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…
Having celebrated the release of their new EP “WTF HAPPENED” a few days ago, Bristol emo/pop punk/alt-rock four piece downcast have unveiled a new music video for the last single off the EP. The new single, “your absence“, is a much darker and more serious song than the others from the EP, especially the angsty,…
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…
After starting the summer with a triumphant weekend featuring the likes of You Me At Six and Funeral for a Friend back in May. Slam Dunk rounded out the festival season in style today, announcing the first batch of bands for their 2025 line up. Including A Day To Remember, Electric Callboy, Neck Deep, New…
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…
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…
Texas pop punk favourites Bowling For Soup are celebrating their 30th anniversary this weekend with a set of special shows in their home state of Texas. Alongside this special celebration, frontman Jaret Ray Reddick also has some news to share. Anyone who has followed Bowling For Soup and Jaret across this website, their social media…
In 1979 Gary Numan helped to revolutionise electronic music, as the driving force behind two groundbreaking albums Replicas by his then band Tubeway Army & his debut solo album The Pleasure Principle, which were released within 6 months of each other. Flash forward 45 years and we are gathered here at a sold out Roundhouse…
