Reviews of albums, EP’s, DVD’s, music books and more
The pandemic has obviously put the cat amongst the musical pigeons this year and whilst some have created new projects or new music others whilst tapping their feet waiting to tour have kept the […]
The press release starts auspiciously: “Critically acclaimed British rock band Iconic Eye are pleased to confirm that Janey Smith, previously known as Janey Bombshell, is their new lead singer. She makes her debut with […]
Great an album that opens up with 41 seconds of someone getting onto a boat before a slowly building riff, a few space noises from a synth and… you get the picture – it’s two […]
Based in Vancouver, BC Alice Hardy formed in 2016. With a few riffs and a smelter of influences, forging a sound and style of hard rock that is new, yet familiar. Made up of […]
Two very familiar names Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite released their first-ever album as a duo, ‘100 Years of Blues‘ on September 25th this year on the wonderful Alligator Records. Both men of course […]
One of Australia’s premier metal acts Harlott return in 2020 with a new album titled “Detritus of the Final Age”. It’s another vicious slab of thrash infused set of songs with the band continuing […]
Melbourne thrash/death veterans In Malice’s Wake return in 2020 for their 4th full-length album The Blindness of Faith. Stated as a journey into the dark side of religion, narrated by the harrowing In […]
Formed in 2008 by guitarist Don Shrediablo, Shotgun Rodeo is a hard hitting heavy metal band hailing from the city of Trondheim, Norway. Seamlessly cruising across a sea of metal styles and sub-genres, Shotgun […]
It’s been a crazy 2020 without live music and one of the bands that had big plans for touring before Covid struck were the latest incarnation of The Dead Daisies. Those plans currently have […]
So after the mammoth Motörhead Box Set comes an almost half as weighty collection of tracks from Metal Queen Doro who was of course a good mate of Lemmy’s over the years and in […]
When I was a kid we used to listen to a lot of Rock music just before that age when you could legally frequent even the most relaxed of hostelries. We’d crank up the […]
Four years ago singer Fabio Lione (Angra, Rhapsody Of Fire) created Eternal Idol along with guitarist Nick Savio, female singer Giorgia Colleluori and drummer Camillo Colleluori to release ‘The Unrevealed Secret’. Now we’re back […]
When it comes to good old fashioned hard rock, Perth certainly has a distinctive sound that leans towards a dry, raw sound indicative of the environment that surrounds the Perth music scene. One such […]
“For me, everything’s always been about making music and writing songs – but not to be famous. We’re just trying to find ourselves, after all.” Steve Lee, 2010 For the 10th anniversary of Steve Lee’s […]
To those of us who listened to White Lion back in the day and followed the ride throughout the solo years the music of Mike Tramp has given a lot over the years. Tramp’s latest […]
In a year that has held so many lows for so many reasons, I have found there to have been some incredible highlights that have helped me get through these difficult times. Music has […]
One of my albums of 2019 was Cormac Neeson’s ‘White Feather’ a wonderfully soulful solo outing by The Answer’s frontman recorded in Nashville with love and attention. As the pandemic struck plans to tour […]
Lounge fights with elevator music for dominance on the jazzy 70’s TV theme tune that is the instrumental ‘Second Wave’ – the opening track on Tomi Malm’s new ‘Coming Home’ album. Three years after […]
Anyone who’s been reading The Rockpit over the last few years will now how highly we rate Black Paisley. In 2020 they’re back with a new album of heavy and melodic Bluesy numbers that […]
After the rather quirky ‘The Story of Helix’ – the spoken word, um history of the band set to music that opens this collection (and name checks the first time I saw them supporting […]
I love this record! Imagine Cheap Trick met TPOH and the Foos and invited you round for a party with The Hives, The Darkness and Queen to jam some Pop Punk… Opener ‘Roomer’ is […]
Hardcore giants Hatebreed are back with their 8th studio album “Weight of The False Self” out November 27th via Nuclear Blast. If ever there was a time for some enlightning heavy music, it’s now […]
There’s probably not a better title for a song in the times we’re currently in that ‘Never Give Up’ and King King hit the spot nicely with a song about resolve with a bluesy […]
The history of Rock is littered with the never ending saga of bands who split and reformed or splintered whilst continuing to tour and record with various line-ups and various members touting their version […]
The sweetness of goth becomes unforgettable once you enter the world of Theatre of Tragedy! Double-sweet, now in vinyl ! In the mid 90’s they broke every rule, spoken, melodic, metallic, however you […]
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