They’d tried to keep it a secret for SO long and almost succeeded, but regardless of the fact word got out a tiny bit early – Avenged Sevenfold’s long awaited new album The Stage is OUT NOW! Rumours had been swirling all week ever since Avenged Sevenfold announced their special #A7XOCT27LIVE VR/360 performance at Capitol…
The rumour mill has been in force for awhile that Avenged Sevenfold were up to something. Avenged Sevenfold’s famed deathbat logo was seen being broadcast in various places in London including Camden last week one evening. Then yesterday WWE Superstar / Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho posted a picture of the Avenged logo on his social…
It wasn’t long ago that Orange County, California natives Avenged Sevenfold announced an enormous UK arena tour for January 2017 (with Disturbed and In Flames supporting them no less). Clearly the tour has been an enormous success at the box office, as Avenged Sevenfold have just announced they are adding a second London date at…
There’s been lots of exciting news concerning one of Rock Sins’ favourite bands In Flames recently. Firstly there was the announcement of their first live DVD in over a decade, Sounds From The Heart Of Gothenburg. Then there was the news that In Flames would be returning to the UK early next year to open…
Avenged Sevenfold haven’t been seen in the UK since their critic defying, jaw droppingly good headline performance at the 2014 Download Festival. So the news of their return to the UK in January 2017 for their biggest arena tour to date will be cause for celebration for an awful lot of people. The tour hits…
Following on from the start of Rock Sins 2014 end of year awards a couple of days ago with Fran kicking things off (read her choices of the best and worst of 2014 here), our second installment comes from a new face here at Rock Sins. We are welcoming James Weaver to the Rock Sins…
Words by Sam Dignon & Jamie Giberti. After months of build up, anticipation, debates, celebration and complaints over the line up (as happen every year), Download Festival 2014 was finally upon us. Rock Sins descended en-masse to the hallowed turf of Donington with our best staff turn out yet to enjoy and report back on…
As you might expect, having recently returned from the yearly soiree to Donington for the 2014 Download Festival, Rock Sins will have loads of coverage in the coming days and weeks. But before all of that takes over our lives for the next god knows how long, we had a few things we wanted to…
With the 2014 Download Festival now less than two weeks away, it’s about that time of year again where Rock Sins picks out our acts that we really think you should see across the weekend. In part one of our preview, we’ve got ten bands we think you should see on the first day of…
When Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan tragically died in 2009, it was hard to know what the future held for Avenged Sevenfold. Jimmy was a founding member of the band, and as well as playing drums he played a major part in the writing process. The remaining Avenged Sevenfold members have since said that they considered…
It’s been the worst kept secret in the rock industry for a few months now. Ever since Avenged Sevenfold’s new album Hail To The King scored a UK album chart number one in August, all signs have pointed to them breaking the festival glass ceiling and joining the exclusive group of bands that have headlined…
There was a lot of talk that after a fantastic start last week they wouldn’t hang on. It was a close run thing, but we’re delighted that California metal group Avenged Sevenfold have achieved a historic UK album chart number one position with their new album Hail To The King (released through Warner Bros Records)….
