Interviews
INTERVIEW: TESTAMENT – Eric Peterson
Bay Area legends TESTAMENT are set to lay waste to Australia in June 2025; their first headline tour since 2010. We caught up with Eric to talk all about the Australian Tour, new music from […]
Year: 2025
Festivals
SOUNDS BY THE RIVER Is Turning Up The Heat…
SOUNDS BY THE RIVER is thrilled to announce a spectacular line-up for their massive outdoor show on the magnificent grounds of Mannum Golf Club. Sounds By The River will be headlined by one of the […]
Festivals
LEGENDS ON THE LAWN Is Turning Up The Heat…
LEGENDS ON THE LAWN is thrilled to announce a spectacular line-up for their massive outdoor show. The next concert will be headlined by one of the world’s most iconic and spellbinding bands, Crowded House. They […]
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RED HOT SUMMER TOUR Is Turning Up The Heat…
RED HOT SUMMER TOUR is thrilled to announce a spectacular line-up for their massive outdoor shows. The next series will be headlined by one of the world’s most iconic and spellbinding bands, Crowded House. They […]
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LUKE MORLEY Releases New Single and Video “Snakeskin Parachute”
Luke Morley has just released his brand-new single Snakeskin Parachute, along with an accompanying video. The up-tempo track is taken from his upcoming solo album Walking On Water, due out on August 1st. Known to […]
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STRAY FROM THE PATH Surprise Release Final Album ‘Clockworked’ & Shares Video For ‘Shot Caller’
STRAY FROM THE PATH — Drew Dijorio, vocals; Tom Williams, guitar; Anthony Altamura, bass; and Craig Reynolds, drums — have surprised released their final album CLOCKWORKED, out now via SharpTone Records. Get it here. The band also dropped the video for Shot […]
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IRON SAVIOR Sign To Perception, To Release Final Part Of REFORGED Double Album Series MACHINE WORLD On August 22, 2025; Digital ‘Eye Of The World [2025 Version]’ Single Released
IRON SAVIOR stand as veterans and trailblazers of the traditional power metal scene, proudly carrying nearly three decades of legacy. Founded in 1996 by guitarist and vocalist Piet Sielck, the Hamburg-based band quickly made a […]
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GRAILKNIGHTS Dive Into Lovecraftian Depth With New Single ‘Necronomicon’
As they put the finishing touches on their seventh full-length album, GRAILKNIGHTS have already unveiled its first chapter with the release of their new single, ‘Necronomicon.’ Hailing from Grailham City, these superhero-themed metallers take on […]
Reviews - Music Releases
ALBUM REVIEW: Baby and the Nobodies – Ready or Not
Seattle has a storied musical history. From the arena rock of Heart to the birthplace of grunge and leading alternative label Sub Pop Records. The city is also the birthplace of snot nosed punk rockers […]
Festivals
HEADLINERS BAND Starring Performers Living With Disability Joins MUNDI MUNDI BASH Line-UP
They came, they played, they lit up the outback – and now, Headliners are back. Performers from two break-out bands formed during the ABC’s celebrated 2024 television series Headliners, an original series from Endemol Shine […]
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JOHN FOGERTY Announces LEGACY: THE CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL YEARS
Legendary musician and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer John Fogerty has announced the release of a powerful new album, Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years, arriving August 22, 2025 via Concord. The 20-track collection features newly […]
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THE DEAD DAISIES Release ‘Lookin For Trouble’ Via SPV GmbH
From the moment the band stepped into FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama they felt the weight of history around them. The iconic space, where legends like Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and Etta James once […]
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HOON Unleash Hard-Hitting Album ‘Speed and Fatigue’ And Announce Australian Tour Dates
Dharawal/Wollongong garage-punk outfit HOON unleash their new album ‘Speed and Fatigue‘, produced by Jeremy Player and The Shed Sound Laboratory (Pist Idiots, The Pinheads, Chimers), ahead of their extensive European and Australian tours throughout June, […]
