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INTERVIEW: Ron Pope
Ron Pope is in Australia, and for the first time he has a band with him. Not only that he has also just released what must be one of the albums of his career […]
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INTERVIEW: Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani is a name everyone who loves rock music will recognise: the quintessential guitar hero whose shaved head and sunglasses are instantly recognisable. Musically he’s part mythical monster part master musician, a man […]
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INTERVIEW: Pop Evil and Miss May I – Rock On The Range 2014
Interviews conducted on-site at the 2014 Rock On The Range Festival. Artists include Pop Evil and Miss May I. MISS MAY I Pop Evil
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INTERVIEW: Pekka Ansio Heino – Brother Firetribe
Brother Firetribe has just released what is sure to be one of the albums of 2014. ‘Diamond in the Firepit’ takes all that we loved from the band’s first two releases and hones it […]
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INTERVIEW: Daniel Winter-Bates – Bury Tomorrow
Bury Tomorrow has been called the best Metalcore band in the UK at the moment, and with their new album ‘Runes’ just released it’s hard to disbute where they sit on the tree. We […]
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INTERVIEW: Gary Numan
Gary Numan has been called the “Godfather of all Electronic Music” and over the years has inspired a huge range of artists from Trent Reznor to Prince to The Prodigy to Afrika Bambaataa to […]
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INTERVIEW: Mathias Vreth Lillmåns – Finntroll
Next month Australia will welcome back Finnish folk metal legends Finntroll who have been pioneers in a genre that is looked upon as a fun, atmospheric style of music. Their last album “Blodsvept” released […]
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INTERVIEW: Josh Bailey – The Owls
Emerging after a long self-imposed exile of discovery, The Owls stand poised to cement themselves as sonic architects with the release of Kraków, the first cut from their forthcoming EP, Own the Streets. We […]
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INTERVIEW: Chris Boyd – One Thousand Years
One Thousand Years is a band that plays the kind of music I want to hear: timeless, blues infused rock that makes a connection with an audience. It’s important music by a little ol’ […]
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INTERVIEW: Chris Green – Rubicon Cross
Anyone who was impressed by Rubicon Cross’ debut EP back in 2011 will probably have been eagerly anticipating the new full-length release – due to hit on May 19th. Collecting the four songs from […]
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INTERVIEW: Max Cavalera – Killer Be Killed
Max Cavalera is not someone who seems to want to rest on his laurels. From his time with Sepultura to his formation of Soulfly which has gone on to great success and even with […]
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INTERVIEW: Horror My Friend
We catch up with Adelaide’s finest purveyors of noise – Horror My Friend. RP: Thank you for taking the time to talk to the Rockpit. For those not familiar with the band can […]
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INTERVIEW: Simone Simons – Epica
Lavish orchestration, as you might imagine, introduces us to Epica’s latest work ‘The Quantum Enigma’. It’s a huge album especially for a band that prides itself on constantly moving forward, and it may well […]
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INTERVIEW: Henkka Seppälä – Children Of Bodom
Finland is home to some of the best metal on the planet and Children Of Bodom are no exception. From their classically influenced albums to the melodic death metal inspired songs, the band have […]
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INTERVIEW: Christian Hede Madsen – Pet The Preacher
You may not have heard of PET THE PREACHER yet, but you should do soon. If you love a riff you can hang your entire wardrobe off, then their new album “The Cave & […]
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INTERVIEW: Linnea Olson – The Oath
Don’t know who The Oath are? Read on to find out more and why you need to check them out. Welcome to The Oath… Mark: Hi, thanks for taking the time to speak […]
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INTERVIEW: Samy Elbanna – Lost Society
Finland may not be well known for a lot of thrash metal bands but this young band called “Lost Society” may be one of those bands to change all that. Starting in 2010 and […]
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INTERVIEW: Zakk Wylde – Black Label Society
The man needs no introduction. As the axeman for Ozzy Osbourne for a number of years and his own band Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society shredding out for 15 years, Zakk Wylde is as […]
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INTERVIEW: Mille Petroza – Kreator
With Thrash Metal back in the spotlight in recent years, legendary thrash metal band Kreator are one of the leaders of the pack, still chugging away with new albums like the criticially acclaimed “Phantom […]
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INTERVIEW: Warren Haynes – Gov’t Mule
This year Gov’t Mule celebrates 20 years of ‘kicking ass’ and they’re coming Down-Under to kick some serious ass here too! Hot on the back of last year’s sensational Shout! album The Mule head […]
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INTERVIEW: Mikael Carlsson – Love Under Cover
These days the Melodic Rock scene has so many great bands you’d think that it would be hard to find one that truly shines out above the rest. We have found them, like many […]
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INTERVIEW: Ann Boelyn – Hellion
Back in 1983 I bought the first Hellion EP. Listening to the ‘To Hellion and Back’ Anthology today the band has lost none of its power – and new music is on the way. […]
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INTERVIEW: Danny Vaughn – Tyketto
Tyketto was the band that should have been huge with songs most bands would die for and a vocalist with one of the best voices in the business. It was all a case of […]
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INTERVIEW: Andrea Ferro – Lacuna Coil
Lacuna Coil is busy in the midst of their current US Tour, then it’s on to Mexico and South America to mark the first outing for material from the excellent new album ‘Broken Crown […]
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INTERVIEW: Evan “Loosh” Linger – Skeletonwitch
One of the hottest metal tours coming to Australia in 2014 is Toxic Holocaust and Skeletonwitch, the latter which will be their first time on Australian soil. Skeletonwitch have only been around for a […]