It’s that time of year again where the Rocksins staff pick their great, good and not so good from the past year. First up this time around is James. 1) Album of the year: Chapters – The Imperial Skies I reviewed this earlier this year, but in short its one of the best progressive metal…
Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has today been sentenced to thirty five (35) years in prison for the horrific sexual offences he committed against children over the course of several years. The sentence comprises a twenty nine year sentence plus an extended licence of six years. He will have to serve a minimum two thirds…
Five Finger Death Punch have had an amazing 2013. They’ve toured the arenas of Europe with Avenged Sevenfold, winning legions of new fans in the process. They’ve turned in show stealing performances on the Mayhem touring festival in the US, and they were one of THE bands of Download Festival 2013 (as can be seen…
After the controversial release of ‘Temper Temper’, Bullet For My Valentine returned to UK stages with the “Rule Britannia” arena tour, with Asking Alexandria and Young Guns as the support acts. While lining up, the security were on high alert and warning everyone to look after each other and keep close attention to our belongings…
Lords of extreme metal and Poland’s most famous metal exports, Behemoth have their new album The Satanist scheduled to crash into people’s record collections at the beginning of 2014. Before the full power of The Satanist is unleashed, the band recently released their first single from the new album, the wonderfully titled “Blow Your Trumpets…
Wanting to give us all an early Christmas Present, Andy Copping and the powers that be at Castle Donington have decided that Christmas has indeed come early where the 2014 edition of the Download Festival is concerned by adding another fourteen bands to the line up for next year’s event. The BIG news in this…
After the fun and bruises of day one at Alexandra Palace (read the review of all the first day’s action right here), Sam returned to the famous old North London venue for the second and final part of the Vans Warped Tour UK 2013. Here’s how he saw it…. Playing early in the day on…
Last month, our brother and sister double act Sam and Fran went along to see one of the UK’s best kept secrets (but probably not for much longer) in the shape of Heart of a Coward on their extensive UK tour. Headlining a bill that also included fellow 2013 rising stars Malevolence, as well as…
Fans around the world will be getting a shock with their toast and cornflakes this morning. It has been announced this morning that Joey Jordison, drummer and founding member of Slipknot, has parted company with the Iowa band he helped turn into one of the world’s largest metal bands. A short announcement has been displayed…
Having been strongly rumoured to play multiple UK festivals including Download and Sonisphere, grunge rock royalty Pearl Jam have indeed announced their return to the UK, but to play their own shows rather than festivals. Eddie Vedder and friends have announced two UK shows as part of a wider European tour to take place next…
