Fronted by the enigmatic, crowd pleasing and seemingly ageless, Oz rock queen, Fiona Horne and legendary keyboard/vocalist, Ant Banister, Def FX are returning to Australia in June 2019 for select shows and to make […]
Announcing THE TEA PARTY to tour Australia for the first time in intimate venues! Canadian iconic rockers THE TEA PARTY are heading back to Australia and bringing their genre-defying career to selected intimate venues […]
Los Angeles based hard rock act Evol Walks is premiering their brand new video for the track “The Fire” and The Rockpit is excited to exclusively give you a glimpse at the scorching song […]
Ready for an old school throwdown? The remaining members of evil disco metal heavyweights STATIC-X intend on honouring the legacy of their classic breakout album, Wisconsin Death Trip, by reuniting the original line-up and […]
Interview with Jeremy Aric, lead singer of Run Devil Run Poets and Pornstars released one of my favourite albums of 2007, a beautiful slab of in-your-face raucous rock and roll, that sounded like the Bacchanalian […]
Perth has always been a hit and miss affair as far as metal gigs are concerned, the pulling power determined by a number of factors. But when something like Slayfest comes along along with […]
Sometimes I get very excited about music and this year the most excited I got outside of a live gig was the first time I heard the great new CD from Finnish rockers White Flame. Now […]
Frontiers are onto a good thing here – put on an annual Festival, showcase all your own bands then release video and audio of the sets by the bigger bands, it’s a nice business model, […]
Chris Shiflett’s new solo album, Hard Lessons, will be released June 14 on East Beach Records & Tapes/Thirty Tigers and is now available for pre-order. Produced by Grammy Award-winning Dave Cobb, the album features […]
Arguably one of the most unique and captivating metal bands on earth, Apocalyptica have today announced their anticipated return to Australian shores! Presented by MJR Presents, the four-piece cello outfit are returning to play […]
THE AMITY AFFLICTION, arguably Australia’s most successful heavy music exports have announced their huge Australian Tour in September with the support of UNDERØATH, CROSSFAITH and PAGAN. For all the Brisbane fans, you’ll be treated […]
Sometimes you stumble across something special and you just have to spread the word. ‘Time to Party’ from W.A.L.K.E.R.’s ‘Bringing Back Rock’ EP might date back to June 2017 – but the EP it […]
The press release for this album reads “ Black Oak County are back! Upon the release of their debut album “Black Oak County”, the band was promised a bright future by the likes of Classic […]
Swedish riff lords GRAND MAGUS are set to release their new studio album Wolf God on April 19th through Nuclear Blast. Today, the band releases the second single entitled, “Brother Of The Storm“. Band […]
Bay Area thrash metal legends DEATH ANGEL will release their long-awaited 9th full-length album, Humanicide on May 31st with Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band has unveiled the artwork, tracklisting and the record’s first new single, […]
As someone who has always been a huge fan of Humble Pie and all things Steve Marriott the news that a new album that had “remained in the vaults since 1975 will finally be released […]
After what seems like forever with talks of Motley Crue’s infamous autobiography “The Dirt” being turned into a film, 2019 finally saw the release of a story that is as wild as the […]
After the wide-spread critical acclaim for their debut album Black Wolf City, New Wave of South African Heavy Metal protagonists Deadline are back with a brand new single High Tops & Bullet Belts. From […]
Celebrated purveyors of heavy rock THE DAMNED THINGS have released their 2nd single, ‘Something Good,’ from the band’s eagerly anticipated, upcoming album, High Crimes, that’s due April 26 via Nuclear Blast Records. Fans can […]
Finnish heavy metal sextet BATTLE BEAST unleash their studio album »No More Hollywood Endings« today through Nuclear Blast Records. To mark the occasion, the group has unveiled a brand new music video for the […]
PSYCHO LAS VEGAS, America’s annual rock ‘n’ roll bacchanal, will take over Mandalay Bay Resort And Casino August 16th through August 18th. Notorious for its consistently stacked lineups, the curators of the event […]
Iconic vocalist LANCE KING – the original voice behind Pyramaze, Avian, Balance of Power and Gemini – is set to release his second solo album, ReProgram, on March 29, 2019 via his own Nightmare […]
REVOCATION will return to the road next month as part of the Chaos & Carnage tour. Set to commence on April 18th and run through May 17th, the trek features co-headliners Whitechapel and […]
Des Moines, Iowa-based psychedelic/stoner metal trio DRUIDS recently announced that their new album, Monument, is scheduled for release on April 19, 2019 via The Company KC! The album is available to pre-order now […]
Legendary brutalizers CRYPTOPSY have proven themselves to be one of the hardest working bands in extreme metal in recent years. The guys have confirmed one helluva a tour schedule over the coming months, which […]
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