There are very few certainties in life, but one thing you can set your watch by is DevilDriver and their capacity to keep generating banger albums. Dealing with Demons Vol. II is the bands tenth album and comes on the heels of their 20th Anniversary. To the absolute surprise of no one, it picks up…
It’s playlist time once again! Another twenty new tracks are here on the Rock Sins playlist for your listening pleasure. As has been the case multiple times over the last few months, we are kicking off with the latest banger from High Wycombe’s finest As Everything Unfolds. Flip Side gets the party started in the…
For close to two decades Devildriver have been one of the standard bearers in modern metal. Their first four albums are all stone cold classics, and even with personnel and label changes they have remained a consistent and reliable force throughout. Dealing With Demons I is their 8th studio albums and follows on from their…
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…
It’s that time of the year again when Bloodstock Open Air is almost upon us, so we’ve dedicated the return of our weekly spotify playlist to the UK’s favourite metal festival for the metal purists. With headliners Nightwish, Gojira and Judas Priest (who feature twice, because, let’s face it, who doesn’t love a double dose…
Cover can be a tricky business. You either create a carbon copy of the original thus negating its existence or you go the other way and put your own spin on it and potentially ruin it. It’s a razor-thin line that few manage to pull off. So, its seems ballsy that two of modern metal’s…
Devildriver have shared their cover of Copperhead Road, featuring 36 Crazyfists vocalist Brock Lindow. Originally written and recorded by country music legend Steve Earle in 1988, the track will feature on the California band’s upcoming collection of country-gone-metal anthems, ‘Outlaws ‘Til The End: Vol 1‘, which is set to arrive this Friday, July 6, through…
For 25 years Dez Fafara has been one of the most enduring figures in the world of metal. Whether it was introducing the world to the darker side of things in the 90’s with Coal Chamber or bringing the heavy back with Devildriver, he has endured and remained throughout. Not one to rest on his…
Well Bloodstock really aren’t screwing around are they? Not only did they manage to land Judas Priest after years of trying, they’ve only gone and landed flippin’ Emperor as their special guests! The black metal royalty, led by Ihsahn will make their second appearance at BOA and first since they headlined in 2014. Not just…
Concluding our coverage of the summer’s great rock and metal shindig, Download 2017, just in time for the other biggest one, Bloodstock Open Air 2017, to take place, the review of the action of the final day begins with the Zippo Encore Stage. But first, make sure you check out the coverage from the other…
Words by Jamie Giberti & Ali Cooper. The Zippo Encore Stage is often the place at the Download Festival where “the metulz” are found. Download 2017 is no different, with an assortment of bands from Slayer to The Cavalera Brothers serving up everything from thrash to old school heavy f***ing metal. But it’s not just…
Welcome to the penultimate Rock Sins video of the week for 2016! With Canadian rockers Monster Truck winning out last time, this time around we’ve got another mix of home grown and international talent all vying for your votes. First up is Metallica’s tribute to the one and only Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead. Their video…
