Titans of the Swedish heavy metal scene, Arch Enemy and In Flames have joined forces this week. Announcing a massive co-headlining European tour in 2024. With more than two dozen dates, spanning across ten different countries. It’s already set to be one of the most exciting tours of the year! Kicking off in the UK…
Continuing with our annual tradition of the End Of Year Awards, we’re delighted to welcome back Metal Hammer / Stereoboard scribe and recently appointed Prog Magazine News Editor Matt Mills as a special guest for his second involvement in the awards. He’s got some cracking picks, so read on! Album of the Year: We Never…
It’s time for another update to our Spotify playlist! This week we’ve enlisted the help of longtime Rock Sins contributor Matt Hill to help us pick some metal gems and he’s done us (and all of you) proud with some choice older offerings (including Machine Head, Hypocrisy, Scorpions and Testament). He’s also picked out some…
Old school melodic death metallers Soilwork recently came out with their 11th studio album, a long three and a half years after their last release ‘Death Resonance’, leaving the biggest gap between two albums in their history. Though having gone through various line-up changes through their years, Soilwork have really built up a distinct and…
Team Bloodstock have given us a pre-halloween treat with six new bands to join Sabaton on the 2019 Bloodstock Open Air Line up! First up, joining Sabaton on the Friday are Finnish thrashers Children Of Bodom, who are always a welcome sight and sound at any UK festival. Their appearance at Catton Hall in 2019…
It’s August, it’s the UK and it’s time for the most metal festival of the Summer – Bloodstock Open Air 2017! Thankfully this time around mother nature looks favourably on Catton Hall (maybe she liked Amon Amarth), and graces the festival with good weather throughout. Rock Sins continue the tradition of bringing our readers a…
In a week FULL of festival announcements from the UK’s major alternative festivals, it is only fitting that Bloodstock Open Air 2017 join the party by announcing another four bands for this year’s edition. First up, Sweden’s wonderful melodic death metal act Soilwork will be gracing the Ronnie James Dio main stage at Bloodstock Open…
Summer 2016 was one of change for Swedish melodeath giants Soilwork. The band had seen great critical success with 2015’s The Ride Majestic and were preparing to tour in support of new rarities compilation Death Resonance when news broke that longtime drummer Dirk Verbeuren had left to join Bay Area thrash icons Megadeth. This didn’t…
Soilwork have been on an upward trajectory for a while now. While many fans see their albums Stabbing the Drama and Sworn to a Great Divide as low points, the band have improved with each release ever since The Panic Broadcast hit our ears in 2010. Ambitious double album The Living Infinite and 2015’s The…
Scandinavian metal group Soilwork are one of the most enduring and beloved melodic death metal bands of the 21st Century. On their first full UK tour in several years, Rock Sins’ Danni Page had the opportunity to catch up with guitarist David Andersson and founding member and vocalist Björn Strid before their show in Manchester….
