System Of A Down have just been confirmed for download festival 2011, wondering why you should give a fuck? Here’s an article written last year when the speculation was flying that they would headline the festival in 2010 that tells you exactly why. System of a Down are unique in the world of rock, metal…
According to Download Festival director Andy “Maverick_AC” Copping, the first two headliners for 2011’s installment of the Download Festival at Donington park will be revealed in the morning (Monday 28th November) at 9am. Rumours are flying as to who the acts announced will be but Rocksins’ money is on System of a Down being one…
Behemoth frontman, Nergal, reports in from the hospital to give us an update on his Leukemia treatments thus far. “Hello, everyone! I’m still in the hospital but in quite a good shape so I write to let you know about my health and the further stages of treatment. I’ve been through four planned chemotherapies and…
Jagermeister have a long decorated history of association with metal from over the years ago, so when Jager and Metal Hammer team up to put on a UK tour thats a) full of some of the best British alternative and metal bands going today and b) 100% free thanks to Jager, you’d be very silly…
Six months after they came to rock our shores with their short tour in May, Fozzy returned to the UK for a 2 week stretch covering the whole of the UK (you can read Rocksins’ review of Fozzy’s London show and my exclusive interview with Chris Jericho from that tour here). Myself and my buddy…
Just before Fozzy’s fantastic recent show at The Waterfront in Norwich, myself and new resident Rocksins photographer Dave Barson were very lucky to sit down with Fozzy axeman Billy Grey, here’s what he had to say for himself: Jamie: Well this is Jamie from Rocksins, we’re with Billy from Fozzy, and we’re being treated to…
On Wednesday, October 20, 2010 THE OCEAN, who are currently on tour supporting The Dillinger Escape Plan in Europe, were robbed on a highway near Madrid. Said the band in a statement: “Two guys in a black BMW pulled us over with fake police IDs. They asked for our van papers and IDs and wanted…
As my friends and regular visitors to my personal website (mysweetshadow.co.uk) know, I am something of a Bowling For Soup hardcore fan. So, when they announced that their latest UK tour was kicking off in my new place of residence Cambridge at the Corn Exchange, it was pretty much guaranteed I was going to be…
As recently reported on Rocksins, Behemoth frontman Adam “Nergal” Darski was recently admitted to hospital needing “multi-stage treatment”. Nergal himself has sadly confirmed that he is suffering (as many suspected) from Leukemia, and he is in need of a Bone Marrow transplant. We at Rock Sins want to offer our support to Nergal and Behemoth,…
According to reports in the Polish media, frontman Adam “Nergal” Darski of Polish metal band BEHEMOTH was rushed to the Gdansk Medical University Hospital to receive treatment for an undisclosed illness. His manager, Jaroslaw Burdek, reportedly said that Darski had been ill for several days. At the moment there is no further news regarding Nergal’s…
With Sonisphere 2010 at Knebworth now hours rather than days away, we at Rock Sins thought we’d take a little look at the UKs main challenger to Download and give you a bit of a preview of the line-up highlights in Sonisphere’s second year in the UK. Friday will bring lots of fun, games and…
FOZZY, the band featuring WWE wrestling superstar CHRIS JERICHO and Stuck Mojo mastermind RICH WARD will be releasing a new video for “Let The Madness Begin” at Noon UK time, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. It was shot at the four intense UK shows the band played in May this year. The video link will be…
