We will do this again my friends, I swear to fuckin’ god”. Words spoken by Corey Taylor at the conclusion of Slipknot’s mind blowing headline set at the 2009 edition Download Festival. Slipknot delivered one of the all time great metal festival headline performances that night, a show which is one of the greatest in…
Gojira. The name elicits joy amongst hordes of metal fans young and old alike, and now the time has come for the progressive French metal quartet to bring their new masterpiece L’Enfant Sauvage (along with a collection of their old works) to the public at large. Gojira have lined up a month long European tour,…
After the Facebook leak of yesterday (see here), it wasn’t going to take the powers at be at Castle Donington long to have to confirm their second headliners for Download 2013, and at 10am today they duly obliged. A visit to the official Download Festival website will now see the Rammstein logo sitting proudly next…
After the the leaked news courtesy of Rammstein’s Facebook page (see our post on the story here) that they would be headlining the closing night of Download 2013, there was the small matter of the official announcement on the Download Festival website. It wasn’t 100% clear whether Rammstein were the band who were going to…
In the time honoured tradition of bands messing up major announcements by posting on their Facebook pages (such as how Soundgarden leaked a whole bunch of the Download Festival 2012 lineup last year), German industrial metal legends Rammstein have put their 2013 Summer Festival calendar up on their Facebook page and on June 16th 2012…
The rumours have been rife ever since the dust and dirt settled on Download 2012 and those eager for their first bit of news about next years’ installment of metal mayhem at Donington won’t have to wait much longer. The official Download Festival Facebook Page has changed their header image to a banner saying “first…
Its been rumoured, suggested and threatened for the last three years (even to the point where the band’s legendary frontman Chris Jericho himself once told Rocksins they were negotiating over an appearance) but plans for Bloodstock Open Air 2013 have now really kicked off with a blast and the news that FOZZY will be making…
With a brand new album on the way in a couple of weeks time and with the band due to hit the UK with Rocksins’ favourites Bowling For Soup as well as Patent Pending in the second half of October, we are very lucky that The Dollyrots guitarist Luis Cabezas has given us some of…
Legends of the more ambient and drone based reaches of the metal world, Neurosis are returning with their eagerly awaited new album entitled “Honor Found In Decay” next month. The album will be released on October 29th in the UK and Europe and will be released on their own label, Neurot Recordings (if you fancy…
With their impending first major UK headline tour just a few weeks away, Jettblack are raising interest for the shows for existing and new fans alike by releasing a brand new music video. The song, “Prison of Love”, is the second single to come from the bands most recent album “Raining Rock” which was released…
