Behemoth – Nergal Diagnosed with Leukemia, wants to Raise Bone Marrow Donor Awareness

As recently reported on Rocksins, Behemoth frontman Adam “Nergal” Darski was recently admitted to hospital needing “multi-stage treatment”. Nergal himself has sadly confirmed that he is suffering (as many suspected) from Leukemia, and he is in need of a Bone Marrow transplant. We at Rocksins want to offer our support to Nergal and Behemoth, and [...]

My Dying Bride to Release 20th Anniversary Special Collection Evinta

2010 marks the 20th anniversary of the UK doom titans My Dying Bride, and to commemorate two decades of doom & gloom, the band embarked upon a project to re-work familiar melodies & themes from My Dying Bride’s extensive catalogue into long, flowing symphonic compositions, including new vocals & passages from Aaron Stainthorpe. These arrangements [...]

Seven Year Kismet Announce Tour, Single & Album Plans

Since forming in 2006, Seven Year Kismet have proved to be one of the hardest working band Metal bands in the UK. Released in 2008, their debut album ‘Not Without Incident’ received critical acclaim and with relentless dedication Seven Year Kismet have notched up over 550 live shows worldwide. Despite suffering a number of line-up [...]

Blue Gillespie – Synesthesia Review

This review has been slipping through the cracks a little recently so it is high time it finally saw the light of day. Blue Gillespie are a prog rock/metal collective aiming to join the rather large collection of successful rock and metal bands emerging from Wales in the last few years, and their debut full [...]

Behemoth – Frontman Nergal Rushed To Hospital

According to reports in the Polish media, frontman Adam “Nergal” Darski of Polish metal band BEHEMOTH was rushed to the Gdansk Medical University Hospital to receive treatment for an undisclosed illness. His manager, Jaroslaw Burdek, reportedly said that Darski had been ill for several days. At the moment there is no further news regarding Nergal’s [...]

Rocksins Sonisphere 2010 Preview

With Sonisphere Knebworth now hours rather than days away, we at Rocksins thought we’d take a little look at the UKs main challenger to Download and give you a bit of a preview of the line-up highlights in Sonisphere’s second year in the UK. Friday will bring lots of fun, games and fancy dress, as [...]

Fozzy Announce New Video For Let The Madness Begin

FOZZY, the band featuring WWE wrestling superstar CHRIS JERICHO and Stuck Mojo mastermind RICH WARD will be releasing a new video for “Let The Madness Begin” at Noon UK time, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. It was shot at the four intense UK shows the band played in May this year. The video link will be [...]

Malefice Confirmed for Sonisphere Knebworth

Reading Metallers MALEFICE have just been confirmed for Sonisphere 2010 which takes place at Knebworth between July 30th and August 1st 2010. Dale Butler wants to see you down there: “After working our asses off in Europe for most of the summer it was great to get home to this news. We’ve had a lot [...]

20 New Bands Added To Sonisphere Knebworth 2010

With just over a week to go, and an already stellar line up including exclusive headline appearances from IRON MAIDEN and RAMMSTEIN, plus a wealth of musical, comedic and other entertaining talent on offer, SONISPHERE FESTIVAL KNEBWORTH has iced the festival cake with the announcement of a further 20 acts. On BOHEMIA, current Terrorizer Magazine [...]

KITTIE ANNOUNCE MORE TOUR DATES WITH DEVILDRIVER, THE AUTUMN OFFERING

KITTIE have announced additional dates alongside DEVILDRIVER this summer. “We are extremely excited and honored to have been asked to participate in DEVILDRIVER’s upcoming headlining tour. We cannot wait to get out there and bring the insanity to both new and old fans alike. Add KATAKLYSM to the mix, and this is a definite must [...]

Coheed and Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez Pens Year of The Black Rainbow Novel

Claudio Sanchez of Coheed and Cambria and best selling author Peter David bring you: Year of the Black Rainbow – A prequel to the critically acclaimed The Amory Wars comic and music series. This novel is a powerful introduction into the fascinating mind of creator Claudio Sanchez and his fictional world of Heaven’s Fence. “There’s [...]

Dead Confederate Announce Free Downloadable Track & New Album ‘Sugar’

DEAD CONFEDERATE, a five-piece from Athens, Georgia, are all set to unleash their new album Sugar on the UK on August 23rd. Winter storms are punishingly cold and uncomfortable, but are an important source of water for spring growth. Likewise for Dead Confederate, the series of New Jersey blizzards that besieged the recording of sophomore [...]

Fozzy Return To The UK and Ireland With October Tour

FOZZY, the band featuring WWE wrestling superstar CHRIS JERICHO and Stuck Mojo mastermind RICH WARD have announced they will return to the UK for a lengthy jaunt in October that will also take in Ireland. FOZZY, who also feature SEAN DELSON and FRANK FONTSERE, made a whistle stop four shows in three day appearance here [...]

Attack Attack! Announce Debut UK Tour in October

“…The musical mash-up works well… Attack Attack! should be encouraged for seeking to reinvent the hitherto deeply stale metalcore genre” Rock Sound Flash-back to the late 1950′s when rock music was becoming the single most infectious phenomenon the world had ever seen. The people at the forefront of this era were the ones who had [...]

As I Lay Dying To Tour The UK in November

AS I LAY DYING will be touring the UK in November in support of their fantastic new album, ‘The Powerless Rise’. AS I LAY DYING recently destroyed Download 2010 and undertake their biggest UK jaunt to date. They will be supported by HEAVEN SHALL BURN plus more names to be announced soon. AS I LAY [...]

Avenged Sevenfold and Stone Sour Announce UK Co-Headlining Tour

Wednesday 14th July 2010 – Live Nation are thrilled to announce that two of the biggest names in rock– Avenged Sevenfold and Stone Sour, will be joining forces for a co-headline UK tour this autumn. Southern California’s Avenged Sevenfold last played in the UK to sold out crowds in 2008, when they also picked up [...]

Here Lies Affliction Play Secret Download 2010 Car Park Gig

Anyone who thought Unearth on Friday afernoon (or any of the bands from the boardies tent on Thursday night) were the opening band of the 2010 Download Festival can think again. Harrow hardcore-metal five piece Here Lies Affliction got the jump on everyone (including the Download security for awhile) by playing a gig in the [...]

Fozzy – Exclusive Interview With Chris Jericho

In rocksins.com biggest exclusive interview to date by far, I was lucky enough to catch up with multiple time WWE World Heavyweight Champion and Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho on the Fozzy tour bus before the second of their double header of shows at The Relentless Garage in Highbury, London a couple of weeks ago. Read [...]

Fozzy – Chasing The Grail Album Review

Five years after the release of their breakthrough album All That Remains, The “huge rock stars” of Fozzy, led by Chris Jericho and Stuck Mojo’s Rich Ward return with their new album Chasing The Grail, an album that has been attracting almost universal praise from all corners. What do we at Rocksins think of it? [...]

Sylosis Part Ways With Vocalist Jamie Graham

Reading thrashers and rocksins favourites Sylosis have issued the following statement on their MySpace blog: Rumors have been circulating for a few days now and we can confirm that Jamie is no longer a part of Sylosis. We’ve felt we’ve been growing apart and pulling in different directions for a while now. It was a [...]

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