Summer 2016 was one of change for Swedish melodeath giants Soilwork. The band had seen great critical success with 2015’s The Ride Majestic and were preparing to tour in support of new rarities compilation Death Resonance when news broke that longtime drummer Dirk Verbeuren had left to join Bay Area thrash icons Megadeth. This didn’t…
The Amity Affliction are back, this time with a UK/European tour in support of their latest release, I Think This Could Be Heartbreak. The line up tonight reads like a mashup of genres, with four very different bands mixing together to provide a night of entertainment at London’s Roundhouse. Wage War [7] pack a big…
Around the start of March, Rock Sins decided to introduce a video of the week feature. Whilst we’ve not always been able to run it every week, since it’s introduction we’ve had 24 installments and it’s gone on to become one of our most popular parts of the website. So it’s only fitting that we…
Continuing with our annual Rock Sins tradition of the end of year awards, this time up it’s one of our senior writers, Sam Dignon. Over to you Sam! ALBUM OF THE YEAR: OATHBREAKER – RHEIA 2016 was a ridiculously strong year with at least five albums battling out for this top spot. In the end…
They were up against a wide range of other bands from Metallica to While She Sleeps, but in the end Danish metallers Forever Still have come out on top in the latest Rock Sins video of the week contest. After initially having a big struggle with British rockers Led By Lanterns, Forever Still powered away…
Apparently the gentlemen from Dillinger Escape Plan and Mastodon seem to enjoy each other’s company, as this is the second project featuring members of those two particular bands. The first being Killer Be Killed, which has Greg Puciato and Troy Sanders amongst their ranks, and now we have Giraffe Tongue Orchestra, the brainchild of Ben…
After over a decade of thrashing out metalcore albums ranging from incredible to downright flat, Bullet For My Valentine returned to their roots to perform their first LP “The Poison” in full in between regular “best of” sets. They brought along fellow metal stalwarts from across the pond, Killswitch Engage (8). Killswitch’s setlist is an…
I’ll be the first to admit that I have not always had the best relationship with Green Day. As a teenager I loved the band’s ’90s output, but from the year 2000 onwards I’ve been somewhat cold to what they have been doing. Outside of ‘American Idiot’, nothing has really interested me. I infamously compared…
As we reach the end of 2016, June and the release of Beartooth’s latest album, Aggressive, already feel like a lifetime ago, but the electric atmosphere at the o2 Shepherds Bush Empire shows that people are eager to hear what the new songs sound like live. We sent Rachael Griffiths to the show to capture…
Welcome to the penultimate Rock Sins video of the week for 2016! With Canadian rockers Monster Truck winning out last time, this time around we’ve got another mix of home grown and international talent all vying for your votes. First up is Metallica’s tribute to the one and only Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead. Their video…
