You might remember James’s article a few weeks ago on inspiration and influence well he’s been at it again. This time with relation to our relationship with lostprophets music in the wake of Ian Watkins imprisonment. Although you can apply it to any number of cases in recent years. The arrest, trial and subsequent imprisonment of…
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…
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’…
Occasionally one of our writers has a thought of such importance that they feel the need to write something a little more weighty; something a little more than a 500 word review. Such was the case when James sat down and wrote about the nature of influence and inspiration on bands today. Agree? Disagree? Read…
At the tail-end of last-year a number of team Rocksins were lucky enough to catch the SGR Christmas party headlined by everyone’s favourite bruisers Feed the Rhino. First The Hell (8) put in a magnificently silly performance, their sumptuously thick, downtuned riffage backing up some of the most hilariously offensive lyrics since Steel Panther’s 2009…
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…
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…
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, British rock & metal music is in extremely rude health at the moment. Chapters, despite being in the general consciousness for several years after high profile touring with Sylosis are no exception to the rule. Debut album ‘The Imperial Skies’ binds together a huge variety of…
Competence – “the ability to do something successfully or efficiently” and, incidentally a word that describes perfectly ‘Savages’ the latest album by Soulfly. Having released three albums in the past four years Soulfly certainly have a reputation for quantity. ‘Savages’ easily keeps up the quality. Max Cavalera has long ceased to break musical boundaries like…
For all the mega-selling, stadium filling, world beating acts in the metal community like Slipknot heavy metal will never stop needing the mid-tier, old reliables such as Children of Bodom. Bands like Bodom are the lifeblood of our genre and, albums like ‘Halo of Blood’ are the lifeblood of these bands. However, don’t confuse the…