Finnish melodic death metal favourites Insomnium have announced a most welcome release for vinyl fans – their early and mid era works are being re-issued on vinyl through Candlelight Records. From their 2002 debut album In the Halls Of Awaiting, through to 2004’s Since The Day It All Came Down and their 2006 masterpiece (arguably…
Napalm Death and Cambridge University are not two things we thought we would be putting in the same sentence this morning – but you never know what life is going to throw up from day-to-day. The Birmingham grindcore pioneers, who recently completed a stint on the second leg of US thrash giants Slayers’ farewell tour,…
5 years is a long time, but for Alkaline Trio fans it must have seemed like an eternity. This is the longest the band has gone between albums and I’m sure many fans were starting to wonder if they were ever going to get a new album, but here we are, the Alkaline Trio is…
In October 2017, Alter Bridge hosted arguably the two most special nights of their career at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Performing with the fantastic Parallax Orchestra, they performing two special shows that were recorded for what would become this release, the straightforwardly titled “Alter Bridge: Live At The Royal Albert Hall“. While the…
Hang the Bastard’s demise was the premature demise of another great British band far too soon. Thankfully, from the ashes rises something new and URNE’s debut EP is a wonderful return for a group of musicians that have been absurdly overlooked over the past few years. Combining the duo at the heart of Chapters, and…
Palm Reader have spent most of the last six years being one of the UK’s most exciting bands but never getting the recognition for it. Their first two albums were brilliant and their live shows were always fantastic but it just never seemed to connect with people. Then this year their latest album Braille finally grabbed peoples attention,…
Norway’s Shining have released the title track of their upcoming album, ‘Animal’, alongside a marathon run of European tour dates. The follow up 2015’s ‘International Blackjazz Society’ was once again co-produced by the band alongside their long time associate Sean Beavan, who has previously worked with Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails and A Perfect Circle,…
It’s time once again for another update to the Rock Sins Spotify playlist. This time out we are, as you might have guessed from the title, focusing on the annual August bank holiday festival double header at Reading & Leeds 2018. This weeks’ 20 tracks are a mixture of old favourites and new releases from…
It’s time for another video of the week contest! Last time out Irish post-metallers Raum Kingdom were our surprise winners, and this time around we’ve got a mixture of some big names and promising newcomers to battle it out. First up are one of our favourite bands of 2018, the awesome Dream State. New Waves…
We’re all eagerly awaiting the brand new album from Polish metal titans Behemoth, I Loved You At Your Darkest, which will be released on the 5th of October 2018 through Nuclear Blast Records. With that, and the fact we’re suffering from Bloodstock Open Air Festival withdrawal here at Rock Sins HQ, we thought we would…
