Bristol’s AshestoAngels have been skirting around the fringes of mainstream success for over six years now. “How to Bleed” is the band’s fifth release, following the deluxe re-release of their Horror Cult album last Summer. On their fourth full length album, the self-styled ‘horror punks’ touch upon several styles but the highlights undeniably come when…
900 fans of hardcore punk descended upon a sold out Manchester Academy 2 for one of the first heavy festivals of the year, Impericon Festival. With a brilliant lineup stretching from 2pm till evening, and the one-stage setup meaning there would be no clashes, the atmosphere was already in high spirits by the time Rock…
Earlier this year, Rock Sins reporter Will Stevenson sat down with the frontwoman of US “Haunted Mansion-Core” band, New Year’s Day, Ashley Costello, for a quick fire chat about various subjects including touring, the UK and Netflix! Over to you Will! Rock Sins: New Year’s Day’s latest album Malevolence came out last October. is it…
Fleshgod Apocalypse’s fourth full length album King is a stunning example of how to do symphonic death metal right. It’s an often beleaguered sub-genre, full of faux-classical pretentiousness yet Fleshgod have always managed to use their strings, choirs and other grandiose elements to great, chilling effect. King manages to take these theatrical aspirations to even…
Escape The Fate have been on something of a resurgence recently. Their UK tour was loaded up with some big name supports in the form of New Years Day and Fearless Vampire Killers, so we sent Will Stevenson along to check out the action in Manchester. New Year’s Day (6) return to a venue they…
Ghost Town have got a lot of hype around them at the moment – with airplay on Kerrang TV and with the big magazines starting to take an interest in them. Their recent tour with Palisades sounded intriguing, so Rock Sins went along to check out the action. We even got the bonus of Kerrang…
Ten years ago, Fall Out Boy (8) released From Under The Cork Tree, the album that sent them stratospheric and, alongside seminal releases from Panic At The Disco and My Chemical Romance, firmly cemented the arrival of emo the mainstream. Tonight, headlining the largest indoor arena in the UK, the band open with their biggest…
Ryan Hamilton of People on Vacation and Smile Smile fame has crafted himself an impressive début solo album, though one that rarely strays from what he’s best at. The album is packed with impressive hooks, big choruses and of course Ryan’s distinctive floaty, melancholic vocal style. Hell of a Day starts off strong with “Be…
Kingston based band Bad Solution’s debut EP, Self Destruct, is four chunks of hefty, melodic modern metal in the vein of Avenged Sevenfold and Five Finger Death Punch. Two mighty inspirations, so how does Bad Solution’s take hold up? Very well, actually. The EP sets out its stall with opener Self Destruct, which begins with a…
Hit The Deck is Bristol and Nottingham’s annual, raucous start to the festival season. With a bill that gets bigger every year, this event has been one of the UK’s premier indoor festivals since its inception. Things are changed around a little at the Nottingham leg this year; the wristbands are made from paper not…
