Trading between dark Alcest vibes, extremity and depressed, ethereal clean passages, the first song on the debut Hidden Mothers EP may seem like it throws too many things at the wall to see what sticks. Incongruous tempo changes, a harsh differentiation between instrumental dynamism and a chiaroscuro that seems a little out of whack. On…
Allow me, if you will, to get on my soapbox and shout about all the bloody brilliant music that has come out this year. If you’re willing to listen – not to me mind, to the music – you will find that 2019 has been one of the best years of the decade and as the 10s draw to their eventual but inevitable close, join me as we look at my top 20 (ish, I cheated) albums and five EPs of the year.
With a stacked line up filled with metal’s brightest underground sparks and a few big names to boot, Damnation does not look set to disappoint.
It is certainly possible that Spiritual Instinct is a step sideways as opposed to a strident leap forward.
Heads are sore, feet are weary but that matters not because there is one full day of Download 2019 left to go. The Donington masses collectively dust themselves down as they head towards Tool, Enter Shikari, Slayer’s last ever UK show and much more, so let’s get straight to it. I Prevail (7), through no…
For their huge twenty fifth anniversary edition, the Meltdown Festival which takes place at London’s famed Southbank Centre have invited legendary frontman of The Cure, Robert Smith, to help curate the festival. To put it mildly, he’s done rather well. Today’s first announcement of the line up for Meltdown Festival 2018 has a stunning array…
As always, Rocksins is extremely pleased to bring our readers the latest news from the Bloodstock Festival camp and they continue to outdo themselves, adding more fantastic bands to what is already the heaviest Bloodstock lineup ever. Two new bands have been announced for the Ronnie James Dio Man Stage: Lock Up, the grindcore band…
