Killswitch Engage
Parkway Drive and Killswitch Engage’s arena tour a few weeks ago blew all our collective socks off. With our review of the majestic London show having been available to read for awhile (please do so here if you missed it), it’s now time for us to show off our wonderful photos from the tour. We…
It’s time for another update to our Spotify playlist! This week we’ve enlisted the help of longtime Rock Sins contributor Matt Hill to help us pick some metal gems and he’s done us (and all of you) proud with some choice older offerings (including Machine Head, Hypocrisy, Scorpions and Testament). He’s also picked out some…
After years of working their way up simply by being one of the best live bands in metal, Parkway Drive now find themselves headlining arenas in the UK. It has been a long time coming and their current UK tour culminated in a sold out show at Alexandra Palace. With a stellar supporting line up this had gig of…
After our Spotify playlist being quiet for awhile, we’re back with a bang. Twenty fresh songs for you all to enjoy, and a real mix of brand new stormers and old favourites. For newly released albums and EP’s, we’ve got tracks from Bring Me The Horizon, Swallow The Sun, Fever 333 and Frank Turner. For…
It’s time for another weeks worth of new and classic tunes with the Rock Sins Spotify Playlist! We are kicking things off this week with The Woodpile by Frightened Rabbit in tribute to their frontman Scott Hutchison, who left us all a few days ago. Our deepest sympathies to his family, friend and bandmates from…
2018 Seems to be the year that just keeps on giving where tours are concerned. Now, the mighty Iron Maiden are joining the fray live once again for a very special series of shows. The Legacy Of The Beast tour has just been announced for Summer 2018 and continues Maiden’s pattern of touring their latest…
The next entrant in Rock Sins traditional end of year awards is longtime contributor and senior writer James Halstead. Never one to shy away from a strong opinion or two, here is what James made of 2016’s musical output… Album of the Year – Architects – All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us Taking the blueprint…
Continuing with our annual end of year awards, this time it’s the turn of James Weaver (who when he’s not writing for us, also contributes to Terrorizer. Oh, and he runs his own magazine, Distorted Sound too). Here’s what James had to say about the releases and happenings of the last twelve months: Album of…
After over a decade of thrashing out metalcore albums ranging from incredible to downright flat, Bullet For My Valentine returned to their roots to perform their first LP “The Poison” in full in between regular “best of” sets. They brought along fellow metal stalwarts from across the pond, Killswitch Engage (8). Killswitch’s setlist is an…
Despite the predictions of a total wash out of Doningtons annual festivities, mother nature had been kind to Download 2016, at least until the Friday. As Team Rock Sins took to the hallowed turf there was still grass to be seen, albeit not for much longer! First band of the day were Swedes Royal Republic…
The gates to the campsite of the 2016 Download Festival will be open in just a few hours time! So while you’re sat waiting in the queue, on your travels on the way to Donington, or just wishing you were going, please check out our pick of who and what to see at this years’…
Continuing the trend of major artists supporting the excellent cause of Record Store Day (tomorrow, 16th April 2016) with exclusive releases in recent years, Killswitch Engage are offering up a new track for the event. Jesse, Adam D and the boys are releasing a brand new song, Define Love, which was recorded during the sessions…
