Sleepmakeswaves are a band Rock Sins first discovered during the excellent Beyond The Redshift Festival in London in 2014. Playing to a capacity Boston Music Rooms, they were arguably the band of the day with their take on instrumental post-metal. Now that their new album, Made Of Breath Only, has been released, it demanded attention…
In a couple of weeks time, the UK will bear witness to a very special event: the 25th anniversary tour celebration of Dream Theater’s Images and Words album. Whilst “the album anniversary tour” has become such a regular occurrence to some over recent years that the unique appeal of them has become diluted to a…
Bloodstock aren’t the only festival who’ve dropped a whopper of an announcement today. ArcTanGent, Bristol’s wonderful collection of postrock, shoegaze and hardcore bands merged into a three day festival near Bristol (taking place the week after Bloodstock, in case anyone wants to do both), have unleashed an almighty festival announcement. They have added a gigantic…
One of the most impressive instrumental bands we’ve ever seen in the flesh here at Rock Sins, Aussie post-rock outfit Sleepmakeswaves are making a very welcome return with a new album! Titled Made Of Breath Only, the new album (Sleepmakeswaves’ third) will be released on the 7th of April through Bird’s Robe Records. The album…
Words by Matt Hill and Jamie Giberti, photos by Jamie Giberti. As far as the last few years ago, the amount of new music festivals that the UK has seen come (and in many cases go) is almost innumerable. Occasionally from the glut of new events certain ones rise from the pack to become events…
2014 might well be dubbed the year of the more intimate, boutique festival when it comes to rock and metal (and their copious amounts of sub-genres) in the UK. Alongside the established big boys of Download, the returning Sonisphere and Bloodstock, new festivals are springing up all over the place. One of the most enticing…
Beyond The Redshift is one of the new wave of festivals that have arrived in 2014, and from our eyes, one of the most interesting by far. If you haven’t yet heard of it, or missed the original announcement (readable here), it’s being Curated by the masters of post-metal Cult Of Luna. CoL will also…
