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 Rockpit saw 171 gigs in 2019 from Australia, the US and the UK in various genres crossing from hard rock, metal, folk, blues and anything with a guitar strapped to the musicians on […]
Hailing from Örebro, Sweden, Truckfighters have become fundamental in the ‘stoner rock/metal’ sub-genre with fans all over the world, driven by the two founding members Dango and Ozo. In August 2019 the band returned […]
It’s hard to compare apples with oranges let alone bananas so this year we’re not even going to try. This year our Top 10 Hard Rock albums were picked by some of our contributors […]
Another great year of music has gone by and 2019 saw a mix of the old returning and the new bringing fresh blood to the metal genres. Here then is our top picks for the […]
It’s hard to compare apples with oranges let alone bananas so this year we’re not even going to try. This year our ‘Best of’ lists will feature Hard Rock, Metal and Blues categories picked by […]
Sometimes we get a little time at the end of interviews to cover off some of the questions readers have sent in, or simply just to ask a few random questions we’d not normally ask […]
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 […]
Sabaton unleash new cinematic music video for the song SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, filmed under difficult circumstances in the Sahara desert. The song deals with the topic of the British archaeologist, diplomat and officer […]
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. […]
It’s a fairly sparse crowd that greets Blake Cateris from Molly & the Krells, but that certainly doesn’t bother him! Good, upbeat songs with a chatty, singer songwritery vibe, and melodies catchier than fleas. […]
Lamb of God guitarist MARK MORTON returns in 2020 with his second solo offering, entitled Ether, a primarily acoustic five-song EP scheduled for release in January via Rise Records/BMG. As with MORTON’s solo debut, […]
When Nikki Sixx’s “The Heroin Diaries” was published in 2007, it was the first book to be accompanied by a soundtrack. Recorded by SIXX:A.M. the 13 tracks on the record each correspond to one […]
UK’s dirty rock n blues mavericks, Gorilla Riot announce that their first full-length album, PEACH, is now available for pre-order at gorillariotband.com PEACH is available in Digital, CD and Vinyl formats and released through […]
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 […]
Today, Brazilian thrash metal heroes SEPULTURA release the official lyric video for their second single from new album “Quadra“, entitled “Last Time“. The track boasts a commanding intro that kicks into a raw thrash […]
Legendary drummer Bam Ross of Dogs D’Amour fame has joined The Quireboys for the US and Australian legs of their Amazing Disgrace World Tour. We can think of no better man to have on […]
Danny De La Rosa released his first single “Acid Flame” off of his debut solo album titled 12 Weekends due out early 2020. The single was co-produced with Marc Kapetan and the video for […]
Texas and New York collided today as modern thrash kings, Power Trip, unveiled a cover of “When Things Go Wrong”, originally by seminal NYHC outfit, Outburst. “When Things Go Wrong” was taken from Outburst’s […]
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 […]
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