Anti-Flag have certainly had no shortage of material to inspire them in recent years. Given the current bleak state of the world, there is plenty for a politically charged punk band to sing about. Whilst there is no doubting they would much rather the world be a better place this has resulted in some of…
It’s time once again for Slam Dunk to kick off the festival season. Returning to Hatfield house with its biggest line up yet, Slam Dunk looked set to get the season going with a bang and it did not disappoint. Whether it was the traditional pop-punk bands, NOFX’s Punk In Drublic festival or the amazing hardcore bands on…
It’s that time of year again, Slam Dunk Festival is back to kick off festival season, bringing their biggest line up yet. Alongside returning to Hatfield House for the second year, the festival has also moved to a brand new site in Leeds at Temple Newsam Park. Other changes this year include alternating stages meaning…
Slam Dunk Festival 2019 is now just a handful of days away (seriously, how did it get so close so quickly?!) and we cannot wait. To help get you all in the mood for Slam Dunk, we’ve got a playlist for you all to spin. Featuring twenty six epic songs you might well hear across…
Continuing with more of our End Of Year Awards looking back on the great and the disappointing of 2017, this time it’s the turn of our senior photographer Fran Dignon for her choices. Over to you Fran! Album Of The Year: Anti-Flag – American Fall I spent the majority of this year being absolutely positive…
Over the last couple of years, Fireball have really taken up Jagermeister’s lead of helping to provide great live music at very affordable prices. The Fireball Fuelling The Fire Tour is another example of that, and Rock Sins was on hand at the second London show to see what went down! Opening tonight was London’s…
After the first day’s action at Donington, Download 2016 once again kicked back into life for “middle Saturday”. There was lots to look forward to, so let’s get on with proceedings. For anyone who hasn’t yet read our coverage of the first day of Download 2016 you can do so on this link. Kicking off…
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…
Last weekend Rock Sins was lucky enough to have a team on the ground at the UK return of the Vans Warped Tour at Alexandra Palace. We saw many fantastic acts throughout the day, and all of that is captured in our full review which is available to read here, but we’ve also got an…
After being absent last year, The Vans Warped Tour returned to the UK this year with a line up that certainly proved divisive. There’s no denying that despite Asking Alexandria and Black Veil Brides both being hugely popular, just as many people hate the bands. Still with a queue of young fans stretching around Alexandra…
It’s that time again! Kicking off the 2014 Rock Sins end of year awards is our wonderful photographer Fran. Let’s get started…. 1) Album of the year: Polar – Shadowed By Vultures Shadowed By Vultures was easily one of my most anticipated albums at the start this year and it definitely lived up to my…
After a busy first day (which you can read all about right here) and a trip to the zoo to nurse our hangovers, The Catharsis (8.5) kicked off the second day of Hevy Fest in brilliant fashion. Pulling in a respectable crowd despite their early set time, The Catharsis prove themselves to be one of the many…
