After bringing the sunshine on a rainy Friday at Download Festival, we caught up with Martijn Westerholt, the man behind the keys, songwriting and orchestras of Dutch Symphonic Metal masters, Delain, to talk endings and beginnings following the end of Delain’s trilogy, how he approaches writing for orchestras and his love for the sport of…
Having lost their way slightly in the early part of this decade, the current incarnation of Kamelot really found their feet with their last album Haven. Their 2015 release was arguably their best since their golden run from the early to mid 00’s of albums like The Black Halo and Ghost Opera, so all hopes…
In October 2017, Alter Bridge hosted arguably the two most special nights of their career at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Performing with the fantastic Parallax Orchestra, they performing two special shows that were recorded for what would become this release, the straightforwardly titled “Alter Bridge: Live At The Royal Albert Hall“. While the…
One of the most eagerly awaited live releases of the last ten years, Alter Bridge have announced their majestic performances from The Royal Albert Hall in London with The Parallax Orchestra will be released in September. “Live At The Royal Albert Hall” will be released through Napalm Records on the 7th of September. A variety…
Cover can be a tricky business. You either create a carbon copy of the original thus negating its existence or you go the other way and put your own spin on it and potentially ruin it. It’s a razor-thin line that few manage to pull off. So, its seems ballsy that two of modern metal’s…
Devildriver have shared their cover of Copperhead Road, featuring 36 Crazyfists vocalist Brock Lindow. Originally written and recorded by country music legend Steve Earle in 1988, the track will feature on the California band’s upcoming collection of country-gone-metal anthems, ‘Outlaws ‘Til The End: Vol 1‘, which is set to arrive this Friday, July 6, through…
When your day job involves packing out arenas and festivals alongside the likes of Alter Bridge and Slash, putting out a deeply personal mostly-acoustic album inspired by classic blues and country music might sound like a bit of a stretch, but that’s exactly what Myles Kennedy has come up with. Rumours of the frontman actually…
Myles Kennedy continues to be in the news. Following one of the fastest tour sellouts of recent years (and the most unfortunate subsequent appearance of dozens of tickets on reseller sites mere minutes later), Myles has this afternoon released the second single from his upcoming solo album debut Year Of The Tiger. The second track…
The UK has always been loved by Alter Bridge, and even when you take Myles Kennedy away from his band mates, it seems that things are no different. The UK is going to be one of the very first places to get to experience Myles’ in all his solo glory with his debut solo headline…
On the advent of the release of a new album earlier this year The Coyote Who Spoke in Tongues, Rock Sins’ Tal Fineman caught up with ex-Kyuss vocalist John Garcia to find out what motivated a radical change in musical direction, and figure out what makes the stoner rock pioneer tick. Rock Sins: Hi John,…
