Renae: This battle featured Shagrath and Phil Anselmo. Each them bringing some impressive ink into the competition. Phil has a sweet collection of tattoos that he has built upon over the years. When you think of Phil, you think of metal and therefore his tattoo work screams metal as well. Shagrath with his dark and…
The voting for round #2 is now open. Who will advance and who will go down like a little girl with a skinned knee? That deciding vote could be yours so vote now and be sure to get your friends in on the action as well. We will announce the winners on Wednesday. [poll=id”9″] 5…
Renae: Starting things off for us was Kirk Windstein versus Rob Halford. Kirk has some amazing sleeves whereas Rob comes at us with more of a gallery of tattoos spread across his entire body. My vote is for Kirk for having more complete pieces of work. Rob has some interesting ink without a doubt but…
The other day I made a random tweet and asked people who their favorite tattooed metal musicians are. The responses I got prompted a little spark in my brain to take this information and turn it into a competition. I have put together a contest to determine the best tattoos in the world of metal….
We recently had chance to have a chat with Benji from Skindred during their show in Reading at Sub89, supported by Malefice, Forever Never and Revoker. Here’s what he had to say: Rocksins: We had chance to catch you at your Woking show earlier this month, how did it go for you? Benji: The energy…
An interview with Morgan Hakansson of Marduk at the Camden Underworld, Jan 28th 2010. Matt ~ When you started Marduk, did you have any long term goals or any aspirations other than to make ‘blasphemous black music’? Morgan ~ Hell no, of course you had the ambitions to go ahead and just let the energy…
As I stated immediately after their set ended, if this were a game of thrash metal capture the flag, Evile just took that bitch and ran it straight back to the UK. March 3, 2010 marked the momentous event of Evile’s first ever gig on US soil and they for sure did not disappoint….
Today the debut release from Mutiny Within finally hits the streets and the build up to this moment has been pretty big for such a fresh face on the metal scene. All the hype and fanfare over Mutiny Within is definitely well deserved too. These guys have one purpose in life and that is…
Here at rocksins we’re constantly keeping an eye on the British metal scene and have identified 10 bands, some who are brand new and some who have been around for a while who we think are going to really make it big this year (and a few of them are already proving us right). Read…
Last week I had the opportunity to talk with J. Costa of Thy Will Be Done as they trekked through my local area on the Bound By The Road tour along with Goatwhore, Suffocation, and DevilDriver. The following video is the result of our quick chat after Thy Will Be Done destroyed Jaxx yet…