Our friends over at Download Festival HQ have been teasing their next announcement for just over a week now. We’re pretty sure it is going to be the second (and maybe last?) set of new bands and artists joining the line up. As Download tradition goes, this second announcement feels pretty late. But then, not…
Grammy award winning hard rockers, Halestorm are currently gearing up for a summer of festival appearances. That hasn’t stopped them dropping a duo of huge announcements this week though. Including details of their upcoming sixth studio album and accompanying world tour. Poised for release on August 8th, fans have already had a sneak peak of…
Amidst the clones and nostalgia acts that have lept into the fray during nu-metal resurgence of recent years. In 2022 a new player entered the game. Straight out of New Delhi, Bloodywood skyrocketed to prominence in 2022 with their debut album, Rashak. However, they were far from an overnight success. Originally a covers band that…
Day four of Download Festival 2023. The Download faithful are into unchartered territory here; Usually the Donington masses are on their way at home at this point in proceedings. Not this year. With a fourth full day to look forward to full of bands as varied as Slipknot, Ghost, Electric Callboy, Bloodywood and Avatar, it’s…
We are just a few days away from the long awaited 20th anniversary edition of the Download Festival aka Download 2023! There are over 100 bands appearing across the four full days of the festival, plus the five bands in the boardie takeover on Wednesday kicking off the festival. Not to mention loads of the…
Blending Nu Metal and Indian folk rhythms, and addressing important social issues in their lyrical content, New Delhi’s Bloodywood are arguably one of the most unique and exciting metal bands to emerge in the last few years. Headlining their biggest London show yet at the Electric Ballroom, they were heavy and melodic in perfect measure,…
It’s been a long, strange journey from Bloodywood’s beginnings to the release of their debut album Rakshak. Starting out covering pop songs and Indian traditional music on YouTube then dropping their own material, you could be forgiven for thinking this is a novelty act that have gotten lucky. This couldn’t be further from the truth,…
It’s an afternoon of festival news here at Rock Sins. Having just updated our readers on the twenty new bands playing Download Festival next year, it’s now time to talk about the first batch of bands for Bloodstock Open Air 2022! First announced at this years’ Bloodstock Festival shortly before Friday nights’ excellent headliner Devin…
