There were tears, cheers and plenty of beers flowing at what will be known as Download Festival’s historic pilot event, which took place 18th-20th June, with a reduced capacity of 10,000 fans and just two stages. When the Download Pilot was announced we couldn’t quite believe it; live music was making a return with a…
Bleed From Within have been one of the most criminally overlooked metal bands of the last decade. The Glaswegians have released several great albums but never quite got the praise they deserve. Perhaps the 6 year delay between Uprising and Era caused some damage but the quality of their work has always been so high….
January is generally pretty rubbish all things considered, everyone is on the big Christmas comedown and it tends to be pretty miserable and boring. Every now and then though something comes along and adds a little light to proceedings and in this case that would be Cancer Bats and chums who are back on these…
With the weather changing it’s mind on the opening day of Bloodstock Open Air 2018 more times than Neymar making dives at this Summer’s World Cup, our foray into Catton Hall found metalheads of all kinds from the shirtless to those somewhat more weather proof. It felt oddly appropriate then that our first musical encounter…
With a new generation of heavy, UK-based bands you might be forgiven for forgetting the last time the UK was such a hot bed for interesting bands playing heavy music. Today’s crop originate, for the most part, from the realms of hardcore and even though acts such as Employed to Serve or Venom Prison obviously…
So here at Rock Sins, we’ve finally decided to join the 21st Century. By that, we mean we’ve finally set up a Spotify playlist. Every week, we’ll be providing our lovely readers and listeners with twenty new tracks to soundtrack your week. The songs will be a mixture of new singles, songs from albums and…
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 2015. One of the best of the younger festivals, Takedown Festival was launched in 2012 and is now in its fourth year. It…
Another day and another entry in the 2014 Rock Sins End of Year Awards. This time it’s one of our longest serving writers Mr James Halstead picking his highs and lows from last year. Let the awards commence… Album of the year? Suicide Silence – You Can’t Stop Me Returning from tragic circumstances with their…
Rock Sins is on something of a news catch up this week after some holiday and the first thing we wanted to bring to our readers attention is the news that Sylosis‘ longtime (not to mention excellent) drummer Rob Callard has stepped down from his position after nine years with the band. Moving quickly to…
First band on, Bleed from Within (9) set a bar so high that no one that follows can quite match them. As disgustingly tight as always, the heavy focus on latest album ‘Uprising’ serves them well. Good as the songs are though, Bleed’s real secret weapon lies in Scott Kennedy’s abilities as a frontman. Always…
