As we hurtle towards 2018, it’s time for another entry in the Rock Sins 2017 End Of Year Awards, and this time it’s our features / live editor, Jamie’s turn. Album Of The Year – While She Sleeps – You Are We Back in April, I called While She Sleeps album You Are We a…
As they gear up for the release of their new album Catharsis in just under a month, Machine Head have got a couple of bits of news for us. Firstly, as part of their huge “Evening With” UK tour that is taking place in May 2018, Manchester’s long love affair with Machine Head has been…
Very sad news just before Christmas from a favourite band of some of Team Rock Sins, as UK hardcore noise masters Zoax have announced they are to call it quits. The following statement was posted on social media last night: Hello everyone, It’s been just over a year since we played our last show and…
Festival announcements are coming thick and fast and we’ve now got the first word from Tech-Fest HQ, as they’ve announced the first bands for the 2018 Tech-Fest! Topping this first announcement is an EU exclusive festival appearance from US deathcore mob The Acacia Strain, who sit atop the bill alongside prog metal outfit The Contortionist….
A couple of weeks ago, it was revealed that Arizona’s finest original emo rockers Jimmy Eat World were going to headline their first UK festival by topping the bill at Slam Dunk 2018. Then, on Monday, it was announced they had co-headliners in the shape of none other than Good Charlotte. The Madden brothers and…
In 2018, legendary UK goth rockers The Cure will be marking four decades as a band. Robert Smith and the rest of The Cure will mark this momentus anniversary with a very special one off show, by headlining one of the days of the 2018 British Summer Time Festival in London’s Hyde Park. They last…
After another very busy installment of our video of the week competition, Yorkshire rockers As Sirens Fall came out on top of a well contested battle. Their single “In My Mind”, featuring Skindred frontman Benji Webbe took home almost 60% of the vote, ahead of healthy scores from Drones, SikTh and Conjurer. In My Mind…
Tis the season…for more bands playing Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2018! Team BOA have added another quartet of bands to the line up for next year’s festival, and this announcement is a proper Christmas cracker. Topping things off this time out are Florida’s power metal maestros Kamelot, who are very rarely found playing UK festivals,…
British rockers RavenEye have announced a huge tour to kick off 2018 after yet another successful year in their burgeoning careers. With a full year of touring their album Nova under the belts and having racked up new fans wherever they have played – including at Download Festival 2017, Oli, Aaron and Adam are heading…
Seventeen new bands for Download Festival 2018! And there are some huge names and bands of all size among the seventeen new additions. Leading the charge in this second announcement from Andy Copping and the Download Festival powers that be are Alexisonfire! The Canadian post-hardcore royalty last played Download back in 2006 (alongside headliners of…