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Tennessee country rocker Charlie Bonnett III may not be a name readers at The Rockpit will be familiar with but when you get a letter from the man himself in which he self affacingly states […]
It’s a hard life living the Delta Blues when you call Melbourne home, but on listening to this The New Savage’s third EP you’d swear this two piece outfit from Victoria was from rather closer […]
The last time we heard from Lucid Fly was when we received a copy of their magnificent ‘Escape Stage EP’ back in 2012 (the EP itself was released in 2009). This year a copy of […]
Satyricon are one of those bands that love to stir the pot so to speak and musically while they started out as your traditional black metal band, have gone on to create some truly […]
When the album cover art to a record named ‘The Missing Peace’ shows a beaten band logo with the missing ‘piece’ bearing the name ‘Guns’ you kind of get the idea, it’s not subtle but […]
King Parrot is from another planet, their style of music is unrelenting, ugly, nasty but it’s like a million shots fired to your body and you don’t know where the bullets are coming from. […]
Dallas residents ‘Three Lane Road’ are purveyors of some mighty fine Melodic Hard Rock and there’s little doubt about that. It’s a genre that is going through a rather extravagant resurgence at the moment, with […]
Rhode Island pop punk quartet Makeout release their debut full length album titled ‘The Good Life’ through Rise Records. We take an in-depth look at the tracks on offer and what to expect when […]
British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Steve Newman has been producing great melodic rock for over twenty years now. This his 11th album is no exception – indeed it might just be up there with his best, […]
The Beatles of course rule the world of music, always have and as far as influence and record sales go they are unlikely to ever be surpassed. I spoke to Jon Stevens the other day, […]
Those who love not just their Aussie Rock but their Hard Rock in general will have heard the name Kings of the Sun the band formed back in the 80’s by brothers Jeffrey and Clifford […]
Touted as one of the top ‘live’ Rock acts in the UK and just off a European tour with Tarja (ex-Nightwish) it’s taken Birmingham’s Devilfire 4 years to release their debut album ‘Dark Manoeuvres’. If you’re […]
Perth Has some great band leading scene stalwarts Grotesque are no exception and return with an absolute rip snorter of an album. Band’s can sometimes feel and sound like they want to out blast […]
Wow!! When you hear this album you’ll be left with the wondering feeling of how this band can bring something this intense into the scene. Dark, brutal, epic, this is the soundtrack to an […]
Cold World, the debut album from Chicago modern rockers Frontline is a light melodic affair. Opening track ‘Follow’ comes across like a heavier Collective Soul, or early Shinedown, maybe even a more soulful Train. It’s […]
After a trio of cracking latter day albums starting in 2013 with ‘Beautiful Curse’ which was swiftly followed by 2014’s ‘Black Eyed Sons’ and 2015’s ‘St Cecilia and the Gypsy Soul’ The Quireboys latest foray 2016’s […]
When I say that this is unexpectedly good I mean no disrespect, but I really wasn’t expecting this sort of quality recording from a band largely unknown outside of the US and on their third […]
I have a confession to make, I’ve sat on this album for far too long. I’ve played it a dozen or more times, dashed off three reviews and here I am starting all over again. Over […]
There a dark and progressive-tinged beauty to the title track of Blackfinger’s second album ‘When Colors Fade Away’: its a song that starts out like a heady mix of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin before […]
As a relative later-comer to the music of Jon Stevens he’s always been a solo artist to me rather than the ex-lead vocalist of iconic Aussie band Noiseworks. ‘Starlight’ is his tenth solo release and his highest […]
When Black Stone Cherry released ‘Kentucky’ just over a year ago the band took their sound all the way back to their roots – using the same hometown studio that they recorded their debut and it […]
THE ONLY OCEAN dubs themselves as atmospheric rock, which I’m not sure what that entirely means, although if going by definition to describe this genre, I would say this might give a new listener […]
It hardly seems fair on the opposition does it? The wild power and soul of Glenn Hughes remarkable voice and fluid and intricate bass that can make you weep at one minute and bleed the […]
If the name ‘Rosemont’ is unfamiliar to you then cast your mind back to cast your mind back to 2013 and ‘First Taste’ the debut album from a South Australian Sleaze Rock band with the […]
There’s just the right amount of grunt in the guitars and more than enough melody in opening track ‘We Belong’ to make you believe that Rob Wyldes’ latest band ‘Midnite City’ might really have created […]
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