After a busy first day (which you can read all about right here) and a trip to the zoo to nurse our hangovers, The Catharsis (8.5) kicked off the second day of Hevy Fest in brilliant fashion. Pulling in a respectable crowd despite their early set time, The Catharsis prove themselves to be one of the many…
Welcome (at last some of you may say) to the final instalment of Rock Sins Download Festival 2014 review coverage. This is our final instalment from our own UKHC / metalcore flag waving Sam, who saw many bands on the Sunday of Download 2014 that Jamie did not cover in the first part of our…
After a turbulent 2013 with both the festival and it’s replacement gig being cancelled, Hevy Fest has bounced back in 2014 and some of us here at Rocksins could not be happier. Not only is it good to see the festival back but it’s got a line up packed with some of the best hardcore,…
Less than a fortnight after granting us fifteen new bands including Bowling For Soup, Opeth and Black Label Society, Andy Copping and the team at Download HQ have done it again. This latest announcement contains no less than twenty three acts ranging right across the broad spectrum of rock and metal, so without any further…
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…
One of the most anticipated tours of 2012 hits the Garage in Glasgow. Opening this tour are the fantastic Polar [9]. Treating Glasgow to tracks from their amazing 2012 album Iron Lungs, as well as their EP This Polar Noise. Their brand of heavy-as-fuck hardcore gets the majority of the crowd moving, and vocalist Adam…
It’s common knowledge that the UK hardcore scene is enjoying its golden age right now. The nation is producing dozens upon dozens of bands that are surely destined for success. But there is one band that are ready to step up and take their throne as the new kings of UK hardcore. From the label…
Just having finished a very successful UK club tour with band of the moment Young Guns, Guildford hardcore metal collective Polar have announced a headline tour of their own to take in dates in a wide range of locations across England and Scotland. Polar’s tour begins on the 1st of May in York and finishes…
Currently one of the hottest tours in the UK, Young Guns set of club shows to promote their new album Bones began last night and along for the ride with them are Guildford hardcore act Polar. Fresh from a hugely successful 2011 where they had a triumphant set at Hevy festival as well as supporting…
