Interviews with some of your all time favourites as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
Five years is a long time between drinks and few know it better than Melbourne punk troubadour Chasing Ghosts. 2011 saw the release of Confessions From A Phone Booth, an unexpectedly intimate record from […]
Swedish progressive metal band Katatonia are returning to Australia for their first ever headlining tour of the country in December. With a new album ‘The Fall Of Hearts’ which continues their progressive evolution even […]
I’ve long believed that the real direct spark for Hard Rock came from two songs – The Kinks’ ‘You Really Got Me’ and The Troggs ‘Wild Thing’. This year ‘Wild Thing’ is 50 years […]
Beth Hart has probably just released the album of her career to date. ‘Fire on the Floor’ should be the album that makes everyone, who isn’t already, sit up and listen. We caught up […]
Acclaimed Irish rockers the Answer released their latest album “SOLAS” on October 28 via Napalm Records. As the press release says: “While some may see this as a departure for the band, this album […]
Melbourne Djent/Progressive Metalcore outfit Arkive formed out of the ashes of a previous band, picking up a new vocalist and a new sonic direction – and after a short period of rehearsal, their 2015 […]
Bay Area veterans and one of the titans of thrash metal, Testament are about to release their latest offering in “Brotherhood Of The Snake”, a 10 track album chock full of the very best […]
Bay Area veterans and one of the titans of thrash metal, Testament are about to release their latest offering in “Brotherhood Of The Snake”, a 10 track album chock full of the very best […]
San Francisco thrash legends Testament are back with a new album, 4 years after their successful “Dark Roots Of Earth” album came crashing into the hands of their fans. With a world tour in […]
The legendary Swedish melodic metal band In Flames returns with a new album and heads back to their long time label Nuclear Blast. The result is a total slammer of an album “Battles” which […]
Suicidal Tendencies has been a band that I have listened to since I was kid, one of the very first punk/thrash bands I ever got into. Speaking to Mike Muir was a dream come […]
Filled with hate, made of terror; Death In Bloom are a quintet risen from the ashes of Melbourne’s metal core heavyweights past with their debut album ‘A Means To Disappear’ which was released independently […]
The Dandy Warhols return to Australia in support of their latest album, Distortland. The album was first recorded in frontman, Courtney Taylor’s basement on an 80s cassette recorder with the band putting on the […]
Hailing from the city of Philadelphia, New Wave Of Traditional Heavy Metal band Corners Of Sanctuary have wasted no time since their inception 5 years ago with several releases including their latest album “Declaration […]
After five years of relentless touring that included playing on some of the most prestigious stages on the planet, Tyketto took their revitalized energy in to the studio in the spring of 2016. The […]
New York based female fronted melodic power metal band Flames Of Fury bring together a traditional based brand of metal that harks back to the days when bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest […]
Hardline are set to release their new album “Human Nature” October 14th via Frontiers Music and front man Johnny Gioeli took time out to talk to the Rockpit about the album we think is […]
Melbourne hardcore/punk rockers Clowns are enjoying some great success right now on the back of their latest LP ‘Bad Blood’. The band recently returned from a second European tour which saw the band gain […]
Due to popular demand from Australian fans and following a hugely successful concert tour of UK & Europe the world’s greatest Dire Straits show returns to Australia in October 2016 to perform the incredible […]
After returning from a 2 year stint in the UK, Brisbane based multi-progressive rockers Osaka Punch have come out with a new EP titled “Death Monster Super Squad” which quickly follows the full length […]
I’ve travelled overseas a few times in recent years to see particular bands and being based out here on the West Coast of Australia we even have to make that long trip over East […]
Aussie hard rockers Airbourne release their fourth album “Breakin’ Outta Hell” on September 23rd, the first full length to actually be recorded in Australia with the help of Bob Marlette and Mike Fraser on […]
Immolation have been delivering some of the most unique, and creatively dark, death metal the underground has witnessed for over 25 years. Spewing forth unrelenting, chaotic and twisted sonics while continuing to push the […]
Their legend has proliferated for nearly three decades. When Brujeria first emerged from the sunbaked hellscape of Los Angeles in 1989, the city was on the brink of chaos. Daryl Gates ruled the LAPD […]
There are great guitarists, great vocalists and great songwriters, but Monte Pittman is one of the elite few who can truly lay claim to all three titles. With his fourth full-length, Inverted Grasp Of […]
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