Khaidian are no naive young novices. They’ve been in this game for a while learning the trade in various bands before coming together in 2010 to create the genre-bending mesh of industrial, progressive, nu metal and electronic you hear today. Early lineup turbulence has subsided and now the quartet of John Tyrell (guitars/programming), Joe Perumal…
Cradle of Filth. Named by Noel Fielding (through his character Richmond Avenal) as “one of the best contemporary darkwave bands in the world” in The IT Crowd, the group have struggled to justify such a title in recent years with constant lineup changes underpinning lacklusture songwriting and poorly received attempts at experimentation. Now, though, Dani…
August 13, 2012. It was my second night in a row at the London Forum to witness a defining moment in my time as a punk fan, something I thought I’d never see before that point, or ever again afterwards. Refused were back, although they were adamant this was a onetime thing. The band, which…
Ola Englund’s project Feared is back with a new album, bringing in journeyman drummer (and former Six Feet Under bandmate) Kevin Talley and bassist Jocke Skog to round out the band’s lineup from the two-piece it was with Mario Santos Ramos for their previous effort. New lineup assembled, Englund and co have managed to produce…
Cult band Cardiacs, who have been labelled anything from progressive punk (or “pronk”) to psychedelic pop and everything in between, have been inactive since 2008 with an indefinitely shelved album as a result of charismatic frontman Tim Smith’s heart attack/stroke at a My Bloody Valentine concert. The band’s mysterious label, the Alphabet Business Concern, has…
Last year saw German folk metallers Equilibrium experience several lineup changes in the midst of a new album release. To unveil their new lineup and promote their album, they set out on a tour of Europe including a rare stop in the UK in October. Here’s what happened: Opening the night was melodeath quintet Nothgard…
Sweet Exile are a young alternative metal group from Leeds, who are currently working on their debut EP. Before that, though, we have this demo, which was released in 2014. I always hate reviewing demos because the rough nature of them makes it difficult to give a positive review, but while not assured to be…
On a cold Tuesday night in February, Tufnell Park was treated to the unusual yet infectious combination of swing jazz and death metal provided by France’s Trepalium. The band were there to kick off their UK tour in support of the worldwide release of their “Damballa’s Voodoo Doll” EP (renamed from “Voodoo Moonshine” due to…
At the very end of 2014, Rock Sins was granted an interview with one of the greats of British metal from the last twenty years. Nick Holmes, best known as frontman for Paradise Lost and now more recently as the new man behind the microphone for the death metal super group Bloodbath. Rock Sins’ Philip…
Welcome back all to Rock Sins 2014 End Of Year Awards. We’re into our third week now and this time up it’s one of our newer writers Mr Philip Whitehead, who has a very interesting selection of choices for you all to digest. Without further ado, on with the Rock Sins 2014 End Of Year…
