Fall of Messiah – Senicarne
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Rock Sins 2019 End Of Year Awards – Matt Mills
Continuing with our annual tradition of the End Of Year Awards, we’re delighted to welcome back Metal Hammer / Stereoboard scribe and recently appointed Prog Magazine News Editor Matt Mills as a special guest for his second involvement in the awards. He’s got some cracking picks, so read on! Album of the Year: We Never…
Pijn & Conjurer – Curse These Metal Hands
‘We’re called Curse These Metal Hands’ said Matt King’s Super Hans in an episode of Channel 4’s Peep Show when referring to his band completed by Robert Webb’s Jeremy Usbourne. Seemingly they are two halves of disparate nature; one, a placid and feckless layabout, the other, a typhoon of methamphetamines and hallucinogens. The same cannot…
Minors – Abject Bodies
By now you should be familiar with Holy Roar Records. If not; you need to sort that out immediately. Purveyors if all things interesting in the world of heavy music, their output is always soulful, emotionally wrought and more often than not spine snappingly heavy. Be it the barren, contemplative bearing of the soul of…
Ithaca Win First 2019 Video Of The Week With Impulse Crush!
Our first video of the week contest for 2019 brought one of the most hotly contest battles we’ve had in some time, but in the end a winner was crowned. UK metallic hardcore outfit Ithaca went toe-to-toe with US metal outfit IMonolith (who if you aren’t familiar with, are a supergroup with members of The…
Ithaca – The Language of Injury
Nowadays it’s hard to have any national pride. With the rise of populism and the far right leading to such wondrous results as the incumbent United States President and Brexit, taking gratification in one’s birth country is nigh on impossible. How refreshing then that, certainly for British readers, we can take solace and delight in…
Rocksins End Of Year Awards 2018 – Sam Dignon
Following on from another Sam, Sam Savigny, kickstarting the Rock Sins End Of Year Awards for 2018, it’s now the turn of another Sam, Sam Dignon, to pick their favourites (and disappointments) for the year. We begin with Sam’s album of the year…. Album of the Year: Camp Cope – How To Socialise & Make…
Interview with Employed to Serve @ Download Festival 2018: “It’s an exciting time for heavy music at the moment”
Employed to Serve are a band that had largely passed me by, until this past April when I saw them support Code Orange, they put on the type of show that makes you stand up and take notice. I was able to catch up with Vocalist Justine Jones and Guitarist Sam Urwin to discuss bringing…
Boss Keloid – Melted On The Inch
Every now and then, you stumble across a record that every single fan of guitar-based music needs to hear. Not a record that deserves a listen only if you have the time, nor a record that you can put on in the background while you get ready for a night out. Some creations demand your…
Møl – JORD
Møl are a fairly new name to the metal sphere. Coming off the back of 2 well received EPs, the Danes attracted the attention of Holy Roar Records and set to work on their debut album, JORD, in an attempt to show they can join the likes of Deafheaven, Alcest and Agalloch in the upper…
Conjurer – Mire
Those who keep their fingers on the pulse of the UK’s underground metal scene would assume it’s going into cardiac arrest with the rate it’s pumping out brilliant records. After hearing Conjurer‘s 2016 debut EP listeners knew that the first full-length, Mire would be yet another palpitation for the British scene. It’s not surprising that another astonishing…
Rock Sins End of Year Awards 2017 – Sam Savigny
It’s that time of the year again where Rock Sins team members make their choices of the good, the great and the questionable from the last twelve months. First up for 2017 is one of our newest contributors, Sam Savigny. Take it away Sam! Album of the Year 2017: Employed to Serve – The Warmth…
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