Reviews of albums, EP’s, DVD’s, music books and more
39 years into this and New Jersey thrash veterans Overkill are not sounding like they even want to slow down if their latest album “The Wings Of War” is anything to go by. Album […]
Coming from the Mid-Atlantic area in the US, hard rock quartet Silvertung have been churning away at their craft and delivering slabs of hard and heavy rock for a number of years now. Their […]
Lets start with the press release: “Dirty Elektricity is Australia’s authentic rock and roll band, the brain child of guitarist George Larin (Nothing Sacred), the band hails from Melbourne, Australia the Mecca of Australian rock […]
Delving straight in: ‘One Way’ the opening track on Willie and the Bandits ‘Paths’ initially comes across like a hard rocking Jon Butler with a meaty edge and a message about modern-day greed. It’s an […]
Mark Morton’s work with Lamb Of God is well known among the band’s legion of fans but what some may not know is that his musical tastes extends far beyond the brutality of groove […]
I love it when you get mail, real physical mail. When we started off the Rockpit ten years ago it was a rare treat to get records in the mail, but after a few years […]
The beauty of music is that sometimes you give an album a few spins and you’re not quite sure what to say, you know there’s something there but the music is either out of your […]
I remember loving Heaven’s Basement (2008 – 2017) the band Buchanan joined in 2010 and left in 2015 and their blistering EP’s and debut album ‘Filthy Empire’ – a band that joined that long list […]
If you hanker after a slice of classy AOR-infused Melodic Rock with an uplifting message, a great sound and crystal clear production then Roulette are certainly worth checking out. Diving straight in, opener ‘Never Enough’ […]
Peter H Nilsson started working on this album back in 2017 along with singer Chris Biano, drummer Jason Meekins and bassist Patrik Adiels, and what a team that is. ‘Little American Dream’ is nine tracks […]
First of all let me start by saying I always thought Tora Tora had a little bit more than most of their contemporaries back in the day, and hearing the news that a new album […]
Lullwater (named after the street in Athens where they used to rehearse) produced one of my favourite albums of 2012 when they released their debut, and it’s follow-up ‘Revival’ from 2015 wasn’t too shabby either, […]
Sleaze Rock is alive and well and all is good with the world. Coming across like the bastard sons of Faster Pussycat, Babylon Shakes spit out of the speakers with ‘Making a Million’ a dirty, […]
If you’re looking for a vintage-sounding weighty slab of Sludge, Doom proto-Heavy Metal and have a listening list that ranges from Sabbath to Kyuss then Electric Citizen should probably already be essential listening. Indeed, three […]
Along they come like a firecracker out of the night! Another new band for me this year that I’m hoping will be taking the first steps to a long and successful career is ‘Gin Annie’ […]
I knew nothing about ‘Tug of War’ when I hit ‘play’ and that to me is always the best place to start with a new band or project – immerse yourself in the music before […]
I love a band out to have fun. Having interviewed John Diva recently (up soon on the website) I can honestly say I’m not sure how to describe John Diva & The Rockets of […]
Ahh when a band splits the fallout never really goes away in the eyes of the fans does it! Whilst ex-Queensryche vocalist Geoff Tate’s ‘Operation Mindcrime’ project went for variety and subtlety in it’s […]
This is far from Magnum’s ‘first rodeo’ as far as live albums go (I’m thinking they must already be into double figures and I’m not even going to search that) but the good news […]
Over the years Spain has been home to some of the best underground thrash bands coming out of the second wave of the genre which in turn has helped spin some interest back into […]
There’s always been something rather ‘other worldly’ about the music of Cats in Space and both ‘Too Many Gods’ (2015) and ‘Scarecrow’ (2017) showed us a band that wasn’t afraid to channel the sounds of […]
When ‘Beating the Odds’ comes screaming out of the speakers you already know you’re in safe hands. It’s a steamrolling rocker built on a rock solid riff and a vocal from Mr Finn that thrusts […]
Skid Row released their debut in January of 1989. At the time, there were a lot of copycat and second-tier versions of 80s hard rock bands saturating the scene. Skid Row proved that while […]
When Warrel Dane died on December 13, 2017 in Brazil while working on his second solo album, his death shut the door on his versions of Sanctuary and Nevermore (you could also count Dane’s […]
Bowie graced us with new music literally right until he died with the release of 2018’s Blackstar, which appeared just two days before he succumbed to liver cancer. Perhaps that’s why it’s hard to […]
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