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…
Shocking news out of the Mastodon camp this evening. The band posted on their social media accounts at about 6pm UK time that Guitarist / vocalist Brent Hinds was no longer part of Mastodon. The full statement can be read below: Friends and Fans, After 25 monumental years together, Mastodon and Brent Hinds have mutually…
Always keen to engage with their loyal fanbase, the Download Festival team have launched their latest initiative – The Download Family! By signing up to The Download Family, you’ll get regular updates from the team, including lots of info ahead of the general public and access to various member perks. With the launch of Issue…
Three brand new headliners for Download 2025! For the first time since 2010 the Download Festival has an entirely fresh set of headliners for the Donington faithful to enjoy. With punk rock legends Green Day making their Download bow on Friday night, the mysterious phenomenon of Sleep Token on Saturday and nu metal icons KoRn…
A historic night for Dream Theater at London’s biggest arena. The first night of their 40th anniversary world tour, their first headline show at The O2 Arena, and their first live show with returning original drummer and Dream Theater founding member, Mike Portnoy, in over 14 years. A show with this significance was going to…
Scandinavian metal veterans Grand Magus have dropped a new single ahead of the release of their new album Sunraven next month. Releasing on the 18th of October through Nuclear Blast Records, Sunraven is the tenth album from the battle hardened metal trio. A concept album based around the theme of Beowulf, is an exciting new…
As far as first festival line up announcements go, Bloodstock Open Air Festival have smashed it out of the park with their opening blast of bands for 2025. In their opening 19 band salvo, Bloodstock have revealed all three main stage headliners for next years festival and a viking boat load of other good stuff…
Here at Rock Sins, we are big fans of Defects. The London metalcore outfit are one of our favourite new heavy musical discoveries of 2024. Their album Modern Error is one of the best things we’ve heard all year, and now, after putting in an impressive showing on their first Download Festival, they are hitting…
After a wonderful but soggy first day on the hallowed Donington turf, we arrived at the excitement of Middle Saturday for Download Festival 2024. If you’ve not yet seen it, please catch up with our review of all the action from the Friday of Download 2024! Despite the organisers efforts, conditions hadn’t improved any, with…
After the build up, the months of anticipation, the last minute band pull cancellations and the constant weather watching, Download 2024 was upon us! On our arrival we find Donington in a very soggy state, but that isn’t going to stop thousands of Download devotees from having a good time. With various members of our…
The final day of Download Festival 2024 is, judging by many comments online from attendees and those who wish they were going alike, “the most stacked” line up of any day on this years’ festival. Perhaps it is no coincidence that it was also the first part of the festival (RIP packages aside), to sell…
