As 2010 draws itself to a close I have cast my minds eye back over what has been a fantastic year for music. We were posed a series of questions, Best Album, Best Gig, Best Festival, you get the idea, and off I went to answer these, or rather evading them, with my multiple choice…
It comes with great pleasure to announce that Earth will be embarking on a five week spring tour of the UK and the continent in 2011 to promote their stirling new studio album Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1 (Southern Lord), this will be the first time this material has been performed live on…
Reactivated Swedish death metallers DESULTORY are set to release their long-anticipated new album, Counting Our Scars, through Pulverised Records later this month. The full-length — their first since 1996’s Swallow The Snake — was recorded, mixed and mastered by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio (Watain, Unanimated, Deströyer 666 etc.) in Alvik, Sweden and features the…
People of Birmingham and surrounding areas, where were you last Thursday 4th November? I can tell you this much, you weren’t in the HMV Institute witnessing the dazzling Foxy Shazam. Unbelievable but sadly true. In a venue that was optimistically a quarter full, Foxy Shazam put on one the best performances that I have seen…
One of South America’s most famous metal exports, Soulfly, have announced a one-off show at Koko, in Camden, London on Sunday 21st November, before they head to Russia for a string of dates. The band were last in the UK for a slot at the Sonisphere Festival this summer, and have been touring the US…
Triaxis announce new Lead Guitarist British heavy metallers and friends of ours here at Rock Sins, Triaxis, have announced the addition of Glyn Williams (Firax, Fury of the Waters) who will join them as lead guitarist. The band has this to say on their new addition: “Glyn is an excellent guitarist who has been known…
Mike Portnoy, drummer and founding member, has left Dream Theater. He has issued the following statement… “I am about to write something I never imagined I’d ever write. “After 25 years, I have decided to leave DREAM THEATER… the band I founded, led and truly loved for a quarter of a century. “To many people…
BEHEMOTH’s Nergal answers back to the overwhelming response of those offering to set up benefits in the vocalists honour Since news on Nergal’s recent health issues has been released, the band, management, and label has received an overwhelming response from fans and bands all over the world asking how they can directly help Nergal. In…
After a jam-packed summer of song-writing and touring, Newports Boys With X-Ray Eyes have been added as openers on the Funeral For A Friend November club tour. Main support comes from up and coming UK metallers Rise To Remain. July was a big month for the band – a Sunday afternoon slot at the 2010…
Not being content with just releasing a new album in the Autumn, Imperial Vengeance will be unleashing a “Penny Dreadful” mini-publication in conjunction with the album:’The Black Heart Of Empire’. The Gentlemen had this to say: “The publication will be true to the style of the original 19th Century publications in length and layout and…
