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UPON WINGS have been heard everywhere from Slipknot’s Knotfest “New Flesh” playlist to SiriusXM Octane’s Big ‘Uns Countdown. Now, Upon Wings and vocalist Anné Autumn Erickson have released a fiery new single, called “Scars,” featuring […]
Forever May Fall have released a new single and video for the track “Aftermath,” co-written with and produced by Kile Odell (Motionless in White, Nita Strauss, Fozzy, Cane Hill). The video was directed by Christian Lawrence and edited by […]
Photo Credit: Stevie and Sarah Gee Band of Horses will release their sixth studio album and their first record in more than five years, ‘Things Are Great’ which will be released March 4 via BMG. The band […]
Voodoo Moonshine has released their new album “Bottom of the Barrel” on Dark Star Records. The new full length CD is available at all retailers worldwide as well as all digital stores. Voodoo Moonshine will be […]
Photo Credit: © Graeme Milne The UK’s critically acclaimed blues rock band KING KING kick off their February 2022 UK Tour with special guests The Damn Truth on Thursday February 10th at the York Opera […]
Cornwall-based roots rock band Wille & The Bandits release their fifth studio album When The World Stood Still on January 28, 2022, on their independent label, Fat Toad Records. The album is now available to pre-order from www.willeandthebandits.com/shop. The second single Good […]
After releasing their critically acclaimed album Cold Chamber via Golden Robot Records in March 2021, Melbourne’s CICADASTONE have released a new single and video ‘Incandescent’, the seventh track from their second full length release. ‘Incandescent’ is a song about […]
2021 has been a fantastic year for HARDCORE SUPERSTAR with three singles released to critical acclaim, surpassing over 750,000 Spotify plays and 250,000 YouTube plays as well as the band playing sold out shows all across Sweden! With 2022 now upon […]
Multi-award winning Elles Bailey releases ‘The Game’: the fourth single from her eagerly awaited album ‘Shining in the Half Light’, due for release on 25th February, 2022. ‘The Game’ follows breezily in the successful footsteps […]
Eight-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated multi-platinum singer, songwriter, designer, and philanthropist Avril Lavigne has announced her new album, Love Sux, due out February 25, 2022 – Available for pre-order HERE, via Travis Barker’s DTA Records. The 12-track album is Avril’s seventh studio album […]
The two-time GRAMMY Award-winners Muse return with the brand new song “Won’t Stand Down”, which is out via Warner Records. Produced by Muse and mixed by Dan Lancaster (Bring Me The Horizon, Enter Shikari), “Won’t Stand Down” is an […]
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. […]
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 […]
New dates for Adelaide & Fremantle – Special one-night-only Byron Bay show added Handsome tours is elated to confirm that Billy Bragg is cleared to step foot back into Australia to perform his long […]
“30 Years” – Lionheart‘s first single from the global release of Second Nature, to be released on January 21st, 2022 via Metalville Records – relates Dennis Stratton’s musical journey through the decades, from his time in […]
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 […]
Fans who missed Metallica’s pair of 40th anniversary concerts this past weekend can enjoy rebroadcasts of both shows on-demand exclusively on The Coda Collection this Christmas Weekend in the U.S. and on Amazon Prime internationally. […]
CARMINE APPICE AND DEKO ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF GUITAR ZEUS WITH A COMPREHENSIVE BOX SET COLLECTION. The Guitar Zeus 25th Anniversary Box Set is a massive collection of 4 LP’s, 3 CD’s […]
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 […]
Pre-order For Ltd. 7inch Vinyl Starts TODAY! – Alright Already Now! We are proud to announce a new studio album by legendary Swedish high energy rock and roll band THE HELLACOPTERS called “Eyes Of Oblivion,” which […]
German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION celebrate their 40th anniversary by setting the world ablaze with a new, hard-hitting grenade in the form of their new album, Diabolical, out April 8, 2022 via Napalm Records! As […]
On December 24th, in the tragic year of 1914, in the middle of a cold night: After 6 months in the muddy trenches, the war still hasn’t come to an end and on Christmas […]
Today, Swedish hard rock institution The Quill reveal the official video for “Where Eagles Dare,” the first single from their forthcoming Live, New, Borrowed, Blue, set for international release on January 28th, 2022 via Metalville Records. The […]
Back with a vengeance and hell-bent on destruction, Norwegian death metallers, CADAVER, are back in business and ready to reign. Edder & Bile, the first full length from this band’s new incarnation of Anders Odden’s original, extreme metal vision, was […]
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 […]
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