Team Rock Sins was out in force at Download 2017, so in order to make our festival coverage from this year’s Download the most enjoyable and readable it can be, we’ve decided to break things up a bit. Here’s our view of what happened on The Avalanche Stage and The Dogtooth Stage on the first…
With Rock Sins having a substantial team on the ground at the 2017 Download Festival this year, we thought it might be a bit much to include all the bands from each day in one single mammoth post. So we’ve decided to split things up by stages, and here you can find all the events…
Words by Jamie Giberti, Ali Cooper and Simon Crampton. So, with Download 2017 virtually upon us, we come to the final part of our stage-by-stage Download Festival 2017 preview. If you’ve missed the other parts of our preview and would like to catch up, you can read the previews of The Dogtooth Stage, The Avalanche…
Continuing our build up to the 2017 Download Festival which is now just a handful of days away, we’re turning things over to the world of podcasts. Recently Rock Sins were lucky enough to have two of our longest serving writers, James and Sam, start up the in-depth Back C(h)atalogue podcast. Our newest podcast, is…
With Wednesday 13 racking up his third video of the week triumph of 2017 last time out, it’s now time for another installment to see who will come out on top this time. This weeks’ video of the week contest has six brand new videos from bands from both sides of the Atlantic, so let’s…
There is literally no stopping Wednesday 13 when he mobilises his own personal army of the undead. With his latest video Cruel To You, his army of fans swarmed upon Rock Sins and made sure he took home the win (his third win in our video of the week contests this year). This time around…
Words by Jamie Giberti & Ali Cooper. The Zippo Encore Stage is often the place at the Download Festival where “the metulz” are found. Download 2017 is no different, with an assortment of bands from Slayer to The Cavalera Brothers serving up everything from thrash to old school heavy f***ing metal. But it’s not just…
Slam Dunk Festival is once again upon us taking over Leeds, Birmingham and Hatfield this coming bank holiday weekend. For many this marks the start of festival season in the UK. This years line up once again includes some of the best bands in rock, punk, metalcore and pop-punk. So here’s 10 bands Rock Sins…
Having seen bright new young UK talent Charlie Manning take home the victory last time out, we’re back for another video of the week with six very different bands and six very different videos for you to vote on. First up this time around are Ireland natives Stormzone and their homage to B movie horror…
Up against some very established competition, as well as some other newcomers, UK singer-songwriter Charlie Manning succeeded in blowing away all the competition in this weeks’ video of the week. His debut single and accompanying video Light Years In Moments managed to achieve two thirds of the vote, even when up against big names such…
