Seeyouspacecowboy have spent the last few years rising up the metalcore underground through their wild, free spirited creativity and ferocious live show. First grabbing attention with their whole sasscore revival and then moving to a more classic metalcore sound. This year they’ve seen another evolution of their sound on album number 3 and now they’re…
Walking into the Piece Hall tonight was like walking back in time to 2002. A sea of baggy jeans, wallet chains and fishnets were to be seen, with the crowd chomping at the bit to bear witness to Korn’s first headline show in the county of West Yorkshire since 2008(?!) With Liverpool’s very own Loathe as…
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…
It’s been over 20 years since Avril Lavigne came on the scene and the likes of Complicated and Sk8r Boi made their debut and it’s safe to say our world has never been the same since! Currently on the UK and Europe leg of her Greatest Hits Tour Avril’s first stop after landing in the…
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…
48 hours is a long time in the music industry. Since we published our preview of the first part of Download Festival 2024, we’ve had over half a dozen bands – Pest Control, Scowl, Speed, Zulu, Overpower and Negative Frame, and then slightly later Ithaca – decide to drop off various parts of the Download…
We’re just a few days away now from the gates of Donington being thrust wide open and then Download Festival 2024 will commence! To get you in the mood, or maybe to persuade you to part with your hard earned cash for some last minute tickets, here are ten of the bands Rock Sins thinks…
As we get closer and closer to the 2024 Download Festival, the more announcements keep coming out of Download HQ! The latest one concerns entertainment for those who have shelled out for the various forms of RIP camping. It has been a tradition for a number of years now that those in RIP get some…
Our weekly playlist update is back for the first time in awhile! There’s been SO much good music released recently that we wanted to give our playlist a spring cleaning and provide our readers and listeners with a new batch of the latest tunes (and maybe one or two old favourites too). With their critically…
With the main line up for the 2024 Download Festival complete, the team at Download HQ (including our friends Jenny and Dannika, who you will be able to read an in-depth interview with very soon) have been hard at work putting together the District X line up. For those not familiar with District X, it…
