Hitting the comeback trail after their 2014 was derailed by a back injury to frontman Tomas Hubbard, Hang The Bastard have just made a huge announcement. London’s favourite Black Sabbath inspired sludge / stoner metal riff lords have just been confirmed as special guests for sludge / groove metal legends Corrosion Of Conformity’s first UK…
Needless to say, I have most definitely slacked and avoided a LOT that I shouldn’t have this year. Not surprisingly to those that know me, my attendance at gigs has almost evaporated in recent years, especially when you consider at one point in my life I was frequenting 4-5 gigs a week… What is surprising…
Continuing apace with Rock Sins annual End Of Year Awards for the third year running, this time it’s Rock Sins features and live editor Jamie’s turn to offer up his slice of the great, the good and the disappointing from 2014. Let’s get down to it… Album Of The Year – Arch Enemy – War…
Some really unfortunate news from our friends at Hang The Bastard has emerged in the last hour or so. Hang The Bastard were due to hit the road as main support to Entombed A.D. on Entombed’s UK and Irish tour this week but HTB singer Tomas Hubbard has been taken to hospital with some serious…
Hang The Bastard have had one hell of a year in 2014. From the release of their fantastic album Sex In The Seventh Circle (please read our 10 / 10 review of the album here) to outperforming THE controversial band of the year in King 810 on their tour together last month, not to mention…
Needless to say, over the time they have been performing as a band under the banner of Hang the Bastard, their name alone was enough for people to take notice. Usually in such manners, the musical output lets this attention down… But, what can be said in words alone that will give this absolute monster…
With the build up to their brand new album Sex In The Seventh Circle well and truly underway, London doom metal riffing superstars Hang The Bastard have a double dose of tour announcements to keep their fans happy. During the release week of Sex In The Seventh Circle in late September Joe, Tomas, Sam and…
Last month, the forefathers of heavy metal, Black Sabbath, headlined one of the days of the inaugural British Summer Time Festival in London. Rock Sins’ sent the always intrepid Matt Hill along to cover the events of the day. Over to you Matt… Well, I honestly didn’t think I’d ever get the chance to see…
After recovering from a very late night following on from dancing the night away with The Prodigy and beyond, team Rock Sins geared up for the second day of festivities for Sonisphere 2014 at Knebworth Park. If you missed the first part of our Sonisphere Knebworth 2014 review covering the Friday (including Limp Bizkit, Anthrax,…
In news long awaited by ourselves here at Rock Sins, our good friends and London’s very own sludge / doom riff masters Hang The Bastard have confirmed various details of their forthcoming brand new album. Titled Sex In The Seventh Circle, the album will be landing on the 22nd of September in the UK and…
In recent years, the British metal festival calendar has kicked off with the annual trip to North Wales for Hammerfest and 2015 will be no different. Hammerfest 7 will be returning to it’s regular home at Hafan Y Mor Holiday Park and they’ve just announced the first group of bands that will play at the…
It all started last night when a link was passed around a few Facebook accounts, claiming to have access to a “friends and family” link for the Black Sabbath British Summer Time Festival show in Hyde Park next week where you could buy tickets for just £2.50. Thinking this was an internal link for the…
