Love them or hate them Godsmack have been a consistent force in the hard rock scene for over 20 years and now with new album Lighting Up The Sky their groove infused brand continues to bother the charts and give their live shows the energy their fanbase has grown to love and expect. Opening with…
In a time where weighty riffs and heavy subjects reign supreme in the rock realms, we all need a breather from time to time. Enter Canadian rock n’ roll band MONSTER TRUCK with their recently released Warriors. The follow up to 2018’s True Rockers wastes little time as the title track comes riding in on…
MOTORHEAD‘s fifth studio album, Iron Fist is a record that really should need no introduction. Originally released back in 1982 when the speed metal trio were at the height of their chart topping power. Iron Fist was the last album to feature the classic three amigos line-up of Lemmy Kilmister, “Fast” Eddie Clarke and Phil…
When Black Francis sings “Don’t piss in the fountain” on Doggerel‘s opening track Nomatterday, one has to assume he’s referring to the fountain of youth. Ever since their reformation in 2004, PIXIES have been seemingly turning back the clock. Beneath The Eyrie (2019) was a noticeably darker record in tone. Full of gothic melancholia and…
For most of the bands that reformed in the wake of the great gig gold rush of the noughties the following years have been a rather understated epilogue in terms of recorded output. There has been little truly great music produced by those acts, but one band who have bucked the trend are Cincinnati’s rock…
Sometimes a record comes along that is just the right vibe, the right message, and the right sound at the right time. Seattle’s Band Of Horses have been absent for six years, their last release being Why Are You Ok in 2016, and to be honest it may be longer since we thought about them….
A multifaceted record that leaves room for reflection as much as inciting excitement, it is laudably put together and highly enjoyable.
Devildriver’s remastered re-releases of their first five albums might feel a bit pointless to some. Indeed, there’s no real “anniversary” to make them feel warranted. ‘Beast’ and ‘Pray for Villains’ the latest albums of the five were, indeed, both released under a decade ago. However Devildriver have still had one of the best, and most…
Hands up who is ready for a brand new Alice In Chains album? Well you’re all about to get your wishes! The first new album from the Seattle grunge legends has been titled as “Rainier Fog”, a tribute to their hometown, and is set to be released on the 24th of August through their new…
Savage (Songs From A Broken World) is Gary Numan’s 21st album and the follow up to 2013’s Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind). In many ways, it feels much like a spiritual sequel to that album, at least conceptually. This feels like it could be the second part of a loose trilogy that may possibly…
The full length debut album from UK metallers The Raven Age, Darkness Will Rise, has attracted a lot of fanfare prior to its recent release. A lot has been written, both good and bad, so now it is time for the Rock Sins take on it. It’s clear that there is some talent in the…
2013 was a good year as far as the performance of rock and metal bands in the UK album charts were concerned, with the likes of Paramore, Black Sabbath and Avenged Sevenfold scoring number one albums, topped off by others such as Bring Me The Horizon and Alter Bridge bothering the top 10 in impressive…
