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Some bands just go on making great music long after their moment in the spotlight. Some bands never put a foot wrong and yet end up huge in one part of the globe and […]
If you want a history lesson then Lionheart has a long and winding one: “…formed in late 1980 by Dennis Stratton (lead guitar/backing vocals, Iron Maiden), Steve Mann (lead guitar/backing vocals, Liar, Michael Schenker), Rocky […]
Songs of a Lost World is the first new studio album from The Cure in sixteen years. Fans always hope for one more classic album from veteran bands (hard to believe debut album Three Imaginary […]
Hard rock bands recording acoustic albums aren’t really anything new, In fact they were fairly common during the 90’s. A lot of your favorite rock bands actually write a lot of their well known songs […]
The press release for Black Oak County’s third album reads: “The Danish hard rock quartet BLACK OAK COUNTY releases their third album, taking them to new musical horizons, with a wide mix of thundering breakdowns, […]
Just when you think that your Best of 2024 list is pretty much settled along comes an album like this. If you love great Hard Rock with soulful vocals and heaps of drive then this second […]
On the eve of release we’ll let the press release set the scene:… Cast your mind back to March 2020… Western Australia is in isolation due to the challenges presented by Covid-19, resulting in the […]
Is Danny Rascal New Zealand’s best kept secret? This collection set of material collected over thirty plus years suggests he may well be. And rather than attempt to ease you in gently, it’s foot to […]
There are few bands that we’ve got to review every single release by on the Rockpit: but forming in 2008 and releasing their first full length ‘The Devil Rhythm’ in 2011 – Trucker Diablo is […]
Australia has such a great Rock scene and Western Australian music is so strong at the moment, with every genre out there hitting home runs these days it seems. Sometimes though it’s a blast from […]
Formed in 1990 GS have produced a number of demos, singles and EPs over the tears and a couple of years back in 2022 they released digital 12 track ST ‘Pastlife’ which collected some of […]
This is the third offering from A Rising Force, a band based out of Minneapolis Saint Paul. Their first record undertow here’s one that I listened to on a regular basis and it featured Mark […]
Kissin’ Dynamite are a rare case where at this point in their career youth meets experience and produces spectacular results, as a result of being signed to a record deal while they were still in […]
One of my favourite bands over the last ten plus years has been The New Roses and ever since that first full length “Without a Trace’ back in 2013 they’ve consistently lifted the bar each […]
This is the second installment to last year’s “Dirt On My Diamonds Vol.1” and arrives on September 20. In less than a year this release follows Vol.1. Vol.2 was a no brainer and the one […]
Never a band defined by their albums as far as the general public was concerned Sweet was a huge presence in the U.K. and Europe in the early to mid 70’s. Those in the know […]
The return of John Corabi to The Dead Daisies after a couple of albums with Glenn Hughes was always going to be interesting! The Dead Daisies historically don’t consider themselves to be a supergroup, Preferring […]
Fighter V are back with a new album! well sort of… It has certainly been a while for the band formed in 2019 in Hergiswil, Switzerland who released their classic debut ‘Fighter’ (think Journey, post-1987 Whitesnake […]
Rainbow Skull Party’s latest single, Clownface, is an eruption of raw sound and energy that marks the band’s most ambitious effort yet. Emerging from Australia’s vibrant indie scene, this psychedelic grunge trio—comprised of brothers Lawrie […]
There’s nothing quite like a new release by Dirtbag Republic. I mean in music I know what like, and so far everything these guys have put out I love. So if like me you marvel […]
2022’s ‘Backstage Pass – The Grit and the Glamour’ saw musician and author Phil Matera open the lid of the world of music in his own inimitable style – mixing personal experiences as a musician […]
It’s been only a year since Eclipse dropped Megalomanium on an eager public, and so calling this next outing ‘Megalomanium II’ kind of implies more of the same. That might sound like a stiff task […]
One Canadian band that I just can’t stop listening to at the moment is Canada’s The Commoners, a band that manages to create more than memorable Blues based, sweet soulful music so beautiful you’d swear […]
For 30 years London based Heavy Metal pioneers Orange Goblin have left their mark with a 10-album strong back catalogue delving into conceptual storytelling spanning over many various genres. Now back with their 11th powerhouse […]
April saw Aussie pop-punk rockers Between You & Me release a new collection of songs with the cheeky title, Sh!t Yeah. The EP is the band’s first independent release after they parted ways with their […]
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