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There are certain amongst us who are missing out – maybe it’s you or your mate? I’m talking about those of us out there who believe that nothing good happened in Rock since the 80’s […]
The south has produced some fantastic and legendary metal bands over the years but when it comes to thrash metal, many sometimes overlook one of the most underrated bands to come out of the […]
What is it with thrash bands coming back from the grave and sounding even better the second time around? I’m reminded of bands like Exodus and more recently, Exhorder who while were great back […]
Graham Greene is one of the very few guitarists I can digest without the aid of words to complete his compositions, a man who can paint a picture with his instrument of choice like […]
When The Rockpit spoke to WARBIRDS front man Anth Nekich last year, he assured us that 2019 would be a monumental year for the band, with an album release being the highest of their […]
Alice of course emerged out of the Detroit Rock scene that spawned bands like MC5 and The Stooges and whilst his star rose more than his hometown alumni he’s now back revisiting those raw […]
Phil joked with me the other day about the title to his fist solo album ‘Old Lions Still Roar’. The name for the album, he told me, had actually come from one of his […]
I was introduced to Kickin’ Valentina via their 2013 self-titled EP and after two fine full length releases – ‘Super Atomic’ (2015) and ‘Imaginary Creatures’ (2017) we’re back with a new singer D.K Revelle […]
When you think of French music ‘Rock’ isn’t normally the first genre that comes to mind, but for over a decade now Blackrain has been delivering the goods on behalf of our Hard Rocking French […]
On the eve of their 40th anniversary its great that a band like New Model Army is still making great music. Back in the day New Model Army was a band very much on […]
These days with technology the way it is recording your debut album with a help of guest musicians isn’t the logistical balancing act it used to be. As a result anyone with the connections […]
Michael Monroe’s new album ‘One Man Gang’ is twelve tracks of great Rock and Roll from an artist who seems to defy the odds with each release and just get better and better. OK […]
Thrash metal’s favorite partiers Municipal Waste have returned with a bit of a teaser release in the way of an EP titled “The Last Rager”. With only 4 short tracks on offer, there isn’t […]
For a lot of fans, their favorite Metallica album is one of the first five. Each one has something to recommend it. Debut album Kill ‘Em All (1983) with its rough, raw, mile-a-minute riffs […]
2018 was a huge year for Melbourne-based acoustic blues trailblazer Lloyd Spiegel, with his outstanding ‘Backroads’ album collecting #1 Blues & Roots accolades everywhere you looked. 2019 looks to be no different as Spiegel’s […]
Of all the fine independent bands out there are the moment I don’t think there are any better than Blacktop Mojo, a band we’ve been championing since we first heard them. This year things […]
If you want to hear an album by a young band that is brimming with promise and only seem inches away from hitting the nail on the head this is it. Like many new bands […]
Finally in 2019 we get another record from punk thrashers Toxic Holocaust and only fitting is the title “Primal Future: 2019”. It’s been 6 long years since “Chemistry Of Consciousness” was released and this […]
Matt Pearce is a founder member of UK rockers Voodoo Six and this May he’s stepped out and done something a little different with his first solo project with his band The Mutiny – putting […]
Some albums aren’t the sort of work you can easily categorize and the more personal they are the more the reviewer is doomed to failure by trying to put them in a box. Mike Thompson’s […]
Blues as we all know is an old man’s game, always has been and always will be. Somebody just better let Christone “Kingfish” Ingram know that as this 20 year old from Clarksdale, MS seems […]
Steel Panther the band the critics either love or hate but simply can’t ignore are back with another odyssey into the twilight world of spandex augmented Metal with their new offering ‘Heavy Metal Rules.’ […]
The Blues is wonderful, there you are working your way through the greats and everywhere you turn there’s ‘new’ artists like Big Daddy Wilson to discover who just blow your mind! The Blues is alive […]
Formed in 2016 in Southern Indiana Blind Perception is a 4-piece hard rock band with, as they say in their bio, “an eclectic mix of influences spanning 4 decades” and this 4 song EP is […]
It’s been a while since NYC’s Black Dawn released new material and I still consider their last release – 2014’s ‘Until We Meet’ EP a damned fine independent release. It’s a shame therefore that 5 […]
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