The final day of any Download Festival is often a bittersweet experience, armed with the knowledge that there isn’t much of the festival left to go but still plenty of music to ones teeth into (and for many, the fact that they will soon return to a warm bed and functional toilet). Download 2013 was…
In what is one of the most balls to the wall metal tour announcements that has reached Rocksins in ages, we have received the fantastic news that viking metal warriors Amon Amarth are to headline the fourth installment of Metal Hammer’s Defenders Of The Faith set of UK tours. Amon Amarth, who’s brand new album…
Back in 2003, I went to my first Download festival following the last ever Ozzfest at Donington in 2002. Whilst memories of IRON MAIDEN, SIKTH, DEFTONES, STAMPIN’ GROUND, SEPULTURA and of course those cheeky chaps in METALLICA remain steadfast as being some of my greatest, throughout the years many of the following Downloads have involved…
Rocksins hopes everyone enjoyed their weekend and the end to the football season! Whether you’re nursing a hangover, celebrating your teams’ success or facing a summer of football induced depression, we’ve got the ideal thing to kick start your week whatever your current disposition. Having last week previewed the first day of Download 2013 (read…
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…
Keen to make up for the fact that they were only able to perform a solitary London show last week on their most recent visit to the UK, Amon Amarth have announced their return to the British Isles to take in all corners of the UK on a six date tour taking place in March…