The man who fronted Fear Factory for over two decades is releasing new music and hitting the road which includes a visit to Australia this June for four intimate shows. With two singles out we […]
Metal United World Wide (MUWW) is a project which brings together metal bands, fans, show organisers, media and other supporters for one big event. The idea is to have metal shows all over the […]
New Wave of Traditional American Heavy Metal band CORNERS OF SANCTUARY (COS) announce the release of their latest EP, “Cut Your Losses” which is now available via Exquisite Noise Records, USA. Purchase link – […]
Great band Armored Saint – to me they were the one band that perfectly stood astride Metal and Hard Rock and really ‘got’ both genres. Since The Rockpit’s inception there have been two albums – […]
After completing a successful tour with ILL NINO, as part of their ’15 Years of Revolution’ Anniversary Tour in U.S.A., VTT released a new full length album, ‘The Sun Shining Cold’ which was produced by […]
“Possibly best known as one of the founding members of DGM, guitarist Diego Reali left the Italian progressive power metal band in 2005 to pursue other musical interests. He dabbled with various forms but came back […]
It’s been well over a year since Lamb Of God’s last album “VII: Sturm Und Drang” was released and while they are still out there in support of that release, the band have now put […]
The Violent Sleep Of Reason, the band’s eighth full-length studio album, finds Meshuggah building upon their legacy for fearless metal sculpting within the context of extreme metal, but also recapturing some of the magic and […]
Bay Area thrash veterans Testament have done it again with their latest album “Brotherhood Of The Snake”, making it one of the contenders for metal album of the year. The signature Testament sound, the thrashy […]
After three years of vigorously touring the world, Red Fang re-emerge with their latest full-length album, Only Ghosts. Produced by the legendary Ross Robinson (At The Drive In, The Cure, Slipknot, and many more) […]
When it comes to the prospect of a fourth Airbourne album, who out there was anticipating the lads from Warrnambool would deliver anything but the loud and proud, raucous riff mongering rock n roll that […]
Crobot’s debut ‘Something Supernatural’ featured highly in our lists of the year back in 2014 and after a wait of almost 2 and a half years the follow up was always going to be interesting. […]
Four albums with Stryper, two solo albums and throw in Sweet & Lynch – Michael Sweet sure has been a man on a mission these last 5 years. And I for one, sure am not […]
Perth heavy progressive outfit Nucleust step things up for their second EP release titled “Resistivity” which sees the band move to a different direction again. Our resident metal writer Steve takes a look at […]
San Diego brutalists Carnifex return with a new slab of unrelenting terror in the form of the new album “Slow Death”. Steve gives a rundown of the new songs. The very first thing that I […]
It seems the UK is brimming with a lot of that washy, stoner, psych kind of rock right now, a genre that is primarily influenced by such British stalwarts like Black Sabbath and later, Orange […]
After a debut album that scorched the turntable, Scorpion Child is back. The question is will the ‘difficult second album’ curse strike? Of course not… Opener ‘She Sings I Kill’ hits nice and hard and […]
Death Angel released one of their best albums to date in 2013 with “The Dream Calls For Blood” which The Rockpit named metal album of the year. The band release “The Evil Divide” on May […]
Hailing from Denmark, this 5 piece sludge/stoner/doom band who were originally named Dodning are a band that people need to check out if you are a fan of any of sludge stuff. Ranging from influences […]
Laden heavy with big chunky riffs and with the axle kept from the ground with some liquored, smoky vocals ‘A Rebel Few’ have a great starting point. The fact that they have the songs and […]
Looking at the cover you might be thinking Symphonic Metal but Innerwish is distinctly, unapologetically old school Metal. Power, speed, fist waving and grand hand gestures come to mind whilst listening to the powerful, flowing […]
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 […]
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