In a shocking turn of events (not the first one to occur this week in the world of metal), Machine Head have in the last couple of hours announced that band co-founder and bassist Adam Duce will be leaving the Californian metal four piece. The following announcement was posted on Machine Head’s official website: Machine…
When Machine Head released the only other live album of their career, 2003’s ‘Hellalive’, it captured them at a point in their evolution that most fans consider to be their weakest period. Plagued by line up instability, tepid responses to their latest material, both critically and commercially, and with the winds of musical change swirling…
With their Bloodstock Festival headlining performance looming on the horizon, Oakland’s favourite metal sons Machine Head have released a brand new music video for the song Darkness Within. Darkness Within is one of the most popular tracks from last year’s smash album Unto The Locust, and will be a very popular choice to be the…
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…
We may be lacking in news about the UK installment of Sonisphere, Sonisphere Knebworth, but Europe’s touring festival are starting to get their act in gear when it comes to releasing some line up news for some of the stops on the mainland. Fresh from their appearance at various Sonisphere’s with the rest of the…
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…
Machine Head‘s rebirth amongst the metal community began in 2003 with their career saving Through The Ashes Of Empires and their career exploded in 2007 with the release of The Blackening, winner of countless “album of the year” and “album of the decade” awards granted by everyone from Metal Hammer on down. Fast forward another…
A Devildriver live show is always something for most metal fans to get excited about. Whilst in my opinion their recent records have not been as enjoyable as the first three they’re still a force of nature in the flesh. The prospect of seeing them on the same tour as the mighty Machine Head and…
In only one weeks time, Machine Head will make their long awaited return to the UK for their first set of live shows since their February 2010 tour with Hatebreed, and their first ever UK arena headlining shows. With the acclaimed album Unto The Locust released to the masses and added to the bands impressive…
