The fifth annual Falls Festival spectacular in Byron Bay sold-out within hours of going on sale earlier this year. For those who missed out on tickets, get excited – the festival has just received […]
ONLINE METAL PROMO (United States), BREATH FRESHER webzine (Japan) and MARIC MEDIA (Australia) have joined forces to offer a free online digital download promotional music compilation titled “Hello Tokyo…OMP, Are You Ready To Rock?” featuring […]
Melbourne based newcomers Colour & Shade have just released their debut single and music video ‘Composure’. ‘Composure’ was premiered via Hysteria Magazine and is the first taste of their upcoming debut album. Colour & […]
About to jump back on the road, The Lockhearts have dropped their new single Goddamn Pretty from forthcoming album, Americana Doom Fuzz (slated for release in early 2018 through Golden Robot Records). An instantly infectious […]
From his third album as Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, the record’s first sequenced track, ‘Fort Knox’, is revealed alongside a psychedelic new lyric video. ‘Who Built The Moon?’ is set for release on November 24 via Sour Mash […]
The raging inferno that is FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES will be returning to Australia in February 2018. Having spent over a decade honing his craft, FRANK CARTER has solidified himself as one of […]
A roundup of the latest news from Nuclear Blast including updates on Doro, Blind Guardian, Eluveittie and Destruction. Metal queen DORO has released her first German album titled Für Immer, via her own […]
There is a new name about to burst on the rock scene, that mixes the styles of Led Zeppelin and Guns N’ Roses – and that name is Jacob Cade. “Energetic rock n’ roll with […]
UK rockers Of Allies are streaming their stunning new video for ‘Collapse’, ahead of their debut LP Night Sky (November 17 2017). As Kerrang! state: There’s a lot of influences going on here, think of those […]
Guitarist Chris Schiermann has announced the launch of his solo project SCHIERMANN and self-titled debut album, set for release on 8 December. Gear Gods have premiered ‘Technical Disabilities’ from the album, check it out here: https://youtu.be/UzmgGdZmCdw Over […]
ANNIHILATOR will release their highly-anticipated 16th studio album, For The Demented, on November 3, 2017 via Neverland Music/Silver Lining Music. The album will be available in a Limited Edition Digipack with Lenticular cover, a […]
German icons the Scorpions have announced the release of a compilation album that features new music and re-imagined classics along with the best of their ballad output. Born to Touch Your Feelings features 17 tracks […]
The Finnish cinematic metal band Dark Sarah is preparing their third album entitled “The Golden Moth” which is scheduled to be released next year, and has opened a crowdfunding campaign and presale of the album. […]
New England Industrial Metal Duo INVERTIA return with The Crimson Screen Vol. 1, the band’s first in a series of EPs that are thematically-based on the early days of horror films. The EP will, most appropriately, be released […]
Drum legend & producer extraordinaire Simon Phillips will be releasing “Protocol 4” on October 27th on Phantom Recordings, distributed by AMPED™. Simon Phillips is by far one of the world’s most renowned and respected […]
It gives all of us here at ‘The Rockpit’ great pleasure in officially welcoming to our Artist Management and Representation roster, Western Australia’s very own ‘Killer Quartet’- ‘The Mighty’, ‘The Purveyors of Front-Bar Notoriety’, ‘The […]
New Zealand experimental, atmospheric, post-metallers Spook The Horses will release their third album People Used To Live Here on November 10. The band have just released the video for the second single from the […]
Just in time for CLAIM THE THRONE‘S Australia & Japan Tour with Wintersun. A second video from their new album ‘ON DESOLATE PLAINS’ is released today – Check out ‘SPIRIT OF FIRE’! Read our review […]
Last month, metal fusion juggernauts Twelve Foot Ninja announced that they are returning to Australia with their international Monsoon Tour for one night only at Melbourne’s 170 Russell on 12th January 2018. Today they […]
Clint Boge of The Butterfly Effect. A Dropped Hot Dog. The Fortitude Valley Mall and its denizens. A massive mirrored high heel that doubles as a bicycle. Purple Velvet pants. Some serious FUNK. Breakdown […]
VIMIC, the acclaimed heavy rock band founded by GRAMMY Award®-winning Slipknot co-founder and heavy music luminary Joey Jordison, has signed a global deal with Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) and T-Boy Records, UMe’s label partnership (Via […]
Perth-based punk rocker Dan Cribb continues his tribute to The Simpsons with an upbeat rendition of Canyonero. Having teamed up with 12 other guest vocalists over the past year for Worst Tribute Ever (including […]
Mammal fans lucky enough to hold tickets for tonight’s sold out reunion show in Melbourne are being reminded today to get down early to catch openers, Terracotta Pigeons ,with the release of a brand […]
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS, led by the legendary long time MOTÖRHEAD guitarist, have announced the details for the band’s upcoming debut album. Their first full-length studio effort will be entitled The Age Of Absurdity […]
Founding Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell will release his new solo album ‘Standing At A Bus Stop‘ on December 1st, via Of The Edge Productions/Cargo Records UK. ‘Standing at a Bus Stop‘ is legendary guitarist, […]
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