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Sonisphere Will Not Hold A UK Date In 2015
"Unfortunately our last irons in the fire have just been extinguished", say the festival's promoters.
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News From Sonisphere
This Video Of Bruce Dickinson Flying A Plane Is The Most Badass Thing You’ll See Today
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson took part in a 12-minute, nine-plane air display at Sonisphere earlier this month with The Great War Display Team. Here's why it ruled...
This Is What Opening A Festival Main Stage Looks Like
UK-based prog / groove / djentsters TesseracT did themselves a fine job of opening Sonisphere's main stage on Saturday morning. Watch a video of them performing their track 'Concealing Fate Part One - Acceptance' for the early risers below!
Mastodon Score Number 10 Album; Announce Headline Tour For This Winter
Fresh from doing alright at Sonisphere, Mastodon have announced a UK and Irish headline run for November and December.
Live Updates From Sonisphere 2014: Sunday
Hello there. Day three of Sonisphere Festival is warming up nicely, and we've got reviews, photos and a whole lot more coming today from the likes of Metallica, The Bronx, Mastodon, Gallows and Gojira. You're going to want to stick around for this one.
Have a look at today's stage times, and we'll see you in the pit.
Photos from Sonisphere
July 2014 In Pictures: Linkin Park Hijack Warped Tour, BABYMETAL, Monumentour + more!
July had everything: a Warped Tour surprise (in the shape of Linkin Park turning up and playing with every band ever), a MONUMENTAL party with Fall Out Boy and Paramore in New York, plus there was the small matter of Sonisphere...
The 21 Photos From Sonisphere 2014 You Need To See
Ahh, Sonisphere 2014. You were a beautiful weekend. These were your best bits, featuring Metallica, Limp Bizkit, Babymetal, Slayer, The Bronx and many more. All photos shot by Ben Gibson and Giles Smith for Rock Sound.
13 Photos Of Metallica’s Metal Masterclass At Sonisphere
Metal's undispupted kings close out the final night of Sonisphere 2014. You want more Sonisphere? Go here, here and here.
Videos from Sonisphere
#7of30: Festival Edition With Blitz Kids’ Jono Yates
The Blitz Kids funny man takes the Rock Sound festival challenge. Jono and his mates play Sonisphere tomorrow at 1.45pm on the Bohemia stage.
Time-Travelling At Sonisphere 2011
IT'S SO CLOSE NOW. We can't wait to be back in this field. WIll we make more time-travelling films this year? Will we fuck. This took ages!
A Conversation With Kids In Glass Houses At Sonisphere 2011
Flashback three years to Soni 2011. Look how young Aled looks!
Sonisphere Flashback: Architects’ Stunning 2011 Set
This one time, at Sonisphere, Architects ripped an actual hole in Knebworth and we caught it in camera.
Sonisphere Features
11 Things We’re Expecting To See At Sonisphere This Weekend
Sonisphere kicks off tomorrow. Struggling to get in the mood? Here’s some stuff that we’re excited to see this weekend, and some ludicrously wild speculation.
Hall Of Fame: The Bronx - The Bronx
Ahead of their appearance at Sonisphere this weekend, we look back at The Bronx's chaotic debut album in our Hall Of Fame feature. 'The Bronx' was inducted into the Rock Sound Hall Of Fame in Issue 173.
Download A Brand New Malefice Track. For Free.
Reading metallers five-piece Malefice have been quiet for a while. The good news is they're a) playing Sonisphere this weekend b) there's a new EP coming soon (details TBC) and c) We've got a FREE DOWNLOAD of one track taken from it. Come get yours.
Hall Of Fame: Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
A multi-million selling, era-defining behemoth, Limp Bizkit's third album brought nu metal to its commercial peak. Ahead of their performance at Sonsiphere this weekend, we look back at the remarkable story of 'Chocolate Starfish...'
Hall Of Fame: HIM - Love Metal
Transforming them from Finnish pariahs to one of the most popular rock bands on the planet, ‘Love Metal’ was the record that would define HIM. Eleven years on and ahead of their Sonisphere appearance next weekend, we give you the inside story.
'Love Metal' was inducted into the Rock Sound Hall Of Fame in issue 174.
Hall Of Fame: Hundred Reasons - Ideas Above Our Station
Hundred Reasons will return for (probably) the last time next month as they perform their debut album 'Ideas Above Our Station' in full at Sonisphere. For the first time online, read out Hall Of Feature on one of the most important UK rock albums of the last decade.