After James’ picks from yesterday (which can be read on this link right here), today it’s the turn of one of our two Sam’s, Sam Dignon, to unveil his Rocksins end of year awards. Over to you Sam… 1) Album Of The Year: letlive. – The Blackest Beautiful After breaking through with 2011’s fantastic album…
After the fun and bruises of day one at Alexandra Palace (read the review of all the first day’s action right here), Sam returned to the famous old North London venue for the second and final part of the Vans Warped Tour UK 2013. Here’s how he saw it…. Playing early in the day on…
After the success of the Vans Warped Tour returning to the UK in 2012, anticipation was very high for the 2013 instalment. We sent Sam Dignon along to enjoy the ride and here’s his report from day one…. Opening up the Monster Energy Stage at Warped this year Attila (5) begin to get the crowd…
On their last album The Path Of Totality, Nu-Metal legends Korn began to reinvent themselves by introducing dubstep to their sound which helped to bring new life to the band. Now on their latest release The Paradigm shift it seems that Korn are taking a step back to their 90s roots, perhaps helped by the…
Having played the Barfly several times before this is far from a new environment for Heart Of A Coward. However as if tonight being their first headline show here wasn’t special enough, the show was also completely sold out meaning expectations were. Despite tonights show being sold out, the Barfly is only half full when…
Since the release of their fourth studio album Sempiternal earlier this year, Bring Me The Horizon have become one of the biggest names in the UK metal scene. Tonights sold out show is their second night at the Manchester Academy on their biggest headline tour yet and with a huge queue stretching from the Academy…
With their new album Old Souls released soon Deaf Havana decided to treat a few lucky fans to super intimate acoustic show at the tiny House Of Wolf venue in London. Backed by a string quartet the band squeezed onto the venues tiny stage to play an acoustic set to give people a taste of the new…
Each year Impericon sends the Never Say Die Tour across Europe and the UK and this years line up was one of the biggest yet. With a huge line up bringing bands from America, Australia and Europe the Never Say Die Tour was sure to bring plenty of mosh to Manchesters Club Academy. Openers Hand…
Since the release of their second album The Union Of Crowns last year, Bury Tomorrow have quickly risen up the ranks in the UK Metalcore scene. Tonight marks the final night of their biggest headline tour yet and with this show being completely sold it out it was definitely going to be a special one for the band. First…
Opening up the mainstage is local band 13:32 (6) who despite their incredibly young age play a set of decent hard rock tunes and even throw out a cover of Avenged Sevenfold’s “Unholy Confessions”. Following them The Bottom Line (5) fail to impress as they just sound like a poor Blink-182 tribute act whilst over on the Glory Or…
Having built up a reputation as one of the most exciting live bands around over the past year, Crossfaith have fast become one of the most talked about bands on the Metalcore scene. Dance and electronics have been a part of Metalcore for a while now but no one has been able to master it quite like…
With so many bands fighting to stick out in the hardcore scene right now it can be hard for a band to get noticed. Counterparts have spent the past few years working their way up the hardcore scene and with their third studio album “The Difference Between Hell And Home” Counterparts look set to leap…
