Love them or hate them Your Demise have been one of the most important UK Hardcore bands of the past decade. After years of doing things their way no matter what others said Your Demise announced their split last year and tonight played their final show The Underworld in Camden. First up came Manchester Hardcore…
It may only be March, but the birds are singing, the sun is shining and it is officially the start of festival season. This weekend sees us heading to Southampton for Takedown Festival 2014. Ok so we might not be able to walk around in bikinis yet, but as Takedown is indoors, thankfully we don’t need…
UK metal quintet Rise To Remain were looking to kickstart their 2014 with a bang and promptly decided to do it with a London home-town show. Tonight’s gig at The Borderline on Tottenham Court Road was the beginning of Rise getting back up to full gear, alongside two fellow UK metal acts. First up, Chapters…
Hard rock heroes The Answer jaunted down to the Essex coast to visit my home town of Southend as part of their Road Less Travelled tour, playing at the legendary venue Chinnerys. Supporting The Answer were energetic local up-and-comers Minerva Falls (7). Their style was a perfect fit for the evening, delivering hard rock tunes…
For anyone who has missed the first two parts of Sheldon’s on the road diary with Imperial Leisure, you can check them out on the links below. Day one in Colchester Day two in Salisbury Now, on with the final instalment…. Day 3 of 3 – Bristol – The Fleece – Sunday 17th November 2013…
Introducing Ghouls, a six-piece band currently based in London, with members originally from across the UK. Ghouls were founded in late 2011 and describe themselves as Alt/Gypsy/Punk. After the success of their acoustic EP, they are soon to release ‘Ten Thousand Words On’ (available from the 4th of April 2014) which is being produced by…
Having spent most of 2013 away from the UK with only one appearence at Download Festival a lot of people have been looking forward to Architects returning tonight. With their latest album Lost Forever // Lost Together about to be released there was not a better way for Architects to celebrate this than with a…
Delighted fans of Surrey rockers You Me At Six queued for hours in the cold streets of Glasgow on Thursday, 30th of January, for what was anticipated to be an ecstatic and electrifying performance from the quintet, and they didn’t disappoint. Travelling around the UK promoting their latest album, Cavalier Youth out now, You Me…
On Valentine’s Day 2014, London metal group The Defiled had their homecoming; Their first headline show as part of a full headline tour in London in quite some time. Rock Sins’ own sibling double act Fran and Sam went along to The O2 Academy Islington in North London to enjoy the action (Words – Sam…
Last month, two of our team, Sam and Fran went along to the highly enjoyable Less Than Jake co-headline tour with Reel Big Fish, which also featured Zebrahead. Rock Sins’ intrepid duo were able to catch the tour on the second of two shows played in London over Valentine’s weekend (and if you’d like to…
When openers Hundredth (7) take to the stage the room is still mostly empty, possibly due to some confusion with the door times tonight. This turns out to be a real shame as Hundredth prove to be a great choice for an opening band. Their uplifting hardcore songs are made even better thanks to the…
The start of the year wouldn’t be complete without one of the most consistently great touring packages of the year, the Kerrang! Tour. They’ve outdone themselves this year though, managing to get nu metal legends Limp Bizkit, Japanese metalcore heroes Crossfaith, a band with a goblin (Nekrogoblikon) and British rising stars Baby Godzilla. And it’s…
