Noise masters Igorrr recently descended upon UK shores for a short run of shows. Rock Sins was present at the Manchester date of the tour to bring our readers a full run down of the action. Otto Van Schirach (5) has been making music since 2001. He is a one-man act, screaming from behind DJ…
Few could have predicted Rolo Tomassi’s turn from weirdo bedroom noise making upstarts to long-term stalwarts of alternative extreme music, but that journey, starting with 2008’s electronica inflected ‘Hysterics’, has seen the band mature into a thoughtful, intelligent – yet still formidable – experimental force. Over that six album discography, the frenetic asides Rolo Tomassi…
In the biggest about-turn in a career built on genre polyamory, Deafheaven pave brand new paths.
Every once in a while, there’s nothing better than some straight up metalcore to bang your head, sing-a-long and mosh with – and Novelists deliver that in spades. The French band have consistently delivered powerful and slightly out of the ordinary mix of metal, groove and tech metal since their formation in 2012, and –…
After months of bubbling hype and a co-headline tour with Ducking Punches last November, Spanish Love Songs returned to Manchester’s Soup Kitchen with a victory lap for their breakthrough record, Schmaltz. Main support came in the form of the excellent Pkew Pkew Pkew (8), the Canadian punk band currently touring their sophomore effort Optimal Lifestyles….
“It’ll all be over by Christmas” comes the gurgled refrain on the pummelling war hymn, Forward! The few stabs of lyrics that make sense the first time through Anaal Nathrakh’s latest 35-minute odyssey of insanity, A New Kind Of Horror, paint a foreboding picture of a war so desolate the only through line is the…
It’s rare a band name properly encapsulates their sound. Metallica, check. Megadeth, check. Against Me!, check. Funeral Shakes are another in this lineage. The name Funeral Shakes conjures up the perfect image of a band that are aggressive and in your face – but having fun with it. Formed by Gallows drummer Lee Barratt, along…
Eskimo Callboy first exploded onto the internet thanks to viral sensation “Is Anyone Up,” five years ago. The song, named after an anonymous revenge porn website, which featured astoundingly insensitive lyrics like: “your pussy, your boobies, on the world wide web,” and “I’ve lost my ability to infatuate hot chicks,” crooned in a voice-distorting autotune,…
Obituary have been together over thirty years now. Releasing a self titled record is often thought of as a career – and legacy – defining move. Whilst Suicide Silence’s controversy ridden eponymous release came with a total change in direction; Obituary have simply solidified their thrashy death metal roots. Indeed, Obituary is almost the band…
Continuing Rock Sins’ highlights of last year in our end of year awards series, it’s the turn of longtime contributor Will Stevenson. Here are Will’s picks of the great, the good and the somewhat disappointing from 2016. Album of the year: Full of Hell / The Body – One Day You Will Ache Like I…
Ever since Brexit and the rise of Trump in America, the more hopeful amongst us have been looking forward to one thing: the turbulent rebirth of mainstream punk music. Whilst The King Blues have had something of a rocky few years, the political message they and support act Louise Distras sent out tonight was loud…
Bowling For Soup are now on their 11th studio album, after over twenty years as a band. After glossing over their temporary UK “retirement” the band are back doing what they do best: ignorant, hilarious pop punk with big choruses. Indeed, Drunk Dynasty, as the name suggests, does not reinvent the Bowling for Soup wheel….
