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 [...]

Boys With X-Ray Eyes announced as opener for Funeral For A Friend Club Tour

After a jam-packed summer of song-writing and touring, Newports Boys With X-Ray Eyes have been added as openers on the Funeral For A Friend November club tour. Main support comes from up and coming UK metallers Rise To Remain. July was a big month for the band – a Sunday afternoon slot at the 2010 [...]

The Sword Release Concept Album

One of the foundations of the metal revival of the past ten years, Austin TX’s The Sword have released two flawless slabs of vintage heaviness on Kemado Records, toured the world with Metallica, and were one of the first bands to lock into a whole new legion of fans through Guitar Hero. This summer, the [...]

BONDED BY BLOOD ‘PROTOTYPE: DEATH MACHINE’ VIDEO AVAILABLE

Pomona, California thrashers BONDED BY BLOOD recently shot a new music video for the track “Prototype: Death Machine”, which comes off the band’s new album, EXILED TO EARTH. The video for “Prototype: Death Machine” was filmed with director DAVE VORHES, and sees BONDED BY BLOOD gearing up as a group of rebels as they fight [...]

QUEENSRYCHE signs to Roadrunner Records

Four-time Grammy nominees QUEENSRYCHE have signed a multi-album, worldwide deal with Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Records. The band’s label debut –their twelfth studio album- is tentatively scheduled for a Spring 2011 release. Singer and founder Geoff Tate remains the creative nucleus of the band, which continues to make against-the-grain hard rock. Since their inception over 25 [...]

OPETH announce free download and Royal Albert Hall CD/DVD/vinyl ltd edition box set

On 20th September, OPETH release ‘In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall’, a 2DVD/3CD set comprising of both sets performed at this year’s anniversary concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London (audio and visual), a behind the scenes documentary and an interview with Opeth’s frontman Mikael Akerfeldt. As well as the aforementioned package, there [...]

SLIPKNOT to release Download Festival Footage on DVD

On June 13th 2009, SLIPKNOT headlined the annual Download Festival at Donington Park, Derbyshire, performing in front of a packed house of 80,000 fans.  The performance was, in typical Slipknot fashion, electric, coming hot on the heels of one of the strongest years in Slipknot’s illustrious and storied career.  Now that show is to be [...]

OZZFEST UPDATE

The legendary touring behemoth that is OZZFEST hits the UK with a one-off date at London’s O2 arena on September 18th 2010. Headliner OZZY OSBOURNE will be accompanied on the main stage by some of the biggest names in metal, including KORN, MURDERDOLLS, STEEL PANTHER and SKINDRED. Now,OZZFEST can reveal a further four acts, who will play on the JAGERMEISTER [...]

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS Premiere New Song From Forthcoming Album

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS have posted the song “Final Destiny of the Gods,” the first new song from their anticipated second album In the Absence of Light to their official MySpace page. Fans can have their first listen by visiting:http://www.myspace.com/abigailwilliams. Recorded at Conquistador Studios in Cleveland, Ohio, In the Absence of Light was mixed by Peter Tagtgren (Dimmu Borgir, [...]

Tweak Bird – Free Mp3 Download of Lights In Lines

Tweak Bird Free MP3 Download FREE DOWNLOAD: LIGHTS IN LINES – http://www.souterraintransmissions.com/media/mp3/17700/17700.mp3 After completely slaying the UK & Europe on their recent May 2010 tour that saw them call in at The Great Escape, Stag & Dagger and a superb you’ll-claim-you-were there showing at Brixton’s The Windmill, the mighty Tweak Bird announce their debut album [...]

Black Label Society – Order Of The Black Album Review

In somewhat unknown personal territory for this album, the last 12 months have seen Wylde’s life radically altered. First, doctors discovered blood clots in his leg. Then, the second bomb dropped. Ozzy announced he was looking for a new guitarist. So, what does a man do in that situation. I guess he straddles his Harley [...]

WITHIN TEMPTATION upgrade UK show

Due to phenomenal demand, the March 30th WITHIN TEMPTATION show at London’s O2 Academy Shepherds Bush has now moved to the O2 Academy Brixton. Tickets purchased for the original venue are still valid. To buy tickets, visit http://www.o2academybrixton.co.uk/event/18065/within-temptation-tickets. The band are currently hard at work composing material for their sixth studio album, which is set for release early [...]

GRAND MAGUS confirmed for Arch Enemy tour

Swedish warriors GRAND MAGUS are delighted to announce their return to the UK, as special guests to Arch Enemy. Four dates in November are currently on sale. Opening the bill each night will be Malefice and Chthonic. These will be the first UK appearances by the metal trio since the release of their latest record [...]

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 [...]

FOREVER NEVER ANNOUNCE HEADLINE TOUR AND ‘I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S NOT METAL’ COVERS EP

Continuing a hectic 2010 that has already seen a UK tour with Kittie, UK & European tour with Skindred and a recent main support to Fozzy, FOREVER NEVER have confirmed they will release a covers EP in October to coincide with a headline tour. The tour and EP are to be appropriately entitled “I Can’t [...]

AVANTASIA – THE METAL OPERA COMES TO TOWN

“It’s gonna be a once-in-a-lifetime affair!” said Avantasia mainman Tobias Sammet when the all-star project set off on a world tour a few years ago. And although it seemed to be impossible to bring the project onto the stage after an extensive preparatory time, Avantasia headlined some of the biggest summer festivals in 2008. To [...]

BLOODSTOCK – LINE UP CHANGES AND EVENT INFO REVEALED

With only two days to go until the 10th anniversary of the UK’s only true outdoor Heavy Metal Festival, BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR is full steam ahead with preparations. First of all, some last minute changes to the line-up. We have just received news that BEHEMOTH frontman NERGAL was rushed to hospital, and as a result has been forced [...]

BEHEMOTH FRONTMAN MAKES OFFICIAL STATEMENT

BEHEMOTH FRONTMAN NERGAL has made the following official statement regarding his recent admission to hospital. “Dear All, I’d like to announce that Behemoth won’t be able to tour for the foreseeable future. I don’t wanna bore you with details here, but I’m sick and am receiving some serious medical treatment. It’s gonna take another few [...]

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