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Deftones release video for “Rocket Skates”
Deftones have revealed their official video for their first single “Rocket Skates”. You can check out the awesome new video below. Or alternatively you can download the HD video by going to the link below and sending one Tweet:
http://deftones.promojam.com/promotions/rocketskates/authorization/new
Diamond Eyes is to be released on May 18th, and the tracklisting is as follows:
1. Diamond Eyes
2. [...]
7 New bands added to the UK Sonisphere 2010 lineup!
Skunk Anansie, Apocalyptica, Gallows, Funeral For A Friend, Fightstar, Madina Lake and Family Force 5 have all officially been confirmed for this years Sonisphere Festival UK, which takes place in Knebworth, UK from Friday 30th July – Sunday 1st August 2010.
The official press release reads:
In the eight years between 2001 – 2009,Skunk Anansie left a [...]
Job For A Cowboy Interview
We had time to catch up with Job For A Cowboy Bassist Brent Riggs, before they took the stage in support of Lamb Of God on Saturday 13th Feb at Brixton Academy, London.
Brent was kind enough to show us Job For A Cowboy’s tour bus, as well as answer a few questions about the band. [...]
Lamb Of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Stone Sour and Billy Idol added to Download Festival 2010 Lineup!
5 more bands have been added to the Lineup for Download Festival 2010! the press release reads:
“The excitement doesn’t end there though, as we’ve also added Jared Leto’s phenomenal THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS, SlipKnot frontman Corey Taylor’s other band STONE SOUR and iconic punk rocker BILLY IDOL to the line-up.
Also on the bill are LAMB [...]
Malefice Interview
We recently had time to catch up with Reading Metal band Malefice before their show at the Camden Underworld in London on Saturday 23.01.2010, supporting Kittie, alongside Forever never and It Dies Today. If you haven’t already, check out our gig review Here
Check out what the band have to say when we chat with them [...]
Kittie Live At Camden Underworld, With Forever Never, Malefice, It Dies Today
Kittie at Camden Underworld, London – 23/01/2010
Support – Forever Never, Malefice, It Dies Today
So after a slightly rocky start to my Saturday (I blame the trains), Myself and Darren were finally on our way to the Underworld, Camden, London to check out long time female metallers Kittie, supported by Forever Never, Malefice and It Dies [...]
Placebo release video for “Bright Lights”
The official promo video for PLACEBO’s 3rd single “Bright Lights”, Directed by Heroes For Zeroes and
produced by RedJam, has officially been released
The single is due to be released at the end of January, and is taken from the album “Battle For The Sun”, Check it out below and let us know what you think.
Pendulum preview new album “Immersion”
Pendulum are to unveil their eagerly anticipated new album “Immersion”, with an exclusive album preview DJ set at Ear Storm night at London’s Matter night-club tonight (January 22nd)
The set is due to be streamed live tonight through the following websites: http://pendulum.com, http://myspace.com/pendulum and http://live.breakbeat.co.uk/ giving every Pendulum fan a chance to hear their new material.
With [...]
Soundgarden To Reform
Soundgarden have officially announced that they are to reform, having announced the news via their website www.soundgardenworld.com, as well as through band frontman Chris Cornell’s official Twitter page.
The message reads “The 12 year break is over & school is back in session. Sign up now. Knights of the Soundtable ride again! www.soundgardenworld.com”
The band have not toured or played [...]
Warpath – Damnation
Warpath are a UK based metal band, which since forming in 2003 have gone onto become one of the biggest up-coming unsigned UK metal bands currently around, having been voted ‘The Best Unsigned Band of the Year’ by Terrorizer magazine in January 2009, as well as having a #1 Music video on Scuzz TV. Due [...]
Have Metallica let the big four out of the bag for Sonisphere?
Earlier this evening the Sonisphere Twitter page made the following announcement to its followers:
“More Sonisphere rock history-in-the-making to be announced very soon! Mega announcement follows…”
After seeing this, and doing a little digging about, it appears that the official Metallica website have possibly let the big announcement out of the bag, and that the Big Four [...]
Iron Maiden & Rammstein to headline Sonisphere!
Sonisphere festival have just announced that both Iron Maiden and Rammstein are set to headline the UK leg of the Sonisphere festival, which is due to take place from Friday 30th July – Sunday 1st August 2010!
Sonisphere press release:
“Yes it’s really true. Iron Maiden will perform their only UK show of 2010 and Rammstein will make their [...]
Oceans Upon Us Interview
Rocksins recently had time to catch up with Oceans Upon Us, an up and coming unsigned UK band, who have been nice enough to take some time out of their currently hectic schedule to have a chat with us about the band, and their upcoming EP “The Last Word” – which is currently due to [...]
Warpath Interview
Rockins has recently been lucky to catch up with Rich and Pete from the brilliant up and coming UK Metal band Warpath, Check it out below:
Rocksins: Hey guys how’s it going?
Rich: Great thanks!
Pete: Good thank you, rocking as always.
Rocksins: Tell us a little about Warpath – What would you say to people who know nothing [...]
Slipknot’s Mick Thomson shows off his Guitar rig
DunlopTV recently had time to catchup with Mick Thomson (Slipknot Guitarist) backstage before a gig. Bryan Kehoe of DunlopTV gets Mick to show off his guitar rig setup, and talk about their new Carbon Fiber Max Grip Jazz III guitar pick. Check out the full video below:
drowning pool post new studio update video
Drowning Pool have just released a new studio update video to let the fans know how their new album is coming along. Check it out below:
Devildriver BBC session streaming online
Devildiver recorded a three song session on Daniel P.Carter’s radio 1 Rock show last tuesday, but don’t worry if you missed it, as it has been put up on the Radio 1 website for anyone to stream! You can check it out at the link below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wq4s
The Three songs include “Pray For Villains”, “Another Night In [...]
Fallen Fate Interview
Here at Rocksins, we recently reviewed Fallen Fate’s brilliant début EP “Revengance”, Which can be checked out at the following location if you haven’t already: http://www.rocksins.com/2009/11/fallen-fate-revengance-2058/
We were so impressed after listening to the EP that we wanted to find out more about the band. Luckily for us Fallen Fate gladly took some time out to answer [...]
Fallen Fate – Revengance
I admit that I knew very little about Fallen Fate before now – an unsigned Thrash Metal Band from the North East UK. To my surprise however, upon starting the first track off of their début EP “Revengance” I immediately thought “Why aren’t these guys well-known?, or even signed to a label yet?!” – A question i’m [...]
Enemy Reign – Means to a dead end
Originating from Denver, Colorado, ENEMY REIGN is a band that does not adhere to the restrictions of a closed minded genre. Not afraid to draw influence from Early 90’s Death Metal, late 80’s Grindcore, East Coast Hardcore, and Bay Area Thrash, friends and fans have coined the term “metal for metalheads”
Metal for Metalheads this debut [...]