Currently in the news for a bit of a controversy stateside involving their singer Ivan Moody trying to get a nine year old girl to sing the lyrics to “Burn MF” on stage, the second in our series of classic Download Festival video performances this year features Five Finger Death Punch. Their performance last year…
So it occured to us here at Rock Sins earlier that today marks exactly six weeks until the gates of Donington Park will once again be flung wide open to accept the masses of the UK’s rock and metal community for the start of Download 2014. Tents will be pitched, gazebo’s will be erected (or…
This coming weekend will see Bury Tomorrow’s biggest show of their careers thus far – opening up the main stage at the Reading and Leeds annual bank holiday festival double header. Ahead of those special shows, the band have released a new music video featuring footage from one of their career highlights so far. Having…
Rising stars of the UK metal scene over the last twelve – eighteen months, Sacred Mother Tongue further cemented their growing reputation with the release of the fantastic Out Of The Darkness album and by kicking off the main stage on the final day of Download 2013. Rocksins was lucky enough to catch up with…
The final day of any Download Festival is often a bittersweet experience, armed with the knowledge that there isn’t much of the festival left to go but still plenty of music to ones teeth into (and for many, the fact that they will soon return to a warm bed and functional toilet). Download 2013 was…
Saturday at Download tends to roll round faster than you think it will and 2013 was no exception. No sooner had we all enjoyed Slipknot’s excellent set the previous evening (and some partying afterwards) then it was time for round two with Iron Maiden and the many other excellent bands appearing on the middle day…
After all the build up, the band announcements, the hype, the anxious constant monitoring of the ever unpredictable British weather and worst of all the waiting, the eleventh annual Download Festival at Donington Park was finally upon us. Even before the bands had begun to play at 2013’s installment of the festival plenty had transpired….
Back in 2003, I went to my first Download festival following the last ever Ozzfest at Donington in 2002. Whilst memories of IRON MAIDEN, SIKTH, DEFTONES, STAMPIN’ GROUND, SEPULTURA and of course those cheeky chaps in METALLICA remain steadfast as being some of my greatest, throughout the years many of the following Downloads have involved…
We’re now only ONE WEEK away from the start of Download 2013, and that means it’s time for the final part of our annual Donington preview. If you’ve missed the first two parts, you can catch them on the links below: Download 2013 Preview (Friday) Download 2013 Preview (Saturday) This final part focuses (naturally) on…
We’re admittedly a little late with this story as the video has been around for a few weeks, but as we’re building up to various artists who are appearing at Download 2013 we thought we’d post it anyway. US rockers Jimmy Eat World release their brand new album Damage in just a couple of weeks…
Rocksins hopes everyone enjoyed their weekend and the end to the football season! Whether you’re nursing a hangover, celebrating your teams’ success or facing a summer of football induced depression, we’ve got the ideal thing to kick start your week whatever your current disposition. Having last week previewed the first day of Download 2013 (read…
We’re now just a month away from the UK’s annual premier rock and metal shindig that takes place at Donington Park in Derbyshire, the one and only Download Festival. Having seen off Sonisphere to the point where their rivals at Knebworth have not staged the event for the last two years, Download has firmly re-established…
