Based in New Zealand, the site was founded by British writer Garry Sharpe-Young, and was backed by a small team of international writers who contribute to the site.
The site also featured extensive and unique band biographies, many of which were the result of direct, first-hand interviews with band members conducted by Sharpe-Young during his many years as a heavy metal journalist.
Additional features included extensive discographies, pictures of the bands, their logos and their albums covers, upcoming concerts and album reviews.
The site went without updates for some time, bearing a message that a new expanded version of Rockdetector is on its way.
On 1 September 2008 the site started after more than one year of re-programming and testing with an improved concept, layout and a re-designed database under the new name Musicmight.com with 60,000 artists and 144,000 persons included in the database.