After months of speculation and rumours and fake flyers floating around, it’s been officially confirmed that the legendary Download Festival will be coming to Australia in 2018. Currently billed as a 1 day event to […]
An all ages metal festival are far and few between in Perth which is unfortunate given there is a big market for teenage metal fans, granted they may not have the finances to necessarily […]
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 […]
Recently I read where TRENT REZNOR of NINE INCH NAILS stated that “90’s Grunge was more dangerous than today’s shitty music”. And in going back to look for that article, I ran across two other […]
THE NEW ALBUM “INTO THE GREAT UNKNOWN” IS RELEASED ON FRIDAY 22 SEPTEMBER Celebrated Swedish rock band H.E.A.T premiere the music video for their new single “Eye Of The Storm” to dovetail the release of their […]
There are few tours currently making the rounds that, unintentionally or not, show just how Metal and heavy music in general continues to be a timeless entity. This year’s edition of the Metal Alliance package […]
The Rockpit is proud to premiere the new H.E.A.T. video for ‘Redefined’ ‘Redefined’ is taken from H.E.A.T’s “Into The Great Unknown” album which is released by earMusic on Friday 22nd September.
Just when you thought 2017 was going to be a repeat of crappy old 2016, along comes Ninth Of May to save the day. The completely independent, powerhouse Brisbane 5-piece are back doing what […]
Why should an artist do the ‘same thing different show’, kinda press? I mean I love interviewing artists the day of the show, don’t get me wrong. There’s something about sitting down one on […]
The Rock Pit had a chance to check out the Zippo Encore Experience this year at Rock on The Range. Fans were given the opportunity to get up close and personal with some of […]
Soundgarden wasn’t just any ordinary rock band, aside from being part of the revolutionary grunge era of the 90’s they were also hugely inspirational in both creative musical aspects as well as lyrically and […]
Born and raised in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and influenced by local and international acts of the 90’s and 00’s, The Innocence aim to connect with as many lovers of music as […]
One of the most influential rock bands of all time, Deep Purple, will release their brand new studio album inFinite on April 7 via earMUSIC/Sony Music Australia InFinite is the highly anticipated follow up […]
Meet Thomas Wynn and The Believers, an American band with a striking new organic rock record about building a better life, a life you really believe in. Named #1 Rock Band and #1 Country/Folk Band […]
Back in the 80’s (and early 90’s) there were some amazing debut albums released, and for me they were almost completely interdependent on each other, adding to the ideas that preceded them but all unique in […]
Residing from West Melbourne, Australia’s Stranger bring a new sound to the alternative- punk rock genre that has been currently defining much of the music scene around Australia and the world. Taking influence from […]
On January 27th 2016 San Francisco’s 80’s Glam Rockers Vain announced that their next album ‘Rolling with the Punches’ would be funded via Pledge Music. The album would be out in May 2016. Vain, the band […]
Sydney Grunge-Pop rockers Halfwait are about to release their new EP ‘Forever’ on February 17th but you can hear the entire EP today exclusively at The Rockpit. Listen to ‘Forever’ below: Originally formed […]
Black Sabbath have now completed their final run of shows ever with the last gig at their hometown in Birmingham, England where it all started. Watch the final moments captured at the show at […]
THE BEST OF 2016 THE HARD ROCK RELEASES THAT PROOVE THAT ROCK IS FAR FROM DEAD After a great 2015 especially for those inclined towards Melodic Rock, 2016 seemingly had it all: more of the […]
THE AUSTRALIAN RELEASES THAT PROVE THAT DOWN UNDER IS ALIVE AND KICKING! This year we’ve seperated out all of our Australian Hard Rock and Blues releases for the year from the main lists and present […]
I’ve been writing for The Rockpit for five years now and this year they’ve given me my own list! So I wanted to do something a little differently: this year I wanted to give […]
It’s that time of the year again when we round up the very best of rock and metal for the year and 2016 had some great releases and some fantastic highlights. From the biggest […]
The Rockpit presents the premiere of the new single for “Fly Away” from Halfwait. Halfwait is a grunge/rock band based in Sydney, originally formed in 2010 by high school friends Jon Barca and Chris […]
After blasting onto the scene earlier this year with their critically acclaimed debut album, Magnus are certainly not showing signs of slowing down with a new single and national tour recently completed. The bands […]
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