It may only be March, but the birds are singing, the sun is shining and it is officially the start of festival season. This weekend sees us heading to Southampton for Takedown Festival 2014. Ok so we might not be able to walk around in bikinis yet, but as Takedown is indoors, thankfully we don’t need…
In the latest instalment of our backstage coverage from Takedown Festival 2014 in Southampton, Laura was able to sit down for some time with the twin guitar attack that is Steve Haycock and Carl Ayers of UK metal favourites Heart Of A Coward. Read on for what they had to say for themselves…. Hi this…
Ronnie James Dio needs no introduction, his career no summary that hasn’t been done a thousand times already. With the fourth anniversary of his passing shortly to be upon us, his wife Wendy and the Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund founded in his name (https://www.diocancerfund.org/) have assembled an almighty group of Ronnie’s friends and…
Having made their live comeback last month with a show at London’s Borderline venue (a show that Rock Sins’ own James and Jamie were present for as you can see from their review and photos here), Rise To Remain were last minute additions to the 2014 Takedown Festival in Southampton. They had some big shoes…
Eagerly awaited by a lot of people ever since they completed their short run of arena shows with Avenged Sevenfold back at the end of 2013, Friday 28th March 2014 sees the start of the first Five Finger Death Punch UK headline tour for several years in Birmingham. With the tour either sold out or…
As announced last week, at the first one of their “By Request” shows in Columbia, big four thrash legends Metallica unveiled a brand new song, entitled The Lords Of Summer. The buzz around a new Metallica song actually seeing the light of day was understandably huge, and now the band have put the demo version…
When you think of the legendary Gothenburg sound – you think of two bands instantly – In Flames, and At The Gates. Having only played festivals since reactivating in 2008, At The Gates have now confirmed their first full European tour for almost twenty years will take place at the end of 2014. They’re not…
The festival announcement pendulum has swung back in the direction of the Download Festival 2014 as Andy Copping and his team have confirmed another dozen and a half (that’s eighteen in layman’s terms) bands to appear across the weekend this coming June. Top of the pile this time around are UK rock favourites The Wildhearts,…
Finland’s masters of melodic death metal Insomnium have unveiled their first brand new song from their upcoming album. The new album, Shadows Of The Dying Sun, which was announced recently is being released at the end of April through Century Media Records and Insomnium are giving their fans a sample of what will be coming…
Last week at the 2014 Takedown Festival in Southampton, our very own Laura Herbert was able to grab some time with Hacktivist shredder and samples man Timfy James. They talked local venues, KoRn, Reading and Leeds and a whole lot more, read on for the details… This is Laura from Rock Sins here at Takedown…
