It seems there is no stopping Babymetal, or more specifically their legions of fans. We presented our readers with our twelve favourite video of the week winners from 2016 and let you decide the winner. In the end, over 5,000 of you voted, and Babymetal narrowly beat out Bristol goths Ashestoangels to take home the…
Around the start of March, Rock Sins decided to introduce a video of the week feature. Whilst we’ve not always been able to run it every week, since it’s introduction we’ve had 24 installments and it’s gone on to become one of our most popular parts of the website. So it’s only fitting that we…
Due to some unforeseen circumstances we’ve had a few issues in getting the final part of our Download 2016 festival coverage published for your enjoyment but better late than never, here it is! For anyone who didn’t see it the first time around, or who would like a refresher, You can catch up with the…
Butserfest, the UK’s biggest “straight edge” festival (alcohol free and drug free) have got plenty of news to share with everyone about this years’ edition of the festival. Firstly, a couple of line up changes. With the news that Fearless Vampire Killers are soon to disband, they have unfortunately dropped off the Butserfest line up….
When Aiden said their goodbyes at the end of 2015, many wondered how long it would be before their frontman William Francis would re-emerge in the guise of his darkwave/synthpop alter-ego William Control. As it turns out, they wouldn’t have too long to wait – the Skeleton Strings Tour was announced last month, and has…
At the start of this month, Fearless Vampire Killers shocked their considerable fanbase by announcing the end of the band. Vocalist and guitarist Kier Kemp had decided to leave the band, and the rest of the band decided they could not go on (at least not in their current form) without him, and so “FVK”…
We’ve been extremely tardy in announcing this but never fear, we made it in the end. After battling it out with their fellow Download performers, Bristol new grave goth punks Ashestoangels swept home the most recent video of the week contest with a landslide victory. Their bleak video for Down We Go took home the…
Bristol’s AshestoAngels have been skirting around the fringes of mainstream success for over six years now. “How to Bleed” is the band’s fifth release, following the deluxe re-release of their Horror Cult album last Summer. On their fourth full length album, the self-styled ‘horror punks’ touch upon several styles but the highlights undeniably come when…
Following the announcement that Slaves (US) would be embarking on a string of dates in the UK/EU, it seemed that the tour may not happen after all following reports that the band were to split. Luckily for Slaves fans, frontman Jonny Craig clarified that the dates and their Download appearance would still be going ahead,…
The gates to the campsite of the 2016 Download Festival will be open in just a few hours time! So while you’re sat waiting in the queue, on your travels on the way to Donington, or just wishing you were going, please check out our pick of who and what to see at this years’…
It seems like ashestoangels are constantly on the road, and with new album, How to Bleed just released the band were off again on a 9 date tour of the UK with friends Saint[The]Sinner. We sent Rachael Griffiths along to the final night at the Borderline in London to cement her place within the Horror Cult and…
British metal outfit Thrones just took the crown for last weeks’ video of the contest by the length of a fret from Cardinal Bay. But that was last week’s competition, and once again now there are another five bands ready to do battle in this weeks vote. First up are pop punk royalty All Time…
