The Beatles of course rule the world of music, always have and as far as influence and record sales go they are unlikely to ever be surpassed. I spoke to Jon Stevens the other day, […]
Touted as one of the top ‘live’ Rock acts in the UK and just off a European tour with Tarja (ex-Nightwish) it’s taken Birmingham’s Devilfire 4 years to release their debut album ‘Dark Manoeuvres’. If you’re […]
There’s a lot of bands that want to capture that Nightwish sound – harnessing the symphonic power, sweeping female vocals and huge soundscapes. Sadly most that try don’t get close, either completely overwhelmed by the […]
Sometimes I find it really difficult to keep up with all of these side projects and one-off ‘super groups’ among all the previously unreleased material and reworkings of old demos that seem to flood the […]
If you like a dose of riff driven heavy rock (not heavy metal, not hard rock) then Birmingham’s ‘Crimson Star’ are definitely worth a listen. That Midlands City of course, back in the day, […]
OK you can clearly see by the cover this isn’t one of Italy’s most politically correct of artists, you can also probably tell from the general composition of the cover and band names you’re probably […]
It’s a name that perhaps won’t be familiar to many but Jelly Ellington may well be a name on the rise. Hailing from NC and basing himself in Texas, Ellington has created an album that […]
Hard Rock meets Melodic Metal in a fiery wave of guitar, great songs and real attitude to create a debut of some real weight from Gamma Ray members Michael Ehré (drums) and Henjo Richter (guitar) […]
The Seventies was of course the best decade for music ever, when even the bad stuff was good and all of the really important forms of popular music either burned briefly and died or were given […]
Ahead of their album launch at Badlands Bar on Friday 14th July we caught up with Maverick to find out all about Australia’s newest and most authentic 70’s styled rockers… The Rockpit: It’s been a while […]
I have these vague memories of reading music papers as a kid -an article on Van Halen and their rise, and I recall the name ‘Snow’ as being one of their contemporaries who used to […]
The Rockpit has been traveling to the Rocklahoma Festival since it’s inception in 2007 and over the years though music has changed musically you could argue that this year the balance is just right between […]
Hailing from the southside of Brisbane – Kold Creature is yet another reason to love the sunshine state and the melodic groove metal stylings of their residents. After an atmospheric opening with the largely superfluous ‘Awakening’, first single ‘Edge Of […]
Dave Wright and the Midnight Electric’s second album is one which takes the power and simplicity of traditional Aussie Pub-Rock and crafts eight songs around the thee of the Highway exploring the power of said […]
Amplified Ale Works is pleased to announce their newest beer collaboration with rock legends MOTÖRHEAD. Born to Lose IPA is a boldly aggressive West Coast-style IPA, befitting of the band’s loud, aggressive style. The 6.5% […]
Rock fans rejoice! For the first time in more than a decade, OZZY OSBOURNE and Zakk Wylde are together again. Known as one of rock’s most lethal singer and guitarist pairings, the two will […]
Sunday, May 7, Riding from Glendale to Encino, CA – Special Performance Announcement Coming Soon… Benefitting the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund, Raising Awareness and Funds for Cancer Charity Hosted by […]
Some shows you know you’re going to remember for a very long time, some shows you know you’ll be counting the days till the band return: this was one of those shows. Black Stone […]
Texas based singer/songwriter Ryan Hamilton and his band The Traitors are proud to announce an 8 date UK tour in August and promise the shows will be “as close to a drunken rock n roll show […]
Two time Grammy-award nominated guitarist/vocalist Joe Bonamassa starts his upcoming April 2017 UK Tour on Tuesday 18th April at Edinburgh Usher Hall. With three shows already sold out, both shows at the Royal Albert […]
A Dozen Dates Announced For Live & Louder North American Tour THE DEAD DAISIES’ awesome live juggernaut is set to storm into North America in August for a dozen prime live dates as part of […]
After a great March where we brought you interviews from The Darkness, Black Stone Cherry, Eclipse, Unruly Child, Apocalyptic Lovers and Jack Russell (Great White) we thought why not try to top that in April. This […]
In 2014 Adrenaline Rush put out one of the very best albums of the year – an album that still gets on our playlist to this day. It was a great album and to be blunt […]
FOREIGNER 40 – Legendary Band Celebrates Milestone 40th Anniversary With Career-Spanning Remastered Double-Disc Hits Collection Featuring Two Newly Recorded Tracks: 40 Available On CD, Vinyl, And Digitally From Rhino This May/June and 40th Anniversary Headline Tour Kicks Off […]
Disbanded 90’s LA HARD ROCKERS KIK TRACEE have announced the release of BIG WESTERN SKY, a collection of B-SIDES, DEMOS, and RARITIES being released 7-17 via THC MUSIC/EMP LABEL GROUP/AMPED. BIG WESTERN SKY features early […]
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