Ahh I knew schoolboy Latin would serve me well before too long! In Vino Veritas – ‘In wine is truth’, or rather less literally I guess “those who have had a few glasses tend to […]
A new Burning Rain album is always a big thing in these parts and I’ll make a big call here by saying that ‘Face the Music’ may even be the best yet. Since forming in […]
Opener and title track ‘Warpaint’ is pure and simply vintage Buckcherry: its cool, sleazy, frayed around the edges and rides a thick groove and it also sees Josh Todd really screaming. It’s a track […]
Delving straight in: ‘One Way’ the opening track on Willie and the Bandits ‘Paths’ initially comes across like a hard rocking Jon Butler with a meaty edge and a message about modern-day greed. It’s an […]
I love it when you get mail, real physical mail. When we started off the Rockpit ten years ago it was a rare treat to get records in the mail, but after a few years […]
If you hanker after a slice of classy AOR-infused Melodic Rock with an uplifting message, a great sound and crystal clear production then Roulette are certainly worth checking out. Diving straight in, opener ‘Never Enough’ […]
Peter H Nilsson started working on this album back in 2017 along with singer Chris Biano, drummer Jason Meekins and bassist Patrik Adiels, and what a team that is. ‘Little American Dream’ is nine tracks […]
First of all let me start by saying I always thought Tora Tora had a little bit more than most of their contemporaries back in the day, and hearing the news that a new album […]
Lullwater (named after the street in Athens where they used to rehearse) produced one of my favourite albums of 2012 when they released their debut, and it’s follow-up ‘Revival’ from 2015 wasn’t too shabby either, […]
Sleaze Rock is alive and well and all is good with the world. Coming across like the bastard sons of Faster Pussycat, Babylon Shakes spit out of the speakers with ‘Making a Million’ a dirty, […]
Along they come like a firecracker out of the night! Another new band for me this year that I’m hoping will be taking the first steps to a long and successful career is ‘Gin Annie’ […]
I love a band out to have fun. Having interviewed John Diva recently (up soon on the website) I can honestly say I’m not sure how to describe John Diva & The Rockets of […]
Ahh when a band splits the fallout never really goes away in the eyes of the fans does it! Whilst ex-Queensryche vocalist Geoff Tate’s ‘Operation Mindcrime’ project went for variety and subtlety in it’s […]
There’s always been something rather ‘other worldly’ about the music of Cats in Space and both ‘Too Many Gods’ (2015) and ‘Scarecrow’ (2017) showed us a band that wasn’t afraid to channel the sounds of […]
When ‘Beating the Odds’ comes screaming out of the speakers you already know you’re in safe hands. It’s a steamrolling rocker built on a rock solid riff and a vocal from Mr Finn that thrusts […]
“Why do you write another song when you’ve already written 500? Where do you find passion when you’ve done it all, and what is the point to record and release and new album, in […]
That riff mongering, Aussie classic rock behemoth that is Electric Mary are back, 8 long years after their last album release! Much has changed in the musical landscape during that time both here in […]
14 studio albums in now over a massive career spanning over 30 years and prog giants Dream Theater are seemingly not looking to slow down at all with their brand new album “Distance Over […]
After straying off the heavier path and mixing it up on some solo work over the last few years, legendary singer John Garcia returns to the heavy stoner rock world in the form of […]
When I first read the title of the first Greta Van Fleet album I thought I could see the writing on the wall for Rock’s latest saviours – ‘the sound of Led Zeppelin with an […]
Thunder will release their brand new studio album ‘Please Remain Seated’ on 18 January 2019 through BMG. The album, released as the band enter their third decade, is a collection of radically reworked versions of […]
Ten years and five albums isn’t a bad return for any band these days let alone an AOR band from Melbourne Australia,but over the last decade White Widow have proved that it doesn’t matter where […]
Where do you start with Hendrix? Well years ago as a seven year old kid I started here. My dad already had the first two Jimi Hendrix Experience albums and I went out with my […]
A new album from Donnie Vie is always a wonderful thing for those that consider him to be one of the very best writers of his generation and up there with the greats of yesteryear. […]
Described as a melodic hardcore band, SETYØURSAILS come out from Cologne, Germany who are no strangers to some great music and this band are no different. The sheer energy that these guys exude is […]
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