Every now and then at Rocksins we like to report on the successes of rock or metal artists in the UK album charts and there’s been a fair bit of success the last couple of weeks that we think you should all know about. Last week, Tenacious D’s third studio album The Rize Of The…
One of the UK’s most iconic metal bands of all time, Judas Priest decided that there was nowhere to finish off the current part of their Epitaph World Tour than at home. London’s famous Hammersmith Apollo, the sight of many great shows over the years was a fitting venue for the tour’s conclusion and the…
At tonight’s rather fantastic show at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, towards the end of the evening Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford made the following announcement (the words may not be 100% right but the topic is very interesting): “Let’s just clear up one or two things….The Priest will be back!” This would seem to…
As I sit down to write this, the second part of Rocksins’ Download 2012 preview, it’s currently brilliant sunshine out and temperatures in the mid to high twenties (somewhere around 80 degrees for those of us who only understand farenheight). We should all cross our fingers, get out our lucky charms and pray to whatever…
Following on from the announcement we brought you on Monday of Blink 182’s two new UK shows at the end of July, we can confirm to our readers that the tickets for these shows will be going on sale at 9am tomorrow (Friday 25th of May 2012). Those who haven’t had access to presales wanting…
Last month when Bowling For Soup were in the UK for their third annual acoustic tour, I had the privilege of catching up with their bassist (and singer songwriter in his own right) Erik Chandler for the second time in the flesh before their show at Koko in London. We got to talk about his…
With the tenth anniversary of the UK’s biggest rock & metal gathering of the year, otherwise known as the Download Festival barely two weeks away from kicking off, Rocksins is taking a a three part look at some of the bands who’ll be gracing the various stages this year and offering up our picks of…
Pop punk legends Blink 182 have announced plans to play two additional shows in England, just a couple of weeks after the conclusion of their fifteen date UK wide arena tour. Blink’s extra dates see them appearing at the O2 Apollo in Manchester on the 24th of July and then twenty four hours later they…
Ahead of the release of their second album and one of the most anticipated British metal records of 2012, The Union of Crowns, we chat to Bury Tomorrow’s Jason Cameron (Guitar and clean vocals). Afterwards, Bury Tomorrow went on to lay the smackdown on Glasgow’s Cathouse, you can read about that HERE. Alright Jason, you’ve just signed to Nuclear…
Like a lot of people who fans of both Opeth and Porcupine Tree, Rock Sins is rather excited about the Storm Corrosion project between Steven Wilson and Mikael Akerfeldt. Admittedly we’re a bit late to the party on this one but our excitement levels are considerably higher after seeing this jaw dropping animated video for…
