It has been reported in the last hour that Tomas Lindberg, frontman of the legendary Swedish melodic death metal band At The Gates, has sadly passed away at the age of 52. The news was reported by Sweden’s equivalent of the BBC, public broadcaster SVT Nyheter. It had been reported recently that Lindberg was seriously…
A quick catch up on our Spotify Playlist for this week! We’ve got fantastic new tracks from the likes of Dream State, Alter Bridge and Ice Nine Kills. There’s also new offerings from Airbourne, Creature, Twin Atlantic, Simple Plan and State Champs (featuring We The Kings) and Jinjer. Then we’ve also got recent releases from…
After ten days of pretty much non stop rain in the build up to the festival at times bordering on the torrential, Rock Sins really wasn’t sure what we would find arriving at the 2019 Download Festival. Stories abound in the mainstream media of attendees having given up in the campsite on the Wednesday and…
Not content with surveying the action at Behemoth, At The Gates and Wolves In The Throne Room’s sold out London show at The Forum in Kentish Town (of which you can read the review here), Rock Sins were privileged enough to be able to be present at a second show on the tour. We sent…
There is one sure fire way to tell if a gig is going to be well attended before the queues starts. Look for the touts. Listen for them. You will find these parasites at only the best selling of events, and tonight their disgusting practice is in full flow. Tickets bought for twenty pounds and…
Well, the Download Festival team have just reduced us all to a bunch of gibbering wrecks with their latest announcement for Download 2019. One of the greatest collection of bands ever unveiled in a single Donington announcement boasts heavy hitters in all kinds of sub-genres of rock and metal. Topping the pile (seriously, where do…
It’s that time of the year again when Bloodstock Open Air is almost upon us, so we’ve dedicated the return of our weekly spotify playlist to the UK’s favourite metal festival for the metal purists. With headliners Nightwish, Gojira and Judas Priest (who feature twice, because, let’s face it, who doesn’t love a double dose…
Following the launch of our weekly spotify playlist and feature last week, we’re back for round two this time! This week, we’ve got some more cracking songs from bands and acts all over the musical spectrum. Bury Tomorrow’s huge comeback single, Black Flame? Got it. The new Ghost song that has their fans in raptures?…
With Florida Thrashers Trivium winning things last time, we’ve got another six bands for our readers to check out to crown the latest video of the week! Starting this off this week are Swedish melo-deth royalty At The Gates. With new album To Drink From The Night Itself coming in May, the album’s second single…
It’s time for some more bands for the UK’s favourite metal festival as Bloodstock Open Air announce more bands for the 2018 edition. Top of this new set of bands, and taking the special guest slot for Sunday night are Swedish Gothenburg Sound pioneers At The Gates. They will appear as special guests to Nightwish,…
Words by Jamie Giberti, Sam Dignon, James Halstead, Fran Dignon and Lisa Fox. Photos by Jamie Giberti except where credited. Featured image of Slipknot (above) by Danny North. After all the build up, the waiting, the queuing at the gates of Donington, the tent assembling, the BBQ’s and the drinking, Friday arrived and it was…
We can’t quite believe it but somehow we’re only seven days away from the gates opening at Donington once again. The 2015 Download Festival is upon us and so it’s time to start looking at the bands that we think will give you what for many people is their best weekend of the year. So…
