Interviews with some of your favorite as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
Alaskan riff masters 36 Crazyfists are teaming up with Aussie heavyweights Superheist for a whirlwind tour around Australia. Unbridled honesty cast in unpredictable metallic soundscapes and icy melodies is the best way to describe Alaska’s […]
Simply put, Pop Evil is a larger-than-life true rock n’ roll band blending the earnestness of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden with the celebratory showmanship of Motley Crue and Kiss, capable of empathizing with the daily […]
If you like your blues with a bit of funk & plenty of soul then look no further than Brisbane-based 5-piece Blues Arcadia who have been riding high in the Australian Blues & Roots […]
Sevendust first forged a familial tie amongst each other in 1994 that translated into one of the most die-hard audiences in the game. To this day, the connection between fans and the Grammy® Award-nominated […]
Interview with Jeremy Aric, lead singer of Run Devil Run Poets and Pornstars released one of my favourite albums of 2007, a beautiful slab of in-your-face raucous rock and roll, that sounded like the Bacchanalian […]
Sometimes I get very excited about music and this year the most excited I got outside of a live gig was the first time I heard the great new CD from Finnish rockers White Flame. Now […]
A new Burning Rain album is always a big thing in these parts and I’ll make a big call here by saying that ‘Face the Music’ may even be the best yet. Since forming in […]
The Hard-Ons are pretty much an institution in the Australian punk rock scene and a name synoymous with the good old days of the Aussie pub rock circuit. They also are a band that […]
John Corabi has long been one of the musicians I’ve felt a real resonance with and when we set up The Rockpit ten years ago in 2009 he was one of the artists I most […]
Tagged by International music mag The Obelisk as being “at the head of the pack of European heavy Rock and Roll“, Greece’s 1000mods bring their psychedelic onslaught to Australia this April, touring nationally on […]
BABYLON A.D. debut album – The thirtieth anniversary interview with Derek Davis Babylon A.D. is a band that formed in 1988 and which originated in the San Francisco Bay Area. Original members, Derek […]
Three teenagers, known as Alien Weaponry, from a tiny town in the small South Pacific nation of New Zealand have managed to capture the imaginations of people all over the world with their unique […]
Every now and again a ‘Supergroup’ emerges that really hits the spot on paper and you just hope and pray that scheduling doesn’t get in the way of things progressing out of the studio. A […]
Having previously released three EPs during their first four years together, Perth based all-girl four-piece The Tommyhawks unleashed their long awaited debut album ‘Underground Raptor’ on Saturday 9th March at The Navy Club in […]
After first speaking to Phil Anselmo a year ago it didn’t seem the opportunity to talk to the metal legend would come up not only so soon but even at all. But fast forward […]
Max & Iggor Cavalera are set to bring two iconic Sepultura albums to Australian stages this month with a selection of tracks from Beneath The Remains and Arise being performed live. Max Cavalera has […]
TAKING IT BACK TO 2010 WHEN WE SPOKE TO JAY JAY AHEAD OF THE LEGENDARY ROCK N’ AMERICA FESTIVAL – THE ROCKPIT LOOKS BACK ON IT’S FIRST FIVE YEARS OF INTERVIEWS Jay Jay French is […]
Peter H Nilsson started working on ‘Little American Dream’ back in 2016 along with singer Chris Biano, drummer Jason Meekins and bassist Patrik Adiels. Now as a rule I’m not normally a huge fan of […]
Tora Tora were a band I loved back in the day and their latest album ‘Bastards of Beale’ picks up exactly where they left off without missing a beat, and that believe me is a […]
Ash Khajvandi releases his new single T.N.B.on April 5th and The Rockpit has the sneak preview on this month’s ‘Heaven and Hell’ podcast. If you like your rock with more than a spoonful of dirty […]
The mighty Behemoth return to Australia to lay waste to all lovers of extreme metal as part of the 2019 Download Festival as well as a couple of sideshows with the legendary Slayer who […]
It’s not often you see bands from Perth hit the big time but when one of your very own scores a coveted slot at the iconic Download Festival and in your home country, it’s […]
Swedish metal veterans In Flames have released their 13th studio album “I, The Mask” which once again sees the band continue their ever expanding evolution of genre bending melodic death metal. From the opening […]
With the departure of founder member and guitarist Keith Nelson in 2017 leaving only Josh Todd remaining from the band who released their stunning debut in 1999 – twenty years ago this year – you […]
We love to spread the word about new bands we think you’ll enjoy, and last month we featured New York band Grayhunter on the Heaven and Hell Podcast, a band who released their ‘Comeback Kid […]
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