Below is an interview that took place at the start of August, just after the release of Front Line Assembly’s new album ‘Echogenetic’ (for which you can read the review here). Due to personal commitments, I’ve only just got around to finishing typing it up, but here we are! –##– BL : Hello? MH :…
Every once in a while, one takes a punt on something different. I’d say I was exceptionally broad minded when it came to the music I listen to, but even then, we all have our preferences and individual tastes… As such, it should be noted that EBM (‘electronic body music’ to those too metal to…
(This review of ‘Echogenetic’ precedes an interview I recently did with Bill Leeb himself, in which we discuss the background and construction of the album. Check out Rock Sins in the next few days for the interview itself!) A haunting industrial ‘resonance’ (appropriately it’s title too) starts proceedings and it feels very much like the…
In short, this sounds exactly what you would expect ISIS and Chino to sound like; a well produced, emotive and peaceful balance of four fantastic musicians. That said, essentially it is ISIS through and through; melodic / sweeping ambience and guitar strokes; it’s very much a mix of the ‘Panopticon’ / ‘Wavering Radiant’ era and…
Back in 2003, I went to my first Download festival following the last ever Ozzfest at Donington in 2002. Whilst memories of IRON MAIDEN, SIKTH, DEFTONES, STAMPIN’ GROUND, SEPULTURA and of course those cheeky chaps in METALLICA remain steadfast as being some of my greatest, throughout the years many of the following Downloads have involved…
Though bands continue to come and go and many burn out after their peak or remain steadfast in the wheels of motion rehashing a dying formula, some manage to continue their work with much the same desire and influential results that they started with. One such band are pioneers of electronic industrial music Skinny Puppy,…
Good friends and kickass badmen Hang the Bastard have announced that they have signed with Century Media Records and Siege of Amida Records for a worldwide record deal. You can catch the impressive new video for ‘Sweet Mother’ at YouTube, or save the effort and watch below. [youtube id=”rjIER83eQ7U” width=”600″ height=”350″] Follow the lads and…
Doom overlords My Dying Bride have long been known for their sombre, dark and melancholic melodies of shame and desire, and with the release of EP ‘The Manuscript’, this is a reputation they are unlikely to lose. Themes such as religion, fantasy, desire and loss have always been a staple of the foundations that are…
Darkthrone, since the early 1990s, have pioneered and influenced many artists under the broad ‘metal’ banner with their raw, true and varied approach to their sound and song-writing. With 1992’s ‘A Blaze in the Northern Sky’ a permanent staple of my music playlists, I’ve been a long-time fan and when I received ‘The Cult is…
It’s been a month or so since we all went back to the rigours of reality… sometimes it’s fortunate to be busy and delay the required. Now you too can reminisce with a skeleton guide to how a festival usually goes; Rock Sins style. THURSDAY For the first time in (my) own Download history, I…
