Well they certainly kept that one quiet! Download have done it again and sneaked out another rather stonking lineup announcement. Coming onboard to play at Donington Park at Download’s tenth anniversary this time are none other than Killswitch Engage, recently reunited with original singer Jesse Leach in what promises to be one of the most…
Last week we brought you the first part of our very long exclusive interview with Symphony X’s singer and all around top guy Russell Allen. This is the second part of our interview with Mr Allen, so if you missed the first part you can read that by clicking the link here —> (Part 1…
In another good showing for rock and metal in the UK charts, we have news of a triple success. Beatles and all around rock legend Sir Paul McCartney has turned in another very good chart performance at the start of sixth decade in the music business as his latest album Kisses On The Bottom has…
Fresh from a support slot on last week’s UK tour with the mighty Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan have announced a very intimate show at The Relentless Garage in London for Thursday April 26th 2012. Tickets for the show will go on sale at 9am tomorrow morning (Wednesday 15th February) through seetickets.com. This is an…
Industrial metal legends Fear Factory have announced in the last few hours via their Facebook page that they have parted ways with their bassist of the last several years Byron Stroud (formerly of Strapping Young Lad, amongst other projects). Wasting no time, singer Burton C Bell and guitarist Dino Cazares have announced Byron’s replacement and…
In the latest installment of Rocksins’ huge exclusive interviews, we were very privileged to catch up with one of the finest voices in all of metal, Symphony X’s Russell Allen. Symphony X were in the UK at the end of October for a couple of shows as part of their 2011 European tour (you can…
Band: Epica Album: Requiem For The Indifferent Release Date: 9th March 2012 (13th March 2012 for the USA) Record Label: Nuclear Blast For Fans Of: Nightwish, Kamelot, Lacuna Coil, After Forever, Amaranthe, Symphonic Metal Epica are a band who on record up until this point I’ve not been too familar with, and my main knowledge…
To celebrate the release of their new album Bones, Young Guns announced the Bare Bones Club Tour, playing smaller venues across the UK. They arrived at Glasgow’s King Tut’s on the day of the records release. First band to grace the stage are Polar.[8] who deliver songs from their EP This Polar Noise as well…
A band long championed by this website, Rocksins good friends Triaxis have announced a co-headlining UK tour with Elimination. “The End Of Days” tour will take place across the month of March and take in several dates across both England and Wales. Elimination have recently released their new album “The Blood Of Titans” and their…
From the looks of the bright, wintery image that has appeared on Killswitch Engage’s official website (www.killswitchengage.com) in the last hour or so, it would appear that Killswitch’s original vocalist Jesse Leach has returned to fill the gap vacated by the departure of long time vocalist Howard Jones last month. Whilst Killswitch Engage haven’t actually…
