Every once in a while you hear something out of the blue that takes your breath away, an album that captures a mood or a feeling so perfectly and seemingly understands the genre so intimately […]
In all the years of The Rockpit I don’t think I’ve ever been more certain that I’ve just listened to the album of the year. What makes that statement even more surprising to me is […]
When you hear the first notes of opener ‘Walk All Over You’ you feel like you might be getting a melodic take on vintage AC/DC, but when the vocals kick in you get that Klaus […]
From the opening strains of ‘Run, Run, Run’ you sort of know what to expect from Black Paisley – what you aren’t prepared for though is the quality of their take on vintage Hard Rock. […]
It is with regret that due to serious ongoing issues with Ginger Wildheart’s mental health, we will be unable to fulfil any scheduled live appearances in the very near future. Ginger is currently hospitalised and […]
It’s not too often we hear from Hungary, indeed my only real exposure to Hungarian music was the Folk music an old drunken Hungarian sailor used to sing in the biker pub I frequented as […]
Australian melodic hard rock band The Radio Sun will release their fourth full length album ‘Unstoppable’ on October 20th 2017. Vocalist Jase Old and guitarist Stevie Janevski have written a bunch of new catchy, well […]
I honestly don’t know how Frédéric Slama manages to keep putting out these AOR releases with such frequency and such consistent quality. Every time I look up there seems to be something new to review […]
Interesting release this one, a project set up by Canadian bassist Stewart Sutherland and with a press release suggesting the album might be for “fans of Journey, Boston, Aerosmith, Motley Crüe and Skid Row”. In truth […]
I really enjoyed the last Tygers of Pan Tang album so it was always going to be interesting to hear current Tyger’s vocalist Iacopo Meille’s other band. To bring you up to date here’s an […]
Bands from the 80’s these days tend to be written off out of hand by those pompous souls that thought Nirvana’s self obsessed misery dwelling really came out of the darkness and ‘spoke to us’. […]
Dark, visceral, layered, vintage, organic, analogue, authentic and political. Shaman’s Harvest have always been a band to embrace music rather than merely regurgitate sounds in the hope of gaining nods of approval. They’re also a […]
‘The Voice of Rock’ is back in Australia for the second time in a year. After the amazing success earlier this year of ‘The Music of Cream’ which saw Glenn as special guest he’s now […]
Dan Reed Network are pleased to confirm they will be special guest on EXTREME’s December 2017 UK tour. The O2 Pre-sale starts Wednesday, 2 August at 9am, followed by a Live Nation Pre-sale on Thursday […]
It’s interesting that the very next album I get for review after Cats in Space’s excellent ‘Scarecrow’ which features both Greg Hart and Andy Stewart from the original line up of Moritz is from that […]
Whatever you think of the music of Status Quo and whatever part it plays in your musical upbringing it’s hard to deny that they are a British institution, maybe not up there with roast dinners, […]
EUROPE are pleased to announce the release of a new studio album, Walk The Earth, out October 20, 2017. If EUROPE‘s 2015 album, War Of Kings, was the album that made the rock world realize […]
Heavy Pettin’, The Quireboys, Syteria, and Rock Goddess added to 2017 line Up The organisers of WinterStorm 2017 in Troon, Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland have unveiled the remainder of the line up for […]
First of all let’s get the peeves out of the way – this 13 track debut album is in reality just 10 tracks long and contains just 8 originals (‘intro’; ‘outro’ and ‘interlude’ you can […]
With three albums released so far the wait is over. Coldspell are ready to strike again with the brand new album titled “A New World Arise”. This is stunning recording that features 12 new songs […]
Whilst most bands that channel the Rock sounds of the 70’s take the easy option and the well-worn path of aping Sabbath or Zeppelin in all their muscular glory, there are some out there whose […]
“The younger Robinson brother/ex Black Crowes man has struck gold with the Magpie Salute, and their proverbial star continues to grow with this bluesy rock’n’roll belter [‘Omission’]. Fuelled by rugged, hearty guitars, and stellar vocals […]
Produced by Chris “The Wizard” Collier (Lynch Mob; Flotsam And Jetsam; Prong; KXM), “The Brotherhood” features eleven brand new hard rock tracks from Lynch Mob. This album will surely resonate with long time fans of […]
Following up last year’s widely acclaimed ‘Desperate’ album so soon just shows the grit and determination of Barb Wire Dolls, it perhaps also shows that despite how good that album was it didn’t quite set […]
After two years of hitting the road and, sweating it out with fans at regional shows around the country, Blood Sweat and Beers – The Concert is heading to the major cities on a national […]
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