Metalocalypstick Fest is a Western Canadian outdoor festival that doesn’t just celebrate heavy metal, but embraces the power of women in metal. Held this year on Canada Day weekend on July 1st and 2nd, the […]
For those that loved the recent interview with Frank Dimino we thought that we would treat you with the full audio of our conversation as a special exclusive Podcast…
While Ayreon’s ‘Forever/Planet Y’ saga seemed to have reached its conclusion with the album 01011001, it’s clear that Arjen Lucassen’s creative muses had other plans. The new Ayreon album The Source revisits the Forever […]
Crazy Lixx has long been one of The Rockpit’s favourite Hard Rock bands and this year they are back with a bang with ‘Ruff Justice’. It’s an album that draws on the finest work the […]
When I was a kid Kiss was a huge part of my musical life, hell, at one time I was even in a band with school mates and we donned our own versions of […]
When I was a kid there were a number of triggers that started me off on my road to ‘Rock’; one of them was the result of a purchase made completely by impulse. Trawling the […]
Babylon A.D. was in my opinion one of the finest hard rock bands of the late eighties. They were a band who had the songs and had the chops of the very best, but sadly […]
Deep down in the catacombs of Paris, between piled-up bones, damp air and our own mortality, Candlemass mastermind Leif Edling unexpectedly found new and sinister inspiration. The Doomsday Kingdom was born! We speak to […]
Finnish melodic/AOR rockers Brother Firetribe has just released their fourth album ‘Sunbound’ and it sounds huge – great songs beautifully executed and made to play live. We caught up with vocalist Pekka Ansio Heino to […]
Over in Australia and New Zealand in May and June to provide the voice on ‘The Music of Cream’ Tour, the evergreen ‘Voice of Rock’ is back, indeed Glenn has never been busier. With a fantastic solo […]
On Saturday April 15th, after an almost 5 year hiatus, Adelaide’s own evening dedicated to glam, trash and rock n roll returns. “The Sleaze Ball 2017” features Pete London and Eric Young from Crashdïet […]
Formerly going under the name Love and War (a band who embraced the Hard Rocking sounds of the 80’s after Grunge hit hard) Apocalyptic Lovers are the rebirth of that band – rechristened and reinvigorated and […]
With ‘Kentucky’ just a year old Black Stone Cherry is already looking to record new material for their next album. We caught up with singer/guitarist Chris Robertson to find out what they have in store […]
Despite some legal battles over the name which has forced the continued legacy to go under the name Entombed A.D., the Swedish metal veterans are still as vital to the extreme metal genres as […]
There’s no time wasted when it comes to one of Canada’s most thrilling metal bands Sriker. In 2016, they unleashed their award winning Stand In The Fire, their fourth album and first release via their […]
Iconic band Dragon are back after a raft of sell-out Countdown performances throughout 2016 with round two of the popular tour. Countdown Oz Chartbusters will see Dragon celebrate the best of the Australian charttoppers, […]
Melbourne thrashers Desecrator have become one of the top metal bands to come out of Australia in recent years thanks to a ton of touring and the fun energy of their live shows. It’s […]
ECLIPSE is one of the best modern rock bands out there at the moment, tag them how you will, they manage to combine a real sense of melody and power, have a song-writing prowess that […]
The Darkness is about to descend upon Australia again in what is getting to be a thankfully pretty regular occurrence these days. This time though it’s looking like it might be extra special with the […]
When Bolt Thrower drummer Martin “Kiddie” Kearns passed in his sleep on September 14th, 2015, the members of Britain’s longest standing death metal band were absolutely bereft. Three weeks after, bassist Frank Healy, of […]
Hailing from the muddy fields and pig sheds of Northamptonshire, The Darkhorse are a 4 piece metal band with the heart of doom and sludge but with the lungs of a hardcore band, drawing their […]
Canadian progressive metal rockers Protest The Hero tour Australia in April in support of their latest release “Pacific Myth”, an experimental idea released via a subscription-based serial distributed through the online music subscription service […]
German Epic Symphonic Metal maestros Xandria have found lineup stability with singer Dianne van Giersbergen and are ready to take things to the next level with their seventh studio album Theater of Dimensions. We get a few words […]
It wasn’t too long ago that I had spoken to Dragonforce axeman Herman Li about the possibility of getting the band to tour Australia again in the near future, this during the time when […]
If you crave lush melodies, a golden voice and a swathe of great songs then you are probably already familiar with UNRULY CHILD, if not then welcome to one of the best bands in Melodic […]
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