One of 2014’s most eagerly awaiting metal tours is also one that so easily could have never happened. But, happily for a lot of people, it has happened, and Suicide Silence had made their way back across the pond for their first full UK tour since new vocalist Eddie Hermida was welcomed into the fold….
Bloodstone and Diamonds is certainly one of the more inventive releases of Machine Head’s career and witnesses the band forging forward while retaining a recognizably ‘machine head’ sound. In this respect it is very similar to Lamb of Gods’s 2012 effort ‘Resolution’ which, although largely the sort of Lamb of God album you might expect, also…
One of the UK’s hottest metal bands of 2014 plays sold out UK tour culminating in one of their biggest ever shows at London’s famous Koko venue in Camden. Yes, of course we’re talking about Bury Tomorrow, and of course Rock Sins had to be there, so we sent James along to take in the…
Words by James Halstead & Nicholas Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. It’s reached the waning end of Summer in the UK once again so that means one very important thing to the UK metal community – it’s time for the Bloodstock Open Air Festival. The 2014 instalment of BOA had one of the most impressive…
It’s Bloodstock Open Air time once again! Rock Sins is sending a contingent of the team to Bloodstock festival so thought we’d get James to make a list of the really awesome things to do and see that you might have missed about Bloodstock. Just to make it better for you. Aren’t we nice… Beer Because, let’s…
This week’s rocksins podcast; looks at some of rock and metals most underrated bands and also sees the addition of new presenter; Sam Dignon. Along with this week’s ‘big question’ discussion covers ‘No Sin Evades His Gaze’ debut album and what our hopes for a Slipknot album are. [display_podcast] No Sin Evades His Gaze: [youtube…
Once More ‘Round The Sun, Mastodon’s latest studio album is the latest in a long and varied career from one of heavy music’s greatest treasures. Last album ‘The Hunter’ certainly made a noticeable effort to be more ‘accessible’ especially after the progressive epic ‘Crack the Skye’ that preceded it. So how does this latest effort…
Put the words Suicide Silence and The Borderline together in a sentence and the first thought that should come to mind is “absolute carnage”. Rock Sins sent James and Sam along to Suicide Silence’s first headline London show with new vocalist Eddie Hermida to find out what a Suicide Silence v2 gig is all about….
Having been busy working on their fourth album for the last few months, Hertfordshire electro rock quartet Enter Shikari decided upon home turf for their first major UK gig of 2014. Rock Sins sent James along to witness the Shikari live comeback in the flesh… First up, Roam (6) are competent enough in their delivery…
Tom G Warrior has always been at the forefront of progress; constantly creating challenging, boundary altering music. After the unfortunate demise of Celtic Frost his latest project, Triptykon arose from the ashes with the monolithically heavy ‘Eparistera Daimones.’ One of, if not the most heavy albums of recording history (and I don’t say that lightly)…