When openers Hundredth (7) take to the stage the room is still mostly empty, possibly due to some confusion with the door times tonight. This turns out to be a real shame as Hundredth prove to be a great choice for an opening band. Their uplifting hardcore songs are made even better thanks to the…
The prospect of ska punk legends Less Than Jake teaming up with Reel Big Fish for a thoroughly good time across the UK during February 2014 was something that excited a huge amount of people. With Zebrahead also on board for the ride, this had the promise to be one of THE tours of 2014….
Skindred have built up a reputation as one of the best live bands in the country, and tonight is the final date of their headline tour for their latest album Kill The Power. First up were LA band Viza (8) who brought along a very unique brand of gypsy punk. Whilst surprising a lot of…
Over the past few years the British metalcore scene has become the strongest it’s ever been, with bands such as Bring Me The Horizon, While She Sleeps and Bury Tomorrow all delivering fantastic albums. The Valiant are one of the latest bands to emerge and with their debut album Empress Heights they demonstrate that they…
In the past few years dance music has pretty much become a common part of metalcore, with so many bands incorporating electronic elements. It’s success has been a very mixed bag but recently bands such as Crossfaith and Issues have really begun to master it, can Eskimo Callboy continue this streak of great dance-metalcore records?…
After James’ picks from yesterday (which can be read on this link right here), today it’s the turn of one of our two Sam’s, Sam Dignon, to unveil his Rocksins end of year awards. Over to you Sam… 1) Album Of The Year: letlive. – The Blackest Beautiful After breaking through with 2011’s fantastic album…
After the fun and bruises of day one at Alexandra Palace (read the review of all the first day’s action right here), Sam returned to the famous old North London venue for the second and final part of the Vans Warped Tour UK 2013. Here’s how he saw it…. Playing early in the day on…
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…
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…
Having played the Barfly several times before this is far from a new environment for Heart Of A Coward. However as if tonight being their first headline show here wasn’t special enough, the show was also completely sold out meaning expectations were. Despite tonights show being sold out, the Barfly is only half full when…
