After a debut album that scorched the turntable, Scorpion Child is back. The question is will the ‘difficult second album’ curse strike? Of course not… Opener ‘She Sings I Kill’ hits nice and hard and […]
After listening to Tyler’s first singles from this his debut solo album and as a long-time fan of Aerosmith I wasn’t as much shocked as appalled as he proceeded to, as I saw it, dismantle […]
For a band so young these guys have old melodic rock heads on their shoulders and a sound that although at times hints at something more modern, has its heart and soul clearly in the […]
It’s not long since we saw The Rivals Sons Downunder as support to Black Sabbath, and those that got to the shows early sure thought it was a nice contrast to see the Zeppelinesque Sons […]
The live album these days has a strange place in music, is it redundant? Does anyone care? Or does it now sit as a mere memento of a show or a tour? In truth it […]
“Dan Reed Network’s brand new record ‘Fight Another Day’ marks the anticipated return of one of the most infectious and gifted bands to come out in the Melodic Rock World in the second part of […]
For fans of Danger Danger the reality is that Frontiers may well have released their last album in 2009 with ‘Revolve’. If that is the case it’s a fitting epitaph for a great band but […]
Modern Sleaze Metal from a bunch of guys who look like Motley Crue meets Black Veil Brides. Now if you were cynical that would sound like a cliché you’d seen a thousand times and you’d […]
For years it had been rumored that Femme Fatale’s unreleased second album ‘Lady in Waiting’ would soon see a release. Years after those first rumors here we have it – but not released as originally […]
If you love classy Modern Melodic Hard Rock replete with huge harmonies and big hooks, searing guitars and soaring vocals then it will be hard to go past VEGA – one of the new bands […]
Back in the day I was a huge Angel fan. For a band that had managed to grow from Pomp Rock’s shining light to eventually capture a sound as gloriously melodic as they had on […]
It’s been a while since we last heard from Grand Rezerva when they released their 2013 debut album ’48 Laws’ and after a few line-up changes and a couple of singles dropping in 2015 they’re […]
A panoramic narrative history that will give readers a new understanding of the Rolling Stones, viewed through the impassioned and opinionated lens of the Vanity Fair contributor-and co-creator of HBO’s Vinyl-who was along for the […]
Did anyone really know Lemmy? That I guess is the question you have to ask… I met him twice, both briefly, and both times as he signed autographs for me and as mass of other […]
Best known as the bass player from Trixter, P.J Farley sure hasn’t been one to sit around in between Trixter stints, content with reflecting on that bands success during the early 90’s. With the band […]
There’s a Hendrixy guitar opening to the faux Soul of opener ‘Theme to Voodoo Love Machine’s’ brief tenure as an introduction that doesn’t exactly endear a Rock listener to Osaka Punch immediately, and despite the […]
There’s a drive and an urgency to the opening track of the new Sunstorm album ‘Don’t Walk Away From A Goodbye’ that immediately hits the spot and makes you believe that thus will be another […]
After a great debut ‘Black River’ just last year, Derby’s Doomsday Outlaw is back with yet another long-player and we’re more than pleased to say that ‘Suffer More’ really does bring home the promise the […]
With Hans Ziller continuing Bonfire without singer Claus Lessmann and doing a pretty fine job of it so far the question was always, with him supposedly not wanting to tour, what Claus would get […]
If you love the lineage of bands that took their jumping off point as being bluesy, groove-laden hard rock then you’ll love this. From Free, Cream and Bad Company, through bands like Thunder, Cry of […]
Sometimes you deliberately don’t read the press for a review and other times you just lose it in the pile of ‘stuff’ that tends to accumulate around you. I dare say the release will find […]
Frontiers Music will release Dan Reed Network’s brand new record “Fight Another Day” on June 3rd, 2016. The new album marks the anticipated return of one of the most infectious and gifted bands to […]
Ragdoll release their debut album “Back To Zero” in June after a string of critically acclaimed EP’s – The Rockpit spoke to Leon Todd about the creation process, how it feels to finally get […]
QUEENSRYCHE is on their way back to Australia for the first time with new vocalist Todd La Torre. Michael tells us all about the new lease of life for the band, his favourite albums, […]
We talk to Lee all about the new ‘Fire and Gasoline’ album and why she chose 2016 to make a comeback. It’s all here – from creating new music and cool new videos, to […]
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