Words by James Halstead and Nicholas Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. Following on from the two previous days of metal mayhem, capped off on Saturday night by black metal icons Emperor, the Bloodstock Open Air devotees roused their weary bones for one final very worthwhile assault on their senses. If you’d like to catch up…
Kicking off 2015 with a bang, the mighty Amon Amarth have been tearing up the UK at a number of intimate gigs, with support from Huntress and Savage Messiah. On Saturday the 24th they landed in the cold and gloomy Stoke-on-Trent to add a little unforgettable Viking touch to everyone’s lives… As an eight year old…
The Prepare For Hell tour was one of the most anticipated metal tours to come to the UK in quite some time, not only was it’s Slipknot’s return but it was Slipknot with special guests KoRn! On Friday the tour finally made it’s stop at a sold out Wembley Arena and the atmosphere in the…
On the sixth night of Slipknot’s Prepare For Hell tour, the band return to London’s Wembley Arena for their first London show since 2009. Needless to say this was an incredibly anticipated set, especially after KoRn and Slipknot performed a ridiculous but amazing cover of the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” during KoRn’s set, the bar was…
Slipknot in the flesh are a band that make people put down the camera and the phone and live in the moment. Slipknot’s first full UK tour in over six years has been eagerly awaited since the day it was announced some months ago. Throw in the fact the Prepare For Hell tour also had…
Words by James Halstead & Nicholas Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. After some tremendous performances from the likes of Prong, Hatebreed and headliners Down on day one of the 2014 edition of Bloodstock, it was time to head back into the arena at Catton Hall for more metal mayhem on day two of the festival…
2014 has proven to be a huge year for Martyr Defiled, with playing Download Festival in the summer, to heading down under next month with Boris The Blade. They’ll also be ending the year with a run of UK dates with Upon A Burning Body. In short, they’ve been doing it all. However this month…
Back in March of this year, Architects were on the road promoting their then brand new, and still fantastic, album, Lost Forever // Lost Together. Rock Sins was lucky enough to be in attendance at the Glasgow date of this tour, and as a result we have a photo gallery of exclusive shots for our…
Words by James Halstead & Nicholas Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. It’s reached the waning end of Summer in the UK once again so that means one very important thing to the UK metal community – it’s time for the Bloodstock Open Air Festival. The 2014 instalment of BOA had one of the most impressive…
Words by Lisa Fox, photos by Alan Swan. It is always going to be tough to review a band that claim to be “The Greatest Band of All Time”. Everything Arnocorps do is harder, louder and heavier. They make no apologies for this confidence. In fact they simply bring balls to the walls attitude as they make music and…
