Over the last few years, Rocksins.com has been big supporters of Bowling For Soup, and in my opinion deservedly so. Bowling For Soup are a band who in my 7 years + of seeing them live have never put in anything other than a great live show, though this particular show looked set to challenge…
Symphony X are near the top of the tree as far as power metal or progressive metal bands are concerned. In their niche of metal they are one of the most popular and distinctive bands, only playing second fiddle to Dream Theater and one or two others. The band have built up and earnt their…
Rocksins.com likes to bring our readers live gig reviews from all sorts of bands in venues of all shapes and sizes, but this show was particularly unique for the venue. Read on to find out more. Imagine a room about the size of your average living room. Then take away the front third of the…
As the second and final day of the High Voltage Festival rolled out, the sun was out in force and as a result seemingly so were the people. The population of Victoria Park compared to the same time on the previous day seemed greatly increased. The first stop of the day was the Metal Hammer…
SETLIST ~ Locust Star ~ Given to the Rising ~ End of the Harvest ~ A Season in the Sky ~ At the Well ~ Water is Not Enough ~ Belief ~ At the End of the Road ~ Killing Elk ~ Through Silver in Blood I am known for my love of Neurosis; you…
SETLIST ~ Dream is Collapsing (Intro by Hans Zimmer) ~ Under a Glass Moon ~ These Walls ~ Forsaken ~ Endless Sacrifice ~ Drum Solo (Mike Mangini) ~ The Ytse Jam ~ Peruvian Skies ~ The Great Debate ~ On the Backs of Angels ~ Caught In a Web ~ Through My Words ~ Fatal…
High Voltage is like no other UK festival. Curated by Classic Rock magazine, with help from their friends at Metal Hammer and one or two other places, the line-up boasted some of the finest old school names in prog rock, some up and coming metal bands, a one off reunion, a farewell headline appearance and…
SETLIST ~ Battle Hymn / Rapid Fire ~ Metal Gods ~ Heading Out to the Highway ~ Judas Rising ~ Starbreaker ~ Victim of Changes ~ Never Satisfied ~ Diamonds & Rust ~ Dawn of Creation / Prophecy ~ Nightcrawler ~ Turbo Lover ~ Beyond the Realms of Death ~ The Sentinel ~ Blood Red…
This was the first time that I’d actually seen Anathema in concert despite being a fan of their music for some time; Jamie however had seen them and had been none too impressed by the experience. With myself, as a ‘fan’, we debated their creditability but decided we’d both catch them at High Voltage to…
Those “huge rock stars” Fozzy, led by the all round entertainer Chris ‘Y2J’ Jericho and The Duke Of Metal Rich Ward hit London for the first time in over a year on Sunday night for the last night of what has been Fozzy’s biggest European tour to date. We went along to Dingwalls in Camden…
