Ah, Download middle Saturday. Often the best day of the festival for many, this year sees a wealth of great bands of all different types and sub-genres with even greater variety than usual. Once again Rock Sins has picked our ten must see bands for the day (although if you physically had the time there’s…
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…
We thought the line up for Download 2015 was just about done and dusted. Then they only go and announce At The Gates on us. One of the most legendary (not to mention heavy) metal bands of all time, the co-founders of the Gothenburg Sound along with fellow Download 2015 attendees In Flames, At The…
We’ve been a little bit slow in reporting this latest enormous chunk of bands to join the Download Festival 2015 Line up, but good things come to those who wait! So, for those of you who haven’t seen this news already, or for those who need to refresh their memories, Andy Copping and his team…
Every year the Download Festival offers a wide array of entertainment other than the bands across the village and other areas of the festival. 2015 is no exception. Download devotees will know there is a fancy dress theme every single year. This year it’s sure to be a hugely popular one, with the theme being…
Bloodstock yesterday, Reading & Leeds last night and now Download this morning! It’s hard to keep up if you’re interested in the world of UK rock and metal related festivals in the last twenty four hours. But after two of their competitors made big announcements yesterday, Andy Copping & The Download Festival HQ Team have…
With the recent news that Sonisphere Knebworth won’t be happening in 2015, booking bands just got a lot easier for the Download Festival – not that they generally have problems anyway. The latest batch of rock, metal and alternative acts have just been announced by Andy Copping and his team for Download 2015, and it’s…
The past two Days of Download Festival 2015 announcements have brought us some great quality bands topped off by Slipknot and Muse. Now the final night of 2015’s annual Donington shenanigans is set to be headlined by none other than the costumed masters of rock n’roll KISS. Gene Simmons “accidentally” let the cat out of…
After years of trying to get them, Andy Copping has finally succeeded. He’s only gone and booked Muse to headline Download! Devon’s prog rock trio will headline middle Saturday at Download 2015 and are bound to bring one hell of a stage show and a collection of tunes bigger than Matt Bellamy’s vocal range. Muse…
It’s been long speculated that off the back of their worldwide smash hit album .5: The Gray Chapter Slipknot would be back at Download in 2015, and the rumour mill has proven right. For the third time in their illustrious career the Iowan metal nine piece behemoth that is Slipknot will headline the Download Festival,…
