It seems the UK is brimming with a lot of that washy, stoner, psych kind of rock right now, a genre that is primarily influenced by such British stalwarts like Black Sabbath and later, Orange […]
Revocation return with a new album titled “Great Is Our Sin” and if you love that trademark signature sound that they forged early in their career with albums like “Empire Of The Obscene” and “Chaos […]
Power metal speedsters Dragonforce are poised to release a comprehensive career-spanning ‘Best Of’ titled “Killer Elite: The Hits, The Highs, The Vids” – the first time the UK band has presented this kind of […]
REFUSED Sick Of It All & High Tension Australian Tour, January 2017 “The time has come…there’s no escape” Legendary Swedish hardcore punks, Refused will return to Australia in January 2017 along with hardcore icons Sick […]
Lamb Of God are no strangers to Australian shores having toured the country extensively multiple times over the years, most recently at the final Soundwave Festival last year which was before their latest album […]
Here’s some news to whip music lovers into a frenzy. Award-winning, internationally acclaimed colossal rockers PANIC! AT THE DISCO are set to return to Australian shores January 2017 to support their chart topping fifth studio […]
New Jersey punk band The Front Bottoms have shared a new video for their song Ginger, which premiered on Pitchfork TV. Ginger is from their 2015 critically acclaimed album Back On Top, which was produced […]
Danish rock n’ rollers Volbeat have just released their latest album “Seal The Deal & Let’s Boogie” which has charted successfully worldwide. With the impending further success of that, we talked to guitarist and […]
Kentucky rockers Black Stone Cherry have concluded their first ever tour to Australia supporting glam parody rockers Steel Panther which ended up being a great tour as we found out ourselves (review here). We caught […]
This year’s annual Stormrider Festival hit Perth like a ton of bricks as Perth metal heads showed their appreciation for the Australian metal scene by packing the place out. That in itself was a […]
Legendary singer Doro Pesch celebrated 30 years of her music career on the 2013/2014 tour with a series of concerts which were documented for a new live boxset release which captures an extensive career. Amongst […]
Ever since we first saw Blues Pills live in Perth 3 years ago, we have been entranced by their bluesy retro style of music led by the amazing voice of Elin Larsson. Fast forward […]
After 22 years, progressive metal titans Symphony X finally tour Australia in October. With a career spanning 9 albums including their latest effort “Underworld”, Aussie fans are in for a real treat as we […]
Fear Factory return to Fremantle on the last show of the Australian tour and the band were in top form! Touring in support of their latest album “Genexus”, the veteran industrial metal legends showed […]
Danish sludge/stoner rockers Helhorse have just released their latest album, a self titled record that captures some of the best aspects of what the band are about. Originally named Dodning, this 5 piece outfit […]
Kyuss frontman John Garcia said it best when describing German 5 piece band High Fighter: “You looking for some heavy tunes, look no further, High Fighter brings it!!” The band have a lot going on […]
Heavylove are a 3 piece rock outfit from Perth who’s bluesy undertone mixed with the guitar driven influences of classic 70’s rock like Led Zeppelin caught my attention earlier in the year when they opened […]
June 5th 1996. I remember it well. It was my first year out of high school, I was at college at the time but still living at home and during that period of time, […]
Deathcore giants Whitechapel are about to release their 6th album on June 24th titled “Mark Of The Blade” which coincides with the 10th anniversary of the band. We talk to guitarist Zach Householder about […]
It’s not often we hear about bands from New Zealand but there have been a few notables acts including Tim Finn, Shihad and The Datsuns that have managed to break through and become household names. […]
DevilDriver took a short hiatus last year after touring relentlessly for years since their inception in 2002, churning out album after album in a series of successful runs. 2016 brings the band back into […]
As one of the Big Teutonic 4 of the European thrash movement, Destruction have always been at the forefront of thrash metal. 33 years in and their latest album “Under Attack” shows no sign […]
Tribute acts are a dime a dozen but when the genuine thing comes along and does it right, it’s hard not to appreciate it for what it is. The difference with Randy Hansen’s take […]
American rockers Mayday Parade are no strangers to Australia having toured the country a few times now. Come October the band return for a headline run on the back of their latest album “Black […]
Death Angel released what became The Rockpit’s favorite metal album of the year in 2013 with “The Dream Calls For Blood” and chatting to guitarist Rob Cavestany about those songs was amazing to say […]
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