Words by Sam Dignon, photos by Fran Dignon. After both While She Sleeps and Cancer Bats had a quiet year in 2014 with only a handful of shows between them, they decided to make their big return this year with a massive co-headline tour. With tonight’s Manchester show being completely sold out it was sure to be a special…
After taking almost all of 2014 off, Cancer Bats have made their return with their fifth album Searching For Zero. With four fantastic albums already under their belt Cancer Bats have come back with something a little different, Searching For Zero will no doubt prove to be the most divisive album Cancer Bats have released. The most discussed aspect…
Hit The Deck Festival is making it’s return in 2015 and they’re bringing one hell of an initial line-up. The annual April double header for Nottingham and Bristol is packing some of the UK (and beyond)’s finest as we get the ball rolling for the 2015 edition of Hit The Deck. Leading the way are…
After both bands announced their new albums due out in March next year, this morning they’ve announced a six date co-headline run through the UK in April 2015. Be sure you catch the bands at the following shows: April 22nd – Birmingham, Institute 23rd – Manchester, The Ritz 24th – Norwich, UEA 28th – Newcastle,…
We’re now only ONE WEEK away from the start of Download 2013, and that means it’s time for the final part of our annual Donington preview. If you’ve missed the first two parts, you can catch them on the links below: Download 2013 Preview (Friday) Download 2013 Preview (Saturday) This final part focuses (naturally) on…
In amongst the numerous UK metal bands who’ve done extremely well for themselves throughout 2012, we’ve neglected coverage of some of them through lack of time more than anything else. One of those bands is UK/Canadian “supergroup” AxeWound, who are made up of members of bands as well known as Bullet For My Valentine (Matt…
After two days of enduring pretty much everything that the British climate could throw at us short of lightning striking our campsite, the arrival of Friday at Donington Park made us grateful for two reasons. One the weather had relented ever so slightly, and two it was time for some music to hopefully help make…
With the tenth anniversary of the UK’s biggest rock & metal gathering of the year, otherwise known as the Download Festival barely two weeks away from kicking off, Rocksins is taking a a three part look at some of the bands who’ll be gracing the various stages this year and offering up our picks of…
The first announcement of the August bank holiday weekender festival double bill is upon us and Reading and Leeds have thrown out a couple of surprises amongst a lineup that, in our opinion, most people could have largely predicted. For Rocksins regulars, there are some good rock and a couple of metal bands mixed in…
