“The Vee Bees turned 25 last year. With 6 albums, and a bunch of singles 9,125 days later they still deliver the best 100% high octane full blown punk rock in the country. To […]
When you first hear Cherry Grind it rekindles in you all those feelings and memories about all that ever first attracted you to rock music in the first place. There’s just something so primal and […]
Can anything ever live up to a cherished memory? Can anything be as good as it was in your youth? Can David Byrne deliver a show that can live up to my adolescent love of his […]
The Perth date of Froth and Fury felt monumental long before the first riff tore through the air. This is a festival that had, until now, belonged solely to Adelaide — and its decision to […]
MAX CAVALERA of SOULFLY & NAILBOMB talks about a life in music, the new album and heading Downunder for the Froth and Fury Festival… We caught up with MAX just before he departs for Australia […]
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 […]
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 […]
Australian Singer/Songwriter Rick Price has walked the journey many musicians’ dreams are made of. We caught up with Rick at the end of his 2025 Australian Tour to reflect on his latest album ‘Hometown’, and […]
LLOYD COLE will take to the road in 2026 with a run of solo shows in Australia. His elegant solo live performances in recent years have been predominantly acoustic, but for these concerts he has […]
High expectations are a dangerous drug. Take too much and you hallucinate greatness where none exists; take too little and you miss the moment entirely. Searching For You In The Darkness arrives with a buzz […]
Whilst the rest of the world has to wait until 2026, Christmas really has arrived early for devotees of Australian heavy metal, because When Night Falls feels less like a new album and more like […]
Sometimes the most iconic image at an AC/DC show isn’t happening onstage at all. It’s out there in the darkness—between songs, when the volume drops for just a heartbeat—where a sea of glowing red devil […]
There are concerts that entertain, concerts that impress, and concerts that remind you exactly why rock ’n’ roll has survived generations, trends, tragedies, and the endless churn of disposable pop culture. Then there are nights […]
Last full length outing ‘Grand Explosivos’ had me musing that: “Some bands look back at their early work and feel that they have to move on, others just get fixated on endlessly repeating themselves. Here you […]
It’s been an incredible twelve years since Metallica last tore up an Australian stage — back in 2013 at the final date of the Soundwave Festival, closing the curtain on a decade-defining tour. The Rockpit […]
Where do you go after four classy albums of 80’s Hard Rock styled anthems and ballads, with arguably each new release surpassing the previous release? Well let’s just say for the moment that 5th time […]
It’s always great to chat to John Steel, drummer of 60’s British Legends THE ANIMALS who head Downunder this month for their latest in a series of Farewell Tours – this time dubbed “The Final Curtain” Australian […]
Where do you go after four classy albums of 80’s Hard Rock styled anthems and ballads, with arguably each new release surpassing the previous release? Well let’s just say for the moment that 5th time […]
Hearing 5 of the still to be mixed tracks from this album a year ago I knew that we would be in for something special. But whilst the wait may be over for me […]
It’s been a long time between solo albums for Jon Stevens and so the news of Jon hitting the studio last year was the best possible prompt for fans that something was in the pipeline. […]
EARTHLESS RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA in 2025 performing epic cuts from the Earthless catalogue. We caught up with Isaiah Mitchell to talk all about the tour, the potential for new music, what inspires him, playing with […]
Music at it’s best takes you to another place and works with your emotions. I personally love music that takes me to that happy place, music that moves me. At its best music can […]
We caught up with RALF to talk all about the new album DOMINATION and the band’s plans for the rest of 2025… Spanning more than 25 years of pure heavy and power metal, PRIMAL FEAR […]
“Mike Tramp, the legendary voice of White Lion, closes out his powerful trilogy with Songs of White Lion Vol. III — a heartfelt tribute to the band that defined his legacy. Revisiting ten classic tracks […]
It’s already been a huge 2025 for HELLOWEEN and now it’s time to announce the new album: GIANTS & MONSTERS which drops August 29th, preceded by first single and video for ‘This Is Tokyo’! HELLOWEEN, […]
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