Well this is well and truly going to raise the ire of those who see Bloodstock Open Air as the festival “for the metal underground”. The final headliners for this years BOA extravaganza have just been announced and it is none other than Florida’s finest metal export of recent times Trivium! Having put in several…
With the first two parts of our Download preview under our belts (you can check out Part One of our preview for Friday here and also Part Two for Saturday of the festival here if you’ve missed them), our attention now turns to the final day. For Download 2014 the Sunday has once again adopted…
If you wanted a lazy and probably well-trodden comparison to describe Sabaton to someone who wasn’t sure who they are, you wouldn’t be too far off with Iron Maiden. It could be a compliment to the bands epic, melodic and historical-themed anthems, or a critique of both band’s nerdy appeal and inability to really develop…
With the countdown firmly on to the release of their new album Heroes, Swedish power metal entertainers Sabaton have released another new track from the album to continue to build the anticipation. Entitled Resist and Bite, the band have also put together a lyric music video for the song. Without anything more from us, Sabaton’s…
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…
Saturday of Bloodstock saw Lamb Of God headlining and plenty of killer sets from the likes of Gojira, Sabaton and Hell. Like Friday Rocksins team on the ground were there to keep reviewing it all! After how good the first day of Bloodstock was it’s hard not be a bit disappointed by openers Stormbringer (5),…
Swedish power metal superstars Sabaton have got some rather exciting news! The band have announced the forthcoming release of their first ever live DVD (also coming to Blu-Ray), entitled “Swedish Empire Live”. Enough from us, hear the words directly from Sabaton themselves: “We can now confirm the release date of the DVD/Blu Ray we recorded…
With the 2013 edition of the Bloodstock Open Air Festival already boasting arguably Bloodstock’s most diverse bill in it’s history, the organisers have added yet more rock and metal to be enjoyed by the festival goers. Top of the pile for the latest announcement are Swedish power metal favourites Sabaton. Riding as high as they…
