Progressive metal fans of the UK (and beyond), rejoice! Opeth have announced they will return to British shores this November for the biggest headline show of their career thus far by taking to the stage at London’s world famous Wembley Arena. Just after a year on from their 25th anniversary show at London’s Drury Lane…
When Opeth announced plans last year to celebrate their 25 year anniversary with a show at the London Palladium, it sounded like a musical match made in heaven. Fast forward to 2 weeks ago and it was announced due to production issues the show was having to move to the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane…
After Trivium brought a conclusion to the end of the first night proper at Bloodstock Open Air 2015, Team Rock Sins was up nice and early to catch some of the finest British metal talent Catton Hall had to offer. Anyone who missed our review of Thursday and Friday can check it out here, otherwise…
The annual Bloodstock Open Air Festival held at Catton Hall has always catered to the more extreme end of tastes with both a friendly and intimate atmosphere and a consistently fantastic lineup. This year is no different with death metal heavyweights Cannibal Corpse and Death To All making appearances alongside headliners Trivium, Rob Zombie and…
Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2015 is looming large on the horizon, being just over a month away already! For something slightly different, we thought we’d compile a selection of great songs and their accompanying videos by some of the many fantastic artists appearing at Catton Hall this August. So, here’s 15 videos by 15 of…
With Rock Sins having been in attendance back in 2010 at Opeth’s magnificent 20th anniversary celebrations at The Royal Albert Hall, this piece of news is particularly exciting. Five years on, the Swedish masters of prog metal have announced a 25th anniversary celebration as Opeth clock up their quarter century as a band. To celebrate…
The gun has been fired for the beginning of the 2015 metal festival announcements and Bloodstock are first out of the starting blocks with an impressive announcement to kick things off! The team at Bloodstock Open Air are very happy to announce that Dutch symphonic metallers Within Temptation will be headlining Bloodstock Open Air Festival…
In the eyes of many, Opeth can do no wrong. Sitting alongside Dream Theater and Mastodon as the kings of the progressive metal genre, they threw their fans an almighty curve-ball with previous album Heritage. Would their eleventh album Pale Communion continue the path started by Heritage or return to more familiar territory? From the…
With the 2014 Download Festival now less than two weeks away, it’s about that time of year again where Rock Sins picks out our acts that we really think you should see across the weekend. In part one of our preview, we’ve got ten bands we think you should see on the first day of…
Favourites of the metal community the world over and one of Sweden’s finest musical exports, Opeth have revealed the first details of their eleventh studio album. Entitled Pale Communion, the album will be released on the 16th of June 2014 through the band’s record label for their last few albums Roadrunner Records. The full details…