Take a sold out Islington Academy with a loud lively crowd on a Friday night in London and you have all the necessary ingredients for a superb show. Add a band who have become one of the breakout stars in the rock world of 2012 and those in attendance were pretty much guaranteed a fantastic…
Boysetsfire are a band, that, at least in the UK seem to have travelled largely under the radar. Their reunion for a farewell tour last year was woefully under promoted, being discovered by this writer by pure accident. A great accident as it happens as it was one of the best gigs I have attended…
Regular visitors to Rocksins are probably well aware of the fact that we’re huge supporters and fans of Fozzy, and have had the pleasure of the guys company on numerous occasions. So we figured there was no better band to run a picture special for than the “huge rock stars”. Please see below for a…
It’s been a month or so since we all went back to the rigours of reality… sometimes it’s fortunate to be busy and delay the required. Now you too can reminisce with a skeleton guide to how a festival usually goes; Rock Sins style. THURSDAY For the first time in (my) own Download history, I…
After the previous day’s activities, the Rocksins team and friends did what any veteran Download attendees tend to do. You probably think this means get a decent amount of sleep, when it reality it means blasting some metal into the wee hours and getting considerably less sleep than one should, perfect preparation for what will…
For any fans of thrash metal or especially the big four, one of them coming to London to do a headline show is a big deal. It swiftly becomes a much bigger deal when for the second time in four months, one of the aforementioned Big Four decide to play a tiny club show in…
Review and photos by our friend Jayde Ashford, who if you wish you can follow on twitter here. The atmosphere within the venue cannot be described as being electric, although there is a sense of anticipation in the air as Vreid takes to the stage within mere minutes of the faces outside making their way…
Upon arrival at The Cambridge Corn Exchange for this evenings’ show, two things were readily apparent: Lostprophets’ Cambridge fanbase were out in force, and judging by the sound check going on that was very audible through the walls of the building, support band Modestep were bringing a huge sound with them. The queuing system at…
Opening the show are the Japanese metalcore band Crossfaith [7], They aren’t exactly reinventing the wheel with their sound, but it’s undeniably fun music. The highlight of their set is a heavy as fuck cover of The Prodigy’s Omen, which causes the Cathouse to go completely nuts. Opening with recent single, Lionheart, Bury Tomorrow [9]…
We at Rocksins like to be able to bring our readers all types of metal gig reviews and Rammstein provide a live experience unlike any other musical act on the planet, never mind any other rock or metal band. There is a level of pagentry and theatre that is unmatched by any, and it is…
The Garage in Highbury & Islington, both before and after its closure and subsequent refit has played host to dozens of fantastic gigs by all manner of artists over the years and expectations were high that Pelican, who are seen as one of the leaders of the post-metal genre, would be adding their name to…
Opening with War of The Gods, Amon Amarth are welcomed to Glasgow with rapturous applause. The Swedish Vikings treat the Glaswegian crowd to 16 slabs of Norse mythology based death metal, and to be honest, who doesn’t like heavy metal songs about Vikings and Thor? The majority of the set is taken from the bands…
