We are just a few days away from the long awaited 20th anniversary edition of the Download Festival aka Download 2023! There are over 100 bands appearing across the four full days of the festival, plus the five bands in the boardie takeover on Wednesday kicking off the festival. Not to mention loads of the…
Get ready heavy metal fans, because the first wave of performers and hosts have finally been announced for the Heavy Music Awards 2023! The renowned award ceremony, set to take place at the world famous OVO arena in Wembley on Tuesday 18th April, is well known for showcasing the diverse global icons of heavy music,…
For the first time in 8 years, Takedown Festival returns this weekend! Moving from it’s previous home of Southampton University to Portsmouth Guildhall, it promises to kick start your Easter weekend with much a serious dose of heaviness. Split over 5 stages, there will be something for everyone, no matter what flavour of Rock &…
The Hara exploded onto the rock scene and keep getting bigger and better with no end in sight. With their recent trip across to the States and the new album ready to burst into the universe we caught up with Josh Taylor (frontman), Zack Breen (guitar) and Jack Kennedy (drums) them to talk all things…
The announcement we’ve all been waiting for, we now know our finalists for the Heavy Music Awards 2023. Voting is now open for this years awards, so now the tough decisions start in who to vote for. Leading the pack for 2023, our favourite Scottish duo Vukovi have an impressive five nominations. Following shortly behind,…
The Download Festival has been for many UK rock and metal fans, the highlight of the year for almost two decades. This year, Download celebrates two full decades of gathering at the UK’s spiritual home of heavy music, Donington Park (or Castle Donington if you prefer). Download Festival 2023 is going to be like no…
It’s playlist time once again! Another twenty new tracks are here on the Rock Sins playlist for your listening pleasure. As has been the case multiple times over the last few months, we are kicking off with the latest banger from High Wycombe’s finest As Everything Unfolds. Flip Side gets the party started in the…
With the UK festival scene stampeding towards us like a raging bull, the team here at Rock Sins have been collecting up the information of all the best rock, metal and alternative festivals taking place across the country over the next few months. Here’s a look at just SOME of the great events happening in…
Continuing with our annual End Of Year Awards, following Adam Kerr from As Everything Unfolds, our second special guest for this year is URNE frontman and bassist Joe Nally! URNE have been hard at work in the studio working on the follow up to their bad ass 2021 album Serpent & Spirit. So while they’ve…
We’re back! After some unforeseen technical hitches in the lead up to Christmas, we are here to bring you our annual Rock Sins End Of Year Awards, and 2022’s edition features the help of some special guests. First up is UK post-hardcore favourites and friends of the site, As Everything Unfolds! Their guitarist Adam Kerr…
Kicking off Rock Sins End Of Year Awards for 2022 – it’s our news editor Kyle Dimond! As a whole new year emerges, it’s time for the most stressful time of the year as a music fan, end of year lists. 2022 was a strange old year for alternative music. Whilst it wasn’t short on…
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