After a busy first day (which you can read all about right here) and a trip to the zoo to nurse our hangovers, The Catharsis (8.5) kicked off the second day of Hevy Fest in brilliant fashion. Pulling in a respectable crowd despite their early set time, The Catharsis prove themselves to be one of the many…
The gun has been fired for the beginning of the 2015 metal festival announcements and Bloodstock are first out of the starting blocks with an impressive announcement to kick things off! The team at Bloodstock Open Air are very happy to announce that Dutch symphonic metallers Within Temptation will be headlining Bloodstock Open Air Festival…
Words, video: Nick Holmes @oldenick666 Photos: Tess Donohoe @tess_donohoe Over his twenty year career Devin Townsend has morphed musically and personally through several versions of himself. Earlier this year he took what was arguably one of the bigger gambles in his time, launching a crowd-funding project to help make a country album. Known for his…
Words: Nick Holmes @oldenick666 Photos: Tess Donohoe @tess_donohoe The best new year party on the planet? Quite possibly. Finnish love metallers HIM have announced their annual heavy metal hootenanny will happen once more in Helsinki this December. The Helldone Festival takes place at legendary rock club Tavastia. Iconic glam rockers Hanoi Rocks got their first…
Words: Nick Holmes @oldenick666 Photo: Tess Donohoe @tess_donohoe At Rock Sins we are long-time admirers of that crazy Canadian who goes by the name of Devin Townsend. From his early work with guitar legend Steve Vai to Strapping Young Lad right up to The Devin Townsend Project and most recently spaced-out country project Casualties of…
After some of their most high profile UK festival appearances to date wow’ing the main stage at the Reading & Leeds festival double header over the August Bank Holiday, not to mention a sold out show playing to over 7,000 fans at the Cardiff arena, A Day To Remember have announced they’ll be back in…
In a sad but ultimately forseeable announcement, yesterday Chimaira frontman Mark Hunter announced the end of the NWOAHM band after more than fifteen years. The following statement was released on the Chimaira Facebook page: After fifteen full blown ass ripping years, it is with great honor to announce the end of Chimaira. Thanks to everyone…
We had a good old chat with Sam Rondeau-Smith and Josh Redrup from Palm Reader last month after their performance at Sonisphere. We talked stage antics, laying floors and LSD.
A new part of the growing northern England metal scene, Leeds alt-metallers Dear Atria present an interesting proposition with their new self-titled EP, showing some excellent promise for the future with some fantastic melodic riffing and an Evanescence-esque taste for hooks. Kicking off with “Illuminate”, the post-hardcore influenced alternative metal immediately throws in melodic riffs…
As far as Rock Sins is concerned very sad news broke from the Shadows Fall camp last week that the Hell On Earth Tour, of which Shadows Fall are currently appearing on across Europe as special guests to Unearth, is to be the Massachusetts natives last major trip to the UK and Europe. The Hell…
