Twenty more acts have been announced by the organisers of Download Festival, taking place at “rock’s spiritual home” Donington Park on 9 – 11 June. Canadian prog-metal professor Devin Townsend will bring his very own Devin Townsend Project to the event after a recent successful UK tour. He will be joined by highly-rated newcomers Code…
British black metal mob Cradle of Filth will play an intimate gig in June as a warm-up for the band’s headline appearance at a festival in Romania. Dani and the gang will haunt Portsmouth’s Wedgewood Rooms on Friday 23 June before joining the likes of Behemoth, Sepultura and Agnostic Front at Metalhead Meeting. The shows…
Goofball glam rockers The Darkness have unveiled plans for a new album and massive UK tour. The band, led by Hawkins brothers Justin and Dan, launched pre-orders for the forthcoming opus on PledgeMusic. A statement on their website said: Brooding, magnificent. Like the mighty mother condor, sitting atop her rock egg in a nest of…
Pop-punk has always been relatively huge as a genre, and now seems to be on the rise once more as the world undergoes massive change and people look for escapism in music. One band dedicated to cranking out relentlessly cheerful tunes are The Dollyrots, who are on the cusp of unleashing their latest studio album Whiplash Splash…
When a band waits over three years to release their debut album it adds an air of pressure to the release. After the years of hard work it would be easy for the album to fall below expectations and difficult for a fan base has given so much back to the band to have those…
Code Orange have been one of the most talked about bands in heavy music recently. Their third album Forever received insane amounts of praise for how it’s taken the band in a bold new direction. Recently out on the road supporting Gojira we got the chance to sit down with Code Orange guitarist and vocalist Reba Meyers to discuss how…
Logan Mader has been a busy guy lately. Aside from his acclaimed production work, he made a surprise return to performing music in 2015 with melodeath group Once Human, putting out an impressive debut at the end of that year. 2016 was then spent with some touring, before recruiting a new member (third guitarist Max…
Having thoroughly impressed Rock Sins recently with an electric performance at The Roundhouse, Feeder have announced they will return to Camden to headline the 2017 Camden Rocks Festival. Feeders’ frontman Grant Nicholas has said that Camden will always have a special place in his heart, and why he is so excited about headlining Camden Rocks…
A fantastic showcase of bands in Leeds with Scottish rock titans Twin Atlantic and a supporting cast of hometown heroes Pulled Apart By Horses and Ireland’s Fangclub. We sent photographer Connor Morris to the Leeds Beckett SU to capture the night. You can check out his exclusive photos below:
Obituary have been together over thirty years now. Releasing a self titled record is often thought of as a career – and legacy – defining move. Whilst Suicide Silence’s controversy ridden eponymous release came with a total change in direction; Obituary have simply solidified their thrashy death metal roots. Indeed, Obituary is almost the band…
