Stone Sour’s latest release – House of Gold and Bones Part Two is, as is heavily implied by the title the second instalment of the ‘House of Gold and Bones’ double album. Unfortunately it just completes the impression given by Part One that House of Gold and Bones falls into that most common trap for…
With the release of Children Of Bodom’s new album Halo Of Blood just over a month away, the band have released the first song from the album for public consumption. Entitled “Transference”, Alexi Laiho explains that the band’s long term fans should enjoy Transference: “Transference is a straight up CHILDREN OF BODOM to the core…
Rocksins.com is absolutely devastated and saddened to report that Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman passed away today (2nd May 2013) at the age of 49. His Slayer band mates have put out the following statement through the Slayer Facebook page: Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away at about…
Just a quick reminder to all our readers and lovers of metal across the UK, one of the most awesome tours you’re likely to see all year kicks off tomorrow in Manchester. Of course, it’s none other than Massachusetts most successful metal export of recent times Killswitch Engage, gearing up for their first UK tour…
Hard rock super-group HELLYEAH, featuring members of Mudvayne and the legend that is Mr Vinnie Paul from Pantera, are headed back to Europe this summer to appear at multiple festivals including the UK’s own annual rock & metal extravaganza Download. To promote their return to this side of the Atlantic, the band are releasing the…
First on-stage, SSS (5) are fairly forgettable, the band remaining static and seeming glued to their allotted area of stage. The lack of an engaging visual spectacle fails to animate a set of fairly mediocre crossover thrash songs. Xentrix (7) incite an animated response from the growing crowd. An impressive response for a band that…
