Reviews - Music Releases
ALBUM REVIEW: Angel – Risen
Now I know that it’s been a while since we last heard from Angel – a band that as a kid in the UK I’ve still no idea what prepossessed me to pick up […]
Year: 2019
News: General
Hypno5e release new video for Tauca, Pt. 2 – Nowhere
HYPNO5E have forged the term “cinematic metal” with their truly epic- scope compositions, oftentimes exceeding not only the 10- but the 20- minutes mark, merging elements of contemporary metal with latin folk and soundtrack-score like […]
News: General
Rammstein frontman releases disturbing video For ‘Knebel’ off new Lindemann album
LINDEMANN, the second coming: the German-Swedish power duo Till Lindemann (Rammstein frontman) and Peter Tägtgren (mastermind behind legendary metal bands Pain and Hypocrisy) are set to unleash the second LINDEMANN album on November 22! In […]
News: International
VIDEO PREMIERE: Alt-rockers The Color Blew reveal the live video for “The Man”
Today sees the release of the live video for The Man, the new song from Johannesburg based quartet The Color Blew. The Rockpit has the Australian premiere which can be seen below. Taken from […]
News: General
Good Things Festival Is Giving Your Band The Chance To Perform At The Festival
Good Things Festival, Australia’s favourite alternative east coast summer music festival is almost upon us and it continues to bring the good news. As a strong supporter of Australian music and talent, Good Things […]
News: Australia & NZ
Northlane announce The 4D Regional Tour with special guests Gravemind
Off the back of a huge sold-out national headline tour, Australia’s elite metallers Northlane announce the 4D regional tour. The tour sees the band hitting up the east coast of Australia throughout January 2020 […]
Reviews Live
LIVE REVIEW: Herding Cats – Perth, 2nd November 2019
A cover song is something that appeals to musicians at any level and at any point in their career and playing other people’s material is generally where it begins. The internet is filled with […]
News: Australia & NZ
Perth Monthly Metal Club Hornography announces November 30th event
Perth’s heavy metal home HORNOGRAPHY returns for November with another local metal release party and a great variety of 3 sensational heavy live acts. Throw in a metal DJ, merch market, crowd photographer, slideshow […]
Reviews - Music Releases
ALBUM REVIEW: John Black Wolf – John Black Wolf
Gotta love this one – Portuguese musician/actor and veteran of musicals Diogo Lima has just released a great debut under the name John Black Wolf and it’s definitely one that’s worth a listen; and whilst […]
Reviews - Music Releases
ALBUM REVIEW: Wolf Jaw – The Heart Won’t Listen
This is interesting I loved Bad Flowers a band that stormed onto the scene in early 2018 with ‘Staring Gun’ of which I said “(this is a) band that has a real Blues-Rock edge […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Mick Wilson – Frontm3n
The songs of The Hollies, 10cc & The Sweet have been played countless times across the world & over the years on various radio stations, TV shows as well as live and three of […]
Reviews Live
LIVE REVIEW: Tom Keifer Band w/ LA Guns – Minnesota, November 1st 2019
I have seen LA Guns a lot over the years, probably every single line up. But I have not seen Phil Lewis and Traci Guns together since the last night of their tour in […]
Reviews Live 2019
LIVE REVIEW: X Ambassadors – New York City, October 30th 2019
American alternative rock rising stars X Ambassadors stopped by at home during The Orion tour celebrating their second studio album. The band originally from Ithaca, New York had only one show scheduled in their […]
Podcast
The Rockpit Podcast: Episode 11
Episode 11 of The Heaven & Hell show…presented by The Rockpit. Each episode is split into 2 segments – The first hour is Heaven, which represents the hard rock and blues and the second […]
News: North America
The Black Moods release new single “Whatcha Got?”
Tempe, Arizona’s The Black Moods have released their third single titled “Whatcha Got?” The song has been added to over 30 Rock stations in the first two weeks and is poised to be their […]
News: General
Nile release lyric video for ‘Snake Pit Mating Frenzy’
Technical death metal Egyptologists NILE are proud to release their ninth album, Vile Nilotic Rites, today via Nuclear Blast. In celebration of the release the band offer fans the lyric video for the song, […]
News: General
Agnostic Front release new music video for the single ‘I Remember’
Legendary NYHC pioneers AGNOSTIC FRONT are back to the scene with their 12th studio album, Get Loud!, which will be unleashed next week via Nuclear Blast. Today they release the music video for the […]
News: North America
Kickin Valentina release “Sweat” video
“Sweat” is the new single from US sleaze hard rockers KICKIN VALENTINA and the first single to be taken off the upcoming EP, “Chaos In Copenhagen“, out on December 6th. It’s a hell of […]
News: General
Nightwish release live video & single “Devil And The Deep Dark Ocean”
NIGHTWISH recently announced their new live release “Decades: Live In Buenos Aires“, which is due to be released on December 6th as: BluRay Digibook, 2CD Digipak, BluRay+2CD Earbook, 3LP. The band now release the […]
Reviews Live
LIVE REVIEW: Soilwork – Sydney, November 1st 2019
Soilwork returned to Australia this past week in support of their latest album “Verkligheten”. It’s been a few years since we last saw them but Sydney came in droves to catch the Swedish metal […]
Reviews - Music Releases
ALBUM REVIEW: Saxon – The Eagle Has Landed 40 (Live)
42 years into a career with more than a few bumps along the way and the current sidelining of vocalist Biff Byford due to health issues, from which we wish him a speedy and full […]
Reviews - Music Releases
ALBUM REVIEW: Burnt Out Wreck – This Is Hell
Don’t you love it when you get a new album you really wouldn’t mind knowing just a little about and with the folder comes just a few pictures of the band, a lyric sheet, a […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Claudio Sanchez – Coheed And Cambria
Prog rockers Coheed And Cambria returned to the Amory Wars concept last year with their new album “The Unheavenly Creatures” which sees the band push forward into new territories, storylines and more within the […]
News: General
The Lemonheads announce Australia tour supports
Beloved alt-rockers The Lemonheads return to Australia this December and today Handsome Tours announce the tour supports. Special guests for the tour are The Restless Age with local supports in each city (see below). […]
Festivals
Wacken Open Air confirms Slipknot as next year’s headliner
Midnight, the witching hour – even more so in the final night of October to the 1st of November, when according to the popular American Halloween tradition all sorts of ghosts, vampires, and other nocturnal creatures are […]