Due to some unforeseen circumstances we’ve had a few issues in getting the final part of our Download 2016 festival coverage published for your enjoyment but better late than never, here it is! For anyone who didn’t see it the first time around, or who would like a refresher, You can catch up with the…
The gates to the campsite of the 2016 Download Festival will be open in just a few hours time! So while you’re sat waiting in the queue, on your travels on the way to Donington, or just wishing you were going, please check out our pick of who and what to see at this years’…
Words: Olde Nick @oldenick666 Photos: Tess Donohoe Swedish metal marauders Amon Amarth have just unleashed their tenth studio album and Rock Sins was lucky enough to squeeze into the launch gig in London… More than a millennium after ships from the North bearing wild hairy beasts of men landed upon British shores there has been…
Slightly later than usual this week – but very much worth the wait, it’s time for Rock Sins video of the week. After London pop rockers Small Pond Big Fish took home the winners medal last week we’ve got another huge array of talent to choose from courtesy of five very different bands & their…
Well, well, well. We thought it was about time for another Download Festival 2016 announcement and Andy Copping and the team have duly delivered, with one of the biggest Download line up announcements ever! There are thirty six (yep, 36) new bands joining the line up across the three days of the festival. A few…
Words by James Halstead and Nicholas Holmes, photos by Tess Donohoe. Following on from the two previous days of metal mayhem, capped off on Saturday night by black metal icons Emperor, the Bloodstock Open Air devotees roused their weary bones for one final very worthwhile assault on their senses. If you’d like to catch up…
Kicking off 2015 with a bang, the mighty Amon Amarth have been tearing up the UK at a number of intimate gigs, with support from Huntress and Savage Messiah. On Saturday the 24th they landed in the cold and gloomy Stoke-on-Trent to add a little unforgettable Viking touch to everyone’s lives… As an eight year old…
Needless to say, I have most definitely slacked and avoided a LOT that I shouldn’t have this year. Not surprisingly to those that know me, my attendance at gigs has almost evaporated in recent years, especially when you consider at one point in my life I was frequenting 4-5 gigs a week… What is surprising…
There are music videos, and then there are music videos. There are metal artists out there including the likes of Behemoth who have become renown for stunning and at times disturbing visual masterpieces with their music videos. They may all have to go back to the drawing board after this because the viking metal heroes…
Catching up on some rather important news from last week that we didn’t quite have time to update our readers with when it was revealed, there are three more fantastic bands now on the line for Bloodstock Open Air 2014! First of all, and one of Rocksins’ favourite metal bands of any sub-genre, the mighty…