When word got out via their enigmatic frontman Corey Taylor recently that the new Slipknot album was “98% finished”, it was only a matter of time until the official build up for arguably the most important record of Slipknot’s career began. The wait is over and the time is now. About an hour ago the…
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…
Fans around the world will be getting a shock with their toast and cornflakes this morning. It has been announced this morning that Joey Jordison, drummer and founding member of Slipknot, has parted company with the Iowa band he helped turn into one of the world’s largest metal bands. A short announcement has been displayed…
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…
Coming off the back of a very successful run on the European Festival circuit, including an acclaimed performance at Download 2013 where they played in front of close to 80,000 fans, Stone Sour have released a brand new music video for their latest single from The House Of Gold & Bones Part Two. The video…
After all the build up, the band announcements, the hype, the anxious constant monitoring of the ever unpredictable British weather and worst of all the waiting, the eleventh annual Download Festival at Donington Park was finally upon us. Even before the bands had begun to play at 2013’s installment of the festival plenty had transpired….
Those crazy comedy metallers Steel Panther have become firm Download Festival favourites in recent years and last year they wowed the main stage with another classic Steel Panther performance (complete with lots of crowd participation and boobs)! Today’s classic Download Festival video offers highlights of that performance with many songs including the hilarious set opening…
[youtube id=”LwkGatmflbw” width=”600″ height=”350″] The mighty Stone Sour have released the official video for Do Me A Favor taken from their new release House Of Gold & Bones Part 2 on this April via Roadrunner Records. Those who are excited for the second part of House Of Gold & Bones won’t have long to wait as the…
After thrilling many of us back in the Autumn of last year with House Of Gold & Bones (Part One), music is now starting to emerge from the second half of Stone Sour’s double album creation House Of Gold & Bones (Part Two). The first single to surface from House Of Gold & Bones (Part…
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…