The godfathers of American doom metal SAINT VITUS are streaming the second new track of their forthcoming album ‘Saint Vitus‘. The new record is set for worldwide release on May 17, 2019. From the very […]
Music and beer industry heavy hitters have combined forces to bring their brand new one-day festival format A DAY ON THE CANS to Melbourne this May, christening Moon Dog’s new craft brewery space in Preston. […]
John Corabi has long been one of the musicians I’ve felt a real resonance with and when we set up The Rockpit ten years ago in 2009 he was one of the artists I most […]
Opening track ‘Fight to Survive’ is one of those songs that feels like you’ve known it forever, and it serves as a great introduction to Mike Machine who were formed in November 2017 in Piteå, […]
Certainly one of my favourite bands to come out of the 80’s was Tesla, a band who I’ve seen countless times in concert over the years both headlining and supporting in Europe, Asia, Australia and […]
The Queen of Rock n Roll is back with a wonderfully diverse collection of tracks on her new album ‘No Control’ which is released on 29 March through SPV/Steamhammer. Written & recorded with her son […]
MIKE & THE MECHANICS will release their ninth studio album, OUT OF THE BLUE, on April 5 via BMG. It captures the evolution of some of the band’s most loved hits throughout their 35-year […]
Ahead of Architects‘ hotly anticipated headline return to Australia in August, the band have unveiled a live video of ‘Royal Beggars‘, filmed at their performance at Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany last month. In celebration of their album […]
Fault in and of itself is a blameless word; it’s the weight we decide to put behind the direction it’s thrown that defines who we are. Melbourne’s Alpha Wolf have spent the past few […]
Sammy Hagar & The Circle will release their debut album of original material, Space Between on May 10 through BMG. The album, written by Hagar, unfolds like a novel with each song exploring a […]
Tagged by International music mag The Obelisk as being “at the head of the pack of European heavy Rock and Roll“, Greece’s 1000mods bring their psychedelic onslaught to Australia this April, touring nationally on […]
The “Queen of Rock N’ Roll” SUZI QUATRO releases her second single and lyric video for the song “Macho Man” March 15! The song is taken from her forthcoming studio album “No Control“. Suzi […]
Following the release of their successful first album Resurrection, MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST is currently recording their second album, co-produced by Michael Schenker & Michael Voss, which is tentatively scheduled to be released in August. […]
US hard rock band, BULLETS AND OCTANE, have announced the vinyl release of their latest album “Waking Up Dead”, with two exclusive unreleased bonus tracks – as a limited edition of 300 pieces in red […]
Bon But Not Forgotten is the closest you will ever get to AC/DC in the 70’s! This show brings together some of the world’s greatest rockers to pay tribute to the legend behind one […]
Hellyeah has digitally released “333“, the first song from the band’s eagerly anticipated new album featuring the late Vinnie Paul Abbott’s final recordings. The disc will be released this summer via Eleven Seven Music […]
As it was announced late last year that the world’s biggest Metal opera was finally coming to Australia. 20 years after the release of the original Metal Operas, Musical mastermind Tobias Sammet decided to bring […]
Continuing the blazing trail set by 2015’s acclaimed Modern Blues and 2017’s top ten-reaching double album Out Of All This Blue, on May 24 The Waterboys will release their new album Where The Action Is, via Cooking […]
Fresh off the back of their impressive performance at Download Festival, Melbourne rock outfit The Beautiful Monument proudly announce a headlining run of shows down Australia’s east coast in support of their Greyscale Records […]
Australian progressive music has become internationally renown as some of the world’s best! The most isolated capital city in the world, Perth, in Western Australia has produced an unusually high percentage of those acts. […]
LA Based outfit, A New Revenge, featuring an all star line up of classic rock players, will release their debut album, Enemies & Lovers on March 29th, 2019 via Golden Robot Records. A New Revenge recently released their second […]
Former Bang Tango guitarist Mark Knight has just released a video titled ‘Don’t Kill The Cat: Behind The Scenes.’ The video contains never before seen live acoustic performances, as Mark takes you behind the scenes […]
BABYLON A.D. debut album – The thirtieth anniversary interview with Derek Davis Babylon A.D. is a band that formed in 1988 and which originated in the San Francisco Bay Area. Original members, Derek […]
It’s not often I’ll decide to jump on a plane & travel 3300kms to see a band but when you feel they have that special something then it’s worth taking a punt & a […]
Born in the blistering heat and surf of Western Australia, Ratking have emerged as one of the most exciting and dedicated hardcore bands around. In just a handful of years, the five-piece have released an impressive […]
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