Devin Townsend has had a very productive spell over the last couple of years. Ever the creative genius, over the period of the pandemic and beyond Devin has released a live acoustic album, a live album of one of his COVID streamed concerts, Snuggles and The Puzzle. The end of 2022 brings us to Lightwork,…
Prog metal titans and friends of Rock Sins, Dream Theater have today announced their return to the UK in the Spring of 2022. James, John, John, Mike and Jordan will be heading to Belfast, Newcastle and London’s SSE Wembley Arena on the opening three dates of a much wider European tour across April and May…
Here at Rock Sins we’ve long been fans of Germany’s post-rock instrumental maestros Long Distance Calling. So the news that they have a brand new album – How Do We Want To Live? – releasing on the 26th of June through InsideOut is a welcome boost as lockdown continues. What’s more, “LDC” have released a…
What a video of the week contest we had last time! Swedish rockers Port Noir eventually came out on top, but it was a titanic battle for them to get there. With the best part of 3000 votes cast, Port Noir and last years’ video of the year winners Not Ur Girlfrenz traded places several…
Devin Townsend is a hero to so many in the metal community. His extensive career is very well documented elsewhere, but for the first time in a long time, Devin has been out on his own for new album Empath, having called time on The Devin Townsend Project full band after its last album Transcendence….
It’s a momentous day in the world of Devin Townsend. His brand new album, the eclectic masterpiece Empath, is released today. Not only that, but Dev has also won the latest Rock Sins video of the week contest. Taking on a wide range of other artists, Devin’s video for Evermore came out on top with…
The maestro that is Devin Townsend has unveiled the first single and music video from his upcoming album Empath. Genesis is truly something to behold, and we don’t think we should even attempt to describe it, you just need to hear it. The video is truly something else as well. We reveal all below: Now…
Dream Theater’s brand new album, Distance Over Time, comes at an interesting point for the band. Following their not entirely well received concept opus, The Astonishing (which may have played out better when seen live in it’s entirety than on record), a portion of their fans were keen to see them return to a more…
Anneke Van Giersbergen may not be a household name, but she has the talent to be deserving of such status. Having worked with a huge range of artists – including the virtuosic, multifaceted Devin Townsend – and having accrued a vast amount of her own collection of work, both solo and with VUUR, The Gentle…
Keeping the prog flowing through the generations, Next To None, who count Max Portnoy (son of legendary drummer Mike Portnoy) amongst their members, have just announced the details of their second album. Titled Phases, the album is going to be released on the 7th of July through InsideOut, and follows on from the band’s recent…
