Needless to say, I have most definitely slacked and avoided a LOT that I shouldn’t have this year. Not surprisingly to those that know me, my attendance at gigs has almost evaporated in recent years, especially when you consider at one point in my life I was frequenting 4-5 gigs a week… What is surprising…
Voices are like very few other bands currently around. So when they announced the launch show for their new album London was to take place in it’s namesakes Black Heart in Camden Town, Rock Sins thought that we should be there. Combine Voices unique take on blackened / crust engraved death metal with the fact…
The Jagermeister Music tour rolled back into Brixton at the end of 2014 bringing some of the best names in Ska and Punk. With Me First And The Gimme Gimmes headlining tonight was going to be everything but a sensible, civilised evening and bring Capdown and The Skints with them meant everyone was guaranteed to have a good time….
When you think back to how big Funeral For A Friend once were, tonight’s show at the Electric Ballroom might seem like a huge step down. And whilst it is a considerably smaller show than the venues the band once played, it’s nice to see this doesn’t bother them. Over their fourteen year career, countless bands…
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…
Well well well, this is a night that has been a long time coming. I’ve been a self confessed maggot since 1999 but have somehow never managed to see my favourite band play ‘indoors’. Well, tonight that 16 year streak of misfortune ended, when I witnessed, no, I experienced, Slipknot Prepare For Hell in Glasgow. First though,…
For many inside Lincoln’s Engine Shed, tonight is the last gig of the year. Luckily for them, Deaf Havana, The Lonely The Brave and Verses do not disappoint, putting on a show worthy of bowing an excellent year out. Verses (7) start out fairly subdued, but once they find their groove and conquer early sound…
Not long before Christmas, Australian metalcore titans Parkway Drive hit the UK for their biggest headline tour yet. With several big Parkway Drive fans amongst the staff here at Rock Sins we weren’t going to miss out on this tour, so we sent James along to the Camden Town Roundhouse (somehow still standing after Machine…
Protest The Hero came steamrolling into the grand settings of London Koko off the back of an incredible 18 months. This band have also thought outside the box, when it’s come to their sound, live show and collective ethos. After self-releasing Volition, with the help of a Kick-Starter Campaign and the lovely chaps at Spinefarm…
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…
Words by Lizzie Cooley, photos by Jonathan Yip. As one of the top 20 hottest bands in the world at the moment, Baby Godzilla took to the stage of the Forum Hertfordshire and delivered their (now infamous) blend of “extreme noise” and explosive entertainment. With support from the likes of Zoax and Hooligan Collective, it…
