It’s a nice day for a faux wedding! We are very excited to welcome the Inflatable Church to spread their love and unholy matrimony to Download Melbourne! Grab your luvah, your best people, and walk […]
UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS, A Metal Festival dedicated to all styles of metal, returns for its 10th year running!! With 9 years of successful history, the annual event has grown into a mandatory date […]
Brisbane trio Columbus are back and they are here to offer A Hot Take On Heartbreak – their second album set for release on May 25 via UNFD. The first single lifted from the […]
Less than a year since the release of their latest album, the explosive Forgetting The Future, British India are thrilled to announce they’ll be returning to stages around the country in May and June […]
Bursting on to the scene in 2012, Canterbury quartet Moose Blood solidified themselves as one of the UK’s hottest exports. With an absolutely exceptional clutch of new songs under their belt, Moose Blood are thrilled […]
Ahead of the release of TesseracT’s highly anticipated new studio album Sonder the band have revealed their first official video, for their new single King. The emotive and viscerally challenging clip, was directed by […]
When it comes to bringing home a point, The Ruminaters don’t do things by halves. Fans were given a taste of the new album Welcome to Flight S.U.N 91 early on this year with […]
Sound of Contact co-founder Dave Kerzner has released a new music video from his second solo album “Static”. It’s for his song “Dirty Soap Box” which features a guest appearance from the legendary Steve […]
When vocalist Ronny Munroe (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Metal Church, Munroe’s Thunder) teamed up with Frank Hetzel’s Seattle-based Beltfed Weapon, it was simply to make music. But the artistic alliance soon became more personal, after Munroe’s wife/manager […]
Many bands make metal drawing inspiration from what has gone before, but San Antonio-based WITHIN THE GIANT’S REACH make music courageously drawn from the present, inspired by the reality of the world that surrounds […]
If you are unfamiliar with the Los Angeles based band, TEMPTING FATE, then you best strap in, as they bring the ruckus with their most focused and hard-driving track of their young career with […]
METALOCALYPSTICK, the Western Canadian festival that just doesn’t celebrate heavy metal, but embraces the power of women in metal, punk and rock is proud to announce their 2018 line up being hosted in Lone Butte, BC at the Lone […]
A roundup of the latest news from Nuclear Blast including updates on Earthless, Overkill, Ministry, Corrosion Of Conformity and Paradise Lost. Only one week after the release of their new album »AmeriKKKant«, […]
A roundup of the latest tour news from hard rock big names including Bruce Dickinson, Alice In Chains, Joe Perry, Alice Cooper Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson will be holding a special […]
Los Angeles, CA’s modern prog rock/metal outfit Sifting have just been confirmed as support for two different upcoming U.S. tours. The band will be supporting Prong (March 29 – April 8) on the West […]
Screaming Eagles will release their new live album ‘Live At Bonfest’ on March 29th 2018. The album will be released on CD and digitally with pre-orders available from March 16th 2018. ‘Live At Bonfest’ captures […]
Figurehead’s youth belies the subversive protest lyrics of the band’s latest single; their eulogy to the beloved but now defunct 106 Bus. For years, Uni students and school girls and boys have hopped on […]
One of Australia’s biggest rock n roll festivals Rock The Boat once again hits the high seas in 2018, with an incredible local and international line-up. With a theme focused on embracing the best […]
In today’s world, there is an undeniable, ever-growing sea of noise. Like an ocean, it swirls together the sounds of humanity into a churning vat of anonymity, and we are drowning. It is from […]
Elton John today announces ‘Revamp’, released on April 6th on EMI Music Australia. Bringing together a carefully curated selection of the world’s biggest and best artists, ‘Revamp’ sees Elton John and co-writer Bernie Taupin’s best […]
Three teenagers, known as ALIEN WEAPONRY, from a tiny town in the small South Pacific nation of New Zealand have managed to capture the imaginations of people all over the world with their unique […]
Following its bumper first line-up announce, Blues on Broadbeach driven by Frizelle Sunshine has revealed 30 more acts to perform at the free festival, which takes place on the stunning Broadbeach, Gold Coast foreshore […]
A roundup of the latest news from Metal Blade Records including news on Primordial, Rivers Of Nihil, Lizzy Borden and Gozu. Irish Pagan Metal Gods Primordial will release their new album, Exile […]
Brisbane’s Sunset Junkies debut single “Inertia” is the culmination of decades of experience within the band. Heavy guitar and instrumentation combined with lush chorus vocals all mixed together with David Bottrill‘s (Tool, Silverchair, Peter Gabriel) signature sound makes […]
The wait is over for fans of Sydney’s Flickertail with the band’s 5-track debut EP, Hurry Up and Wait, dropping today via Golden Robot Records on CD and digital. One could say this is […]
The Rockpit © 2020