A couple of weeks ago, just after the most recent Download Festival line up announcement where another twenty three bands were added to the festival (read that here if you missed it), Rock Sins were very pleased to be able to catch up with the mastermind behind all the goings on at Donington, Live Nation’s…
In what is a huge deal for us here at Rocksins, James had the pleasure of sitting down with Killswitch Engage front man Jesse Leach backstage at Brixton Academy in London, hours before Killswitch took to the stage on their co-headline tour with Trivium. Read on for what he had to say… How have the…
If you missed part one of Sheldon’s exclusive feature travelling on the road with Imperial Leisure, you can read that on this link right here. Day 2 of 3 – Salisbury – Arts Centre – Saturday 16th November 2013 Waking up in the early afternoon with a slight hangover, I waited around with Jim talking…
German a cappella metal collective Van Canto have returned with one of their most unique covers yet. Known for covering songs like Metallica’s Battery purely through the use of their voices (plus a drummer), Van Canto have opted for something out of left field for their latest music video. The group have released a cover…
It has to be said, this year has been a bloody good year for bands touring together. It may be only February (and ages to go till festival season) but wow, there are some epic combinations. Then there’s the show we’re heading to tonight. We not only have monsters of metal Killswitch Engage and Trivium,…
You Me At Six up until this point are a band I’ve remained largely indifferent to; No issue with listening to them at all and pleasant enough, but their music has never grabbed me and made me want to listen to it with any regularity. Having secured the first rock album number one in the…
James was recently lucky enough to be invited along to a screening of the new Lamb of God documentary ahead of it’s worldwide screening on the 6th March. He liked it, just in case you can’t pick that up from his review…. The first and most important thing to realise about ‘As The Palaces Burn’…
Beyond The Redshift is one of the new wave of festivals that have arrived in 2014, and from our eyes, one of the most interesting by far. If you haven’t yet heard of it, or missed the original announcement (readable here), it’s being Curated by the masters of post-metal Cult Of Luna. CoL will also…
Words by Jamie Giberti & James Halstead Tours like this are the ones you really look forward to for months in advance. Seeing two of the biggest metal bands that have emerged since the turn of the century, on the same night, both with proper length sets to look forward to, it’s no wonder that…
Texan metalcore five piece act Memphis May Fire have been making a name for themselves on the live circuit over the last couple of years and have been building up quite the fanbase both in the US as well as the UK and further afield. Now Memphis May Fire are very pleased to announce the…
