Pennsylvania metal merchants THE LAST TEN SECONDS OF LIFE will release their eighth full-length, The Dead Ones, on April 17th! Intense and intensely personal, The Dead Ones marks the THE LAST TEN SECONDS OF LIFE’s […]
UK progressive death metal outfit CRYPTIC SHIFT will release their Overspace & Supertime full-length on February 27th through Metal Blade Records. While not commonly known as an extraterrestrial hotspot, Leeds faced an encounter of another […]
CHARLOTTE WESSELS’ The Obsession opens a new chapter with “After Us, The Flood”. Marking the first release after the extensive The Obsession (2024) album cycle, the former DELAIN vocalist and what has since grown into […]
Swedish hard rock sensation THE GEMS storm towards their second album with another single! Following their celebrated debut album, Phoenix, the trio honors the mythical creature again with “Firebird”. Heralding the upcoming Year Of The […]
EYE OF MELIAN delve into a metal classic with the third single off their upcoming album Forest Of Forgetting, out on February 20, 2026 via Napalm Records. EYE OF MELIAN reimagines “Tears Of The Dragon”, […]
Swedish modern rock unit SELF DECEPTION is set to unleash their Napalm Records debut, One Of Us, on May 15, 2026! Known for their fiery fusion of anthemic modern metal and powerful melodic rock, they […]
Rain City Drive is a band you may or may not need an introduction to, but their history is deep and most may have known them when they were Slaves. This new lease on life […]
Black Label Society, the heavy metal band founded and fronted by Zakk Wylde, kicks off 2026 with Engines of Demolition, their first studio album since 2021, out March 27, 2026 and available for pre-order here. BLS’ […]
Poison The Well released the definitive album The Opposite of December… A Season of Separation in December 1999 and it went on to become a benchmark of the genre that has inspired a generation of bands. The album was […]
After years of enamouring fans with their post hardcore-meets-alternative metal swagger and high octane live shows, Gold Coast rockers HAMMERS arrive in 2026 armed with the long-awaited release of their debut full-length album DEATH WOBBLES, set to unleash […]
On January 30, DEAD SET, a new underground live music room opens beneath Kinselas Hotel at Taylor Square. Built for raw rock, alternative and indie acts alongside late-night DJs, the opening weekend will feature DOWNGIRL and […]
With one month to go until the release of their new record Listen Up!, New Found Glory is excited to give fans another taste with their new single Beer and Blood Stains. The song is […]
Trailblazing metal collective METAL ALLEGIANCE has returned with their brooding new single, ‘Black Horizon’. Their first release of original music since 2018, the song features roaring opening riffs from guitarist Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT) and vocalist […]
Hamburg’s power metal pioneers IRON SAVIOR return with their brand-new single ‘Relax’, a crushing metal reinterpretation of the legendary 80s hit by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Following their previously released covers of Irene Cara’s ‘Fame’ […]
Australia’s favourite supergroup once again present the best in Australian music – live! Multi Award winner Dave Gleeson (The Screaming Jets/The Angels), Rai Thistlethwayte (Thirsty Merc/Joe Satriani/Sammy Hagar/TOTO), Joe Camilleri (The Black Sorrows), Wendy Matthews, […]
Mark Rockpit – The Rockpit’s Best Albums of 2025 2025 was a strange year — not because it lacked quality, but because it delivered it in unexpected ways. There were only a handful of truly […]
Oklahoma City rock duo Aranda returns with their most emotionally charged single yet, “You Don’t Wanna Know.” The track plunges into the push-and-pull between craving connection and fearing vulnerability, delivering a hard-hitting confession wrapped in gritty, headbanging rock. Fueled by ferocious […]
Late last year, SYLOSIS almost left a rift in the cosmos with furious track ‘The New Flesh‘. Now they’re back for blood, delivering devastating second single ‘Erased‘. ‘Erased‘ is taken from their upcoming seventh studio album, The New […]
US based guitarist Marisa Anderson, who appeared at Melbourne’s Rising Festival in 2022 with Dirty Three’s Jim White, will be embarking on her first solo tour of Australia February 24-28. Anderson is best known for her […]
Following a massive year for both his bands the Hard-Ons and Nunchukka Superfly – and before another big year gets into gear with the Hard-Ons and their national co-headline tour with Redd Kross – Peter ‘Blackie’ Black, guitarist and songwriter extraordinaire, has […]
The iconic PSEUDO ECHO are back bigger than ever and taking you to FUNKY TOWN with their most exciting tour yet, celebrating the 40th anniversary of their international smash hit Funky Town! Tickets on sale now […]
Symphonic metal sensation BEYOND THE BLACK are celebrating the release of their eagerly awaited sixth studio album Break The Silence! Break The Silence is a concept album rooted in melodic metal with ethno influences, it explores themes of […]
Some interviews feel less like journalism and more like catching up with an old friend. Sitting down with Conny Bloom for The Rockpit takes me right back to the first time I saw Electric Boys […]
Francis Rossi kicks off 2026 in emphatic style with two brand-new songs, released today as a digital double single and taken from his long-awaited new studio album “The Accidental”, out January 30, 2026. ‘Push Comes […]
The story of the warrior and the sensai continues as HOKKA presents their second single, ‘Death By Cupid’s Arrow’. Following the powerful debut of ‘In The Darkness’, the new track expands HOKKA’s cinematic narrative with intensity, emotion, and epic […]
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