Sometimes an album comes along that once it has been heard, it instantly makes the listener think “this is truly a game changer”. Reign In Blood. Master Of Puppets. The Blackening. Add While She Sleeps’ You Are We to that list. For their third album, While She Sleeps have gone the DIY route, abandoning their…
Somehow, it’s been almost a month since Cambridgeshire outfit Standing Like Statues won our last video of the week (we’re still trying to work out where that time went). But fear not, we’ve got six new videos for our readers, and this could be the hardest video of the week contest to predict the winner…
Welcome to the penultimate Rock Sins video of the week for 2016! With Canadian rockers Monster Truck winning out last time, this time around we’ve got another mix of home grown and international talent all vying for your votes. First up is Metallica’s tribute to the one and only Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead. Their video…
Coming from it’s new home of Newhaven in Derbyshire in the Midlands for 2016, Hevy Fest have made their first announcements of bands for 2016’s line up. And we have to say, it’s a bit of a cracker! Hevy have come out of the blocks with three big hitters who will be appearing near the…
Continuing on with Rock Sins look back at the last twelve months, today it’s the turn of one of our long term contributors, Sam Dignon, to offer opinions on the best music from 2015 along with one or two things that maybe, in Sam’s opinion, weren’t quite so good! Over to you Sam! 1) Album…
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…
Words by Sam Dignon & Fran Dignon – Photos by Fran Dignon. With it’s biggest headliners ever, Camden Rocks 2015 was guaranteed to be a special day. The Bullet For My Valentine making their live return in a more intimate venue it’s no surprise today sold out. Still today wasn’t just about the headliners as…
Slam Dunk Festival is this weekend and with a massively impressive lineup for 2015’s edition of the festival there is a whole host of talented bands to watch over the course of the day. Whether you will be bouncing around to pop-punk, throwing down to deathcore or skanking to ska, there is something for everyone…
Hit The Deck is Bristol and Nottingham’s annual, raucous start to the festival season. With a bill that gets bigger every year, this event has been one of the UK’s premier indoor festivals since its inception. Things are changed around a little at the Nottingham leg this year; the wristbands are made from paper not…
Words by Sam Dignon, photos by Fran Dignon. After both While She Sleeps and Cancer Bats had a quiet year in 2014 with only a handful of shows between them, they decided to make their big return this year with a massive co-headline tour. With tonight’s Manchester show being completely sold out it was sure to be a special…
