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The New Breed (EP)

9 May 2016 Scotty Rock

The New Breed are a fresh, Rock N’ Roll band from the North West of England, encompassing everything great about the 70’s and 80’s of music, whilst driving proper Rock N’ Roll into a modern […]

Black Absinth – Early Signs of Denial

9 May 2016 Andrew Massie

Canadian rockers Black Absinthe release their latest EP titled “Early Signs Of Denial” and it’s an EP you should check out. Ranging from classic metal like Black Sabbath to modern rock in Alice In Chains, […]

Without Mercy – Mouichido (EP)

9 May 2016 Steve Monaghan

Without Mercy’s forthcoming EP ‘Mouichido’ is a rebirth for the band as it’s a re-release of re-recorded material from their 2014 EP ‘Reborn’. ‘Mouichido’, the Japanese word for “Repeat” or “to do one more time” […]

Helhorse – Helhorse

9 May 2016 Andrew Massie

Hailing from Denmark, this 5 piece sludge/stoner/doom band who were originally named Dodning are a band that people need to check out if you are a fan of any of sludge stuff. Ranging from influences […]

Lemmy – The Definitive Biography by Mick Wall

9 May 2016 Mark Diggins

Did anyone really know Lemmy? That I guess is the question you have to ask… I met him twice, both briefly, and both times as he signed autographs for me and as mass of other […]

PJ Farley – Boutique Sound Frames

9 May 2016 Mark Diggins

Best known as the bass player from Trixter, P.J Farley sure hasn’t been one to sit around in between Trixter stints, content with reflecting on that bands success during the early 90’s. With the band […]

Osaka Punch – Voodoo Love Machine

9 May 2016 Mark Diggins

There’s a Hendrixy guitar opening to the faux Soul of opener ‘Theme to Voodoo Love Machine’s’ brief tenure as an introduction that doesn’t exactly endear a Rock listener to Osaka Punch immediately, and despite the […]

Hoodlum Shouts – Heat Island

9 May 2016 Andrew Massie

More than four years since their last album, the critically adored “Young Man, Old Man”, Canberra’s Hoodlum Shouts have returned with “Heat Island”. It’s described as a cognisant snapshot of modern Australia, as seen through […]

Motörhead – Clean Your Clock (Live in Munich)

9 May 2016 Steve Warsap

On the 16th of MAY 2010, we lost RONNIE JAMES DIO the greatest heavy metal singer ever. On the 28th of DECEMBER 2015, we lost LEMMY the granddaddy of heavy metal, former member of […]

Sunstorm- Edge of Tomorrow

9 May 2016 Mark Diggins

There’s a drive and an urgency to the opening track of the new Sunstorm album ‘Don’t Walk Away From A Goodbye’ that immediately hits the spot and makes you believe that thus will be another […]

Vardis – Red Eye

9 May 2016 Steve Warsap

WOW… Now this was a surprise. I never expected to hear anything from this bunch again. Some bands have a handful of years between albums, some bands, like BOSTON, go a little further but VARDIS […]

Doomsday Outlaw – Suffer More

9 May 2016 Mark Diggins

After a great debut ‘Black River’ just last year, Derby’s Doomsday Outlaw is back with yet another long-player and we’re more than pleased to say that ‘Suffer More’ really does bring home the promise the […]

Tequila Mockingbird – Fight and Flight

9 May 2016 Leslie Phillips

It’s hard not to immediately fall for Melbourne’s ‘Tequila Mockingbird’ after hearing opening track ‘I Smell Rock N Roll’ there’s that sort of primal energy that you either have or you don’t. And as you […]

Shotgun – Down Decadencia Drive (Live)

9 May 2016 Steve Warsap

I’ve always had a soft spot for these lot ever since their debut album and the strains of opening track BOB CITY came blasting out. Formed in Sweden under the name KINGPIN, they changed it […]

Phantom 5 – Phantom 5

9 May 2016 Mark Diggins

With Hans Ziller continuing Bonfire without singer Claus Lessmann and doing a pretty fine job of it so far the question was always, with him supposedly not wanting to tour, what Claus would get […]

Buffalo Summer – Second Sun

9 May 2016 Mark Diggins

If you love the lineage of bands that took their jumping off point as being bluesy, groove-laden hard rock then you’ll love this. From Free, Cream and Bad Company, through bands like Thunder, Cry of […]

INTERVIEW: Tito Quinones – Saint Diablo

8 May 2016 Andrew Massie

Latino hardcore/metal band Saint Diablo recently put out their latest album “Devil Horns And Halos” late last year and are currently on tour with Ill Nino in the U.S. The band may seem fairly […]

INTERVIEW: Peter ‘Peavy’ Wager – Rage

7 May 2016 Andrew Massie

An amazing 22 albums fill the back catalogue of German metaller’s Rage going all the way back to the mid 1980’s and their latest album “The Devil Strikes Again” will be released June 10th. […]

Vinyl Hero – Seven Days on a Train (EP)

6 May 2016 Mark Diggins

Sometimes you deliberately don’t read the press for a review and other times you just lose it in the pile of ‘stuff’ that tends to accumulate around you. I dare say the release will find […]

INTERVIEW: Dan Reed – Dan Reed Network

5 May 2016 Mark Diggins

Frontiers Music will release Dan Reed Network’s brand new record “Fight Another Day” on June 3rd, 2016. The new album marks the anticipated return of one of the most infectious and gifted bands to […]

INTERVIEW: Erlend Hjelvik – Kvelertak

5 May 2016 Andrew Massie

Norwegian rockers Kvelertak are only 3 albums in but already have made an impression on many people around the world with their brand of rock, their 3rd album “Nattesferd” continuing on from where they […]

INTERVIEW: Leon Todd – Ragdoll

3 May 2016 Mark Diggins

Ragdoll release their debut album “Back To Zero” in June after a string of critically acclaimed EP’s – The Rockpit spoke to Leon Todd about the creation process, how it feels to finally get […]