It is hard to remember a first EP from a band receiving such hype or anticipation, especiallywhen you consider the band in question only publicly sprung to life with the release of their firstsingle ‘In the name of the father’ on May 15th 2025. A chaotic, sweaty and triumphant debutperformance on the Dogtooth stage Download…
As we do every year, Rock Sins brings you our annual festival guide for as many alternative, rock and metal festivals as we can across the UK. We are getting an early start with the 2026 guide (start as you mean to go on and all that). April Takedown FestivalWhere: Portsmouth GuildhallWhen: 3rd and 4th…
Run to the hills! Or, more accurately, run to the box office! After weeks of teasing. Heavy metal legends, Iron Maiden have announced a huge headline show coming to Knebworth next summer! Following on from the announcement of the European leg of the bands massive Run For Your Lives tour. Bruce Dickinson & Co are…
With tickets to the festivals 25th anniversary next year already selling like proverbial hotcakes. Last week, Bloodstock announced 27 new artists joining the impressive roster for 2026’s event. As well as confirming the festivals first ever Thursday headliner, British heavy metal institutions, Saxon! Among the plethora of names taking their places on the bill alongside…
Following on from the announcement of their mammoth European and UK tour. Ukrainian groove metal giants Jinjer have announced some very special guests for their forthcoming Duél campaign. Kicking off in Cologne on January 23rd and winding its way through eighteen countries over three months. Jinjer’s first headline tour since 2019 will be bolstered by…
Pop punk legends and old friends of Rock Sins, Bowling For Soup, have announced a second single off their upcoming live album “A Hangover You Definitely Deserve (Live)“. The Denton, Texas natives celebrated the 20th anniversary of their celebrated album A Hangover You Don’t Deserve with huge tours on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean…
Electrifying alt-rock duo VUKOVI are hitting the road for a series of intimate headline shows across the UK in January and February 2026. The tour will include a slot at Cardiff’s We Are One Festival and a very special one-off performance at Rebellion, Manchester – an event that’s already set to be a highlight of…
It has been reported in the last hour that Tomas Lindberg, frontman of the legendary Swedish melodic death metal band At The Gates, has sadly passed away at the age of 52. The news was reported by Sweden’s equivalent of the BBC, public broadcaster SVT Nyheter. It had been reported recently that Lindberg was seriously…
Florence Welch has confirmed her sixth studio album as Florence + The Machine, “Everybody Scream,” set for release on 31st October – perfectly timed for Halloween. The album’s title track debuted today with a striking video directed by Autumn de Wilde, offering a first glimpse into what promises to be Florence’s most haunting and spellbinding…
Seven years ago, Reading four-piece Only The Poets charged just £1 for entry to their first ever gig. Seven years on they’re making history and doing that all over again. Hitting up one of London’s most iconic venues, O2 Academy Brixton, fans will be able to get stuck into live music for an incredibly affordable…
