Blood Youth have shown themselves to be one of the more promising melodic hardcore bands from the UK right now. Over their two EPs they’ve delivered a great mix hardcore aggression and catchy choruses. In support of their second EP Closure, Blood Youth headed out for a few headline shows and brought Zoax along to…
On paper The Lounge Kittens would seen like a hard pitch to a room full of metalheads, but in real life nothing could be further from the truth. Wind it back to 2014, and the video for their lounge cover of Limp Bizkit’s Rollin’ was making the rounds, eventually catching the eyes and ears of…
Steel Panther visited Manchester’s famous M.E.N. Arena last night (18) October, bringing a throwback, glam rock spectacle of the very highest orders to town. Before the Californian band took to the stage though, it was time for another spectacular comedy-rock band: Bowling For Soup (7). The Texans emerge to their traditional intro music: Here Comes Bowling For Soup…
Warming up for Red Fang is definitely an unenviably challenging prospect. It’s a task that would leave many lesser bands forgotten the moment the headliner took to the stage, but Relapse labelmates Torche (7)perform a short, sweet set that marks them as distinctively memorable in their own way. For a start, the band’s performance is…
Battered and bruised from two days of metal the last day of Bloodstock is perhaps the best lineup wise. With thrash metal royalty Slayer headlining today and up-and-comers Heart of a Coward sure to make a splash on mainstage early in the day its no time to start winding down. If you’ve missed the first…
The second day of Bloodstock dawned bright, and blearily for some punters following the festivities of Twisted Sister the night before. Another fantastic day of the best heavy music can offer awaited though, from Cambion and their Ronnie James Dio stage début, through to Mastodon’s first ever UK festival headline slot through to a triumphant return…
Bloodstock is always a fantastic weekend with some of the UK, and beyond’s best extreme metal acts coming together into a consistently great lineup. This year was no exception with Behemoth performing landmark album ‘The Satanist’ in full – a logical move considering its importance to extreme music in the past few years and Twisted Sister’s…
Words by Ali Cooper. All photos by Sandra Sorenson. Stone Free Festival promises an incredible weekend of musical appreciation and nostalgia for fun-loving fans who’d rather stay dry for the duration of a festival, based in the towering venue that is London’s O2 Arena. That said, crowds already begin grumbling about extortionate ticket prices before…
After the first day’s action at Donington, Download 2016 once again kicked back into life for “middle Saturday”. There was lots to look forward to, so let’s get on with proceedings. For anyone who hasn’t yet read our coverage of the first day of Download 2016 you can do so on this link. Kicking off…
Despite the predictions of a total wash out of Doningtons annual festivities, mother nature had been kind to Download 2016, at least until the Friday. As Team Rock Sins took to the hallowed turf there was still grass to be seen, albeit not for much longer! First band of the day were Swedes Royal Republic…
On the second of two sold out nights in London, The Used (6) played their classic album In Love and Death in full. This was always going to be a special night for fans and was bound to remind a lot of tonight’s audience of their teenage years. Opening with “Take It Away” things get…
Words by Sam Dignon, James Halstead, Fran Dignon. Photos by Rachael Griffiths. It was the second bank holiday weekend in May and for UK festivals that can mean only one thing – it’s Slam Dunk time! Team Rock Sins was out in force to descend upon The University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield for the final…
