After a little break, the Rock Sins 2015 awards are continuing with one of our top photographers, the awesome Fran. She’s put down her camera and picked up her keyboard and (rather eloquently, if we do say so ourselves), picked out her best bits (and the odd disappointment) from last year. Over to you Fran….
Following on from Jamie’s picks of the best of 2015, today it’s the turn of one of Rock Sins’ most long serving contributors, James Halstead. We’re suspicious that we might see some more Lamb of God love this time around, but let’s dive in and find out…. Album Of The Year – While She Sleeps…
It’s that time again for the Rock Sins staff to cast their eyes back over the great, the good and the not quite so good of the past twelve months from 2015. Kicking things off in traditional style is our features ed Jamie. You may spot something of a recurring theme with his picks this…
From power metal to math rock, bands of all parts of the rock and metal spectrum at this time of year occasionally like to produce a festive number or two. So, we thought here at Rock Sins we would give a quick overview of a selection of some Christmas and holiday themed songs we’ve encountered…
Mark Tremonti is undeniably one of the most well-known guitarists in the rock world. Be it with Creed, Alter Bridge or most recently his own Tremonti solo project, his riffs and solos are known the world over. With a brand new album, Cauterize, to promote, we caught up with Mark earlier this year at a…
On October 30, 2015, Romania was rocked by a shocking fire at The Colectiv Nightclub that caused unprecedented destruction in its wake. The fire, caused by a pyrotechnic error, has so far killed at least 60 people (as of November 23), including many members of the local rock and metal scene within Bucharest. In this…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Not Christmas of course but that period between October to December where if you had the means and the time to do so, you could literally go to a gig almost every night for the best part of three months. We’ve picked out just ten tours that…
It’s time for another Rock Sins Introducing look at a band who are new to our readers! This time around it’s a band delivering a welcome slab of homegrown British hard rock, Leicester natives Resin. Their singer Dave Gandon gives us the lowdown on the band and a few personal favourites. Over to you Dave!…
It’s that time of year again; the festival blues are gone, you’ve deleted that annoying guy you drunkenly added on Facebook after her spent the entire night sitting in your camp chair and now? Now it is time for baseless speculation on festival announcements! Of most interest to me: what, exactly, will Bloodstock pull out…
“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…
It’s time to welcome in the week with the latest in our “introducing” series here on Rock Sins highlighting new bands. This time around we catch up with Christoph from German metalcore outfit Annisokay – who had a taste of the action in the UK earlier this year touring with Fearless Vampire Killers. Welcome! Please…
Words by James Halstead and Nick Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. Another year, another Bloodstock and Team Rock Sins were there as usual to document all the action with possibly their biggest and most in-depth coverage yet! Here’s the first part of our review, covering the Thursday night headliners; Arnocorps and all of the Friday…
