The nine have had to ride out some difficult moments and big questions in recent times but there’s always a feeling that when they walk on stage, something special might be about to happen. A 25th anniversary tour that would see them don the iconic red jumpsuits once again would inevitably feel like a get-out-of-jail-free…
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…
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…
