With our ears are still ringing from this year’s phenomenal 25th anniversary weekend. The organisers over at Bloodstock have wasted no time whatsoever in getting next year’s festival off to a flying start. Announcing all three headliners for Bloodstock 2027. As well as two dozen world class reasons to book yourself a ticket to Catton…
Get your battle jackets and viking horns at the ready, Bloodstock is back! Celebrating it’s twenty fifth year of bringing heavy metal to the masses. The festival is kicking off a mammoth four day line-up today at Catton Hall in Derbyshire. So, before we pack our bags and join the 20,000 strong horde of headbangers,…
Bristol emo rockers downcast have returned with their first new music of 2026. It won’t be an easy listen for some, as this is by far the band’s most heartfelt emotional work to date. Their new single is called falling to pieces, and is incredibly personal for them, especially frontman Liam Edwards. falling to pieces…
US rock icons Linkin Park have today announced the details of their upcoming documentary movie Unshatter. Directed and put together by the band’s own Joe Hahn, Unshatter will tell the story of Linkin Park coping with the loss of Chester Bennington, getting together with new frontwoman Emily Armstrong, leading all the way to their triumphant…
For many heavy metal fans around the world, July has taken on a new significance. Not only is it the month in which Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath took their final bow with Back to the Beginning at Villa Park. An epic show that will no doubt go down in history as one of the…
Southampton based punk band BUDS are back hitting us with brand new music ahead of a stacked summer of festival dates. If you’re new to BUDS, the quartet are fast on the rise and set to become cult favourites. Delivering an iconic mix of punk and emo energy, singing along to their anthems is simply…
Instrumental innovators Polyphia made a welcome return at Download Festival last weekend. However, not with a dazzling display of guitar gymastics on the main stage. It was a much more subtle and subliminal effort. With the band instead choosing to tease us with clips from their first single in four years, Can You Feel It….
The home straight for the 2026 Download Festival! If you’ve made it this far, you may (or may not) have read our previews for both the Friday and the Saturday of the annual Donington bash. If you haven’t, here’s some links so you can catch up: Download Festival 2026 Friday PreviewDownload Festival 2026 Saturday Preview…
Ah, middle Saturday of Download. The sight of so many wonderful performances, and more than a few hangovers brought on by fantastic Donington Friday nights over the years. We are sure that Download Festival 2026 will be no exception to both of these things. If you are yet to catch our Download 2026 Friday Preview,…
It’s almost time to hit the hallowed Donington turf once again! Download Festival 2026 is upon us in less than a weeks’ time, and so the Rock Sins team has been pouring over the line up to bring you what we think will be the acts not to miss as the first full day of…