Long rumoured and now seemingly confirmed, “The End” – the final tour by British metal forefathers Black Sabbath have been announced to take place at the start of next year. Flyers being handed out at the Download Festival after the gates opened have apparently confirmed the seven date tour, which includes two shows at London’s…
It’s the news that virtually all of Team Rock Sins was hoping for, with it having been rumoured for quite some time. Rammstein are headlining Download Festival 2016!!! The German industrial metal giants have been confirmed as the final headliners for next year’s Download, headlining the event on the opening night, Friday June 10th. Rammstein…
Ozzy Osbourne. Tony Iommi. Geezer Butler. The founding fathers of heavy fucking metal, aka Black Sabbath, will once again return to Donington, probably for the last time (at least all together) as Black Sabbath have been confirmed as Saturday night headliners for the Download Festival in 2016. Having headlined previously in 2005 and also shortly…
Last month, the forefathers of heavy metal, Black Sabbath, headlined one of the days of the inaugural British Summer Time Festival in London. Rock Sins’ sent the always intrepid Matt Hill along to cover the events of the day. Over to you Matt… Well, I honestly didn’t think I’d ever get the chance to see…
It all started last night when a link was passed around a few Facebook accounts, claiming to have access to a “friends and family” link for the Black Sabbath British Summer Time Festival show in Hyde Park next week where you could buy tickets for just £2.50. Thinking this was an internal link for the…
It’s not every day that the legendary Black Sabbath start their first full UK tour in a very long time, but that’s exactly what is happening today! Ozzy, Tony and Geezer, plus drummer Tommy Clufetos begin the 2013 Black Sabbath UK Tour tonight at London’s O2 Arena. Support on the tour comes from UK doom…
There’s pressure to perform and then there is pressure to perform. Before discussing the relative merits of a NEW Black Sabbath album let’s examine the facts; this is an album by the inventors of an entire genre that has developed over the years into a sub-culture/way of life, it’s their first under the name since…
An incredible and record breaking forty three years after they first achieved a number one record in the UK album chart, the mighty Black Sabbath have once again risen to the top of the charts. Their new album “13” has scored the number one placing, matching the achievement of “Paranoid” back in 1970. Perhaps even…
They wowed thousands with their comeback performance at Donington Park last year as part of the 2012 Download Festival (read our review of that amazing performance here), and now, with the release of new album “13” on the horizon, the mighty Black Sabbath have announced a set of shows for the end of 2013! The…
Ever since the reunion was confirmed in late 2011, fans around the world have wondered if and when the new Black Sabbath album, the first Sabbath album to feature original vocalist (and metal legend) Ozzy Osbourne since 1978 would see the light of day. Well it appears that that day is edging ever closer. Two…
Just before we kick on with the final part of our Download 2012 review, for anyone who hasn’t read our previous coverage, there’s a few links for you here: Part 1 (Friday review) Part 2 (Saturday review) The Matt Report (please click here) Fozzy picture special (please click here) So, as the Sunday of Download…
So we’re now under a week to go to Download’s tenth anniversary and it’s fair to say the excitement is really building all over the place, not least here at Rocksins. This is the third and final part of our Download preview, so if you’ve happened to miss the first two parts (how dare you),…
