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The Original Wailers Austrlaia tour 2017

The Original Wailers (Featuring Al Anderson) add seven new shows to Australia tour

2 November 2017 The Rockpit

Due to overwhelming demand, The Original Wailers (Featuring Al Anderson) have added seven new shows to their upcoming Australia tour which includes Central Coast, Narrabeen, Canberra, Brunswick, Gold Coast, Melbourne and Adelaide! Reggae Royalty, […]

The Dead Daisies released a new animated video for “She Always Gets Her Way (All The Same)”

2 November 2017 The Rockpit

Billboard calls it a “debauched…coke fueled, drama-filled narrative” inspired by “the excess of their rock n roll lifestyles” Anime-style was something the band and management have loved for a long time and this was […]

Wes Borland’s Big Dumb Face releases video and album for Halloween

1 November 2017 The Rockpit

BIG DUMB FACE, the revived project from Wes Borland, has unveiled new video ‘Jesus Retreats‘ and released new album Where Is Duke Lion? He’s Dead… via Edison Sound, just in time for Halloween. When […]

Watain Announce New Studio Album ‘Trident Wolf Eclipse’, new video ‘Nuclear Alchemy’ released

1 November 2017 The Rockpit

Sweden’s greatest and most notorious black metal band WATAIN announce details of their 6th studio album, TRIDENT WOLF ECLIPSE, to be released on January 5 2018 through Century Media/Sony Music Australia. PRE-ORDER TRIDENT WOLF ECLIPSE HERE The album is […]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce Melbourne Recital Centre Show

1 November 2017 The Rockpit

Godspeed You! Black Emperor are one of the most astounding, captivating post-rock acts of all time. The cult Montreal act have announced a one-off headline performance at Melbourne Recital Centre’s stunning Elisabeth Murdoch Hall on January 22, […]

Mayhem - DE MYSTERIIS DOM SATHANAS Australia tour

Mayhem Australian tour supports announced, Brisbane venue update

1 November 2017 The Rockpit

Widely considered one of the single most influential albums in the history of black metal, MAYHEM bring their ‘DE MYSTERIIS DOM SATHANAS‘ tour to Australia to shroud us all in a veil of satanic […]

Saxon to release deluxe Anthology ‘Decade Of The Eagle’

1 November 2017 The Rockpit

BMG are proud to announce the release of SAXON – DECADE OF THE EAGLE – a deluxe anthology featuring 34 tracks, that looks back at the years that built the Saxon legend. Additionally, a […]

Psychic Warfare tour - Clutch / Devin Townsend Project

Devin Townsend Project gears up for Clutch’s “Psychic Warfare” US Tour along with The Obsessed

31 October 2017 The Rockpit

DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT–Devin Townsend (vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming), Ryan Van Poederooyen (drums), Dave Young (guitar, keyboards), Brian ‘Beav’ Waddell (bass), Mike St-Jean (keyboards, synths, programming)–is gearing up for shows with Clutch as part of […]

Underground Inc: The Unsung Story of Alternative Rock documentary featuring various artists and more to be released

31 October 2017 The Rockpit

Members of White Zombie, Queens Of The Stone Age, Bad Religion, Ministry, Helmet, Steve Albini and more expose the truths of the music industry in a new tell-all documentary to be released titled “Underground […]

Lich King - Hidden Intent Australia New Zealand 2018 tour

US thrashers Lich King and Australia’s Hidden Intent team up for Australia & New Zealand tour

31 October 2017 The Rockpit

THRASH ATTACK! If head snapping riffs, mosh stomping beats & loud, drunken, rowdy shows whet your metal appetite, then this banger is for you. LICH KING (USA) tour Australia for the first time belting out […]

New Zealand thrash band Alien Weaponry announce Australian shows

31 October 2017 The Rockpit

New Zealand Teenage thrash metal band Alien Weaponry shock and surprise audiences on a number of levels. Their songwriting is complex, developed and highly political. Their live performance energy is startling, with just two fifteen-year […]

Texas rockers The Black Angels Announce Sydney & Melbourne Headline Shows

31 October 2017 The Rockpit

Austin, Texas experimental rock majesties THE BLACK ANGELS will return to our shores next March. They’ve announced just two intimate headline dates to complement their appearance at the Golden Plains Festival. Much loved locally […]

