After days of oppressive heat the rain finally came to Fremantle just hours before Cavalera played Metros. It was so humid that the walls and the patrons were soaked long before the first support hit […]
I guess it would be both lazy and contrite to review tonight’s Primal Scream show at Fremantle Prison with just the two words “Fucking epic” but in all honesty that was what was going through […]
15 years ago when I started up The Rockpit I did it to support the music I loved that I didn’t think was getting the attention it deserved. My very first interview was with the […]
The announcement on 21st March last year that drummer Joél Cirera would be departing Crazy Lixx following their performance in Copenhagen on 11th May means that there is just now one man standing from the line-up that […]
Here at the Rockpit we’ve been championing the music of Mike Tramp for 15 years now and January is starting off in the best possible way for Australian fans… Hard rock fans, the […]
Cavalera is a name with its fingerprints all over the history of heavy metal, an inspiring family legacy built upon decades of musical aggression, starting all the way back in 1984 in Brazil with Sepultura. […]
First review of the year and I like this EP a lot. Lead Feather aren’t subtle and it’s certainly not hard to hear where their influences begin and end but in all honesty there […]
2024 was a great year for Rock Music but a strange one in that so much great stuff was released at the very start of the year and then things kind of tailed off with […]
Before we get to the BEST OF 2024 list later in the day, as usual, and for the last 14 years we have always published our top contributor’s individual lists for the year. The overall […]
There’s a real naive, almost Go-Go’s like charm to the sound of this one. L.A.’s Little Girls were one of those bands that are completely new to me and yet a band you feel with […]
It’s been a while between drinks as they say. 6 years going on seven since the pre-pandemic ‘Nothing But The Truth’ hit in 2018. And if I’m honest this might just be the Prophet’s bets […]
HELLOWEEN are turning up the heat as they gear up for their monumental 40th anniversary world tour in 2025/2026 and tease a brand-new studio album! But before diving into the next chapter, the metal legends […]
Legendary rock band TESLA has just unveiled the acoustic music video for their latest single, “All About Love.” The track is part of their All About Love EP, which is now available as a special […]
There really is nothing like The Screaming Jets as a live act, and over the years they haven’t diminished sonically at all – they are still up there with the very best. In the scheme […]
Live music at its very best can be an almost spiritual experience. Music can sooth all ills, music can bring joy, heal a broken heart and lift you above the daily grind. Music can […]
Some bands just go on making great music long after their moment in the spotlight. Some bands never put a foot wrong and yet end up huge in one part of the globe and virtually […]
Bay Area legends TESTAMENT are set to lay waste to Australia in June 2025; their first headline tour since 2010. With a new album on the way Australia will be first to hear it – can you […]
If you want a history lesson then Lionheart has a long and winding one: “…formed in late 1980 by Dennis Stratton (lead guitar/backing vocals, Iron Maiden), Steve Mann (lead guitar/backing vocals, Liar, Michael Schenker), Rocky […]
In our series of Babylon A.D. Interviews based around the new record ‘Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day’ I planned to catch up with Ron and Derek to talk all about the new record but […]
Mike Stern is one of the great jazz guitarists of his generation, and it has been said that he “has the unique ability to play with the finesse and lyricism of Jim Hall, the driving […]
The thing I love most about The Rockpit is that you get the chance to talk to some truly inspirational musicians about the music they make. Some people just have that ‘presence’. Every time I […]
RAVEN are that rare thing in music, true originals – cut these guys with a razor and they will BLEED true heavy metal – a more intense live band does not exist on this planet! Hailing […]
The press release for Black Oak County’s third album reads: “The Danish hard rock quartet BLACK OAK COUNTY releases their third album, taking them to new musical horizons, with a wide mix of thundering breakdowns, […]
Just when you think that your Best of 2024 list is pretty much settled along comes an album like this. If you love great Hard Rock with soulful vocals and heaps of drive then this second […]
On the eve of release we’ll let the press release set the scene:… Cast your mind back to March 2020… Western Australia is in isolation due to the challenges presented by Covid-19, resulting in the […]
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