Gary Numan, Corey Taylor + 15 more bands announced for Sonisphere Festival UK

Sonisphere have announced the addition of Gary Numan, Corey Taylor and 15 other bands to the current 2010 UK Lineup. Check out the press release and full list of band additions below: Gary Numan Corey Taylor Six Hour Sundown Don Bronco General Fiasco Endless Dark Japanese Voyers Allies Rsj Tom Hollister Trio Outcry Collective Voodoo [...]

Red Bull Bedroom Jam Line-up Announced!

The bands that have made it into the Red Bull Bedroom Jam line-up have been announced! Check out the press release below: The results are in! After 16 weeks of live webcasts beamed straight from the bedrooms of young up and coming bands, this year’s Red Bull Bedroom Jam has come to a close and [...]

Download Festival 2010 Bands To Watch – Jamie

Continuing on from the choices Chris made, Jamie has also picked his top 5 bands to see at Download, along with a few honourable mentions and even a couple of small festival tips! Check it out below: 1)Megadeth If there’s one band you have to see at Download 2010, it’s Megadeth. Known the world over [...]

Download Festival 2010 Bands To Watch – Chris

In the run up to Download Festival 2010, which is now only a matter of days away – Some of us at Rocksins have decided to pick our top 5 bands which we think you should see if you have the chance at Download this year. First up with his choices is Chris: Ok, so [...]

Download Festival 2010 Stage Times Revealed

Download Festival have announced the stage times for this years lineup! Check it out at the link below and let us know what you think. http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/lineup/index.aspx Finally, If you haven’t already checked it out – Download have their webcam feed setup, so you can watch the arena take shape before you arrive! Use the link [...]

Sonisphere lays out Friday night party plans

Sonisphere have announced more details about their plans for Friday night at this years festival, including Fancy Dress, Alice Cooper, and a world record attempt! Check out the press release below: “Team Sonisphere are getting ready to kick off the 2010 festival with an fucking brilliant start – a Friday night full of fun, frolics, [...]

Wolfmother Pull Out Of Download 2010

Download have today announced that Wolfmother have had to pull out of this years Download Festival. They have however managed to book the awesome Killswitch Engage to replace them! Check out the press release below and let us know what you think: “We’ve just had a message from the team at the Wolfmother camp, who [...]

Sonisphere Day by Day Breakdown & Day Ticket Info

Sonisphere have released some more info about this years UK festival, by providing a day by day breakdown of their current lineup, as well as information about Day tickets – Which are due to go on sale tomorrow (25/05/2010 at 9am) Check out the press release below: SINGLE DAY TICKETS TO GO ON SALE 9AM [...]

Slipknot Bassist Paul Gray found dead – Confirmed

Reports are circulating that Paul Gray, Bassist for Slipknot has been found dead this morning by a Local hotel worker – 24/05/2010 Paul, Who is known as #2 in Slipknot was aged 38, and was expecting his first child with his wife Brenna later this year. It appears that his Wikipedia page has been updated to [...]

Skindred & 13 more bands added to Sonisphere UK 2010!

Sonisphere Festival UK 2010 have gone and added another 14 bands, including the excellent Skindred! Check out the band additions and official press release below: SKINDRED 65DAYSOFSTATIC Black Spiders Sylosis Throats The Boys With The Xray Eyes The Casino Brawl Slaves To Gravity Audrey Horne After The Ordeal Little Fish Lower Than Atlantis Cars On [...]

The Best Tattoos In Metal – Winners Announced!

So after a long road of voting, and knock outs we have been left with two finalists battling it out to be crowned as the person with the best tattoos in metal. Phil Anselmo vs Jenn Arroyo! Readers Poll: With a landslide 109 votes, against 61 votes, Jenn Arroyo has clearly been your favourite since [...]

14 New acts added to Sonisphere festival UK!

That’s right! 14 more acts have been added to this years Sonisphere festival UK. Check out the list below and let us know what you think! BANDS: SOULFLY TURISAS BIGELF DELAIN KARNIVOOL 80’S MATCHBOX KATATONIA POLAR BEAR CLUB HEAVEN’S BASEMENT THE UNION COMEDY: TIM MINCHIN JARRED CHRISTMAS ANDREW O’NEILL SEAN HUGHES Here’s What Sonisphere have [...]

15 more bands added to download festival lineup

Download Festival have today announced 15 more bands for this years lineup, including the band T-34, which apparently features The Pub Landlord himself…Al Murray on drums. Check out the 15 bands below and let us know what you think! SUICIDAL TENDENCIES GENITORTURERS KILLING FOR COMPANY GODSIZED MAX RAPTOR THE MORNING AFTER BEN POOLE FUNERAL PARTY [...]

Deftones release video for Diamond eyes

Deftones have just released the video for Diamond Eyes, the 2nd song to be released from their upcoming album “Diamond Eyes”. Check it out below and let us know what you think!

30 new bands added to Download festival lineup!

Proving that Download is THE ultimate rock festival with an already phenomenal line-up, we can reveal that another 30 incredible, eclectic acts have been confirmed for the year’s most famous and anticipated weekend in rock. One of the supreme guitar legends of all time, Slash will step onto the Download stage for the first time [...]

Skindred Interview

We recently had chance to have a chat with Benji from Skindred during their show in Reading at Sub89, supported by Malefice, Forever Never and Revoker. Here’s what he had to say: Rocksins: We had chance to catch you at your Woking show earlier this month, how did it go for you? Benji: The energy [...]

GN’R, Arcade fire and Blink 182 To Headline Reading Festival 2010

Festival Republic have just announced that Guns N’ Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink 182 are all set to headline this years  Reading / Leeds festival! Other big acts include Queens of the stone age, Biffy Clyro, Cypress Hill, Weezer, The Libertines, Limb Bizkit and Pendulum. Check out all of the other announced bands on the [...]

22 New bands added to download festival 2010

22 new bands have just been announced for Download festival 2010, along with the news of Day tickets and stage splits. Check out the press release below: Ladies and gentlemen, behold you’re next batch of bands confirmed on the Download line-up – a staggering 22 of them, crossing all sorts of genres and generations – [...]

Eaststrikewest Interview

We recently had a chance to catch up with Tom Clark (Vocals) and Joseph Smyth (Bass) from the upcoming band Eaststrikewest, shortly before their live show at the Boileroom, Guildford on Friday 19/03/2010 Have a listen to what they had to say below: Click Here To Play Let us know what you think in the [...]

Forever Never Interview

Myself and Neil recently had time to check out the awesome Forever Never when they played at the Quake club, Woking, In support of Skindred on their latest tour. Check out our review for the show HERE We were also fortunate enough to have a chat after the gig with Forever Never’s guitarist Jack Mackrill. [...]

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