Swim to Drown are a new group bursting out of the Spanish city of Zaragoza. While there is not much information on them at the moment, they have just released their debut EP and boy is it a cracker. Jumping in on the nu metal revival of recent years, Swim to Drown have set out…
The streets of Camden are flooded (even more than usual) with bearded, long-haired, beer-swilling maniacs – Desertfest 2016 is upon us. As a sizeable crowd floods into the Underworld, the taps are flowing, spirits are high, and UK underground sludge legends Gurt [7] have been bestowed with the honour of starting proceedings for the weekend….
It’s been a little while since we’ve seen Letlive on UK shores, and the excitement surrounding the announcement of their tour was palpable. Add to the fact that dates were few and in smaller venues than necessarily required, and excitement surrounding the tour began to rise to a fever pitch. Youth Man [7] played the…
From the long standing Underground TV show, to the brand new Throwdown Tour, Scuzz TV have always been champions of up and coming bands in the UK rock music scene. The tour brings together 3 of the hottest young bands the UK has to offer, and enables them to play at venues up and down the country on a rotating…
Words: Olde Nick 666 @oldenick666 Photos: Tess Donohoe Last year Trivium headlined a UK festival for the first time at Bloodstock before unleashing latest album “Silence In The Snow” back in October. As always the band split opinions with the new work. Almost six months later how would British crowds react to the new songs…
Words: Sam Dignon. Photos: Fran Dignon After headlining some of the biggest venues of their career in 2015, Cancer Bats returned to the UK at the beginning of this year to play a bunch of far more intimate show. Incite (5) kicked things off tonight with a set of fairly bland metal. It wasn’t awful…
Words: Olde Nick Live photos: Tess Donohoe One of the highlights of 2014’s Sonisphere was Northern Irish trio Therapy? playing their hit 1995 album “Infernal Love” to a packed Bohemia tent – review here. The band were so bowled over by the reception that a full tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of the LP was…
When Sylosis are in town, Rock Sins will usually follow. However throw in death metal legends Decapitated and British newcomers The King Is Blind and the evenings’ appeal went from very interesting to mandatory attendance. James was duly dispatched to report on what unfolded. The King is Blind (6) prove a more than adequate warmup…
Words: Olde Nick @oldenick666 Photos: Tess Donohoe Swedish metal marauders Amon Amarth have just unleashed their tenth studio album and Rock Sins was lucky enough to squeeze into the launch gig in London… More than a millennium after ships from the North bearing wild hairy beasts of men landed upon British shores there has been…
Whenever Machine Head reach UK shores, Rock Sins will generally seek them out. We went along to the opening night of their “An Evening With” tour at a new venue for our team, the rather impressive “Open” in Norwich to see how things would unfold. In true Machine Head style, things kicked off with what…
