It’s August, it’s the UK and it’s time for the most metal festival of the Summer – Bloodstock Open Air 2017! Thankfully this time around mother nature looks favourably on Catton Hall (maybe she liked Amon Amarth), and graces the festival with good weather throughout. Rock Sins continue the tradition of bringing our readers a…
They were up against some big names and fellow UK talent, but in the end The Raven Age successfully mobilised their voting public allowing them to triumph in the most recent Rock Sins video of the week contest. With their video for The Dying Embers Of Life, complete with it’s seaside narrative tying in very…
Continuing our march through the reviews of the final day of the 2017 Download Festival, this installment sees reviews of the likes of Stone Broken, Basement, The Dillinger Escape Plan’s final UK and many more spread across The Avalanche Stage and The Dogtooth Stage. If you’ve missed any of our existing Download 2017 coverage, then…
Holding Absence have had a whirlwind start to their life as a band. Picked up by Nuclear Blast Records’ offshoot label Sharptone when they had barely been together six months, 2017 has seen them tour relentless and drip feed some excellent singles from their upcoming new album. We caught up with Holding Absence frontman Lucas…
Our team are still recovering from an amazing weekend at Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2017. But, fresh from the festival itself, at Catton Hall on Saturday night they announced not one but two of the headliners for next year’s Bloodstock! After a decade away, Scandinavian symphonic metal giants Nightwish will be returning to BOA to…
Concluding our coverage of the summer’s great rock and metal shindig, Download 2017, just in time for the other biggest one, Bloodstock Open Air 2017, to take place, the review of the action of the final day begins with the Zippo Encore Stage. But first, make sure you check out the coverage from the other…
Maria Brink is a frontwoman for all seasons. With each passing In This Moment there is a new look and some form of new element added to the band’s arsenal. Going from being a straight ahead metalcore act they have filtered their sound through industrial, metal and more polished pop metal leanings over the years. they even…
When you think of places to go and watch hard-hitting punk rock bands do their thing, perhaps Liverpool on a Sunday night might not be at the top of that list. On this particular occasion though, you’d be wrong to assume as much, as Massachusetts-based horror punk outfit Energy are in town, and they’ve brought…
Last time out British black metal favourites Cradle Of Filth were our winners, and this time we’ve got another six videos of all kinds for you to choose from. Where else are we going to start this time but with our favourite Florida metallers? Trivium are back and in a big way with their new…
I haven’t felt like writing the last few weeks since the death of Chester Bennington, or listening to any new music. I’ve virtually done nothing in terms of listening but blasted Linkin Park’s discography on endless repeat for over a fortnight. Slowly, my desire to listen to other things has been returning, and that is…
