Interviews with some of your favorite as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
Gary Numan has been called the “Godfather of all Electronic Music” and over the years has inspired a huge range of artists from Trent Reznor to Prince to The Prodigy to Afrika Bambaataa to […]
Next month Australia will welcome back Finnish folk metal legends Finntroll who have been pioneers in a genre that is looked upon as a fun, atmospheric style of music. Their last album “Blodsvept” released […]
Emerging after a long self-imposed exile of discovery, The Owls stand poised to cement themselves as sonic architects with the release of Kraków, the first cut from their forthcoming EP, Own the Streets. We […]
One Thousand Years is a band that plays the kind of music I want to hear: timeless, blues infused rock that makes a connection with an audience. It’s important music by a little ol’ […]
Anyone who was impressed by Rubicon Cross’ debut EP back in 2011 will probably have been eagerly anticipating the new full-length release – due to hit on May 19th. Collecting the four songs from […]
Max Cavalera is not someone who seems to want to rest on his laurels. From his time with Sepultura to his formation of Soulfly which has gone on to great success and even with […]
We catch up with Adelaide’s finest purveyors of noise – Horror My Friend. RP: Thank you for taking the time to talk to the Rockpit. For those not familiar with the band can […]
Lavish orchestration, as you might imagine, introduces us to Epica’s latest work ‘The Quantum Enigma’. It’s a huge album especially for a band that prides itself on constantly moving forward, and it may well […]
Finland is home to some of the best metal on the planet and Children Of Bodom are no exception. From their classically influenced albums to the melodic death metal inspired songs, the band have […]
You may not have heard of PET THE PREACHER yet, but you should do soon. If you love a riff you can hang your entire wardrobe off, then their new album “The Cave & […]
Don’t know who The Oath are? Read on to find out more and why you need to check them out. Welcome to The Oath… Mark: Hi, thanks for taking the time to speak […]
Finland may not be well known for a lot of thrash metal bands but this young band called “Lost Society” may be one of those bands to change all that. Starting in 2010 and […]
The man needs no introduction. As the axeman for Ozzy Osbourne for a number of years and his own band Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society shredding out for 15 years, Zakk Wylde is as […]
With Thrash Metal back in the spotlight in recent years, legendary thrash metal band Kreator are one of the leaders of the pack, still chugging away with new albums like the criticially acclaimed “Phantom […]
This year Gov’t Mule celebrates 20 years of ‘kicking ass’ and they’re coming Down-Under to kick some serious ass here too! Hot on the back of last year’s sensational Shout! album The Mule head […]
These days the Melodic Rock scene has so many great bands you’d think that it would be hard to find one that truly shines out above the rest. We have found them, like many […]
Back in 1983 I bought the first Hellion EP. Listening to the ‘To Hellion and Back’ Anthology today the band has lost none of its power – and new music is on the way. […]
Tyketto was the band that should have been huge with songs most bands would die for and a vocalist with one of the best voices in the business. It was all a case of […]
Lacuna Coil is busy in the midst of their current US Tour, then it’s on to Mexico and South America to mark the first outing for material from the excellent new album ‘Broken Crown […]
One of the hottest metal tours coming to Australia in 2014 is Toxic Holocaust and Skeletonwitch, the latter which will be their first time on Australian soil. Skeletonwitch have only been around for a […]
In the extreme metal world, it’s fairly difficult to get much attention aside from the few hardcore fans that love that kind of music. But with the right attitude, some solid writing and obviously […]
Destrage have two albums behind them, but number three should open up their crazy world to all of us. Metal never sounded as original, crazy and chaotic as this! Mark talks to Matteo Digioia […]
It wasn’t too long ago that Australia was hit by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth when they toured the country and now they have just released their latest critically acclaimed album “The Satanist” which […]
Magnum is a band that has always had a legion of loyal fans in the UK and growing numbers in Europe. Their new album ‘Escape from the Shadow Garden’ is so good it could […]
A new musical force to be reckoned with is about to turn the rock world upside down with the release of their self-titled debut, KXM. KXM is comprised of dUg Pinnick of King’s X […]
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