Feed The Rhino have just finished their first ever UK headline tour, in support of the superb sophomore album The Burning Sins. Rocksins had the opportunity to have a chat with them during that tour. This is your first headline tour, how has it been so far? Chris Kybert: It’s been really good, especially London at the Borderline. Sam…
In news that will devastate and probably please equal numbers of people, the band that took emo into the mainstream in the biggest way a few years ago have called it a day. My Chemical Romance have announced, after twelve years together, the band are calling it a day. A short and simple statement was…
Anyone who loves their classic rock will want to pay particular attention to this announcement. Black Star Riders, born from the ashes of the last Thin Lizzy lineup and featuring Lizzy members Ricky Warwick, Damon Johnson, Scott Gorham and Marco Mendoza combining forces with former Megadeth sticks man Jimmy DeGrasso have made their first announcement…
One of the UK’s most successful rock bands of all time, two time headliners of Download Festival and one of only a handful of acts to have ever had two diamond albums in the US charts (10,000,000 sales per album), Def Leppard are kicking off the start of their 2013 with a bang. The Sheffield…
With the 2013 edition of the Bloodstock Open Air Festival already boasting arguably Bloodstock’s most diverse bill in it’s history, the organisers have added yet more rock and metal to be enjoyed by the festival goers. Top of the pile for the latest announcement are Swedish power metal favourites Sabaton. Riding as high as they…
Bullet For My Valentine recently played the Camden Roundhouse promoting latest album ‘Temper Temper’ so James went down to check them out to see whether despite the negative feedback surrounding new album Temper Temper they’ve still “got it” live. Miss May I (7) kick off this evening’s entertainment; they’re fairly standard metalcore fodder but are…
Hold the Fight’s debut mini album – ‘With a Breath and a Hope’ offers the listener a unique take on bands such as Funeral for a Friend. Where Funerals guitar are loaded up with distortion however, ‘Hold the Fight’ have adopted a more ‘twangy’ (for want of a better word) indie-centric guitar tone. That’s not…
Scott Ian is something of a metal legend. Part of one of the big four of thrash in his role as Anthrax guitarist, as well as being a member of The Damned Things, Scott has led a very interesting and colourful life. After performing his first spoken word show as part of the “Rock Stars…
Darkthrone, since the early 1990s, have pioneered and influenced many artists under the broad ‘metal’ banner with their raw, true and varied approach to their sound and song-writing. With 1992’s ‘A Blaze in the Northern Sky’ a permanent staple of my music playlists, I’ve been a long-time fan and when I received ‘The Cult is…
When we hear news of certain bands returning to our shores, we always get happy and smile. Pelican are one of those bands who always induce that response. The post metal legends, who were here most recently back in April 2012, will return to the UK to do a short three date tour in July…
