Interviews with some of your favorite as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
Hailing from Norway, 1349 are a black metal band that have brought back some of the more purer elements of the genre since their inception in the late 90’s. While the original black metal […]
Sevendust were last in Australia in 2011 for Soundwave Festival but it’s been a while since they did a headlining tour. That will change come March 2016 when the band come down for a […]
Ill Nino are making their way back to Australia for Soundwave Festival for a third time but this time around, we get to experience something pretty special as the band treat the fans to […]
Adelaide’s finest up and coming hard rockers, Cherry Grind, have just released their stunning debut record ‘A Room With a View’ produced by Bob Daisley. It sounds like the start of very good things […]
Mark Knight has just released his latest solo album. After years of making music, most notably with Bang Tango the ground-breaking Funk-Rock outfit he led in the late eighties and early nineties. Then there […]
Frenzal Rhomb are pretty much an institution in the Australian music scene having been around for over 20 years and have played anywhere and everywhere in the country. The one place they have not […]
It may have been a surprise for some people to see Disturbed announced as headliner of next year’s Soundwave Festival but given the track record of the band who has had an astounding 5 […]
The Darkness is back with avengence with their Suffolk Viking Invasion quasi-epic almost concept album ‘The Last of Our Kind’. We spoke to Dan Hawkins about the almost finished US tour, the upcoming Australian […]
Revocation are one of those bands I discovered a few years back through their first album “Empires Of The Obscene” which I first heard around the time that “Chaos Of Forms” was released so […]
If you haven t heard Skindred yet then you are in for a treat, a band that merges Metal, Rock, Reggae and various other seemingly incompatible musical styles it shouldn t work this damn […]
Kingswood is an Australian band going places and with the songs and the attitude to get there the future is looking bright. Just announced as the local support act for the Australian leg of […]
Not many bands have been active as long as Canned Heat, the band that was named after a 1928 song by Tommy Johnson song hit 50 this year, and an awful lot has changed […]
It was only just recently that I spoke to frontman Tomas Lindberg so it was an absolute bonus to have a chat with another member from At The Gates, this time with guitarist Martin […]
The Rockpit has been fortunate enough to interview Zakk Wylde numerous times over the years and without a doubt, he is one of the nicest and coolest guys to talk to. Always a barrel […]
As one of the pioneers in the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal back in the late 70’s and early 80’s, Saxon has been a staple amongst the classic heavy metal bands that have […]
As the drummer for the Devin Townsend Project, RVP as he is also known is probably one of the most positive and friendliest musicians that you could possibly know and a fantastic drummer too. […]
The Dead Daisies are currently on a tour with the monsters of rock that is Kiss, touring around the world and now in Australia in support of the band’s latest album “Revolucion” which has […]
Devin Townsend is certainly no stranger to Australia having worked with bands and toured in the country numerous times over the years. It was only 2 years ago that we saw The Devin Townsend […]
After At The gates reformed again a few years ago, the band stated that there would not be a new record. But despite all that was said, in 2014 the band released “At War […]
Melbourne thrashers Harlott have just released their second album “Proliferation” which is a blazing album of thrash tracks and any fan of thrash metal is sure to love this album. The band are also […]
I first snuck into a Hanoi Rocks show way back in the early eighties, it was the second show I had ever seen and Hanoi was the first band I’d ever discovered all by […]
After making headlines with their appearance at the 2006 Eurovision contest which is mostly known for it’s focus on pop music, Lordi entered the mainstream of rock with their theatrical antics and monster costumes […]
Fronted by ex-Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones, Devil You Know are only a new band that formed just a couple of years ago but have already gained some serious attention and now are about […]
This year could well be the big one for Trivium who are on the verge of releasing their new album ‘Silence in the Snow’. There’s a feeling at The Rockpit that this may just […]
Earlier in the year we heard Joel Hoekstra‘s first contributions to Whitesnake as their new guitarist along with Reb Beach on ‘The Purple Album’. Who would have thought that a few months later he’d […]
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