Pop Evil release new single/video “Waking Lions” from upcoming self titled album

31 October 2017 The Rockpit

American rock band POP EVIL have announced a brand new single and music video for a track called “Waking Lions” today, exclusively through VEVO. As previously heard on SiriusXM Octane channel, “Waking Lions” is […]

Hello Tokyo…OMP, Are You Ready To Rock? compilation featuring Australian & US bands

30 October 2017 The Rockpit

ONLINE METAL PROMO (United States), BREATH FRESHER webzine (Japan) and MARIC MEDIA (Australia) have joined forces to offer a free online digital download promotional music compilation titled “Hello Tokyo…OMP, Are You Ready To Rock?” featuring […]

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds reveal album opener ‘Fort Knox’ with lyric video

30 October 2017 The Rockpit

From his third album as Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, the record’s first sequenced track, ‘Fort Knox’, is revealed alongside a psychedelic new lyric video. ‘Who Built The Moon?’ is set for release on November 24 via Sour Mash […]

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes Australia tour 2018

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes (With Special Guests Cancer Bats) Announce Australian Tour

30 October 2017 The Rockpit

The raging inferno that is FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES will be returning to Australia in February 2018. Having spent over a decade honing his craft, FRANK CARTER has solidified himself as one of […]

NUCLEAR BLAST NEWS: Doro, Blind Guardian, Eluveittie, Destruction

29 October 2017 The Rockpit

A roundup of the latest news from Nuclear Blast including updates on Doro, Blind Guardian, Eluveittie and Destruction. Metal queen DORO has released her first German album titled Für Immer, via her own […]

Metal Legends Annihilator Release New Track “One To Kill”

28 October 2017 The Rockpit

ANNIHILATOR will release their highly-anticipated 16th studio album, For The Demented, on November 3, 2017 via Neverland Music/Silver Lining Music. The album will be available in a Limited Edition Digipack with Lenticular cover, a […]

Scorpions to add more tracks to Best Of Rock Ballads collection

28 October 2017 The Rockpit

German icons the Scorpions have announced the release of a compilation album that features new music and re-imagined classics along with the best of their ballad output. Born to Touch Your Feelings features 17 tracks […]

Drum Legend Simon Phillips Releases “Protocol 4” album

28 October 2017 The Rockpit

Drum legend & producer extraordinaire Simon Phillips will be releasing “Protocol 4” on October 27th on Phantom Recordings, distributed by AMPED™. Simon Phillips is by far one of the world’s most renowned and respected […]

Maverick sign with The Rockpit

27 October 2017 The Rockpit

It gives all of us here at ‘The Rockpit’ great pleasure in officially welcoming to our Artist Management and Representation roster, Western Australia’s very own ‘Killer Quartet’- ‘The Mighty’, ‘The Purveyors of Front-Bar Notoriety’, ‘The […]

Twelve Foot Ninja add Caligula’s Horse and I Built The Sky to January Melbourne show

27 October 2017 The Rockpit

Last month, metal fusion juggernauts Twelve Foot Ninja announced that they are returning to Australia with their international Monsoon Tour for one night only at Melbourne’s 170 Russell on 12th January 2018. Today they […]

Vimic featuring ex-Slipknot Joey Jordison releases new single featuring Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine

27 October 2017 The Rockpit

VIMIC, the acclaimed heavy rock band founded by GRAMMY Award®-winning Slipknot co-founder and heavy music luminary Joey Jordison, has signed a global deal with Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) and T-Boy Records, UMe’s label partnership (Via […]

Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons announce new album ‘The Age Of Absurdity’

26 October 2017 The Rockpit

PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS, led by the legendary long time MOTÖRHEAD guitarist, have announced the details for the band’s upcoming debut album. Their first full-length studio effort will be entitled The Age Of Absurdity […]

Thin Lizzy Founding member Eric Bell Details New Album ‘Standing At A Bus Stop’, Out In December

26 October 2017 The Rockpit

Founding Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell will release his new solo album ‘Standing At A Bus Stop‘ on December 1st, via Of The Edge Productions/Cargo Records UK. ‘Standing at a Bus Stop‘ is legendary guitarist, […]