Amaranthe are looked upon by many in the metal world as something of a guilty pleasure. Dismissed by others as “Disney metal”, comments like this belie the fact that Amaranthe have been producing consistently great, catchy heavy music since their debut album almost a decade ago. What they haven’t always been able to do since…
Is it fair to expect international megastars of metal to continue to push the boundaries of their sound twenty-six years into a career?
Just before the lockdown hit (remember those heady days?), Rock Sins had the pleasure of being present for the mighty night of thrash metal that landed in London at The Forum in Kentish Town. The capital played host to modern thrash favourites Death Angel, opening for legends of the genre Exodus and Testament. All three…
There’s a new Sylosis album coming. Those are words we’ve been waiting to write for almost five years, but ones it wasn’t clear if we would ever be writing again. Since 2016, with Sylosis’ creative mastermind Josh Middleton becoming part of Architects, first temporarily and then on a permanent basis, it wasn’t clear where his…
In Flames – melodic metal icons, co-founders of the Gothenburg Sound, and favourites of ours here at Rock Sins for the past decade and beyond. During that time we’ve seen them in all kinds of venues, whether it was opening impressively for Avenged Sevenfold at The O2 Arena, or headline shows like their performance at…
Having been dormant for the last several years, last Friday brought some wonderful news. Yorkshires favourite exponents of wonderfully bleak, gothic doom metal, My Dying Bride, have returned! What’s more, they have returned with a wonderful new single, and news of a brand new album. My Dying Bride’s new single is called Your Broken Shore,…
Oh merry f**king Christmas UK metalheads! Sylosis are back! The Reading metallers have returned from their three year hiatus in the best possible way with the blistering new single I Sever. You can check out the video for I Sever right away: This will be the first single from Sylosis’ forthcoming fifth album, Cycle Of…
In four years, Nile have crafted a thing of extremity that borderlines on the beautiful.
Wednesday 13 is someone who has appeared across the musical landscape in many guises over the years, whether its as a Frankenstein Drag Queen from the Planet 13, A Murderdoll or most recently and perhaps most terrifiyingly as himself.The Duke of Spook is always up for a little reinvention. We were able to catch up…
It is certainly possible that Spiritual Instinct is a step sideways as opposed to a strident leap forward.
On which side of the skillful fence do Rings of Saturn sit, and how does the apparent dichotomy between virtuosity and songwriting mesh on fifth album, Gidim?
