I love the sweeping intro ‘The Ascent’ and the smooth West Coast AOR of ‘Green Fields’ that follows takes you right back to the days when music was made under blue skies and all was […]
If you’re a fan of Babylon A.D. you’ll surely know the name Danny De La Rosa and now after a few years away from the band he’s back but with a solo album…. just […]
Some press releases mystify me and raise a lot more questions than answers. In 1992 it seems David Vines and Michael Olsen put together the seed of old Harry in Tulsa Oklahoma – the ideas […]
Aussie Hard Rock and Metal has rarely sounded this good in recent years. We may have had Midnite City and Reckless Love down-under recently and Crazy Lixx and Eclipse almost made it, but who’d […]
Aside from the off-putting name making you think that the band might just be related to the pop legend and the fact that ‘Herd Instinct’ that opens is just a minute of ‘atmospheric’ waffle that […]
Back in the very first days of the Rockpit I remember listening to a bunch of albums I’d just bought on a trip to the US. One of the very best was ‘Strip Rock Roll’ […]
Imonolith is a brand new band that is a culmination and ultimately a result of the love of music that features drummer Ryan ‘RVP’ Van Poederooyen (Devin Townsend Project) guitarist Brian ‘Beav’ Wadell (Devin […]
Five years ago, Danny Vaughn (Tyketto) and Dan Reed (Dan Reed Network) decided to combine their talents in a joint project: a live acoustic touring act called Snake Oil & Harmony. The project led […]
I was lucky enough to see the original Great White more than a few times back in the day and saw one of the very last few shows Jack played with the band in Henderson […]
As overblown press releases go (and as a proud Northerner) I love this quote that came with Biff’s first ever solo album “The English North is everything you saw in Game of Thrones and more. […]
It’s hard to believe that New Zealand’s finest Metallers Devilskin hit double-digits this year – but they are indeed ten years old in 2020! More importantly though they are back with a bang and […]
A new Gotthard album is always welcome, and ‘#13’ the band’s 13th studio record and fourth with Nic Maeder on vocals comes just three years after the wonderful ‘Free’ (2017). On the first album […]
Sometimes an album just has a great vibe and the sound captures a moment in time.’Welcome To My World’ is one of those albums where every song seems strangely familiar even though you’ve never heard […]
When you call your sixth album ‘II’ that has to surely indicate some sort of statement of intent? To me it signals that H.E.A.T. are a band that is getting back to what made albums […]
Vocalist Robin McAuley (McAuley Schenker Group), guitarist Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake), bassist Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, The End Machine, Dokken), and drummer Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big) have joined forces in Black Swan, a new […]
As UFO complete their final Tour in 2020, a year which also marks Vinnie Moore’s 17th year with the band there’s time for their guitar master to put out his ninth solo album since […]
Another one that passed me by last year was Hardline’s ‘Life’ and it’s my own fault as my unwillingness to ‘stream’ anything (I aim to be the last man on Earth to stream music) means […]
There’s a real Bon Jovi feel to Johnny Gioelli’s new album ‘One Voice’ and perhaps no more so than on opener ‘Drive’ which is, if you love that kinda thing, excellent. ‘It’ that follows has […]
Everyone of course knows Mr. Tony Harnell from his days with TNT but it seems now that those days are over for good with the latest fall out between Tony and guitarist Ronni LeTekro […]
Brazilian metal veterans Sepultura return with another new album that once again furthers the ever growing evolution of a band that is now approaching 40 years. That’s a long time in anyone’s book but […]
First impressions sometimes re unwittingly spot on and when I first heard the title track and opening song from Molly Karloff’s ‘Superannuation’ EP I thought – that sounds just like Justin Hawkins of The Darkness […]
I don’t know about you but I get a little worried when you read a bio that name-checks some of the biggest bands in rock, refers to the ‘legenday‘ (their spelling not mine) Paul Stanley […]
This one is nice, Melodic Rock and AOR with heart and soul from the opener ‘Play To Win’ right till the very last note. Now the name Jesse Damon might not be familiar to many […]
Formed in Manchester in 2013 Gorilla Riot have a good few miles under the belt as well as a string of EP’s and singles but 2020 sees the release of their first full-length ‘Peach’. And […]
New Jersey-based melodic metallists Weapons of Anew have a new EP out cunningly titled the ‘2019 Tour Special EP.’ Recorded live on July 30th, 2019 from the Palace Theatre in Greensburg, PA, the five-track release […]
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