Reviews of albums, EP’s, DVD’s, music books and more
OK so I know we don’t review ‘Best Of’s’ but there are always exceptions to any rule and there’s few reasons in the case – Gun just happen to be in my short list […]
OK shoot me now, I know the world loves Iron Maiden but for me it’s those first two albums that have always resonated most with me. I remember being a kid and thinking that […]
From the opening bars of opener ‘Where Are You Eden?’ you can tell Tony Clarkin is particularly inspired as Magnum his baby since the early 70’s see in the new decade. It’s a solid […]
At just four tracks (five if you count the alternate edit of ‘Whiskey Night’) Greece’s Felony Case’s debut is one that shows promise but doesn’t yet appear to be the definitive article. Opener ‘Still Not […]
This is an interesting one at the start of the year – the impressive pipes of Animal Drives’ Dino Jelusic plus the guitar of George Lynch creating Hard Rock in the style of vintage Rainbow […]
KISS have released a phenomenal amount of merchandise over the years, with a lot of it being hit and miss. The MONSTER book, limited to 1000 at a price of US$4250 ? No thank you. […]
I love the days after putting out the Best of the year lists when I get deluged with comments and e-mails telling me what I’ve missed. the truth is that The Rockpit gets sent about […]
With 11 tracks, 53 minutes of music and a deluge of captivating riffs, it is set to be a tour de force of blisteringly fast and crushingly heavy metal. Never have there been truer […]
There’s a rich psychedelic swirl that sells around the opening track ‘Sooner or Later’ and a stomp and groove to ‘Gimme Something’ that give High Water II the most satisfying of openings. This is […]
Since their formation in 2014 and with two EPs already under their belt already, in the form of 2015’s ‘Two Steps to Oblivion’ & 2016’s ‘Dirty’, Brisbane sleaze rockers Snake Bite Whiskey have finally […]
The February 2020 release makes me feel like an insider having already lived with this album for a few weeks now a good 120 days before the release that has already been preceded by […]
When talking about Adelaide’s The Babes I once said… “Some bands have that indefinable ‘something’ – an attitude and a belief that both transcends the music they make and also helps define it. The Babes […]
As we come to the end of the year, we tend to go back and pick up the last of what we may have missed along the way which is common when you literally […]
In April of 2018 guitarist Mark Anderson and vocalist Mike Meadows began writing for a new album. Leaving behind all past influences and concentrating on creating something unique yet true to the Ditchwater sound. […]
Revolution Saints have returned with their third album and when you listen to opening track ‘When The Heartache is Gone’ you’d be forgiven for thinking that Revolution Saints had turned into Journey so strong […]
It’s hard to sit here in the same year as an album is released and contemplate if it will be one of the greats, but seven years in the making and many gigs and many […]
2016’s ‘Bovonic Empire’ was a great release from Buffalo Crows, but turning this one over in the hands from the artwork you’d be pushed to realise that ‘Picnic at Buffalo Rock’ is by that […]
Get ready for a seventeen song time-capsule. Texan Rockers Randee Lee, Razar King and Gary Priest have unearthed some old recordings from 40 years ago that are finally seeing the light of day on […]
Every band these days needs to grab your attention fast and Kings County’s rather short bio is bith unusual and intriguing… “Originally from Long Island, NY, Orlando, FL-based KINGS COUNTY creates hard-hitting rock n’ roll […]
Now there’s Stoner Rock and there’s Stoner Rock and Orange County’s Albatross Overdrive may well leave the sting of desert sands in the nostrils but they do so much more too. Three albums in ‘Ascendant’ […]
Canadian thrash band Annihilator are back with a brand new album “Ballistic, Sadistic” and it’s one we’ve been anticipating, the veterans very rarely let us down and at album number 17, it appears there […]
Some bands just evoke a place and a time and to me Heavy Pettin’ always reminds me of the early days of my lifelong love affair with Rock and Roll when I first started […]
Formed in 1982 Melbourne’s The Dirty Rats finally got off the mark with their debut album release last year and now they’re back with a second in quick succession. If you expected the ensuing decades […]
It’s taken almost two decades for Sydney’s Enter 6 to release this second studio album and it’s one that has me firmly sat on the fence here. The production is awful for a start, the […]
Let’s face it there have been very few classic Christmas songs and even fewer classic Christmas song collections in the rock arena over the years. Can I just spoil all that humbug by saying […]
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