Main feature news from the top rock and metal acts from around the world. Includes News stories, press releases, tour announcements and more.
Time flies when you’re having fun – Perth’s monthly metal event HORNOGRAPHY celebrates it’s 3rd birthday this August! What better way to mark the occasion with a massive lineup featuring a veteran WA act […]
The Dead Daisies are really proud to announce the release of a new inspiring short film, “Like No Other”. Joining the band on the road for three weeks, a journalist / videographer captured shows […]
English extreme metal legends CARCASS have released an animated video created by Costin Chioreanu (OPETH, NAPALM DEATH) for a new single, “Dance of IXTAB (Psychopomp & Circumstance March No. 1 In B),” from their massively anticipated 7th studio album, “Torn […]
UMe announces Ringo Starr: Change The World, a new EP to be released on September 24, 2021. Available to pre-order now here, these 4 tracks were all recorded at Starr’s Roccabella West studio just […]
SEPULTURA present ‘Slave New World feat. Matt Heafy’, EQUILIBRIUM release new single “Revolution”, CADAVER Release Music Video For “Feed The Pigs”, CARNIFEX Release Live Video For The Single,”Slit Wrist Savior”. While we […]
International melodic death metal band ACT OF DENIAL have released their new album Negative digitally and on CD via Crusader Records (part of the Golden Robot Global Entertainment Group). Negative has received huge critical acclaim and will establish the band as a true metal […]
On June 18th, 2021, Anders “LA” Rönnblom, best known as the founder / songwriter for Killer Bee, X-Romance and a member of Wolfpakk, released his solo- album Love 2 Be Hated under the flag of SOCIAL DISORDER through powerhouse AFM Records. In support of […]
When today’s thrash metal classic “Heresy” was released in 1990, the world was different. The internet was nearly unknown. Mobiles were as big as buffalo bones. Wacken Open Air was a party for the […]
In case you missed it – Sydney group the Hard-Ons, who have been cranking out their own brand of punk rock for nearly 40 years now (yes, they started young!), last week announced the addition […]
In My Life in Dire Straits: The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Bands in Rock History, bassist and founding member John Illsley goes behind the music with never-before-told stories tracing Dire Straits’ […]
Grammy-nominated band TRIVIUM — Matt Heafy [vocals, guitar], Corey Beaulieu [guitar], Paolo Gregoletto [bass], and Alex Bent [drums] — has announced that it will release its tenth album, titled In The Court of The […]
In celebration of the 15th anniversary of LAMB OF GOD’s massive Sacrament album, Epic Records is issuing an anniversary edition of the album and short documentary. The remastered Sacrament (15th Anniversary) will contain the […]
It’s with extreme disappointment that The Screaming Jets have announced today a delay in the release of the 30 Year Anniversary Edition of their groundbreaking debut album ALL FOR ONE. The release date will […]
On 24th September BMG are delighted to announce the release of Choices, a personal selection of Uriah Heep hits and deep cuts from across the band’s exceptional fifty year and 24 album career. Created with the […]
Australasia’s leading independent recorded music, live touring and special event company Mushroom Group is excited to announce the launch of LONG PLAY MUSIC FILMS, a film distribution and production company focused on exhibiting the […]
The Darkness have unleashed the first taste and title track of their forthcoming opus Motorheart out November 19th via Cooking Vinyl. Paying homage to a devoted sex robot, ‘Motorheart‘ growls, pounds and stomps with […]
Dropkick Murphys have just released a hysterical video for “H.B.D.M.F.,” their song from Turn Up That Dial, poking fun at those adults who over-celebrate their birthdays. A team of puppets, including an overzealous […]
There is a desert which is very old, very dry, and very dangerous. Few have ever dared to cross it, and fewer have returned. Some say that it is a desert between places, others […]
One of the modern eras greatest supergroup’s Black Country Communion – the Anglo-American rock group comprising vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze), drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner), Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, […]
New Zealand’s metal stars ALIEN WEAPONRY recently announced the highly-anticipated upcoming release of their essential second album, Tangaroa, out September 17, 2021 via Napalm Records. Today, the band invites fans to come together in a worldwide “stomp” showdown! Recently, the […]
An integral piece of Australian surf and rock history, ‘Sirocco‘ cemented Australian Crawl‘s legendary status in Australian rock. Featuring the singles ‘Errol’, ‘Oh No Not You Again’ and ‘Things Don’t Seem’, the album was […]
In 1973 and throughout much of the early ’70s, British blues rock powerhouse Humble Pie had as the centerpiece of their widely hailed and massively popular live show an epic, barnstorming blues rock cover […]
Guitar Virtuoso MARC RIZZO (Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, Ill Nino) has announced HAIL THE HORNS, a new project alongside bassist TONY CAMPOS (Static-X, Fear Factory, Soulfly) and drummer CHRISTIAN “OPUS” LAWRENCE (Dead By Wednesday, Ellefson). […]
Perth’s latest musical act, Jamart have released the single “Cuxt” along with a lyric video clip from the upcoming debut self-titled album, set for release on August 13th 2021. Check out the single available […]
In December 2020, TesseracT invited fans to join them in P O R T A L S – an ambitious concept created to offer an escape in a time of isolation. The live cinematic […]
The Rockpit © 2020