Check out what’s happening in your local music scene in Australia and around the world and discover new music.
Dear Music Lovers, Thank you so much for all of your support, over 111,000 signatures on the Don’t Kill Live Music Petition in one week, you have made it very clear that you refuse […]
Brisbane’s She Cries Wolf are today rolling out their razor-sharp new single ‘Magdalene’ featuring guest vocals from The Amity Affliction vocalist Ahren Stringer! The new single is live and available now at iTunes & […]
The Melbourne-based 4-piece Creek have not mucked around getting their name and their music around. Blending heavy blues, Psych and alt-rock, Creek put it out there with way above average musicianship and plenty of […]
Australia’s kings of all things dark and creepy, DARKCELL will release their long awaited new, self titled album, on April 12. Darkcell features guest appreacence by Skold (Marilyn Manson/KMFDM), Lindsay Schoolcraft (Cradle of Filth), […]
Japan’s leading traditional heavy metal band, ANTHEM, will release Nucleus, an entirely re-recorded greatest hits album now available with English lyrics for the first time, on March 29! On the eve of the bands […]
Sydney’s future metallists, SETMEONFIRE have just released new single Patterns. It comes from their new album Lowtech, which is set for release on March 1. Vocalist/Guitarist Cameron Eyre says of the track, “Patterns is […]
Legendary LA Rockers ANGELES have released their new video for the song “Pain“, taken from the band’s new album “Time of Truth”, which came out on October 16th, via Bongo Boy Records. Watch the […]
Australia’s own progressive extreme metal wizards Hybrid Nightmares have announced their long-awaited follow up their debut full-length ‘Almagest;, the album known as ‘Obelisk‘. A complete stand-out from their previous work, ‘Obelisk’ sees Hybrid Nightmares […]
Silvertung and Thermal Entertainment have joined forces for the band’s new album (BUT, AT WHAT COST??!), released now on all digital outlets and physicals available by mail order at: https://thermalent.com/silvertung. The first single Done […]
The alternative rockers Nitro Zeus from Brisbane, Australia, are releasing their opus on 15 March 2019. Their debut EP, i.anomaly, brings a diverse range of styles and emotions with 3 new tracks (plus bonus […]
The all-female Charlotte/North Carolina (US) based 5 piece Reason Define unleash news of their sophomore album release and supporting US tour. Entitled ‘In Memory‘ – the 11 track offering officially drops on 1st March […]
Heavy Pettin’ first stirred into action when vocalist Hamie, guitarists Gordon Bonnar and Punky Mendoza, drummer Gary Moat and bassist Brian Waugh first burst out of Glasgow in 1981. They were vibrant, priapic, anthemic […]
Memphis, Tennessee rockers EVERY MOTHER’S NIGHTMARE kicked off the first of their 2019 dates at TC’s Midtown in Conway, AR on Saturday, February 9th. EMN currently has several dates scheduled with more pending confirmation. […]
Novacastrian Hardcore outfit Liberties are today announcing the release of their Broken EP on April 5, along with the drop of their new single and videoclip ‘Crooked States‘! The new EP is available to […]
Born out of the emerging metal scene of Calgary, Alberta in Canada, RED CAIN is a modern melodic metal project with European roots. With intricate songwriting, a heavy yet melodic feel reminiscent of progressive […]
Perth’s new home of local metal meetups HORNOGRAPHY is all locked in for another month, this time with a special event – the new album release party for local metal act ALL THIS FILTH! […]
TRAUMA has released a new lyric video for the song “From Here To Hell“. That song is on the album “As The World Dies“, which will be released on February 15th 2019 via PURE […]
East Coast’s Sabbath-worshipping metallers HIGH REEPER are unleashing the video for ‘Bring The Dead‘ today via Kerrang! Their sophomore album ‘Higher Reeper‘ comes out March 22nd on HPS Records. Headbang or die! And these […]
A public memorial for former Rigor Mortis and Warbeast vocalist BRUCE CORBITT will be held on Saturday March 9th at the Ridglea Theater in Fort Worth, Texas. CORBITT passed away on January 25th following […]
The Flaying, death metal from Quebec City, Canada will release their second album “Angry, Undead” on March 22, 2019, via PRC Music. Working with Christian Donaldson (Cryptopsy) at The Grid in Montreal, QC, the band has […]
Metal United World Wide, the huge metal community effort, goes in the second round. The date is set: 15 June 2019! That’s only 4 months to go and preparations are speeding up. Last year, […]
Genre-melding rock outfit Hellions are gearing up for their biggest run of Australian headline shows to date this May, stopping off in Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, with special guests Yours Truly and […]
Swedish hard rock visionaries Electric Boys will release the EP “Gone Gone Gone” on April 12th, in connection with Record Store Day. The title will be available in a highly collectible transparent vinyl, limited to […]
Dear music lovers, Your music is under attack. Overbearing regulation, exorbitant police bills, a lack of respect for NSW businesses, and very little recognition of the significant positive impacts of music on our communities […]
Gainesville, Florida-based THUNDERCLAP will release their debut LP, Inebriocean, through Financial Ruin this March. The label has issued the artwork, track listing, and a brief trailer for the album. Smoothly melding elements of metal […]
The Rockpit © 2020