There is one sure fire way to tell if a gig is going to be well attended before the queues starts. Look for the touts. Listen for them. You will find these parasites at only the best selling of events, and tonight their disgusting practice is in full flow. Tickets bought for twenty pounds and…
Well, the Download Festival team have just reduced us all to a bunch of gibbering wrecks with their latest announcement for Download 2019. One of the greatest collection of bands ever unveiled in a single Donington announcement boasts heavy hitters in all kinds of sub-genres of rock and metal. Topping the pile (seriously, where do…
Following on from another Sam, Sam Savigny, kickstarting the Rock Sins End Of Year Awards for 2018, it’s now the turn of another Sam, Sam Dignon, to pick their favourites (and disappointments) for the year. We begin with Sam’s album of the year…. Album of the Year: Camp Cope – How To Socialise & Make…
So, with Christmas upon us, we come to our annual tradition here at Rock Sins – The End Of Year Awards! First up to share his awards with everyone this year is Sam Savigny, so without any further, over to you Sam! Album of the Year: Fucked Up – Dose Your Dreams By a sixth album…
Following up the modern classic that was ‘The Satanist’ was never going to be easy. Behemoth’s magnum opus changed the game in the world of extreme metal, raising the bar and challenging peers, contemporaries and all future artists to up their respective games and attempt to knock the Polish quartet off of their blackened pedestal….
We’re all eagerly awaiting the brand new album from Polish metal titans Behemoth, I Loved You At Your Darkest, which will be released on the 5th of October 2018 through Nuclear Blast Records. With that, and the fact we’re suffering from Bloodstock Open Air Festival withdrawal here at Rock Sins HQ, we thought we would…
Polish death metal titans Behemoth have returned! After some speculative social media posts in recent days and weeks featuring the expression God = Dog, and some imagery, the big reveal happened earlier today. Fans were invited to a special website and encouraged to “say a prayer”, before receiving the new track as their “blessing” for…
It is a little difficult to know where to start with Messe Noire. Anyone with a passing interest in metal from the last five years has probably at least heard of Behemoth’s magnus opus, The Satanist, even if they haven’t actually heard the album. With frontman Adam ‘Nergal’ Darski conquering Luekaemia prior to, and during…
Following the launch of our weekly spotify playlist and feature last week, we’re back for round two this time! This week, we’ve got some more cracking songs from bands and acts all over the musical spectrum. Bury Tomorrow’s huge comeback single, Black Flame? Got it. The new Ghost song that has their fans in raptures?…
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…
Bloodstock Open Air has announced three more bands for next August’s annual mosh-fest in Derbyshire. US prog metallers Symphony X (pictured) – making an exclusive UK festival appearance – join Sunday, with Slayer topping that bill. Fellow Americans, industrial metal legends, Fear Factory will hit the Ronnie James Dio Stage on Saturday, headlined by Mastodon….
Gothic rock godfathers Fields of the Nephilim are set to play two shows in London later this month – with one of their famous fans joining them for the first one. Behemoth frontman Nergal will appear as special guest with FOTN at Islington Academy on Thursday 17th December. It marks the fifth anniversary of his…
