TOKYO MOTOR FIST, the band featuring Trixter guitarist Steve Brown and Danger Danger vocalist Ted Poley released its sophomore album ‘Lions’, on July 10 via Frontiers Music, and what an album it is! We caught […]
‘My reputation proceeds me, I’ve got a feeling this can’t go wrong…’ that is a bold lyric from ‘Can’t Go Wrong’ but ‘Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum’ is a bold album by Seether. Translating […]
Back in the very first days of the Rockpit I remember listening to a bunch of albums I’d just bought on a trip to the US. One of the very best was ‘Strip Rock Roll’ […]
Jeremy Edge may be best known for his work in such bands as Backstreet Law and Candlelight Red but now he returns in a new solo project which sees the guitarist pair up with […]
Back in February, before the global pandemic disrupted the whole of the music industry, I took a flight from Perth to Melbourne to catch one of my favourite UK bands, who were playing a […]
Southern Rock has always stood the test of time and Ron Keel and co are keeping that alive on their latest release South X South Dakota – a collection of 11 tracks of some of […]
Following the success of their acclaimed 2018 album ‘Invincible’, which spent an incredible ten consecutive weeks in the Top 30 Official German Rock and Metal Charts and was voted Sleaze’s Nation’s # 2 album […]
Chip Z’Nuff and Enuff Z’Nuff were over in Australia for the first time ever earlier in the year before Covid-19 changed the game for live music globally. Getting home was a close call – they […]
He was one of the first prolific session guitarists in Los Angeles, having worked with some of the greats in the music industry from Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper to Chris Cornell and Halestorm. […]
Lionheart are just about to release their new album ‘The Reality of Miracles’ and it is something rather special. The band which is made up of Iron Maiden’s first guitarist Dennis Stratton, Steve Mann (Michael […]
Respected standard bearers for 21st century metal, Devildriver have spent almost the last two decades pursuing a course of uncompromising artistry and nonsense-free dedication to the road. Led by the prolific Dez Fafara, the Californian […]
New Jersey born singer Fiona’s first two albums were the sensational self titled debut album in 1985 and the equally impressive ‘Beyond the Pale’ in 1986. Two more great collections followed with ‘Heart Like […]
As with most bands around the world, COVID-19 has dealt a pretty tough hand for them all to play and Western Australia’s Eskimo Joe are no exception. March saw the alt-rock three-piece primed and […]
Homegrown Melodic Rock doesn’t get a lot better than this. A month ago I’d never heard of Adelaide’s Sonic Divide who have just released their second album ‘The Other Side’. Today I’m a firm fan. […]
“They coulda been huge if they’d been from America!” is an accusation that we leveled at a few bands from the UK and Europe back in the day when Stateside they were busily ‘polishing up’ […]
Former INXS bass player & co-founder Garry ‘Gary’ Beers is back with a new project and it’s one that has us pretty excited here at The Rockpit. AshenMoon has smatterings of genres & vibes […]
Mitch Perry has been working alongside some of the world’s most renowned musicians for over 25 years now. He has toured with the The Sweet, Michael Schenker Group, Lita Ford, David Lee Roth and […]
UK veteran thrashers Onslaught are ready to unleash a new beast with Generation Antichrist, their latest album which also features their newest member, vocalist Dave Garnett. Taking over the spot previously held by Sy […]
Unless we dare take risks, how can we see beyond our fears? Met with positive response worldwide after a series of single releases, Christian-rock artist Jodi Essex continues to speak boldly with the same […]
Not counting the Legion: XX covers album from 2018, it’s been 5 years since new songs have hit Lamb Of God fans ears but that wait is over as the band return with their […]
Perth’s local live music scene is about to explode back to life. With restrictions starting to ease and venues getting the chance to reopen, albeit with limited numbers & certain social distancing rules firmly […]
Building upon its internationally acclaimed blistering attack, with latest album “Weapons Of Tomorrow”, Warbringer showcases a refreshed technical approach and a heightened focus on unique lyrical and vocal style. The record takes the promise […]
‘Red’ has to be Devilskin’s finest album to date and would surely have seen the band take another huge leap up that ladder with a European Tour ready to go just as coronairus put […]
13 Stars’ ‘Finest Ramshackle Jam’ is one of those albums that doesn’t come around too often, an album that you can play all the way through and just can’t put down. It’s also an album […]
When The Rockpit last spoke to Andrew Farriss back in August 2019 he was excitedly telling us about his debut single ‘Come Midnight’ and subsequent works that we would be expecting to hear, as […]
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