There’s a simplicity to opener ‘Never Look Back’ that draws you in immediately, but “Oh no” I hear you say “not another Melodic Hard Rock band from Sweden?” Well yes but this is actually […]
August sees Silverback Touring bringing back the best Nirvana Tribute act on the plant to perform Nirvana’s iconic album, ‘In Utero’, in full, as part of its 30th-anniversary celebrations. The band, which has been hailed […]
It has taken well over a decade, 9 albums, multiple fan petitions and even a support group for Australian fans upset at not having a tour, to finally get one of the greatest live bands […]
For their first time in Australia, the band that formed as an idea between friends from several well-known Rock/Metal bands (Soilwork, Arch Enemy, Mean Streak) almost a decade ago and have been dropping jaws ever […]
Sometimes you hear an album that you know is going to lead to so much more. And album that blurs the conventions of the present and reaches into the soul of the great music of […]
Some albums in your youth just stand out and no matter how hard a band tries to recapture that essential energy of years gone by it tends to always be nostalgia that always wins […]
You couldn’t meet nicer people than Janet and Justin so when you hit ‘play’ and realise they have also released one of the very best albums of the year in ‘No Strings’ you couldn’t […]
Sometimes you have to sit with an album for a while to properly appreciate it rather than blast off a review and only capture part of the magic. 4 albums in, you see, Midnite City […]
The hardest thing in the world for a band to do is recapture the passion and the thrill of their past glories, or as Ken Mary sees it ‘win the fight against nostalgia’. Only […]
With Thunder on hiatus what could be better than a solo album from the man behind the songs – guitarist and songwriter Luke Morley? If you are expecting a Thunder-lite release or something akin to […]
The Rockpit was over in London last night for the Midnite City show at Black Heart! Catch the rest of the tour if you can! Thanks to Peter at Inside Edge for the photos… […]
This is a wonderful listen. Put aside for a moment any preconceptions you might have of Mr. Cavaleri because this is something very different. If you love the story, love the solo records or […]
Put aside for a moment any preconceptions you might have of Mr. Cavaleri because this new album ‘Miracles’ is something very different. If you love the story, love the solo records or love the bluster […]
Reckless Love has been one of my very favouite bands so far this Century, and one of the first bands that I wanted to tell everyone about when I started The Rockpit back in 2009. […]
I must admit that some AOR, even when it is produced by undoubted talent, can still bore the pants off me. But some bands get it just right as the ‘unusually named’ Boys From […]
The hardest thing about a spoken word review is not giving away the punchlines, so whilst I will do my very best to avoid that all I will say is as someone who hasn’t really […]
And out of nowhere it’s here – with no fanfare and no publicity, Mark Knight & The Unsung Heroes new record ‘Lonesome Songs’ has arrived, landing unannounced on June 6th. As someone who has followed […]
From the crash and bang of big-riffed opener ‘Hey Life’ and the infectious hooks of ‘Go Big or Go Home’ to the cool almost ‘Springfield-esque’ AOR of ‘Summertime’ and the Bon Jovi flavoured Power […]
It’s hard not to have a soft spot for Sheffield’s favourite sons whether you love their chart dominating ‘Hysteria’ or got onboard earlier like I did when that first single hit way back in […]
Once upon a time back in the glorious Rock and Roll Heaven that was the 80’s there was a place called the Sunset Strip. People loved the Strip they had fun there, bands played there, […]
I first heard of E D Brayshaw as part of the ‘The Roads We Ride’ release with co-conspirator Wily Bo Walker: a huge epic Blues, Americana collaboration that painted some great pictures. This first […]
From the opening traditional acoustic arrangement of ‘I Shall Not Be Moved’ the classic protest song you know that this is going to be something special. It’s a beautiful vocal free vocal that captures […]
So here we are with Part two of the opus that I noted part one as being an album of real substance. I stand by that recommendation and if you love the guitar driven […]
I always liked Extreme, a great live band and super talented musicians. They’ve put out some great albums over the years but I never thought they managed to nudge things into ‘classic’ territory – until […]
I must confess to being a big fan of the Helsinki Vampires. They are of course one of the few bands who really nailed a hard rocking approach to that old school Goth vibe. […]
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