The 2014 summer festival season is far from over with the likes of Hevy Fest (whom Rock Sins will be covering in full) and Reading and Leeds still to come. However, it’s already time to start thinking about next year, and as they often do, Download have come off the blocks first when it comes…
Welcome (at last some of you may say) to the final instalment of Rock Sins Download Festival 2014 review coverage. This is our final instalment from our own UKHC / metalcore flag waving Sam, who saw many bands on the Sunday of Download 2014 that Jamie did not cover in the first part of our…
Once again, after several days of fantastic rock, metal and partying, it comes down to the final day of the Download Festival. 2014’s edition had been highly enjoyable so far, and with a number of fantastic bands playing the final day it was hoped things would finish in style. Once again Rock Sins’ team members…
In the second part of our coverage of Download Festival 2014’s middle Saturday, our hardcore / metalcore specialist Sam caught several bands that Jamie has not already covered in the first part of our Saturday review (read that here if you’ve missed it for coverage of the likes of Linkin Park, Killswitch Engage, Fozzy, Bowling…
Following the exploits of Avenged Sevenfold, Opeth and many more from the previous night, once again the Download Festival arrived at “Middle Saturday” with the promise of many more great performances. If you missed the first part of our Download 2014 review covering Friday you can catch up with it right here! In a unique…
Words by Sam Dignon & Jamie Giberti. After months of build up, anticipation, debates, celebration and complaints over the line up (as happen every year), Download Festival 2014 was finally upon us. Rock Sins descended en-masse to the hallowed turf of Donington with our best staff turn out yet to enjoy and report back on…
As you might expect, having recently returned from the yearly soiree to Donington for the 2014 Download Festival, Rock Sins will have loads of coverage in the coming days and weeks. But before all of that takes over our lives for the next god knows how long, we had a few things we wanted to…
Something great for your Friday lunch time! The nice people at Red Bull have just sent this through to us. It’s an animated video covering the creation and history of The Download Festival and some of Red Bull’s involvement with the festival over the years. It doesn’t really need any further introduction from us, so…
With the 2014 Download Festival now less than two weeks away, it’s about that time of year again where Rock Sins picks out our acts that we really think you should see across the weekend. In part one of our preview, we’ve got ten bands we think you should see on the first day of…
In a very fitting tribute to an inspirational young man and a member of the Download Festival family, it has been announced by Andy Copping and the Download Festival HQ team that this years’ event will have the main stage named after Stephen Sutton. The Stephen Sutton Stage will serve as a reminder of Stephen’s…
