here’s another for your list if you like your Rock modern and smooth around the edges. New York’s ‘Year of the Locust’ I must […]
DIAMOND HEAD – the Stourbridge, England born New Wave Of British Heavy Metal pioneers – return to the world stage with a new album, set for release May 24th via Silver Lining Music. The […]
Melbourne prog band, Teramaze have announced that their new album Are We Soldiers will be released on June 21, 2019 via Mascot Label Group. To celebrate the announcement the Australian band also released a new video for […]
The legendary Norwegian longstanding partnership of Fenriz and Ted “Nocturno Culto” Skjellum, return with their first studio album since 2016’s hugely popular ‘Arctic Thunder’, in the shape of ‘Old Star’ to be released on […]
Melbourne rockers Palace Of The King are saying goodbye to the album cycle surrounding last years scorcher of a record, Get Right With You Maker, (released a year ago in April 2018 via Golden […]
The return of Grammy winning songwriter, Creed frontman, and platinum-certified solo artist, Scott Stapp is underway. As new single, “Purpose For Pain,” gains traction, Scott has revealed the albums July 19 release date, the […]
Hailing from the glorious suburb of Dapto, the band formed as a three piece in 1998 over a shared love of punk and surfing and have continued to engage in both ever since.Vocalist Shane […]
DREGG are back! The band who are NEVER backward in coming forward with putting society’s issues right in front of your nose and making you smell the hypocrisy – are today returning with their […]
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