Australian metal band LORD have kicked off 2022 with a bang, releasing their “Blood Red Skies” EP, featuring a cover of the JUDAS PRIEST classic of the same name, as well as a recent cover of IRON MAIDEN‘s “Stratego“ Commented bass […]
ANNOUNCEMENT 2022 sees The Rockpit hit our thirteenth year as a globally recognised rock media platform and the year ahead will see some immense changes, with some major announcements to follow in the coming months. […]
With the imminent release of the vinyl edition of Murders In The Rue Morgue Vol II (January), Rue Morgue Records now begin work on Volume III. Murders In The Rue Morgue is the highly successful […]
New double album SLAP BANG BLUE RENDEZVOUS out on January 21, 2022 Diamond Dogs release their second single “Rocket Ricochet” together with a music video from their upcoming 24 tracks strong double album […]
Abrakadabra is the upcoming album from Gothenburg’s leading exponents of street metal, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR! The follow up to 2018’s critically acclaimed You Can’t Kill My Rock ‘N’ Roll, Abrakadabra will be released digitally via Golden […]
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the formation of the classic Aerosmith lineup — Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, and Joey Kramer — a new book, Aerosmith On Tour: 1973-1985, exhaustively chronicles […]
You heard it right, Wacken Metal Battle is back in all its rousing glory to give up-and-coming Australian and New Zealand Artists a chance to play at the Metal Mecca. Joining forces with Destroy […]
RARE PHOTO OUTTAKES AVAILABLE – PROCEEDS TO GRAPES FOR HUMANITY GIFT OF SIGHT PROJECTS (Philadelphia, PA) – Photographer Deborah Samuel is credited for capturing the now-iconic album cover images for the Rush albums ‘Permanent Waves,’ […]
MIND WARP PAVILION are back for their sixth year and this time it’s at Freo Social on Saturday 8 January from 8pm! Featuring a host of Perth’s finest musicians playing the iconic tunes from The […]
The first full-length biography of Eddie Van Halen—a searching, affectionate, and in-depth look at the remarkable life of a genuine musical virtuoso who changed the course of rock ’n’ roll. “The game changing guitar […]
‘Don’t Wait For Me’ is the emotional new single from Australian heavy rockers WICKED SMILE. The single comes off the critically acclaimed debut album ‘Wait For The Night’ out now on cd and on all digital […]
My Chemical Romance (aka MCR/My Chem) have today announced additional shows to their 2023 Australian arena tour. These shows will be the band’s first Australian shows since their appearance at Big Day Out festival […]
Official Deluxe Vinyl Album Re-issue Series Concludes with ‘Slade Alive’ released on limited edition splatter vinyl on January 28! Today, Slade unveil a brand new animated video for Merry Xmas Everybody This is the first […]
The Coda Collection presents an exclusive global live streaming event — Metallica 40th Anniversary LIVE — a special two night event celebrating 40 years of Metallica. Powered by streaming partners Amazon Music and Prime […]
June 6th 2022 marks the 40th Anniversary of one of the most infamous, notorious, controversial Heavy Metal Bands in the World…W.A.S.P. So join W.A.S.P. for this very special 40th Anniversary World Tour that kicks off in […]
Some of Melbourne’s finest local artists are gathering this Friday, December 10 to pay tribute to the immortal AC/DC and raise funds for Dementia Australia. This special live event will see an all star band […]
Abrakadabra is the upcoming album from Gothenburg’s leading exponents of street metal, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR! The follow up to 2018’s critically acclaimed You Can’t Kill My Rock ‘N’ Roll, Abrakadabra will be released digitally via Golden […]
British Progressive Rock Luminaries JETHRO TULL recently announced details for the group’s first studio album of new material in over 18 years! Originally making headlines in March of this year, the band’s newest offering, titled […]
Donnie Vie is excited to announce the worldwide re-release of his solo album Beautiful Things. You can purchase and stream Beautiful Things at https://smarturl.it/DVBeautifulThings Donnie Vie discussing acquiring his catalog and re-releasing the catalog, beginning […]
Around March 2020 the world took a break from live music with the onset of a worldwide pandemic, in case you hadn’t heard? When the world stage shut down, WOLFMOTHER’s Andrew Stockdale took to […]
Limited Editions To Feature Live Bootleg Recordings As Bonus & Ltd. LP+CD Boxset Will Include Exclusive KREATOR Comic Book! German thrash metal gods KREATOR will release a very special re-rissue of their 2001 masterpiece “Violent Revolution” for […]
Sharing music from the release of his debut country solo album at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, Andrew Farriss now has lots more to celebrate with a nomination in the 2022 Golden Guitar awards […]
Under The Southern Stars the spectacular rock music concert series, is thrilled to be taking place in March 2022. Featuring rock royalty Cheap Trick, global rock superstars, Bush and the legendary Stone Temple Pilots! As well as Australian rock royalty Rose Tattoo and rock […]
Inspired by the Band’s Best-Selling Album of All-Time, An Original Science Fiction Epic Will Be Released in Time For the Album’s 40TH Anniversary and the Return of Comic Con International in 2022, Available to Preorder […]
A VERY FILTHY XMAS returns for it’s 8th edition featuring veteran Industrial groove metal act ALL THIS FILTH who will be celebrating 10 years of their debut album “11 Past”. Joining them will be […]
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