News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
New Zealand heavy rock band Halo of Ashes explode onto the scene with the debut single “Sick and Twisted“. The three-minute jaw-rattling track combines elements of the bands’ grunge, punk, nu-metal and thrash influences […]
Melbourne rockers Riff Raiders have dropped their brand new video for the track “Standing On My Own” which makes it’s premiere right here at The Rockpit! Rock’n’Roll Daydream is the second album from Riff […]
Even though they are based in Sydney Australia Punk act SHIT TINNIES, Introduce themselves to the dim-lit room of half-cut punters as “The Kiwi, the Brit, the Serb and the Canadian”, it’s impossible to […]
One of Australia’s most prominent up and coming acts, Glass Ocean have released, Beyond Us, the first single from their highly anticipated debut album due out later this year. Vocalist Tobias Atkins comments about the themes behind […]
Sydney death metal titans, Daemon Pyre are set to release their long awaited second album, Serpent Gods And A Dying Sun on May 22. Today they release the second track from it in the shape of […]
Combining unrelenting groove with a passion for heaviness and harmony, Tassie born/Melbourne based three piece Verticoli have once again served up a slab of hard hitting alt-rock with Uneasy. Recorded at Wick Studios and […]
Melbourne-based post punks DESTRENDS have a remarkable way of driving their gritty hooks straight through the core of their listeners. After recently releasing two stand out singles ‘Medication’ and ‘Missing People’ DESTRENDS have released their new EP Wasteland, containing the two aforementioned singles and two […]
Last week Sydney rockers Lillye released their incredible, scorching version of The Screaming Jets classic, Better. The fan response was immediate with the track coming straight in at #3 on the iTunes Rock Chart […]
Arguably the pioneers of death metal in Australia, ABRAMELIN have recently completed recording their first album in almost 20 years: “Never Enough Snuff” and are set to release the violence and brutality on May […]
Australian metal combo Shatter Brain have just revealed a new music video for their song Death Goes On, the song is taking from the debut album “Pitchfork Justice”, scheduled to be released on May […]
With the 2017 Jon Doe EP and 2019 single release Stonewall already under their belts, Five SurVive are back for 2020. The band is very proud to release brand new single Precognition with accompanying […]
Sydney death metal titans, Daemon Pyre are set to release their long awaited second album, Serpent Gods And A Dying Sun on May 22. Today they release their first new music in over two years via the […]
Perth rock act NEIN are set to release their new album “Obstreperous” this Friday April 24th. Check out a lyric video below for the single “The Fun One“. NEIN is a four-piece band hailing […]
Young Aussie artist Corey Legge has released the first single from the forthcoming new album “Some Days“, titled “Last Night I Dreamt Of You“. Corey Legge plays heartfelt alt-country, folk and rock, drawing influence […]
One of the fastest rising acts of the burgeoning Australian progressive music scene, Ballarat’s Ebonivory have today released their powerful brand new single, Introvection. The track comes from their highly anticipated new album, The […]
Avalanche are an electrifying, misfit, piss-off band of rock n’ rollers for a new generation. They first started playing music together in a steel factory in western Sydney after closing time, and after just […]
Founded in 2012, Magnus‘ (brainchild of Arne Heeres) mantra was to bring their urgency, fearlessness in experimentation and healthy disregard for genres to Australian music. Since then they’ve released their critically acclaimed debut album in 2016, cut […]
The Atomic Beau Project are Brisbane’s newest prog/heavy powerhouses. Today, they bring forth to the world their epic new single and video ‘Time‘. The single will find itself into the world on Friday April […]
The Date are one of Perth’s most beloved and enduring bands. Now into their fifth album, the band remain true to their ethos of ‘write for yourself but play for your fans’ on the […]
Caligula’s Horse, hailing from Brisbane, Australia, a leading light in contemporary progressive metal worldwide, recently announced their fifth studio album Rise Radiant for release on May 22. Produced by the group’s Sam Vallen, and […]
The official music video for Cicadastone’s latest single, Box of Anger, is out now through Golden Robot Records. It was filmed and directed by good friend to the band, Michael Stifter, after Mat Robins […]
The Chats have rescheduled their upcoming Australian Tour. The High Risk Behaviour tour, originally scheduled for August, will now happen in November and December, 2020. Since forming in their mate’s bong shed in 2016 […]
Off the back of a sold out tour, a towering new single, and killer sets at Good Things festival, Australia’s favourite rockers The Butterfly Effect have today served up the video for their first new musical […]
Today, The Smith Street Band release new single ‘I Still Dream About You’, as premiered last night on triple j Good Nights. ‘I Still Dream About You’ is the second single from the band’s […]
In a world where Punk Rock seems to change definition more times than most people change their minds, RADIO REJECTS stick to the true definition of the genre. Influenced by Old Skool 4-Chord and 90s Skate Punk, […]
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