Fozzy Live At The Relentless Garage London Review

This show was the second show of the day for Fozzy, having played a matinee show earlier in the day with some different support bands. I was somewhat late arriving in the venue nearly an hour after the doors due to interviewing Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho (that interview coming in a mega exclusive on rocksins.com [...]

Opeth 20th Anniversary Show Live at The Royal Albert Hall

“We are bringing death metal into the fine halls of culture” announced Mikael Akerfeldt at one point during the second half of tonight’s performance. He was not wrong. Looking around the almost sold out Royal Albert Hall in the middle of a ten minute long Death Metal epic was a very surreal experience. I’m sure [...]

EastStrikeWest – The Boiler Room Guildford 19/03/2010

It was RockSins first time at the Boiler Room in Guildford. A small pub sized venue with a great atmosphere, a shame it wasn’t packed out because it was a great night for all, some great bands that youll see later on RockSins! But the purpose of the night for us was the great EastStrikeWest, and [...]

Forever Never & Skindred Live at The Quake Club Woking Review

So first up let me say this gig was so badly organised we felt sorry for the bands.There was some mix up along the way which left the bands pretty pissed off so we missed out on an interview with Skindred, BUT now that’s out the way I wanna get on with the live review, of [...]

Katatonia & Swallow The Sun Live in London Review

Fresh from my interview with Katatonia frontman Jonas Renkse (coming soon exclusively here on rocksins.com) in the side bar in the Garage that I never knew existed, I got to slip into the main room shortly before doors, so got a drink and got myself an excellent position for the opening band, Long Distance Calling [...]

Destrophy – Live Review at Jaxx

Destrophy, have you heard of them? Don’t worry, you sure as fuck will. These four architects of metal hail from Iowa and whatever the hell they put in the water there, the rest of world could definitely use a glass or two. From start to finish the show was balls to the wall brutality mixed [...]

Lostprophets Live at Brixton Academy Review

My most recent live encounter with Lostprophets at their Q Awards gig at The Forum in Kentish Town in October was for me, probably the worst live experience I have had in 7 years of seeing the Welsh 6 piece live, mainly due to the awful sound quality of the venue (nothing much wrong with [...]

Insomnium live at the Camden Underworld Review

I’ve been waiting to see Insomnium since I discovered their album “Above The Weeping World” when it was first released in early 2005, so nearly 5 years later I got the chance as they were supporting Swallow The Sun at The Underworld. This gig marked another first, as it was the first gig I ever [...]

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 [...]

Cab Ride Home – Live Review at Jaxx

I am willing to bet all of us have at least one story that involves drinking copious amounts of alcohol and comedic revelry. Out of these moments grand ideas are formulated and often brought to life only to be laughed upon and thrown back into the pit of stupidity. That is until one day someone [...]

Thy Will Be Done – Live Review at Jaxx

I was going to write a review on the entire lineup of this year’s Stillbornfest acts but it ended up being more so about one band than any of the others so I have decided to scrap my original plan and pay this band the homage that they deserve. When you hear Stillborn everyone automatically [...]

Sylosis Live at the Relentless Garage London

When you see a gig advertised jam packed with up and coming British Metal bands for the price of £8, you know you should be there, even more when the latest (and arguably greatest, sorry Malefice and Exit Ten) metal band to come out of Reading in the last few years, Sylosis, are headlining the [...]

The Red Chord – Live Review At The 9:30 Club

Imagine if you will, a vehicle so evil and menacing that the very sight of it strikes terror deep into your soul. Picture that evil beast exploding out of nowhere and charging towards you at unimaginable speeds followed by the loudest thunder you have heard. Feel your body being viciously thrown to the ground as [...]

Renae’s Top 10 Gig Memories of 2009

As some of you may know, I’m someone who LOVES going to gigs, getting to see, as well as be a part of the awesome atmosphere that bands produce at their live shows. What better way to end the year than to recap on my top 10 best gig memories from 2009: 10 – The [...]

Sex Slaves Live Review @ Jaxx Nov 18th

A couple of weeks ago I was talking with someone about upcoming shows at Jaxx, the local venue I catch most shows at. I made the comment that I wanted to go see the Sex Slaves and he proceeded to tell me just how blown away I would be if I went. I had listened [...]

All That Remains – Nov 11th at Ram’s Head Live

This past summer while at Mayhem Fest, I won front of line access to the meet and greet with All That Remains after their set. Up until that day I had only heard the few songs from the All That Remains catalog that get played everywhere online. I really hadn’t given them much thought before [...]

Kivimetsan Druidi Live Review

Seeing Kivimetsan Druidi was something I was looking forward to ever since I discovered them online a short while ago. My wish finally came true when KmD came through in their supporting role on Heathenfest America. As soon as they hit the stage you are immediately drawn into the world in which they live. War [...]

Taking Dawn Live Review

Back in August I bought my tickets to see All That Remains in November. As I was looking through the supporting acts I noticed these guys called Taking Dawn. Of course like any band I haven’t heard of before, I started to see what I could find out about these guys. I quickly found their [...]

Paradise Lost, Katatonia & Engel Live In London

After really enjoying Paradise Lost open up the Saturn stage on the Sunday of Sonisphere Knebworth, I was very interested in seeing them again. When they announced they were going to be playing Islington Academy with Scandavian Doom Metallers Katatonia, that was too good a show to pass up, so myself and my friend Matt [...]