Metal Gig Reviews

Paradise Lost, Insomnium & Vreid Live Review From The London Scala (April 29th 2012)

Review and photos by our friend Jayde Ashford, who if you wish you can follow on twitter here. The atmosphere within the venue cannot be described as being electric, although there is a sense of anticipation in the air as Vreid takes to the stage within mere minutes of the… Read More »

Lostprophets & Modestep At The Cambridge Corn Exchange: Live Review 1st of May 2012

Upon arrival at The Cambridge Corn Exchange for this evenings’ show, two things were readily apparent: Lostprophets’ Cambridge fanbase were out in force, and judging by the sound check going on that was very audible through the walls of the building, support band Modestep were bringing a huge sound with… Read More »

Of Mice & Men Live @ Glasgow Cathouse

Opening the show are the Japanese metalcore band Crossfaith [7], They aren’t exactly reinventing the wheel with their sound, but it’s undeniably fun music. The highlight of their set is a heavy as fuck cover of The Prodigy’s Omen, which causes the Cathouse to go completely nuts. Opening with recent… Read More »

Rammstein Live Review from Nottingham’s Capital FM Arena

We at Rocksins like to be able to bring our readers all types of metal gig reviews and Rammstein provide a live experience unlike any other musical act on the planet, never mind any other rock or metal band. There is a level of pagentry and theatre that is unmatched… Read More »

Pelican Live Review From The Relentless Garage London 7th April 2012

The Garage in Highbury & Islington, both before and after its closure and subsequent refit has played host to dozens of fantastic gigs by all manner of artists over the years and expectations were high that Pelican, who are seen as one of the leaders of the post-metal genre, would… Read More »

Amon Amarth Live @ Glasgow ABC

Opening with War of The Gods, Amon Amarth are welcomed to Glasgow with rapturous applause. The Swedish Vikings treat the Glaswegian crowd to 16 slabs of Norse mythology based death metal, and to be honest, who doesn’t like heavy metal songs about Vikings and Thor? The majority of the set… Read More »

TRC Live @ Glasgow Cathouse

TRC announce before they begin their set that the other support band supposed to be playing tonight have pulled out, the crowd are furious. This is exactly the reaction they were looking for. TRC strive in this environment. For a band that haven’t been around for that long, they already… Read More »