In a couple of weeks time, the UK will bear witness to a very special event: the 25th anniversary tour celebration of Dream Theater’s Images and Words album. Whilst “the album anniversary tour” has become such a regular occurrence to some over recent years that the unique appeal of them has become diluted to a…
Following on from their impressive headliner announcement recently, ArcTanGent 2017 are keeping up the festival’s momentum with another ten bands added to the line up. In particular, there are a number of heavy hitters joining headliners Converge and Explosions In The Sky. Firstly tech metal legends SikTh, who have been destroying crowds around the land…
After the first day’s action at Donington, Download 2016 once again kicked back into life for “middle Saturday”. There was lots to look forward to, so let’s get on with proceedings. For anyone who hasn’t yet read our coverage of the first day of Download 2016 you can do so on this link. Kicking off…
We thought we’d be due another Download Festival 2016 line up announcement before Christmas, and Andy Copping and his team have obliged with a monster of an announcement! Via their often used good friend, Daniel P Carter on the BBC Radio One Rock Show, ten new acts have been added to the festivities at Donington…
TesseracT are one of those bands that get lumped into the djent movement like no tomorrow. With the movement constantly being over-saturated with bands that resemble carbon copies of each other, finding a name for yourself in progressive metal and djent has become ever so difficult. TesseracT however, have always provided the cutting edge to…
We chatted to Jay Postones of TesseracT at Sonisphere Festival 2014. We discussed the return of singer Dan Tompkins, people peeing on their faces and what the band have going on for the rest of the year.
After recovering from a very late night following on from dancing the night away with The Prodigy and beyond, team Rock Sins geared up for the second day of festivities for Sonisphere 2014 at Knebworth Park. If you missed the first part of our Sonisphere Knebworth 2014 review covering the Friday (including Limp Bizkit, Anthrax,…
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,…
We’re a few days late with this one so please forgive us, but enough of our tardiness! Let’s get on with the very good news that another varied selection of fourteen bands have been given the green light to join the fun at Sonisphere Knebworth 2014. This new group of bands contains a healthy dose…
