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…
Ever since Slayer’s “Final Exit” was announced earlier this year, those who had secured tickets to the tour had been counting down the days, weeks and months for their chance to (probably) say goodbye to one of heavy metal’s most iconic bands. The impact Slayer have had on the metal world cannot be overstated, and…
The dates for Slayer’s UK leg of their farewell world tour have just been unveiled (or perhaps discovered is a better word). Pre-sale information for the dates is now available on the Slatanic Wehrmacht website, which is Slayer’s official fanclub. According to the Slatanic Wehrmacht, Slayer will be hitting the UK in November for a…
When news broke a couple of days ago that Richmond, Virginia’s finest metal export Lamb of God were to release a new EP before the end of the year a lot of people got very excited. But that excitement was then tempered with the understanding of just why Randy Blythe and co were releasing this…
Following on from Jamie’s picks of the best of 2015, today it’s the turn of one of Rock Sins’ most long serving contributors, James Halstead. We’re suspicious that we might see some more Lamb of God love this time around, but let’s dive in and find out…. Album Of The Year – While She Sleeps…
It’s that time again for the Rock Sins staff to cast their eyes back over the great, the good and the not quite so good of the past twelve months from 2015. Kicking things off in traditional style is our features ed Jamie. You may spot something of a recurring theme with his picks this…
After months of waiting, arguably the biggest metal tour of the year was finally upon us! With Megadeth and Lamb of God sharing top billing and impressive support also involved, Rock Sins wasn’t going to miss this one so off we went to the SSE Arena Wembley in London to enjoy the show. Beginning the…
Words by Jamie Giberti, Sam Dignon, James Halstead, Jack Fermor-Worrell, Lisa Fox. The final part of Team Rock Sins’ Download Festival 2015 review may have been slightly longer in coming than planned, but with announcements for next years’ Download on the imminent horizon what better time for our 2015 coverage to come to an end….
Lamb of God’s seventh album, VII: Sturm und Drang shows that Lamb of God are far from being a creatively spent outfit. Many bands, on album number seven might be tempted to dial it in and stick to the tried and tested formula that has served them so well in the past. Not Lamb of…
Good lord. When the news of this first broke last night we thought it had to be, well, bullshit for lack of a better word. Big four thrash legends Megadeth and Richmond, Virginia’s finest NWOAHM outfit Lamb of God are teaming up for a mammoth tour of the UK in November 2015. That’s not all…
