Following their billing as part of Black Sabbaths ‘Back To The Beginning’ farewell show this July. Bay Area legends, Slayer have announced their long awaited return to the UK this summer. With two massive headline shows at Blackweir Fields in Cardiff and Londons Finnsbury Park on July 3rd and July 6th respectively. For nearly fifty…
Despite having seemingly brought their epic career to a close back in February 2017. Ending with an iconic two night show at Birminghams Resorts World Arena. Black Sabbath shocked fans around the world yesterday when they announced one final show together! Set to take place on Saturday July 5th at Villa Park in Birmingham. The…
It’s been nearly five years since Slayer took their final bow. Collectively hanging up their instruments after a final farewell show on Saturday November 30th 2019 at the Los Angeles Forum. However, despite leaving the signature chains that have hung from his belt for over three decades on stage that night. Leaving the world with…
It’s playlist time once again! Another twenty new tracks are here on the Rock Sins playlist for your listening pleasure. As has been the case multiple times over the last few months, we are kicking off with the latest banger from High Wycombe’s finest As Everything Unfolds. Flip Side gets the party started in the…
Vio-lence. The name says it all. You want neck-breaking thrash metal about the darker sides of life? To feel like Slayer never went away? Then this is your band. Originally formed in 1985, this Bay Area quintet has established a solid reputation for peeling faces. After lead singer Sean Killian recovered from a rather severe…
Slayer treat us to their quintessential live performance captured in all its high resolution glory.
It is an album so relentlessly stuck in the past that it probably would have voted to leave the EU.
It’s high time we updated our Spotify playlist. Now that the craziness of Slam Dunk and Download is out of the way for another year, we’ve got a fresh bands of tunes old and new for our readers and Spotify subscribers! In terms of new tracks, there’s plenty of great stuff. New singles have arrived…
It’s quite hard to put Slayer’s (9) last ever UK performance into words. Being outdoors and with an audience who for the most part might well have been flagging after battling the Drownload conditions, it could have led to an anti-climax of sorts. Then you remember that this isn’t any band, it’s Slayer. Whilst perhaps…
Continuing with the annual Rock Sins End Of Year Awards, it’s now the turn of our live and features editor Jamie to offer up his picks for the past twelve months. Lets dive straight in! Album Of The Year – Alter Bridge – Live At The Royal Albert Hall Having waxed lyrical about this on…
For the first time since starting the Rock Sins End Of Year Awards several years ago, we’re welcoming a few special guest contributors to the awards. Our first special guest is our longtime friend, Metal Hammer, Prog Magazine and WhatCulture scribe Matt Mills. Take it away Matt! Album of the Year: Zeal & Ardor –…
We said with their first announcement that the Download Festival team certainly weren’t messing around with their plans for 2019. Having dropped all three headliners and another dozen plus bands in the first announcement, they’ve followed it up with another mammoth helping of bands for next year. There’s only one place we can start, and…
