Swedish melodic death metal titans ARCH ENEMY are back with their brand new albumDeceivers! It’s been five long years since their last album Will To Power (2017), the longest break between albums since the band’s formation in 1996. However with a global pandemicplaguing the recording sessions of their new line-up, we think they can be…
After two years away from the studio, OCEANS OF SLUMBER are back with their latest album Starlight And Ash. Often described as the “female Opeth”, the Texan prog metal sextet have come a long way since they came onto the scene in 2013 with Aetherial. It hasn’t always been an easy road and they’ve dealt…
After just two years (yes, it’s really only been that long) since their 2020 release Alphaville, IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT are back. The unique death metal/jazz fusion three-piece reached new heights both musically and thematically last time out so expectations for a follow up were incredibly lofty. Spirit Of Ecstasy chooses to lean further into the unbound…
It’s mind boggling to think that The Cleansing is now 15 years old, and SUICIDE SILENCE themselves are in their 20th year. Vulgar, crass and disgustingly heavy, The Cleansing is everything death metal should be, while also doing everything a great debut album should do, announcing SUICIDE SILENCE‘s arrival in a big way. Listening to…
We’re still blasting the new WOLF album here at Rock Sins, Shadowland is some proper heavy metal by a proper heavy metal band. We caught up with Niklas Stålvind to see what he thought of the reaction to the album and most importantly, when are they coming to see us in the UK?? Firstly, thanks…
Though it comes wrapped in a tapestry blanket of grand Greek mythology, Venom Prison’s Erebos quickly unveils its darkness whilst saving some of its greatest treasures for repeated listens. A large portion of its runtime is made up of the sheer force we’ve come to expect from one of the most exciting bands on the…
Theatricality in rock music has long served as a means for bands to make themselves stand out from the crowd and draw listeners into worlds of their own creation. Whether it be the campy almost-pantomime horror of Alice Cooper, the falsetto wails of King Diamond’s macabre opus Abigail, or the conceptual fairytale-like world-building of Avantasia, the…
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….
Ice – T has experienced a lot of things in his life. At 62, it’s safe to say the man is a living legend, who has seen & done more things in his life than most people could ever comprehend. It’s these experiences that have informed his career, both as a successful rapper and as…
The new album is talking about “the other”. Fear of “the other”. Unnecessary fear. Unwarranted fear of “the other”.
