An incredible and record breaking forty three years after they first achieved a number one record in the UK album chart, the mighty Black Sabbath have once again risen to the top of the charts. Their new album “13” has scored the number one placing, matching the achievement of “Paranoid” back in 1970. Perhaps even…
They wowed thousands with their comeback performance at Donington Park last year as part of the 2012 Download Festival (read our review of that amazing performance here), and now, with the release of new album “13” on the horizon, the mighty Black Sabbath have announced a set of shows for the end of 2013! The…
Ever since the reunion was confirmed in late 2011, fans around the world have wondered if and when the new Black Sabbath album, the first Sabbath album to feature original vocalist (and metal legend) Ozzy Osbourne since 1978 would see the light of day. Well it appears that that day is edging ever closer. Two…
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),…
As many people will be aware, the position of Drummer for the upcoming Black Sabbath reunion shows has been an uncertainty hanging over the band and their fans for quite some time now. Original drummer Bill Ward has been in “on – off” negotiations with the rest of the band and more specifically the management…
In addition to the news we brought you at the end of last week that Five Finger Death Punch have unfortunately had to pull out of Download’s tenth anniversary edition of the festival, during last week there were two sets of new band announcements that we thought we had better catch up on for those…
Well, it’s been a day since the double Download Festival line-up announcement was announced (and spoiled somewhat by Soungarden, read about that here) and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive as Download fights back against Sonisphere in a big way. Rocksins has been collating information, mostly provided by Download booker Andy Copping via his Twitter…
A few days after the unfortunate news broke that Black Sabbath’s legendary guitarist Tony Iommi had been diagnosed with the early stages of Lymphoma (a type of cancer), Tony has given his first comments since the diagnosis in a message posted on his website earlier today. Iommi, also the guitarist in Heaven & Hell until…
The worst kept secret from the last few days is out: Black Sabbath are back and they are the second headliners announced for the 10th edition of The Download Festival, Download 2012. Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Gezer Butler and Bill Ward announced yesterday at a press conference in California that they would be embarking on…