Sunday was anything but a day of rest for the people of Bristol who descended on the O2 Academy in the city centre. Sold out months in advance, it was finally time to get put through the wringer once again by the mighty Meshuggah. Dragging behind them their reputation as a one of a kind…
Immutable, meaning unchanging over time, is a word that’s at odds with itself when used in relation to Meshuggah. Since their debut, Contradictions Collapse (1991), the band have certainly gone through stages of evolution but the reason they are respected as one of the most significant bands in the history of heavy music is because…
It’s a new week which means we’re back with another playlist update for you all! There’s some brand new music from Pixies who still sounded as wonderful as they ever! A crushing new track from the Glasgwegian metal mob, Bleed From Within as well as another ever so anticipated song from Porcupine Tree. We’ve got…
The mighty Meshuggah are back with a brand new single titled The Abysmal Eye. Taken as the lead single from their upcoming album Immutable, this serves as the first taste of new music from the band since 2016’s Grammy-nominated The Violent Sleep Of Reason. Despite being on the cusp of releasing their ninth studio album,…
The Rock Sins Weekly playlist is back! This week we are bringing you some of the best new music that has been released, with new tracks from PUP, Dark Funeral and Blood Command. We have new material from Cannibal Corpse‘s Corpsegrinder and Matt Heafy of Trivium with his black metal project Ibaraki. We have more…
When it comes to riffs in heavy music, you see the same names crop up time and again, and frankly there is so much out there that needs championing but doesn’t get a look in.
Following on from our highlights of the first two days of ArcTanGent 2019, here’s a quick round up of the best bits of the final day. A full review of ArcTanGent 2019 is to follow soon! Maybe it’s our bias talking, or more likely it’s the fact that The St Pierre Snake Invasion are one…
Somehow we’re veering towards the end of the Summer at an almighty pace. We’ve just finished one festival (ArcTanGent) and we’re now gearing up for another double header in the shape of Reading and Leeds – so we’ve themed our playlist feature this time around accordingly. With Reading and Leeds just a handful of days…
Lucky number seven so they say. Now in its seventh year as Britain’s premiere summer home for all things mathcore, progressive, explorative, post-anything, whatever off kilter subsection of music you desire, ArcTanGent has not only lived up to the audience’s lofty expectations, but it’s fair to say shattered them into slack-jawed disbelief. Having hosted a…
Denizens of ArcTanGent, your heaviest headliners yet are here and ready to melt your ears. Swedish djent pioneers Meshuggah have been announced as the first headliners for ArcTanGent 2019, in a UK exclusive performance for 2019. Their appearance at one of the UK’s fastest growing and most well loved festivals established in recent times will…
Continuing Rock Sins’ highlights of last year in our end of year awards series, it’s the turn of longtime contributor Will Stevenson. Here are Will’s picks of the great, the good and the somewhat disappointing from 2016. Album of the year: Full of Hell / The Body – One Day You Will Ache Like I…
Continuing with our annual Rock Sins tradition of the end of year awards, this time up it’s one of our senior writers, Sam Dignon. Over to you Sam! ALBUM OF THE YEAR: OATHBREAKER – RHEIA 2016 was a ridiculously strong year with at least five albums battling out for this top spot. In the end…
