Metallica have always been a band who like to push and break boundaries, and 2013 was no different for them. In addition to releasing their 3D feature film Through The Never, this year saw Metallica become the first band to play all seven continents of the world within a single calendar year. To achieve this…
One of post metal’s favourite bands is taking to the road again and it’s quite a trip they will be taking. Russian Circles, fresh from a European tour with Chelsea Wolfe and the release of their critically acclaimed album Memorial are to embark on a jaunt across the US in the first part of 2014….
2013 has been quite the year of up’s and downs for Reading thrashers Sylosis. Having embarked on some of their biggest tours to date, such as the blistering set of shows they played with Killswitch Engage on home soil (the review of the London show that Rocksins went to can be read right here), as…
On behalf of the whole team here at Rocksins, we’d just like to wish our readers a Merry Christmas, happy holidays and a fantastic New Year. Thank you for sticking with us throughout 2013. Rocksins.com has undergone a lot of changes throughout 2013 – our team of writers is three times the size what it…
And so, it falls to my turn to collate my own summary on the weird, wonderful and down-right frustrating releases of the year 2013. Let it be said, it hasn’t been the most notable year for music… but maybe that’s because Opeth and Mastodon were so relatively quiet 😉 –##– Album of the Year :…
Back in October, Bowling For Soup had their “BFS Bids Farewell UK Tour”, their last major tour of the UK, if not ever, then certainly for the forseeable future. The first show of the tour was a last acoustic show from Jaret and Erik, which was added to the beginning of the tour due to…
Carcass have had a stellar 2013. The band’s first new album in seventeen years, Surgical Steel, was released (through Nuclear Blast Records) to widespread critical acclaim, taking the top spot in various critics and fans “top albums of 2013” polls. They also turned in a show-stealing effort on the Metal Hammer Defenders Of The Faith…
Next up in the Rocksins End of Year Awards 2013 is one of our resident photographers and interviewers Fran. Fran’s been very busy for us this year, so over to her for her best and worst bits of this year! 1) Album of the year:Â Palm Reader – Bad Weather When Bad Weather was first released…
Next up in the Rocksins’ End Of Year awards is our features editor Jamie. Here’s his selection of the great, the good and the not so great… 1) Album Of The Year – Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side Of Heaven & The Righteous Side Of Hell Volume One There’s been some fantastic…
After James’ picks from yesterday (which can be read on this link right here), today it’s the turn of one of our two Sam’s, Sam Dignon, to unveil his Rocksins end of year awards. Over to you Sam… 1) Album Of The Year: letlive. – The Blackest Beautiful After breaking through with 2011’s fantastic album…
