Melbourne thrashers Harlott have just released their second album “Proliferation” which is a blazing album of thrash tracks and any fan of thrash metal is sure to love this album. The band are also […]
I first snuck into a Hanoi Rocks show way back in the early eighties, it was the second show I had ever seen and Hanoi was the first band I’d ever discovered all by […]
After making headlines with their appearance at the 2006 Eurovision contest which is mostly known for it’s focus on pop music, Lordi entered the mainstream of rock with their theatrical antics and monster costumes […]
Fronted by ex-Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones, Devil You Know are only a new band that formed just a couple of years ago but have already gained some serious attention and now are about […]
This year could well be the big one for Trivium who are on the verge of releasing their new album ‘Silence in the Snow’. There’s a feeling at The Rockpit that this may just […]
Earlier in the year we heard Joel Hoekstra‘s first contributions to Whitesnake as their new guitarist along with Reb Beach on ‘The Purple Album’. Who would have thought that a few months later he’d […]
My Dying Bride have been rocking out for 25 years now and in that time have become an influential band as part of the original “”Peaceville Three” of the death/doom genre along with Anathema […]
We all loved Brad Sinsel‘s band TKO back in the day – a group that should have been so much bigger than they were, and who now when you listen to them they sound […]
The name Whoretopsy might give you a bit of a laugh, or ruffle your feathers a bit depending on how serious you take things but one thing for certain is the band have been […]
As the outlandish frontman of unique Aussie rockers Gay Paris, Luke has carved himself as a singer that simply puts it out there and whatever happens is up to the fans to decide. That […]
Metal Allegiance is truly a supergroup if ever something that old tag could ever well and truly be applied to. It’s a who’s who of metal musicians who took part on the album including […]
Refused were the 4th band announced for the 2016 Soundwave Festival in Australia and on the same day as the announcement, we talked to drummer David Sandstrom about the big news. We also discuss […]
In what is billed as one of the top extreme metal tours of 2015, Behemoth will be touring Australia in September/October with Watain and Bolzer and we were lucky enough to catch up with […]
Since Dave Lombardo’s publicised departure from Slayer a couple of years ago, the focus on Dave seems to be all about Slayer and the reasons why he left the band. While all that is […]
We catch up with Jerry Only to talk about revisiting the classic albums ‘Earth A.D.’ and ‘Static Age’; an invite to Dracula’s Castle and the new music on the way from The Misfits… […]
When news broke that two of Megadeth’s longtime members, Shawn Drover and Chris Broderick had left the band, a lot of fans were curious as to what they would get up to musically. Those […]
Hammerfall are heading downunder for their very first show in Australia ever and if you are wondering why only one show, we find out the reasons as well as what to expect at the […]
Halestorm just might have released the album that breaks them new ground and raises them up to the place where we’ve always know they belonged. They are also on their way to Australia for […]
They did it – new album ‘Venom’ charted at number one in Australia upon release. And Bullet For My Valentine never sounded better. After last times experimental ‘Temper Temper’ some wondered what the new […]
Hailing from Sweden, Graveyard are a classic rock band with strong blues influences who have been hitting the rock scene around the world for almost 10 years now and are set to continue their […]
UK progressive rockers Tesseract are returning to Australia for a headlining tour in support of their newest album “Polaris” which continues the band’s evolution with a stronger melodic sound than ever before. With the […]
Soilwork are one of the top melodic death metal bands around and their ability to blend aggressive heavy music with melody is one of their strongest aspects. The band’s last album “The Living Infnite”, […]
Watain’s brand of black metal mixed with an element of thrash not far removed from the pioneering influences of early Venom is something that is not always easily digestible for the common mainstream fan. […]
As far as musicians go there are some you love, some you hate and then there are those that you admire and those that you are in awe of. Over the years John McLaughlin […]
Finland melodic metallers Children Of Bodom have been pretty consistent with quality albums over the years, “Follow The Reaper” and “Blooddrunk” are widely considered some of the best metal albums in history and their […]
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