Having survived through the first two days of Bloodstock Open Air 2013 with relative success, Sam, James and Fran were ready for one last tilt through the grounds of Catton Hall surrounded by quality metal all day long. If you missed the first two days coverage you can check them out on the links below:…
Saturday of Bloodstock saw Lamb Of God headlining and plenty of killer sets from the likes of Gojira, Sabaton and Hell. Like Friday Rocksins team on the ground were there to keep reviewing it all! After how good the first day of Bloodstock was it’s hard not be a bit disappointed by openers Stormbringer (5),…
The sad news that Ol Drake has decided to leave Evile broke yesterday lunchtime (read statement here.) James offers his thoughts: I think we can all recognise the prominence, and importance of Evile to the British metal scene over the past six years. Part of the importance of Evile lies in their ability to draw a…
Sam, James and Fran were recently lucky enough to be sent to a field in Derby quite a bit larger than the field we sent James to a few weeks ago. Along the way they managed to watch some bands. Here’s part one of their review of Bloodstock Festival 2013. Opening up a festival main-stage…
The second part of James’s account of his stay in a field in Surrey for the delights of Redfest 2013. Saturday saw Bleed From Within headlining the Hype stage and, we must say James was only a little bit excited to see the new material off Uprising… First on Saturday’s lineup for Rocksins to catch…
We recently sent James to a field in Sussex to review Redfest – a small, independent festival that’s been going for a few years now. What is especially impressive about Redfest 2013 is just how diverse the line-up is. Any festival that can book Scottish bruisers ‘Bleed from Within’ to play at the same time…
James was recently fortunate enough to be able to conduct an extensive interview with Jeff Waters from Canadian thrash metal veterans Annihilator. In the first part of our feature, James and Jeff talked at length about Annihilator’s new album (Feast is released August 23rd in Europe). They also discussed the ‘bonus’ disc of the new…
Rocksins were recently lucky to interview Brian Eschbach, guitarist of The Black Dahlia Murder when they hit London with Cannibal Corpse and Devildriver. Here’s what went down: Hows the tour been going so far? Good! About three weeks in, got four more days to go. Whats been the most memorable show of the tour? Shit…
American thrash metal pioneers Suicidal Tendencies don’t tend to head to the UK too often, so when it was announced that they’d be playing a show at one of London’s most popular, more intimate venues The Electric Ballroom, it was an event Rocksins didn’t want to miss. James went along for us to survey a…
Extol are a norwegian extreme metal band recently re-formed after a period of inactivity, their latest self-titled effort sees the band bringing in producer Jens Bogren – who has worked with bands such as Opeth, Paradise Lost and Enslaved. Opeth offer a good reference to the sound of this self-titled effort; death metal utilizing dark and…
