The second part of James’s account of his stay in a field in Surrey for the delights of Redfest 2013. Saturday saw Bleed From Within headlining the Hype stage and, we must say James was only a little bit excited to see the new material off Uprising… First on Saturday’s lineup for Rocksins to catch…
We recently sent James to a field in Sussex to review Redfest – a small, independent festival that’s been going for a few years now. What is especially impressive about Redfest 2013 is just how diverse the line-up is. Any festival that can book Scottish bruisers ‘Bleed from Within’ to play at the same time…
American thrash metal pioneers Suicidal Tendencies don’t tend to head to the UK too often, so when it was announced that they’d be playing a show at one of London’s most popular, more intimate venues The Electric Ballroom, it was an event Rocksins didn’t want to miss. James went along for us to survey a…
Extol are a norwegian extreme metal band recently re-formed after a period of inactivity, their latest self-titled effort sees the band bringing in producer Jens Bogren – who has worked with bands such as Opeth, Paradise Lost and Enslaved. Opeth offer a good reference to the sound of this self-titled effort; death metal utilizing dark and…
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…
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…
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….
One of metal’s hottest live acts at the moment, Japanese metal band Crossfaith, who completed their tour as main support to Bring Me The Horizon only the night before, were headlining a night of quality metal from across the globe at The Camden Underworld. With Polar and Hacktivist flying the flag for the UK, plus…
L Sol Tace are a name in British metal that many won’t be familiar with. Having been around for a couple of years now, the London based four piece recently struck a massive break; Their debut album The Carcass Of Eternity was given away with the April 2013 edition of Terrorizer magazine, catapulting L Sol…
19 years into their career, Hatebreed have become legends in both the metal and hardcore scenes. Their reputation as a live band is almost unparalleled. Whether in front of thousands in a field at a festival, or a couple of hundred people in a tiny club, you’ll struggle to find anyone who does it better than them. First to take the…