News: Australia & NZ
CICADASTONE Release, the ‘Future Echoes’ Extended Acoustic EP, Plus Anniversary ‘Future Echoes’ Deluxe CD & Merch Drop
Melbourne hard hitters, Cicadastone are about to celebrate the one year anniversary of their latest album, Future Echoes which received brilliant reviews from the rock press including a 9/10 from The Hard Rock Show. The band followed up the release […]
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UFO ‘No Place To Run’ 2025 Remaster Deluxe Edition
Chrysalis Records are proud to present UFO’s classic 1980 album ‘No Place To Run’, newly remastered from the original production tapes transfers at AIR Mastering and reissued on stunning 3LP tri-fold sleeve 180gm vinyl and […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: STUART RUDD from THE SUPERJESUS Talks About The New Album & Up Coming Tour
The Superjesus are well and truly back! Their latest full-length album, released back in March, has had fans drooling and shows sometimes things really are worth the wait. Spawning a heap of catchy singles already, […]
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YELLOWCARD Announce Their First Album In Almost A Decade: Better Days
Alt rock favourites Yellowcard are celebrating the announcement of their new album Better Days by releasing the lead single and title track “Better Days” along with album track “honestly i.” Better Days is the band’s first full feature length album in […]
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SAMANTHA FISH Confirms TROY REDFERN As Special Guest At Her Liverpool, Southampton and Oxford Shows
Critically acclaimed American guitarist and vocalist Samantha Fish is pleased to confirm British slide guitarist Troy Redfern as special guest at her upcoming UK concerts at Arts Club Liverpool (May 30), The Brook, Southampton (May […]
News: General
AMORPHIS To Release 15th Studio Album ‘BORDERLAND’ On September 26, 2025
AMORPHIS are back: After taking a brief creative hiatus from the scene, the iconic Finnish metal titans return with the announcement of their 15th studio album, BORDERLAND arriving on September 26, 2025 via Reigning Phoenix […]
Reviews - Music Releases
SINGLE REVIEW: Neo Stereo – Change Your Mind
There’s a moment in Change Your Mind when the chorus drifts by like a half-remembered dream, a lullaby with a bitter undertow. The groove is deceptively soft, a slow, swaying rhythm that rocks you like […]
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RISE AGAINST Announce ‘Ricochet’, First Album In Four Years Out Aug 15 On Loma Vista Recordings & Lead Single ‘I Want It All’ Out Now
“Ricochet is about our collective inter-connectedness. We started with the title track and that being about how we’re all — whether we like it or not — stuck in the same room, so to speak. […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: BAND OF SKULLS – Russell Marsden
Way back when the Rockpit started out in 2009 I remember hearing ‘Baby Darling Doll Face Honey’ the first record by Band of Skulls that was released on the very day we went live. Here […]
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FANGZ Announce Debut Album ‘Shui’ + Single ‘Anne Marie’
Eora/Sydney punk rockers FANGZ have announced their debut album ‘Shui‘, out Friday, July 4 via Impressed Recordings, alongside their biggest national headline tour yet. The news lands with their explosive new single ‘Anne Marie‘, produced by Tim Maxwell (LOSER) and mixed by Jonathan Gardner (Front […]
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DIESEL Announces ‘By Request’ Regional Tour
Australia, prepare to witness beloved singer-songwriter and musician Diesel like never before, the talented roots rock guitarist is set to deliver an unforgettable live experience for fans this August, September, October and November. Offering a […]
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Russian & Siberian Pagan Folk Artists ARKONA & NYTT LAND Announce Southern Ritual Australian Tour, Sept 2025
Hardline Media are proud to announce from the Cold Dark Depths of the Russian forests, ARKONA, with special guests from the vast lands of Siberia, NYTT LAND, performing their SOUTHERN RITUAL in late September across Australia.. For the first […]