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ALBUM REVIEW: Roxanne – Radio Silence

18 November 2018 Mark Diggins

This is a great Rock record and no one is more surprised that me to find it slip nicely and easily into my list of top releases of the year. What’s in a name? When […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Stephen Pearcy – View to a Thrill

15 November 2018 Mark Diggins

Whatever your thoughts on the current state of Ratt and the sagas that have unfolded over recent years not least Stephen’s recent live performance at the Paramount in Huntington, N.Y., which was marred by a […]

The Smashing Pumpkins - Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun

ALBUM REVIEW: Smashing Pumpkins – Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past

14 November 2018 Andrew Massie

The Smashing Pumpkins are without a doubt one of the most influential bands to come out of the grunge and alternative rock scene of the 1990’s and while albums have been sporadic at best […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Phringe Dwellers – Hook Down Easy

12 November 2018 Mark Diggins

There’s a garagey, bluesy, alternative thrust to the short and sweet opener ‘The Man’ that makes you think of some rather lofty names before the detuned, punky blues rock and roll mash of ‘Unemployed blues’ […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Gotthard – Defrosted 2

11 November 2018 Mark Diggins

The original Defrosted album was released way back in 1997 and was Gotthard’s very first live album and fourth album to date. In Switzerland it’s legendary – reaching double-platinum in a matter of months. To […]

EP REVIEW: Mitch Tones Band – EP

10 November 2018 Mark Diggins

There’s a great urgency, mild punk kick, rock sensibility and great sense of fun to this EP from the Mitch Tones Band who hail from Greenbank, Ontario. The most stunning thing though is the sheer […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Fifth Angel – The Third Secret

27 October 2018 Mark Diggins

Few bands formed back in the day, especially those with a 30 plus year gap between recordings ever manage to get anywhere near recapturing their classic sound. Some of course mange to get close, others […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Soulfly – Ritual

15 October 2018 Andrew Massie

Soulfly, led by the legendary Max Cavalera along with guitar wizard Marc Rizzo, Max’s son Zyon and the addition of latest recruit on bass, Mike Leon return with album number 11 in “Ritual”. Say […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Bad Touch – Shake a Leg

6 October 2018 Mark Diggins

If you want some great good time hard rock that makes you smile from ear to ear then this is your album of the year. Hearing the single ‘Lift Your Head Up’ might be […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Idlewar – Fractured

30 September 2018 Mark Diggins

‘Turn To Six’ starts up like a broken-down machine before an old school Metal riff kicks in before it in turn writhes and twists into a more modern-sounding grind before a layer of wailing vocals […]

EP REVIEW: Tom Harte – Life, Love and Everything in Between E.P

29 September 2018 Mark Diggins

One of my favourite Northern Irish bands of the last few years has been Trucker Diablo, and this year vocalist Tom Harte has put out his first solo EP. It still of course sports his […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Behemoth – I Loved You At Your Darkest

28 September 2018 Oliver Yeudall

After their last album, Behemoth had a lot to live up to. Creating a follow-up to a masterpiece like The Satanist is no small feat. Were they up to the challenge and put pure […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Black 13 – Black 13

26 September 2018 Mark Diggins

I really like this. ‘Black 13’ have the retro feel of a band like ‘Back Robot’ but with a sleazier, bluesier sound and plenty of grunt and gas in the tank. Opener ‘Sin City Living’ […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Black Paisley – Perennials

25 September 2018 Mark Diggins

Last year we loved Black Paisley’s ‘Let Bloomer’ of which we said ” if like me you’re a fan of 80’s Hard Rock, or even rock and roll stalwarts like Bob Seger – there’s a […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Ace Frehley – Spaceman

22 September 2018 Mark Diggins

I always get a little nervous you know when a new Ace Frehley album comes up on the horizon, and these days they do so with decent regularity. The reason dates back to my […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Love Stallion – Unforgettable Ride

21 September 2018 Mark Diggins

Ah the smell of cheese I hear you say? Well sure, naming your band ‘Love Stallion’ might suggest a certain type of band, a certain type of music or at the lest suggest a rather […]

Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators - Living The Dream

ALBUM REVIEW: Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators – Living The Dream

17 September 2018 Andrew Massie

Guitar icon Slash and his cohort of hard rock buddies in Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators return once again for their third outing together with “Living The Dream”, 12 tracks of bluesy, hard rock […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Midnite City – There Goes the Neighbourhood

16 September 2018 Mark Diggins

Last year Midnite City came up with one of the albums of the year with their stunning debut and after repeated listens at Rockpit HQ it sounds like album number two is even better. It […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Plastic Tears – Angels With Attitude

4 September 2018 Mark Diggins

THE BACKGROUND I’m not kidding last year we got in excess of 12,000 review applications for new music. This year by June we’d had over 14,000 and as our readership grows the numbers increase day […]

EP REVIEW: Satyr – Neutrino

3 September 2018 The Rockpit

Satyr, the Atlanta post hardcore quartet present their debut EP Neutrino. The young band have already faced challenges in the wake of lineup changes and more but here they finally release what all the […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Electric Boys – The Ghost Ward Diaries

2 September 2018 Mark Diggins

Tracklist: “Hangover In Hannover” “There She Goes Again” “You Spark My Heart” “Love Is A Funny Feeling” “Gone Gone Gone” “Swampmotofrog” “First The Money, Then The Honey” “Rich Man, Poor Man” “Knocked Out By Tyson” […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Ultraphonix – Original Human Music

31 August 2018 Mark Diggins

George Lynch has been in a rare vein of form recently and engaged in a number of diverse musical projects over the last 12 months. We spoke to him recently about the latest Lynch Mob […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Mad Max – 35

30 August 2018 Mark Diggins

I spoke to Michael Voss of Mad Max last week, a great guy from a band that over the years have put out some great Hard Rock and probably non more so that their latest […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Bullet – Dust to Gold

29 August 2018 Mark Diggins

If you like your Metal done rare and with more than a nod to the old school, then hopefully you have already made acquaintance with Bullet who take the ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Metal Allegiance – Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty

28 August 2018 Andrew Massie

After the success of the first album, Metal Allegiance didn’t waste any time in getting back together to start work on the follow up which culminated in “Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty”. Led by […]