In the English Summer sunshine, backstage at Download Festival 2025, Rock Sins were delighted to catch up with Opeth master shredder and lead guitarist Fredrik Akesson. We were able to cover many topics with Fred, from returning to the bands’ signature growing vocals, the multiple moving parts and guests of their recent album The Last…
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…
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…
With their headline performance at this year’s Bloodstock Festival looming in just a few hours, metalcore powerhouses Trivium have just released a brand new single, Bury Me With My Screams! The new single is taken from their forthcoming three track EP, Struck Dead. Bury Me With My Screams is brimming with old school thrash metal…
It is our incredibly sad duty to report that it was announced earlier this evening that Ozzy Osbourne, founding member of Black Sabbath and heavy metal icon, passed away early this morning (July 22nd 2025). A short statement from The Osbourne Family was posted on Ozzy’s social media at approximately 7:30pm UK time, which read:…
When Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne announced the biggest of retirement parties in the shape of Back To The Beginning, the metal world knew it was going to be a momentous occasion. But truly, none of us, not even the Prince Of Darkness himself, could have fully prepared for what was to come on July…
It may be the end of the week but the new music keeps flowing! Rock Sins is very pleased to be able to unveil the brand new single from Manchester rising alt rockers Rosellas. The track is titled Get Over Yourself – and we have an exclusive premiere of the video for everyone to enjoy….
We all know that Download Festival starts as soon as the gates open on a Wednesday lunchtime. With many fantastic events like The Takeover and some of our friends doing awesome DJ sets, District X and The Doghouse are definitely the place to be for the early arrivals. For Download 2025, it felt like the…
Ahhhh, Download middle Saturday. The time when everyone is nicely settled in. Middle Saturday at Download 2025 has a very eclectic feeling. In fact, we put it to Download’s Senior Promoter Kamran Haq that it just might be the most eclectic main stage line up a day at the festival has ever had! Following on…
It’s the final countdown to the 2025 Download Festival! With the gates of Donington opening in just six days, and the arena fully open a couple of days after, excitement is building. Rock Sins caught up with Download Festival Senior Booker Kamran Haq recently to cover a huge range of topics about this years’ Download….
Having just celebrated Record Store Day 2025 (see our recommended best release pick up’s for that on this post), the Download Festival team have another glut of announcements for everyone! This includes the full District X programme – but more on that later! The one that ties in most closely to RSD 2025 is the…
The Vengabus is coming, and Donington will be jumping! Last years’ excellent District X line up at Download Festival 2024 featured everything from Slay Duggee to awesome DJ sets to an unforgettable Bowling For Soup acoustic set. The 2025 District X line up is off to one hell of a start. Dutch Eurodance royalty Vengaboys…
