[ad] Boston based Post Metal/Ambient pioneers ISIS have announced their intentions to call it a day after their current tour, below is an excerpt from their official blog. ISIS has reached an end. It’s hard to try to say it in any delicate way, and it is a truth that is best spoken plainly. This…
[ad] This show was the second show of the day for Fozzy, having played a matinee show earlier in the day with some different support bands. I was somewhat late arriving in the venue nearly an hour after the doors due to interviewing Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho (that interview can be read in a mega…
[ad] BOWLING FOR SOUP have announced an extensive headline tour this October covering the UK and Ireland. Support comes from Forever The Sickest Kids and The Dollyrots and special guest, UK rockers ‘A’. This will be a full, rocked-out show featuring all four BFS bandmembers and follows the success of Jaret and Erik’s critically acclaimed…
We are very sorry to report that the legendary Ronnie James Dio of Dio, Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell has passed away after his fight with stomach cancer. His wife Wendy posted the sad news on his official website www.ronniejamesdio.com earlier today. All of us at Rock Sins would like to join the metal…
Rock Sins were lucky enough to sit down to have a chat with the legend that is Katatonia’s frontman Jonas Renkse just before their headline show at the Garage in Highbury, London last month, here’s what he had to say: Rocksins: Thanks very much for taking the time to talk to us, how has the…
Montreal, Quebec, Canada extreme metallers DESPISED ICON have released the following statement via MySpace: (Note: The message has since been removed from the band’s official MySpace blog.) “The time has come for us to move on. Some of us have recently reached a new chapter in their lives, starting families, buying houses and pursuing other…
“We are bringing death metal into the fine halls of culture” announced Mikael Akerfeldt at one point during the second half of tonight’s performance. He was not wrong. Looking around the almost sold out Royal Albert Hall in the middle of a ten minute long Death Metal epic was a very surreal experience. I’m sure…
Fresh from my interview with Katatonia frontman Jonas Renkse (coming soon exclusively here on rocksins.com) in the side bar in the Garage that I never knew existed, I got to slip into the main room shortly before doors, so got a drink and got myself an excellent position for the opening band, Long Distance Calling…
My most recent live encounter with Lostprophets at their Q Awards gig at The Forum in Kentish Town in October was for me, probably the worst live experience I have had in 7 years of seeing the Welsh 6 piece live, mainly due to the awful sound quality of the venue (nothing much wrong with…
IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad has made the decision to permanently part ways with the band. Jesper had previously gone on temporary leave from the band, due to an on going struggle with alcohol abuse. He was replaced during that time by Niclas Engelin. In a statement from Strömblad regarding the situation, he states: “I have…