Reviews of albums, EP’s, DVD’s, music books and more
Lost Society hail from Finland but you wouldn’t know it judging by their punky thrash metal sound. I first discovered the band through their first album “Fast Loud Death” but not of the music funnily […]
The 15th studio album from thrash metal veterans Megadeth is upon us and despite the disappointment of the lead single “Fatal Illusion” that came out last year, the rest of the album is on […]
Prong have been seriously active these last few years with “Ruining Lives” released in 2014 and “Songs From The Black Hole” in 2015, which featured cover songs from influential punk and hardcore bands. 2016 sees […]
It’s been 5 years since Anthrax released their brilliant “Worship Music” album and many asked how the band was going top it. With the return of Joey Belladonna on vocals, the anticipation was fairly […]
To be honest I never really expect much from covers albums unless there’s a big name involved or some sort of clever twist is thrown into the mix, but to be honest this one is […]
This is a great fun dose of old school Rock with a hint of Metal from Italy’s all-girl ‘The Phoenix’. In truth it takes you back years sonically and yet at times seems strangely modern, […]
This AC/DC inspired hard rock band from Switzerland bring out their newest release in the form of “Hit The Gas” which serves up some true rock n’ roll. There’s a big AC/DC meets The Georgia […]
Great album…kinda sounds like Magnum at their peak. We take a look at one of this year’s most promising rock albums yet. Odd isn’t it how things stick in your mind but after listening to […]
Christian Rockers ‘Liberty N Justice’ may have been around since 1991 but on an EP that features the vocals of Larry Worley and all instruments by JK Northup and has no Justin Murr involvement it’s […]
There’s a lot to like about Primal Fear and their take on the sort of Metal Judas Priest have been making for decades, it’s raw, immediate and add in a bit of vintage Accept and […]
When great successful artists get older they should be making the music that is in their hearts, free to make statements that mean something, free of labels, free of pressure, free to create the most […]
Aussie Rock really has only one problem – AC/DC that hugely popular world beating colossus looms so large over the local Hard Rock scene that you’d turn over a million stones before you’d ever find […]
In a time when music fans have shorter attention spans and are heading more and more towards single tracks and digital downloads of random songs, Dream Theater does the complete opposite and creates an album […]
The much anticipated album by Dillinger Escape Plan front man Greg Puciato is on it’s way very shortly and at first listen this is as far removed from a Dillinger sounding record as you can […]
Craig Goldy is back and this time it’s with one time bandmate Vinny Appice on drums, ex-Bonham and Foreigner vocalist Chas West and ex-Lynch Mob and Dokken bassist Sean McNabb. What you get is an […]
One of the very best Rock debut albums in a long, long time came in 2013 from The Temperance Movement and so it’s no surprise that January’s release of ‘The White Bear’ is one of […]
5 months after Buckcherry unleashed ‘Rock N Roll’ comes the ‘deluxe’ version with additional tracks. The question is of course, great as the album was, is it worth putting your hand into your pocket again […]
Desert locations, an ice planet, forest scenes, good versus evil, children separated from their parents, a space station not just the size of a moon but inside a planet (and christened with the original surname […]
Unashamedly 80’s Hair metal – Snakebite Whisky is another in a long line of Australian bands who manage to capture the essence of the scene back in the day. Only an ‘EP’ – ‘Two Steps […]
The debut album “Risen From The Dead” from Victorian band Hobbsy has caught The Rockpit’s attention as we take a look at the tracks on offer. Big meaty grooves and ripping sleazy undercurrents raise Hobbsy […]
Loud raucous rock and roll never goes away and Rolling knows how to let it all hang out with an EP that channels a Bluesy Hard Rock deity by way of Hendrix, Punk, Rockabilly and […]
If you aren’t familiar with Harem Scarem but love classic Melodic Rock with powerful songs, melodies to die for and enough real class to stand well ahead of the pack then this career-spanning double live […]
Initial impressions can be wrong; for instance there’s an almost ‘Def Leppard meets the modern day’ feeling about ‘Blood Red Saints’ on the basis of opening track ‘Kickin’ Up Dust’. Equally if you loved Bon […]
OK so you can tell by the name that this band doesn’t hail from the US, and though there’s a nice vintage rock vibe to the sound there’s enough pop nous and colour to make […]
This is album number two from the collaboration between musician, songwriter and producer Daniel Flores (Issa, Seventh Wonder) and Robbie LaBlanc from Blanc Faces. It’s great Melodic AOR as you might expect. The sound here […]
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