Speculation has been rife over who would join Iron Maiden and Metallica (with their “By Request” set) as the final headliner at the reborn Sonisphere Knebworth in 2014. Black Sabbath, Pearl Jam and AC/DC were all strongly rumoured, only for the organisers to throw us all a very popular dance themed curveball. 18 years after…
It’s not every day that the legendary Black Sabbath start their first full UK tour in a very long time, but that’s exactly what is happening today! Ozzy, Tony and Geezer, plus drummer Tommy Clufetos begin the 2013 Black Sabbath UK Tour tonight at London’s O2 Arena. Support on the tour comes from UK doom…
After the success of the Vans Warped Tour returning to the UK in 2012, anticipation was very high for the 2013 instalment. We sent Sam Dignon along to enjoy the ride and here’s his report from day one…. Opening up the Monster Energy Stage at Warped this year Attila (5) begin to get the crowd…
It’s that time of year now when the 2014 tour announcements start coming thick and fast and home grown bands are no exception! Rising stars of the UK metal scene Martyr Defiled have just announced an extensive tour of the UK for February 2014. Kicking off in Lincoln on the 13th of February, the tour…
Just about to conclude the biggest European tour of their career so far as special guests to Avenged Sevenfold on their Continent wide trek across the arenas of the UK and beyond (they’ve currently left their buddies A7X behind for some headline shows in Russia), the mighty Five Finger Death Punch have announced they will…
There are festival announcements at the moment almost on a daily basis. Between the news of Metallica and Iron Maiden teaming up at the relaunched Sonisphere Knebworth some smaller festivals may have had their announcements fall through the cracks slightly. One announcement that deserves everyone’s attention is the news that post metal pioneers Cult of…
London metal band Chapters are for many people, one of the best bands they won’t have heard of. Rocksins has been helping to champion Chapters over the last few months, and back in October the band celebrated the release of their critically acclaimed début album The Imperial Skies. We sat down with Joe and Angus…
On their last album The Path Of Totality, Nu-Metal legends Korn began to reinvent themselves by introducing dubstep to their sound which helped to bring new life to the band. Now on their latest release The Paradigm shift it seems that Korn are taking a step back to their 90s roots, perhaps helped by the…
Anthemic metallers 36 Crazyfists were last month in the middle of a huge UK tour. With an impressive supporting cast of bands accompanying them, we sent James along to London’s legendary Camden Town Underworld to check out the tour. First up, Man the Machetes (8) produce an energetic London debut with their singer Nikolas going…
With the build up to Behemoth’s brand new album “The Satanist” in full flow, the Polish masters of extreme metal have revealed their latest video masterpiece for the first single to be released from The Satanist. Entitled “Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel”, the clip sees Behemoth push the boundaries once again to create some of their…
