Collective Soul’s 25-year tradition of non-stop touring kicked off in Englewood, NJ on February 12 and will continue throughout the rest of the year. In addition to various headlining shows booked throughout April, the […]
I saw Kip Winger last Saturday at the Melodic Rock Fest in Melbourne and his set was awesome, but tonight the faithful of Perth got to see him play a full acoustic set that […]
East Nashville, TN based Hard Rock band VOLTAGEHAWK has released the official lyric video for “Modern Gasoline.” Created by Jarrad James, “Modern Gasoline” is off of the band’s debut, self-titled EP. “From an exciting […]
Dream Theater have postponed their upcoming Australia tour dates. An official statement is below. From Dream Theater: “To our Valued Australian Dream Theater Fans: As the global situation involving coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to unfold, […]
Violent Femmes have rescheduled their upcoming Australia tour dates. All current tickets remain valid for the new shows. Contact your local ticket outlet for full details. Hobart and more dates / cities to come! […]
Adelaide’s foremost progressive metal act, Dyssidia are set to release their brand new album, Costly Signals on Friday, March 27. Today, the band release their second single from the release, The Gutted Stag. The […]
Signed in late 2019 to Golden Robot Records (Part of the Golden Robot Global Entertainment Group) Canadian Hard Rockers FORTUNATE LOSERS have released their new single ‘Tidal Waves’ from their upcoming EP. ‘Tidal Waves’ is a soaring rock track highlighted by the Richard […]
Some press releases mystify me and raise a lot more questions than answers. In 1992 it seems David Vines and Michael Olsen put together the seed of old Harry in Tulsa Oklahoma – the ideas […]
Former Children Of Bodom guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho has launched a new band called Bodom After Midnight. Joining him in the group are guitarist Daniel Freyberg (ex-Children Of Bodom), drummer Waltteri Väyrynen (Paradise Lost), bassist […]
New Wave of Classic Rock favorites Bad Touch release their new single “Strut” on Friday 13th March digitally. The single is taken from their upcoming studio album “Kiss The Sky” released by Marshall Records […]
Due to the direction from State Governments and Health Officials that mass gatherings of more than 500 people are banned to stem the spread of COVID-19, the RED HOT SUMMER TOUR has postponed or […]
The Jaffa Room and Telethon Community Cinemas take the health and welfare of our patrons and team very seriously. Further to the statements made by Prime Minister Scott Morrison last Friday and yesterday regarding […]
Having recently signed to Golden Robot Records U.K. Rock Act HAiG are a band that will inject precious life into the music scene! After all, the industry can never get enough cutting-edge and cultured rock music and that is […]
At Sea and in life, unpredictable storms can arise and you have to stand your ground and wait for the high winds to pass. The 70000TONS OF METAL crew did this last year and […]
Aussie Hard Rock and Metal has rarely sounded this good in recent years. We may have had Midnite City and Reckless Love down-under recently and Crazy Lixx and Eclipse almost made it, but who’d […]
As I walked down to the CrowBar, I saw an Uber Eats delivery guy leave food on the doorstep of a terrace before scurrying back to his scooter & zooming away. This seemed like […]
Every now and again a line-up of bands catches your eye, a line-up filled with such quality that you know you’ll be kicking yourself if you don’t make it there, as you’ll be hearing […]
After recently celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Constellations album, August Burns Red return with all new songs in the form of their ninth studio album titled “Guardians”. It’s a more progressive juggernaut than […]
Aside from the off-putting name making you think that the band might just be related to the pop legend and the fact that ‘Herd Instinct’ that opens is just a minute of ‘atmospheric’ waffle that […]
Back in the very first days of the Rockpit I remember listening to a bunch of albums I’d just bought on a trip to the US. One of the very best was ‘Strip Rock Roll’ […]
PARADISE LOST announce new album “Obsidian”, AVERSIONS CROWN announce new album “Hell Will Come For Us All”, KORPIKLAANI postpone tour dates & unleash new digital single ‘Pivo Pivo’. Obsidian… dark, reflective and […]
Wisconsin-bred guitarist Jared James Nichols released his new single “Threw Me To The Wolves” on Wednesday March 11th. The single is available to download and stream on digital platforms as well as a lyric […]
Swedish visionary metallers SOILWORK have released a brand new song called ‘Desperado‘. It is the second installment in SOILWORK’s ‘Feverish‘ triology, which might also eventually end up becoming a so far unknown entity. It […]
Frontier Touring and Chugg Entertainment regret to advise that under the Australian Government COVID-19 directive to restrict all public gatherings of more than 500 people from Monday 16 March 2020, a number of concerts […]
There are few bands who’ve had more of an effect on the course of classic heavy retro rock this decade than Germany’s KADAVAR, having never sounded so much in command of their music. In two weeks […]
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