It has been confirmed in the last few hours that German industrial metal giants Rammstein, last seen on these shores for their incredible, triumphant headline show at Sonisphere Knebworth 2010 are returning to the UK for a tour in March 2012. So far, the only confirmed date is in Manchester on March 1st 2012. More…
UK alt metal group One Minute Silence have issued the following statement in regards to their participation at this years’ Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth: Due unforeseen circumstances, legendary metal-crossover titans One Minute Silence have had to pull out of this year’s Sonisphere festival. This was an extremely tough decision for the band to make as…
When you attend a festival, everyone wants to see different acts. For those who are undecided, or who are going in with an entirely open schedule, this article has a few recommendations that might sway you and lead you to what could be the best performances of the weekend at the Download Festival 2011. Alter…
As we approach what is likely the final Judas Priest tour on UK soil more than 4 decades after they began, Rocksins features editor Jamie Giberti takes a special look at one of the bands that started it all when metal is concerned… I was very late to the party where Judas Priest were concerned;…
After Dropping their UK Tour in July, Blink-182 have announced they will be touring the US in August with My Chemical Romance as part of the Honda Civic Tour. So they can drop the UK Tour but expect us to be fine with a US tour only months after? Bassist Mark Hoppus had this to…
Well you may have heard that today is the day that we all die, that’s right, it’s judgement day. So what better way to go out than listening to SLAYER? According to some mental cases over the next 5 months we’re all going to go through torment before the world is engulfed in flames come October,…
US hard rock Stone Sour has released the following statement: “It is with regret that we have decided to cancel the remaining dates on our current headline tour. Our friend and drummer, Roy Mayorga, suffered a minor stroke a couple of nights ago after our show in Des Moines. He’s doing great and is expected…
The first band to grace the stage tonight is Don Broco, who take to the stage with insane levels of energy. The band play a very short set but still manage to incite a circle pit and even get a wall of death during the very first song. It’s clear from this performance that this…
Local band Colours To Shame take to the stage shortly after doors open, there’s not much of a crowd, but the band still put on the best show they can. The two guitarists are the best thing about the band, shredding their way through a short set. [6] Up next are another local band What’s…
As Skindred’s first headline tour in support of their latest ragga-metal masterpiece, Union Black, was coming to a close (you can check out a full review of the aforementioned show here) we caught up with one of the support bands, Blackpool based pop punk five piece Me vs Hero, to discuss what the bands plans…
Kamelot are, in my opinion, one of the best power metal bands going, up there with the legendary ones such as Blind Guardian. I would never, under normal circumstances, miss a live show of theirs without a very good reason. However, it was announced several months ago that singer Roy Khan would be taking this…
There’s a huge buzz around UK metal band The Defiled right now, and we got the chance to have a word with them before their gig in Glasgow on their first ever headlining tour. The album, Grave Times, has been out for a couple of months now, are you happy with the response it’s been…
