News from the Australian music scene, from Perth to the East Coast and in between as well as New Zealand.
Long-running metallers LORD have announced that pre-sales are now open for their forthcoming EP “Chaos Raining.” Frontman LT explains, “One of the biggest surprises from our last album, Fallen Idols, was the fan reaction […]
Australian progressive metal band IRONSTONE is set to release their debut EP Prophecy on 29 May 2020. Today they are thrilled to present Downpour, a new single and video from Prophecy. The video was […]
Metal Alliance was born from a burning need to connect Australia’s incredible local and national metal talent to its fans. Bringing bands together from across the country into Sydney NSW, where metal fans from […]
One of Australia’s most prominent up and coming acts, Glass Ocean will release their debut album, The Remnants of Losing Yourself in Someone Else on August 21 via Wild Thing Records. The Remnants of […]
Matt Cole may be a seemingly fresh face, but the solo Rock artist certainly has a lot to get off his chest. His debut single titled ‘From The Rooftops’ comes prepackaged with a hefty […]
Long running Melbourne metallers, Alarum have released, Sphere Of Influence, the first single from their long awaited new album due out mid year on the Dinner For Wolves label. One of the more adventurous progressive acts, Alarum effortlessly […]
Australian metal destroyers AVERSIONS CROWN will release their fourth studio album, Hell Will Come For Us All on June 12th via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band releases the second single entitled, “Born In The Gutter“. Watch the […]
The concept behind Justice For The Damned‘s upcoming album Pain Is Power was penned long before the world found itself in the middle of a cataclysmic pandemic, and the music industry slowed to a […]
Caligula’s Horse, hailing from Brisbane, Australia, a leading light in contemporary progressive metal worldwide, are set to release their fifth studio album, Rise Radiant, on the May 22. Produced by the group’s Sam Vallen, and […]
Rock fans looking for some new good old fashioned rock n’ roll look no further than Melbourne hard rock act Rockin Volts. The four piece act released their debut self-titled EP in September last […]
Australia’s veteran thrash band IN MALICE’S WAKE have finalised recording their 4th full-length album “The Blindness of Faith” and are currently organising details for release. During the studio sessions for this upcoming album, the band found some spare […]
New Zealand heavy rock band Halo of Ashes explode onto the scene with the debut single “Sick and Twisted“. The three-minute jaw-rattling track combines elements of the bands’ grunge, punk, nu-metal and thrash influences […]
Melbourne rockers Riff Raiders have dropped their brand new video for the track “Standing On My Own” which makes it’s premiere right here at The Rockpit! Rock’n’Roll Daydream is the second album from Riff […]
Even though they are based in Sydney Australia Punk act SHIT TINNIES, Introduce themselves to the dim-lit room of half-cut punters as “The Kiwi, the Brit, the Serb and the Canadian”, it’s impossible to […]
One of Australia’s most prominent up and coming acts, Glass Ocean have released, Beyond Us, the first single from their highly anticipated debut album due out later this year. Vocalist Tobias Atkins comments about the themes behind […]
Sydney death metal titans, Daemon Pyre are set to release their long awaited second album, Serpent Gods And A Dying Sun on May 22. Today they release the second track from it in the shape of […]
Combining unrelenting groove with a passion for heaviness and harmony, Tassie born/Melbourne based three piece Verticoli have once again served up a slab of hard hitting alt-rock with Uneasy. Recorded at Wick Studios and […]
Melbourne-based post punks DESTRENDS have a remarkable way of driving their gritty hooks straight through the core of their listeners. After recently releasing two stand out singles ‘Medication’ and ‘Missing People’ DESTRENDS have released their new EP Wasteland, containing the two aforementioned singles and two […]
Last week Sydney rockers Lillye released their incredible, scorching version of The Screaming Jets classic, Better. The fan response was immediate with the track coming straight in at #3 on the iTunes Rock Chart […]
Arguably the pioneers of death metal in Australia, ABRAMELIN have recently completed recording their first album in almost 20 years: “Never Enough Snuff” and are set to release the violence and brutality on May […]
Australian metal combo Shatter Brain have just revealed a new music video for their song Death Goes On, the song is taking from the debut album “Pitchfork Justice”, scheduled to be released on May […]
With the 2017 Jon Doe EP and 2019 single release Stonewall already under their belts, Five SurVive are back for 2020. The band is very proud to release brand new single Precognition with accompanying […]
Sydney death metal titans, Daemon Pyre are set to release their long awaited second album, Serpent Gods And A Dying Sun on May 22. Today they release their first new music in over two years via the […]
Perth rock act NEIN are set to release their new album “Obstreperous” this Friday April 24th. Check out a lyric video below for the single “The Fun One“. NEIN is a four-piece band hailing […]
Young Aussie artist Corey Legge has released the first single from the forthcoming new album “Some Days“, titled “Last Night I Dreamt Of You“. Corey Legge plays heartfelt alt-country, folk and rock, drawing influence […]
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