Swedish punk rockers Refused have released a tribute version of their 1998 record The Shape of Punk to Come. The record is a part of a package celebrating 25 years of the groundbreaking record, which includes the original LP, the tribute album, demos, and various other exclusives. The tribute album, titled The Shape of Punk To Come Obliterated, features…
As we head into the Christmas period, Slam Dunk Festival have opened a door on their proverbial advent calendar to give everyone a December helping of new bands for next years’ festivals. Kicking off this announcement is the Slam Dunk Festival debut in 2020 of none other than Refused. The Swedish punks are heroes to…
You’ve read the live review. You’ve read the HOUND review. Now it’s time to meet the men that make up the fearsome triumvirate, CREATURE.
It is profoundly depressing that in 2019 bands of the stature and respectability of Thrice and Refused would get their venue downgraded. Originally slated to appear at the prestigious Brixton Academy, tonight’s show was moved to the Shepherd’s Bush Empire after – presumably – low ticket sales. That two bands, one on a great album…
Coming from it’s new home of Newhaven in Derbyshire in the Midlands for 2016, Hevy Fest have made their first announcements of bands for 2016’s line up. And we have to say, it’s a bit of a cracker! Hevy have come out of the blocks with three big hitters who will be appearing near the…
Continuing on with Rock Sins look back at the last twelve months, today it’s the turn of one of our long term contributors, Sam Dignon, to offer opinions on the best music from 2015 along with one or two things that maybe, in Sam’s opinion, weren’t quite so good! Over to you Sam! 1) Album…
August 13, 2012. It was my second night in a row at the London Forum to witness a defining moment in my time as a punk fan, something I thought I’d never see before that point, or ever again afterwards. Refused were back, although they were adamant this was a onetime thing. The band, which…
Metallica and UK festivals are becoming a more regular combination than fish and chips in these parts. After headlining both Sonisphere’s return and silencing all their critics with an epic slot at Glastonbury, Metallica have confirmed they will be the first headliners for the 2015 edition of the Reading and Leeds August bank holiday festival…
So we’re now under a week to go to Download’s tenth anniversary and it’s fair to say the excitement is really building all over the place, not least here at Rocksins. This is the third and final part of our Download preview, so if you’ve happened to miss the first two parts (how dare you),…
In addition to the news we brought you at the end of last week that Five Finger Death Punch have unfortunately had to pull out of Download’s tenth anniversary edition of the festival, during last week there were two sets of new band announcements that we thought we had better catch up on for those…
