Reviews of albums, EP’s, DVD’s, music books and more
Everyone has their favourites and Harem Scarem have been my favorite Canadian Melodic Rockers for years now. It’s great to hear then that their 16th studio release ‘Chasing Euphoria’ will be out in April to […]
It’s funny isn’t it that sometimes your relationship with the music of a particular band colours your judgement one way or the other before you’ve even heard a note? As a kid I was a […]
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a man of simple pleasures and as a consequence never really got into Prog Rock at all. I’ve seen all the greats live of course (but that’s […]
Love/Hate back in the early 90’s was peerless live in concert. Sadly the band disintegrated back in the mid 90’s and whilst Jizzy went on to front both Ratt, L.A. Guns and others. Despite a […]
I’ve never reviewed a single before but this one’s been stuck in my head since I first heard it. There’s a real chugging T-Rex groove to the opening bars of this news single by Luke […]
30 years after their formation in Nyack, New York, one of Rock’s most distinctive and unique voices is still going strong, taking us on journeys of the imagination that few would even contemplate. With ‘The […]
It’s always a treat when one of your favourite singers drops a new album and opening up with the album’s first single ”Til I Die’ things start out strong. ‘Soulbound,’ McAuley’s third record for Frontiers […]
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from W.E.T. the Swedish supergroup that has been producing great Melodic Rock for the past 16 years. 2021’s ‘Retransmission’ was certainly our favourite so far at The Rockpit, […]
“To me, live albums have always been the quintessential corner stone for any rock band’s catalog. I grew up on Aerosmith’s ‘A Little South of Sanity,’ AC/DC’s ‘LIVE,’ The Stones’ ‘Get Your Ya-Ya’s Out,’ and […]
We’ve been reviewing and chatting to Dynazty at the Rockpit since 2009 – that was the year we started the website and also the year Dynazty dropped their first album ‘Bring the Thunder’. In all […]
With a spoken word intro where Toby talks about his struggles of mental health and advises us, his dear listeners, that despite that heavy subject matter this recording – the first of three volume set, […]
2024 saw the beginning of a new era for this Western Australian band of brothers. 2024 was also the year where in this new era three became four. “Scars” is the bands third full studio […]
I first saw Lacuna Coil years ago at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, it was a packed house and a great night, ad I’ve seen them at every opportunity since. There’s a few […]
The announcement on 21st March last year that drummer Joél Cirera would be departing Crazy Lixx following their performance in Copenhagen on 11th May means that there is just now one man standing from the line-up that […]
First review of the year and I like this EP a lot. Lead Feather aren’t subtle and it’s certainly not hard to hear where their influences begin and end but in all honesty there are […]
2024 was a great year for Rock Music but a strange one in that so much great stuff was released at the very start of the year and then things kind of tailed off with […]
Before we get to the BEST OF 2024 list later in the day, as usual, and for the last 14 years we have always published our top contributor’s individual lists for the year. The overall […]
21 years is a long time between drinks, and UK-industrial metal pioneers Kill II This return in 2024 with a full length entitled ‘Variant’. When you consider that the band originally lasted 8 years and […]
There’s a real naive, almost Go-Go’s like charm to the sound of this one. L.A.’s Little Girls were one of those bands that are completely new to me and yet a band you feel with […]
It’s been a while between drinks as they say. 6 years going on seven since the pre-pandemic ‘Nothing But The Truth’ hit in 2018. And if I’m honest this might just be the Prophet’s bets […]
Some bands just go on making great music long after their moment in the spotlight. Some bands never put a foot wrong and yet end up huge in one part of the globe and virtually […]
If you want a history lesson then Lionheart has a long and winding one: “…formed in late 1980 by Dennis Stratton (lead guitar/backing vocals, Iron Maiden), Steve Mann (lead guitar/backing vocals, Liar, Michael Schenker), Rocky […]
Songs of a Lost World is the first new studio album from The Cure in sixteen years. Fans always hope for one more classic album from veteran bands (hard to believe debut album Three Imaginary […]
Hard rock bands recording acoustic albums aren’t really anything new, In fact they were fairly common during the 90’s. A lot of your favorite rock bands actually write a lot of their well known songs […]
The press release for Black Oak County’s third album reads: “The Danish hard rock quartet BLACK OAK COUNTY releases their third album, taking them to new musical horizons, with a wide mix of thundering breakdowns, […]
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