Over two years have passed since Dream Theater were in the UK and Europe. Their now legendary Distance Over Time Tour saw Dream Theater playing their iconic album Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory in full, producing some of the most heralded shows of their career. That tour took place just a couple of…
Earlier this year, Southern hemisphere tech metal wizards Twelve Foot Ninja came to the UK for the first time to allow us to experience their skills in all their glory. Unsurprisingly, the entire tour sold out. While they were here, they caught up with very own wizard, Matt Hill, for a discussion on a raft…
I’m not entirely sure what path of random links let me to Twelve Foot Ninja almost 15 months ago, but suffice to say it was more than good fortune. At first, I was unsure. I’d come into part way through a song and figured the semi-discordant djent jinn-jinn riffing was that of some generic new-age…
“SLLLAAAAAAAAAAYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRR!”. The name alone immediately sparks memories of some of my most glorious live experiences; punching a man in the face to secure Lombardo’s drumstick is one of the proudest moments of my life. As that moment was for me, I am sure the reverse was true for somebody else when justice prevailed with an…
This interview took place outside the Black Heart, Camden on Monday 20th April 2015. You can read a review of the gig here on Rock Sins. –##– MH : First off, despite your years of doing this and your experience as such, do you ever wake up and feel like you’ve swallowed a pineapple? DH…
As with most of the great bands, some don’t put on a live show nearly as often as they should. Through various constraints, namely I’d imagine that the core of Anaal Nathrakh actually live thousands of miles apart, this is the case here too. Despite this, Anaal Nathrakh‘s first showing in London since their Underworld…
Words by Matt Hill, photos by Rachael Griffiths. People On Vacation are by my own admission not my usual listening, ones own mp3 collection being far more likely to be blasting Behemoth, Arcturus or Megadeth to name but a few. With that being said, with a Thursday evening in the company of “The Jim” and…
Hitting the comeback trail after their 2014 was derailed by a back injury to frontman Tomas Hubbard, Hang The Bastard have just made a huge announcement. London’s favourite Black Sabbath inspired sludge / stoner metal riff lords have just been confirmed as special guests for sludge / groove metal legends Corrosion Of Conformity’s first UK…
Needless to say, I have most definitely slacked and avoided a LOT that I shouldn’t have this year. Not surprisingly to those that know me, my attendance at gigs has almost evaporated in recent years, especially when you consider at one point in my life I was frequenting 4-5 gigs a week… What is surprising…
Needless to say, over the time they have been performing as a band under the banner of Hang the Bastard, their name alone was enough for people to take notice. Usually in such manners, the musical output lets this attention down… But, what can be said in words alone that will give this absolute monster…
Last month, the forefathers of heavy metal, Black Sabbath, headlined one of the days of the inaugural British Summer Time Festival in London. Rock Sins’ sent the always intrepid Matt Hill along to cover the events of the day. Over to you Matt… Well, I honestly didn’t think I’d ever get the chance to see…
Words by Matt Hill and Jamie Giberti, photos by Jamie Giberti. As far as the last few years ago, the amount of new music festivals that the UK has seen come (and in many cases go) is almost innumerable. Occasionally from the glut of new events certain ones rise from the pack to become events…
