Well this is going to go down rather well in most circles isn’t it?! Atlanta prog metal favourites Mastodon have in the last few minutes been confirmed as the first headliners for Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2016!! The news was revealed by Mr Daniel P Carter on the Radio One Rock Show at around 8pm….
After two days of enthralling rock, metal and the odd bit of dance courtesy of The Prodigy, not to mention hangovers and bangovers courtesy of the Raging Speedhorn VIP set on Saturday night, Rock Sins arrived somewhat groggily at the final day of the return of Sonisphere Knebworth 2014. If you’ve missed the first two…
Once More ‘Round The Sun, Mastodon’s latest studio album is the latest in a long and varied career from one of heavy music’s greatest treasures. Last album ‘The Hunter’ certainly made a noticeable effort to be more ‘accessible’ especially after the progressive epic ‘Crack the Skye’ that preceded it. So how does this latest effort…
Another big success story for rock and metal in the UK album charts this week! Prog metal masters Mastodon have leapt onto the top echelons of the UK album top 40 with their latest effort, the eagerly anticipated Once More ‘Round The Sun. It would seem that anticipation in this case translated into a good…
In what’s one of the best festival announcements we’ve seen in quite awhile, the Sonisphere team have just confirmed another seven bands to play Sonisphere UK at Knebworth this coming July. Watch the video for the full unveiling: [youtube id=”tqEOisrixUc” width=”600″ height=”350″] If you weren’t able to watch the video for some reason, the seven…
Saturday at Download tends to roll round faster than you think it will and 2013 was no exception. No sooner had we all enjoyed Slipknot’s excellent set the previous evening (and some partying afterwards) then it was time for round two with Iron Maiden and the many other excellent bands appearing on the middle day…
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…
We just can’t keep up with the festival announcements at the moment! Hot off the press, and courtesy of a Twitter campaign by Download supremo Andy Copping, the fans of Download last night retweeted a request from Mr Copping over 5,000 times and as a result we all got to find out one more band…
GIG OF THE YEAR earthtone9 I struggled at first to recall many of the gigs I went to last year… which, owing to my lifestyle and constant head-nudging is surprising and unsurprising in equal measure. I consulted the every reliable calendar and it reminded me that, really, I’d been to far less than usual. Seems…
Mastodon are a band who, in my eyes, are in the vein of Opeth in as much as their music is not only undeniably brilliant, but also accessible when the time is taken to absorb and appreciate their moderately unique musical tapestry. Much like their Swedish counterparts, the new album marks another change in their…
In one of the biggest pieces of >metal news of the entire year, they came, they saw, they definitely conquered. In front of a selection of invited guests and those lucky enough to be successful when applying for tickets, Mastodon revealed themselves to the eyes and ears of the British public as a whole by…
