After months of waiting, arguably the biggest metal tour of the year was finally upon us! With Megadeth and Lamb of God sharing top billing and impressive support also involved, Rock Sins wasn’t going to miss this one so off we went to the SSE Arena Wembley in London to enjoy the show. Beginning the…
Last night on Dan Carter’s BBC Radio One Rock Show the second batch of bands for next years’ Download Festival were announced and there’s some huge bands in there! First off the blocks (and predicted by many including some of the Rock Sins staff) none other than Chino Moreno and Deftones, who in an awful…
The metal world was stunned in November 2014 when the news broke that both Chris Broderick and Shaun Drover would be stepping down from their duties with thrash behemoths Megadeth. Since their departure the duo have been hard at work with their next musical endeavour, Act of Defiance. A week before their debut album, Birth…
We’ve all been eagerly awaiting the first taste of new Megadeth with the band’s new line up – Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson, Kiko Loureiro and Chris Adler and the wait is now over! You can check out Fatal Illusion, the first song to surface from Megadeth’s fifteenth studio album, below right here! Fatal Illusion was…
Good lord. When the news of this first broke last night we thought it had to be, well, bullshit for lack of a better word. Big four thrash legends Megadeth and Richmond, Virginia’s finest NWOAHM outfit Lamb of God are teaming up for a mammoth tour of the UK in November 2015. That’s not all…
Rumours have been abound for some time about the identity of Shawn Drover’s replacement behind the Megadeth drum kit. With sizable shoes to fill, Megadeth founding members Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson have finally confirmed that they’ve pulled off a massive coup for the band’s next album, which is currently being worked on as we…
Words by James Halstead and Nicholas Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. Following on from the two previous days of metal mayhem, capped off on Saturday night by black metal icons Emperor, the Bloodstock Open Air devotees roused their weary bones for one final very worthwhile assault on their senses. If you’d like to catch up…
Welcome back! We’re now onto part three of the annual Rock Sins end of year awards. After kicking off with Fran (read hers here) and James W (who’s awards you can read on this link here), it’s the turn of another new contributor to Rock Sins. Katie is joining the team primarily as a photographer…
Well no one outside of those in the know saw this one coming. In the last few hours Megadeth long time drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broderick have both issued separate statements announcing their departures from the big four thrash metal legendary band. Megadeth, who over the years have gone through an enormous amount…
And so, it falls to my turn to collate my own summary on the weird, wonderful and down-right frustrating releases of the year 2013. Let it be said, it hasn’t been the most notable year for music… but maybe that’s because Opeth and Mastodon were so relatively quiet 😉 –##– Album of the Year :…
Next up in the Rocksins’ End Of Year awards is our features editor Jamie. Here’s his selection of the great, the good and the not so great… 1) Album Of The Year – Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side Of Heaven & The Righteous Side Of Hell Volume One There’s been some fantastic…
Following in the footsteps of their big four thrash metal brothers Slayer, Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2014 are thrilled to announce Megadeth as the final headliners for the festival. Joining New Orleans stoner metal icons Down and black metal legends Emperor, Megadeth complete what is arguably the most formidable trio of Bloodstock Festival headliners ever!…
