Interviews with some of your all time favourites as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
Avantasia are on their way to Australia. The Rock Opera, brainchild of Tobias Sammet of Edguy, and its impressive cast touch down briefly to perform two shows as part of the ‘Moonglow World Tour’ on […]
Perth, Western Australia has had it’s fair share of great musical acts over the years, home to Bon Scott, birthplace of INXS and Baby Animals and a host of big hitting bands in the alt […]
Death metal pioneers Possessed are back, three decades after their tragic end which halted the career of this heavily influential band. The band’s new album “Revelations Of Oblivion” is a reminder of why so […]
Swedish viking heroes Amon Amarth are back with a new album titled “Berserker” which sees the band push forward with their signature melodic death metal sound into new territories. The veterans show no signs […]
Fifty years in one industry is a long stretch for anybody. When you have spent many of those fifty years challenging your musically creativity and at times direction, while still maintaining the highest of […]
Danko Jones is on the way to Australia for for the first time since 2013’s Soundwave Festival thanks to Silverback Touring. The band totally blew the crowds away at those dates and at the sideshows […]
At The Gates are innovators. From debut album, The Red In The Sky Is Ours, through comeback stunner, At War With Reality, the Gothenburg-based death metal act have always traversed the left-hand path on their […]
Belgian brutal death metal band Aborted is wrapping up the Hell Over North America tour, and on Monday made a stop in Brooklyn, New York, where we were able to sit down with founding […]
Kataklysm are a name synonymous with modern death metal. The Canadian metal outfit are widely regarded as pioneers of the new age of the genre and have continually pushed boundaries, both on stage and […]
In recognition of the forthcoming re-issue of The Cult’s multi-platinum-selling Sonic Temple album on Beggars Banquet Records, the British group that’s led by Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy will embark on select dates […]
Eluveitie have long found their very own trademark sound, a sonic adventure based in Celtic visions of a Gaulish past, and the band are excited to be bringing their brand new line-up, darkly atmospheric […]
Taking such influences as AC/DC, Joan Jett and Led Zeppelin with a healthy chunk of attitude, a dynamite lead singer, and a predilection for time-honoured rock ‘n’ roll, Evol Walks has rapidly emerged as […]
Alaskan riff masters 36 Crazyfists are teaming up with Aussie heavyweights Superheist for a whirlwind tour around Australia. Unbridled honesty cast in unpredictable metallic soundscapes and icy melodies is the best way to describe Alaska’s […]
Simply put, Pop Evil is a larger-than-life true rock n’ roll band blending the earnestness of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden with the celebratory showmanship of Motley Crue and Kiss, capable of empathizing with the daily […]
If you like your blues with a bit of funk & plenty of soul then look no further than Brisbane-based 5-piece Blues Arcadia who have been riding high in the Australian Blues & Roots […]
Sevendust first forged a familial tie amongst each other in 1994 that translated into one of the most die-hard audiences in the game. To this day, the connection between fans and the Grammy® Award-nominated […]
Interview with Jeremy Aric, lead singer of Run Devil Run Poets and Pornstars released one of my favourite albums of 2007, a beautiful slab of in-your-face raucous rock and roll, that sounded like the Bacchanalian […]
Sometimes I get very excited about music and this year the most excited I got outside of a live gig was the first time I heard the great new CD from Finnish rockers White Flame. Now […]
A new Burning Rain album is always a big thing in these parts and I’ll make a big call here by saying that ‘Face the Music’ may even be the best yet. Since forming in […]
The Hard-Ons are pretty much an institution in the Australian punk rock scene and a name synoymous with the good old days of the Aussie pub rock circuit. They also are a band that […]
John Corabi has long been one of the musicians I’ve felt a real resonance with and when we set up The Rockpit ten years ago in 2009 he was one of the artists I most […]
Tagged by International music mag The Obelisk as being “at the head of the pack of European heavy Rock and Roll“, Greece’s 1000mods bring their psychedelic onslaught to Australia this April, touring nationally on […]
BABYLON A.D. debut album – The thirtieth anniversary interview with Derek Davis Babylon A.D. is a band that formed in 1988 and which originated in the San Francisco Bay Area. Original members, Derek […]
Three teenagers, known as Alien Weaponry, from a tiny town in the small South Pacific nation of New Zealand have managed to capture the imaginations of people all over the world with their unique […]
Every now and again a ‘Supergroup’ emerges that really hits the spot on paper and you just hope and pray that scheduling doesn’t get in the way of things progressing out of the studio. A […]
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