Interviews with some of your favorite as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
As a producer, Fabrizio Grossi has worked with some of the biggest names in the business with the likes of Slash, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Steve Vai all listed on Grossi’s impressive CV. Add […]
As a kid growing up in the UK I was fascinated by American Rock music of the 70’s and early 80’s. My best friend’s older brother had a huge vinyl collection that we could only […]
The wait is (nearly) over… English extreme metal legends CARCASS will release their long-awaited, 7th studio album, “Torn Arteries,” on September 17th with Nuclear Blast Records. Ferocious and uncompromising in their execution, CARCASS’s ability […]
For those that have made the trip to the West Coast of America to check out the legendary Sunset Strip (remember those days?) you may well be familiar with the legendary ‘Hookers and Blow’ formed […]
MIKE TRASH and THE EROTICS have been flying the flag for Sleazy Hard Rock for 25 years now and they’re just about to add to their impressive catalogue with a new EP ‘Ride It […]
We did this interview with Lee Aaron right at the end of June, well in time for the July 23rd release date of her latest album ‘Radio On’. Then that thing that never happens […]
While the pandemic paralyzed the entire world and prevented bands from touring, Latin America’s biggest metal export SEPULTURA refused to sit back and act like an animal trapped in a cage. Like the flowers […]
One of my very favourite singers in Rock over the years is been Paul Shortino and the fact that he’s such a lovely guy too means it’s always a pleasure catching up. 2021 has been […]
Melbourne thrashers Desecrator are back with a new album “Summoning” which will be released on August 27th. The second full-length studio release sees the band expand on their sound even further which continues where […]
Inspired by the likes of their childhood heroes Bon Jovi, Kiss and Van Halen, Dangerous Curves formed in 2015 with one only one goal in mind, to bring back the music of the infamous […]
While it’s been a frustrating year for many it has also been productive for some. Chocolate Starfish have been one of the bands that have found themselves scrabbling through more lockdowns than most here […]
Lockdown has produced some great albums you could argue we may never have heard and Diesel’s latest ‘Alone With Blues’ is one of them. Alone in his home studio on a break before the ‘Sunset […]
After the release of “Kuarahy” concurred with the blast of the worldwide pandemic and all the consequences it has generated, White Stones which features Opeth bass player Martín Mendez are ready to launch their […]
Live music is back in the States and Chip Z’Nuff is one of the first out on the road. With the soon to be released ‘Never Enuff’ Box Set just about to drop there’s […]
Back in the early 90’s one of the best live bands you’d see in the pubs and clubs of Australia was Nick Barker and the Reptiles. They toured relentlessly and always put on a memorable […]
Light The Torch are back with a new album titled “You Will Be the Death of Me”, releasing on June 25 via Nuclear Blast. It’s another welcome return for the band who have seemingly […]
Since their formation in 2004, British thrash metallers Evile have been turning heads and taking names, delivering four pure thrash offerings blended with an uncompromising death metal assault. Their fifth studio album, titled “Hell […]
When you think of iconic Australian singer-songwriters the name Richard Clapton immediately springs to mind. Over the years he’s left us with some wonderful songs, many of which have a special part in the hearts […]
Eleven years ago in the early days of the Rockpit I was sent an EP by a new band from Scunthorpe in the UK called Skarlett Riot. It was a record which was on […]
There’s a new Helloween album out in June titled simply ‘Helloween’ and it’s huge! We caught up with Markus Grosskopf to talk all about it and how the plans for something really special just grew […]
Sometimes and album just ‘hits the spot’ and ‘Sonic Healing’ by Todd Michael Hall is one of those albums this year – a huge album of Classic Rock influenced songs that comes as a […]
Robin McAuley is one of Rock’s great voices, coming to prominence with his band Grand Prix he went on to sing with Michael Schenker and lately he’s provided the voice for the wonderful Black […]
It sure is a long time we’ve been locked down. No live bands is getting us all down, but on the bright side there are some great albums coming out of this enforced shutdown, and […]
Supergroups come in all shapes, sizes and genres. Bands like Black Country Communion, Chickenfoot & The Dead Daises have been more recent successes in the rock n’ roll world but Australia is about to […]
Put June 25th in the diary if you haven’t already pre-ordered (I’ve got a signed orange vinyl on the way myself) because Buckcherry have come flying out of isolation with a stunning new record […]
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