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Three albums in Carbon Black has really hit their stride and with mixing by the inimitable Kevin Shirley and a guest spot by Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens there ‘s more than a few bells and whistles […]
It doesn’t happen very often but some bands come along who really move the needle in rock n roll, they create a dividing line where you can separate the established bands of the genre and […]
Hailing from Rennes, France power trio ‘Janis Madison’ has spent the pandemic keeping themselves busy. With a 100% D.I.Y. attitude they crowdfunded an 8 track EP (two of the tracks War and ‘Rape’ are […]
The combination of Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram and producer Tom Hambridge worked wonderfully well last time around on the debut so why change want ain’t broke? They team up again on ‘662’ and whilst there’s […]
Hell In The Club are one of the most exciting bands of the modern hard rock movement, These guys started out as a side project formed by members of power metal bands Elvenking and Secret […]
With the majority of compositions here written by the team of drummer John Hahn and guitarist/producer Will Kimbrough who supply 7 of the twelve tracks there’s a lovely thread of storytelling running through this record […]
Joe Bonamassa called Chris Cain his favourite Blues player on the scene today “with the voice of B.B. King and the chops of Albert King” – it’s a huge statement but one that has you […]
A large part of what got me reacquainted with the Blues when this website began wasn’t the old timers out there still going strong or the young guns blazing away, it was these guys […]
Twenty years after their last release ‘Illusion’ a new record from Germany’s Jester’s Tears lands at Rockpit HQ a year and a half after its release and with an apology from Australia Post that […]
This month marks one full year since the debut album from Chez Kane stormed the scene, An album that ended up in the top of many lists of the best releases from last year which […]
Perth’s Electric State have been playing live shows over the past few years to great responses, appearing in the wonderfully pre-pandemic days of 2019 before we all found out a lot about what is […]
Gone Savage are an original UK rock band formed from former members of Sweet Sin, Sam Thunder and Dare. Now you may well have heard of Dare and even Sweet Sin but I only […]
There are a LOT of incredible rock bands out there if you take the time to look, Many of the best I’ve come across come from Sweden, There must be something in the water […]
Most people of course will know Sixx AM as the bassist out of Motley Crue’s ‘other band’, and so the the release of an album entitled ‘Hits’ might be a little confusing – we’re […]
Tobias Forge states that he drew his inspiration for Ghost’s latest album from The Rule of Empires, a book about empires. Unsurprisingly, he says that Impera is “about the rise and ultimately the inescapable […]
There’s an assuredness about the perfect AOR of opener ‘She is the Night’ that makes you realise how good these guys are at pulling off the sweet soft sounds of the early 80’s. Sadly […]
If you haven’t yet heard the name Eric Gales yet shame on you, and if you haven’t checked out his music then you don’t know what you’re missing. Eric’s brand-new album ‘Crown’ was released […]
What do you get when you put together the original guitarist of The Dog’s D’Amour and the original vocalist of L.A. Guns? Magic… You get magic. The swelling Hammond and catchy refrain of ‘Tree For […]
It’s been a few years now since Chip took over vocal duties with Enuff Z’Nuff and as part of the latest three album deal with Frontiers comes the second release – a solo album […]
One wonders how a guy with only three studio releases during his lifetime has a posthumous discography reaching well into double digits. This is without even counting unofficial recordings. Like many legacy artists, Hendrix’s swelled […]
I’ve had a soft spot from Finnish music ever since I was a very young teen and discovered the legendary Hanoi Rocks. For a country with a population of less than 6 million they […]
About a dozen years ago I travelled to the US to see Scorpions final tour catching them at the Rock In America Festival in Oklahoma where we got to chat back stage (and interestingly […]
It’s been five long years since I last had the pleasure in getting acquainted with a Shaman’s Harvest record. But the good news is here – the new album ‘Rebelator’ is out on March […]
As someone who thought that Love/Hate’s 1990 debut ‘Blackout in the Red Room’ was one of the best and most intriguing releases to come out of L.A. in the late eighties/early nineties and had […]
My editor has been telling me for years that Myke Gray who played guitar and wrote for Skin, Jagged Edge and Red, White & Blues has wrote some of the best songs of the period. […]
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