Reviews of albums, EP’s, DVD’s, music books and more
I’ve been waiting for this one for a long time and it’s finally arrived – the ultimate H.E.A.T. album is here and it came from the future! If you’ve been following the band like me […]
When I unboxed Dark Chapel’s Spirit in the Glass LP, the striking artwork gave me pause. Its intense, brooding aesthetic screamed heavy metal, and I wondered if this record would be too much for my […]
Ghost is an anomaly. A wealth of talented bands have come out of Sweden in the last quarter century, Bands that if given the proper platform and push would be HUGE and yet over here […]
Swedish rockers Ghost have amassed a cult following since launching into the airwaves in the early 2000’s, with a liturgy of worldwide fans eagerly awaiting the release of their sixth studio album, SKELETÁ on April […]
I honestly can’t remember music not being around me. All of y earliest memories seem to be about music or have music in there. The first music you are subjected to of course you have […]
I first caught Pop Evil at the Rocklahoma Festival in 2011 and quickly checked out the back catalogue – 2008’s ‘Lipstick on the Mirror’, and follow-up, ‘War of Angels’ which really brought global attention. 2013’s […]
Music in America in the early 2000’s was by and large truly awful in my opinion. Nu Metal was all the rage, Boy bands and pop princesses were everywhere, there were so few good rock […]
As a life long music junkie I think I’ve heard more bands in ten years than the average music consumer will listen to in their lifetime. Bold statement, I know. But the fact is that […]
Sometimes as a fan of a band you get attached to certain line ups and when line ups change it can be a bit hard to get used to, Thundermother is (if you take out […]
After a wonderful album with Jesse Drayton ‘Death Wish Blues’ back in 2023 two years after her last solo record ‘Faster’ and now Samantha Fish is back like clockwork with her eighth studio album ‘Paper […]
There’s a widespread and misguided belief that hard rock died in the 90’s, A lie that couldn’t be further from the truth. Sure, there isn’t really a single city that is the epicenter of the […]
Nothing More’s latest album, Carnal Deluxe, feels like a concept record at times, packed with melody and unforgettable hooks from start to finish. I’ve been watching this band live for about a decade. The first […]
One of the many wonders of the digital era is that it opens up the playing field for all bands to be heard and if you, Like me, Have an insatiable need for new musical […]
If you were to go down the list of the defining bands of the 80’s sunset strip scene and assess the quality of their releases over the decades, The bands who actually lasted decades and […]
When you consider that to the casual listener 80’s style hard rock (however you want to categorize that) was largely born here in the states it’s a bit sad that it’s become kind of a […]
It’s been over 20 years since the release of ‘Rock Music’, the last full-length studio album release from The Superjesus. With a host of singles already out there for fans old & new to enjoy, […]
I love that the bands I grew up with are still cranking out new music in 2025. It’s always baffled me when fans say they adore a band but haven’t bothered with anything they’ve released […]
Everyone has their favourites and Harem Scarem have been my favorite Canadian Melodic Rockers for years now. It’s great to hear then that their 16th studio release ‘Chasing Euphoria’ will be out in April to […]
It’s funny isn’t it that sometimes your relationship with the music of a particular band colours your judgement one way or the other before you’ve even heard a note? As a kid I was a […]
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a man of simple pleasures and as a consequence never really got into Prog Rock at all. I’ve seen all the greats live of course (but that’s […]
Love/Hate back in the early 90’s was peerless live in concert. Sadly the band disintegrated back in the mid 90’s and whilst Jizzy went on to front both Ratt, L.A. Guns and others. Despite a […]
I’ve never reviewed a single before but this one’s been stuck in my head since I first heard it. There’s a real chugging T-Rex groove to the opening bars of this news single by Luke […]
30 years after their formation in Nyack, New York, one of Rock’s most distinctive and unique voices is still going strong, taking us on journeys of the imagination that few would even contemplate. With ‘The […]
It’s always a treat when one of your favourite singers drops a new album and opening up with the album’s first single ”Til I Die’ things start out strong. ‘Soulbound,’ McAuley’s third record for Frontiers […]
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from W.E.T. the Swedish supergroup that has been producing great Melodic Rock for the past 16 years. 2021’s ‘Retransmission’ was certainly our favourite so far at The Rockpit, […]
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