It may have been three long years since Sonisphere last graced these shores, but as we arrive at Knebworth its hard to believe we ever left. The cosy set up is the same, the sense of camaraderie is the same, the weather…well the weather is absolutely beautiful. All that was left was to get on…
Ronnie James Dio needs no introduction, his career no summary that hasn’t been done a thousand times already. With the fourth anniversary of his passing shortly to be upon us, his wife Wendy and the Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund founded in his name (https://www.diocancerfund.org/) have assembled an almighty group of Ronnie’s friends and…
On the swinging see-saw that is the “you have a go, we’ll have a go” of band announcements between Download and Sonisphere, this time around it’s the turn of Sonisphere Knebworth to add some more bands to their line up and they have done so in timely fashion with another ten bands joining their ranks…
Having survived through the first two days of Bloodstock Open Air 2013 with relative success, Sam, James and Fran were ready for one last tilt through the grounds of Catton Hall surrounded by quality metal all day long. If you missed the first two days coverage you can check them out on the links below:…
Scott Ian is something of a metal legend. Part of one of the big four of thrash in his role as Anthrax guitarist, as well as being a member of The Damned Things, Scott has led a very interesting and colourful life. After performing his first spoken word show as part of the “Rock Stars…
Just before we kick on with the final part of our Download 2012 review, for anyone who hasn’t read our previous coverage, there’s a few links for you here: Part 1 (Friday review) Part 2 (Saturday review) The Matt Report (please click here) Fozzy picture special (please click here) So, as the Sunday of Download…
So we’re now under a week to go to Download’s tenth anniversary and it’s fair to say the excitement is really building all over the place, not least here at Rocksins. This is the third and final part of our Download preview, so if you’ve happened to miss the first two parts (how dare you),…
A bit delayed, but here is an interview with Dale Butler (vocals), Ben Symons (guitar) and Chris Allan-Whyte (drums) of Malefice, taken at their headline at the Camden Underworld, Saturday 22nd May, 2010 with Here Lies Affliction and Anger Management. Matt ~ Right, yeah I’ll keep this brief guys because I know how these…
