The Rapture' (Independent) The one sure thing about Bitches Sin is the band's uncanny ability of bouncing back whenever misfortune raises it's head. Their first album of new material since 1986, 2008's 'UDUVUDU', was a great collection of songs in it's own right but to much bewilderment it performed disappointingly commercially. As it was wholly self-financed the easy options would have been to either walk away and work the nine-to-five forever, or at least go back and try to recreate the NWOBHM sound from which the band emerged as a nostalgia act and pretend the last thirty years never happened. Instead, they've come out fighting and topped '...VUDU' with 'The Rapture', a stunning album forged in twenty-first century metal but which still pays homage to it's traditional British roots. What's different this time around is the recruitment of singer/guitarist David Mills and bassist Dan McNamee.