Following the exploits of Avenged Sevenfold, Opeth and many more from the previous night, once again the Download Festival arrived at “Middle Saturday” with the promise of many more great performances. If you missed the first part of our Download 2014 review covering Friday you can catch up with it right here! In a unique…
In his first article for Rock Sins in some time, Nick Holmes rose from his sick bed with one thing on his mind; Metallica. He braved the braying hordes of hipsters and puddles of mud (sic) to witness metal finally hitting Glastonbury in the flesh…. When Metallica were announced as the big Saturday night headliner…
It all started last night when a link was passed around a few Facebook accounts, claiming to have access to a “friends and family” link for the Black Sabbath British Summer Time Festival show in Hyde Park next week where you could buy tickets for just £2.50. Thinking this was an internal link for the…
Having been sold out for both years since it started in 2014, UK midlands festival Beermageddon 2014 are pleased to announce the final additions to their line-up and also the running order and stage times for the event. Taking Sunday night’s main support slot at Beermageddon 2014 are melodic metallers Cryostorm. Joining them will be…
After the news from earlier this week that we reported on yesterday that US pop punk legends Blink 182 would be playing a one-off gig at London’s Brixton Academy as part of their preparations for headlining Reading & Leeds 2014, things have now developed further, and it’s very good news for Blink fans. Due to…
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…
UPDATE: A second show has now been added. Details can be found of the second show on our new post right here. Ahead of their upcoming headline appearances at the annual Reading & Leeds Festival double header over the August bank holiday weekend, US pop punk legends Blink 182 have decided to tune themselves up…
Good times are abound in the world of Steel Panther. Their profile, particularly in the UK has never been higher and they’ve just performed their highest profile performance at the Download Festival so far at the 2014 edition. They’ve also announced their first UK arena show at Wembley Arena for March 2015 on the back…
Long promised & even more eagerly anticipated, Chicago punk rock heroes Rise Against have finally confirmed the first details of their tour plans in support of their forthcoming album The Black Market. The European stint of their tour will begin in November 2014, with support coming in the form of Californian punk rock peers Pennywise…
Hot off the heels of their momentous performance of their début album Hybrid Theory as the first part of their headline performance at the 2014 Download Festival, last week saw the release of Linkin Park’s sixth studio album The Hunting Party. Unfortunately The Hunting Party did not quite live up to the performance of some…
