Korpiklaani are heading down under to promote their new album “Kulkija”! This will be the first time these Finnish party animals have been in Australia in over 5 years! Using their unique mix of […]
Nergal from Behemoth sits down to participate in our new segment Off The Record where we get into crazy fan encounters, new music and more. So aside from making music and making angry […]
DIRECT UNDERGROUND FEST 2019 headliners Dark Funeral (Sweden) and Immolation (USA) have added an extra show to their Australian appearances for Brisbane fans to sink their teeth into. Tickets on sale immediately! DARK FUNERAL […]
Allegaeon have been described by Metal Hammer Magazine as ’the new face of ruthless modern death metal’ and they would be correct. The Colorado natives deliver a musically complex, intelligent, and absorbing sound that […]
Three years after announcing their hiatus, revered heavy rockers GRAVEYARD are back! Headbangers will come out in force for the Swedish heavy-psych royalty who have just announced August east coast dates, Friday 23rd at […]
Hailing from the City Of Angels, LA rockers NEXT CItY are your new favorite band. Combining garage rock crunch with driving dance groove, Los Angeles rock band NEXT CItY is making their sonic assault on the […]
As the former lead vocalist of the legendary female rock band Vixen, Janet Gardner’s powerful vocals propelled Vixen to the top of the Billboard charts with crossover hits “Edge of a Broken Heart” and […]
Portland-based progressive sludge metal titans LORD DYING today unveil their stunning new video for “Nearing The End Of The Curling Worm.” The track comes by way of the band’s Mysterium Tremendum full-length, released late […]
Back to Eden guitarist/bassist/songwriter Edan Hoy has returned, this time under the moniker of Edan H. Hailing from Melbourne/Australia, the solo artist now puts his stamp on the Melodic Hard Rock genre with a […]
OPETH are pleased to announce Australian headline shows for December 2019 There are few bands that can or will match Sweden’s Opeth. Since forming in the tiny Stockholm suburb of Bandhagen in 1990, the […]
How do you review a career? It’s impossible really isn’t it? 14 albums since 1996 has seen Ten embrace Melodic Rock and run with it with a single-mindedness that makes them rather unique. Over the […]
Today The Wildhearts are proud to announce the release of Renaissance Men, their first full-length studio album in 10 years on Graphite Records. “It’s The Wildhearts remembering what they do best” – 9 out 10, hailed […]
As Tobias Sammet’s rock opera spectacular ‘Avantasia’ nears Australian shores, The Rockpit recently managed to interview a few of the star vocalists that will heading our way, to showcase their incredible talents in Sydney […]
I’ve always been a fan of Derek Davis’ songwriting back to the early days of Babylon A.D. and those first two albums which were studded with gems, but it wasn’t until his first solo […]
When the last note rang from the speakers hanging high above the beautiful sugar white sand at M.B. Miller Pier in Panama City Beach, the second annual SandJam Fest had hosted headliners Kings of Leon, […]
Guitarist/producer Roy Z (BRUCE DICKINSON, HALFORD), guitarist Gus G. (FIREWIND, OZZY OSBOURNE), vocalist Ralf Scheepers (PRIMAL FEAR, GAMMA RAY), guitarist Roland Grapow (MASTERPLAN, HELLOWEEN), and vocalist Brian O’Connor (VICIOUS RUMORS,CONSFEARACY) are among the multi-national […]
In celebration of the 15th anniversary of LAMB OF GOD‘s genre-defining, Gold-certified major label debut, Ashes Of The Wake, the landmark album is reborn as the new Ashes Of The Wake – 15th Anniversary […]
Wildly popular and eccentric emo driven hard rock band Black Veil Bride’s frontman Andy Black (Biersack) just dropped his sophomore solo album called The Ghost of Ohio and immediately went on tour to support […]
Finnish melodic death metal giants Kalmah remains a myth to the North American public until now. Formed all the way back in 1998, they have never toured here. Fans of the genre and the […]
Swedish heavy metal heroes SABATON are set to release their new album ‘The Great War’ on July 19th, 2019. Today the band proudly present their first single, ‘Fields Of Verdun‘. Bassist Pär Sundström comments: […]
North Carolina rockers Pröwess have just released the video clip for their latest single “Lookin’ For A Bullet” which will feature on their debut album tentatively scheduled for release later this year. The single […]
If you are like me and started listening to metal during the mid-80’s, then your first introduction to the band Diamond Head may not have been through their own recordings, but rather their songs […]
2019 is already on course be a mammoth year for Perth rockers The Date. Not only are they set to release their fourth album Premedidated, they are doing so unveiling one track per month, leaving no […]
LA Indie Rockers, Valley Queen have just released Boiling Water, a new track off their Supergiant album! The incredibly catchy Boiling Water is Valley Queen’s first international single from their Supergiant album which was […]
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds release a brand new single, ‘Black Star Dancing’, produced by Noel and taken from the EP of the same name, due June 14 via Sour Mash / Caroline Australia. […]
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