Reviews of albums, EP’s, DVD’s, music books and more
Babylon A.D. was always one of my favourite bands from the late 80’s / early 90’s. They were a band that had the songs and the talents to put so many much bigger bands in […]
You do see some bad album covers every year but I think this one is my pick of the year – a dodgy concept that’s been poorly executed – it almost wants you not to […]
Back in 2015 the Super-group that is Revolution Saints released their debut self titled album. Consisting of Night Ranger’s Jack Blades, the recently ex-Whitesnake (now The Dead Daisies) gunslinger Doug Aldridge and Journey’s Deen […]
Everyone it seems these days wants a piece of the Nightwish-styled Melodic Metal action, some grasp for something they will never replicate and others manage to show that it’s just not the Finnish masters that […]
There’s a lilting ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’ sound to the opening track ‘Eternal Flow’ on the new ‘A Devils’ Din’ album ‘One Hallucination Under God’ that is quite beguiling, but in the mix there’s far […]
Three songs only but so much promise! This EP does what an EP should do – leave a rather intriguing calling card and leave you wanting more with each listen. For a band born only […]
Following in the battle-hardened footsteps of their forbears, war torn legends like Bolt Thrower and Carcass, Nihil Eyes are here to show the world that British death metal can still go toe-to-toe with the […]
There’s a real energy, chunky groove a great melody to ‘Erased’ the first song from 10 Rogue on this their debut album ‘Serpentine’. A multinational band 10 ROGUE, was founded in Johannesburg S Africa, but are […]
Its always been one of those oh so ironic American stereotypes that the English have bad teeth when the truth is that Americans have amongst the worst teeth in the world along with us Australians […]
When a band describes themselves as playing Symphonic Metal these days you pretty much know what you’re in for. These days largely due to the dominance of the scene by bands like Nightwish your average […]
Raise your longhorns and give salute to the new masters of the Perth local scene with this absolute gem that they have created; devastating, epic, scorching and it hits you in between the eyes […]
There are few rock bands out there so defined by a single song and as songs go ‘The Final Countdown’ was huge, so huge that 31 years on the title is not only instantly recognisable […]
Whatever your take on the whole Bon Jovi saga the new Ritchie Sambora release was always going to attract a certain level of attention from Bon Jovi fans. With Jon going his own way […]
Those of you familiar with UK Hard Rock will know the name Myke Gray from his time in two much loved bands of the late 80’s / early 90’s in Jagged Edge and Skin. Some might […]
Originally forming in Caracas, Venezuela in the wake of family tragedy, Los Angeles based prog rock band Sifting have been enjoying a fair amount of success in the lead up to their latest release […]
The disconcerting thing about receiving an album by a Blues guitarist new to you is when you see that the album is titled ‘Volume 3’ implying that you are well behind the ball. It almost […]
Stan Bush is an Emmy-winning songwriter/artist whose name may not be as immediately familiar as his work, on this his 13th album, which might just be his best to date we get eight new tracks […]
Tennessee country rocker Charlie Bonnett III may not be a name readers at The Rockpit will be familiar with but when you get a letter from the man himself in which he self affacingly states […]
It’s a hard life living the Delta Blues when you call Melbourne home, but on listening to this The New Savage’s third EP you’d swear this two piece outfit from Victoria was from rather closer […]
The last time we heard from Lucid Fly was when we received a copy of their magnificent ‘Escape Stage EP’ back in 2012 (the EP itself was released in 2009). This year a copy of […]
Satyricon are one of those bands that love to stir the pot so to speak and musically while they started out as your traditional black metal band, have gone on to create some truly […]
When the album cover art to a record named ‘The Missing Peace’ shows a beaten band logo with the missing ‘piece’ bearing the name ‘Guns’ you kind of get the idea, it’s not subtle but […]
King Parrot is from another planet, their style of music is unrelenting, ugly, nasty but it’s like a million shots fired to your body and you don’t know where the bullets are coming from. […]
Dallas residents ‘Three Lane Road’ are purveyors of some mighty fine Melodic Hard Rock and there’s little doubt about that. It’s a genre that is going through a rather extravagant resurgence at the moment, with […]
Rhode Island pop punk quartet Makeout release their debut full length album titled ‘The Good Life’ through Rise Records. We take an in-depth look at the tracks on offer and what to expect when […]
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