Their first UK performance was long awaited following the release of their debut album, Eternal Blue, and even more anticipated due to the pandemic getting in the way of their initially scheduled dates. Download Festival 2022 will be remembered for many things, but once of those standard moments will be Spiritbox’s first UK performance. To…
They’ve headlined festivals all over the UK and beyond, and for 2022, Biffy Clyro were invited back for their second crack at headlining the Download Festival, five years after doing so for the first time. Biffy have always relished in the idea that with their band, if you know then you know. Yes, they have…
As the sun rose once again for the final morning of the 2022 Download Festival, many thoughts were on the mind of Team Rock Sins. How lucky we’d been with the weather and just how bloody good Iron Maiden had been the previous evening among them. For those who haven’t seen the other parts of…
Rock and roll royalty in their own right, Kiss brought their End of the Road tour to the UK for Download weekend for one final farewell. After two years plagued by cancellations though, the road to Download Festival 2022 hasn’t been an easy one! Announced by the gods of thunder themselves back in 2018. Their…
This year Download Festival was back in full force with its usual capacity and an epic line-up that saw the likes of Kiss, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro headling the festival’s full return, post-pandemic. We always knew this year would be special and you can see some of those special moments and highlights from the…
After the thoroughly great first day of Download Festival 2022 (read our Friday Download 2022 review here if you missed it), it was time to go again for the often legendary Middle Saturday. A quick shower and back to the arena it was! Things got going a little later than planned thanks to Iron Maiden’s…
Iron Maiden at Donington is always a special occasion. The 2022 Download Festival was no different. With the band returning to the hallowed turf for the first time since 2016, with new album Senjutsu, and with frontman Bruce Dickinson having a completely clean bill of health, having been at the tail end of his recovery…
After three years without the full Download Festival experience (with much love to the Download Pilot), Rock Sins joined the assembled thousands flocking back to Donington for Download 2022. As always, the main musical entertainment was spread across Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the festival, but there was a huge amount of extra entertainment on…
It’s that time of year again. Yep, it’s festival season, Metcheck is bracing itself for a record number of website hits and everyone starts buying shares in Jagermeister and wet weather gear. Due to the ongoing Global Pandemic, it’s been 3 years since the faithful have descended upon the hallowed turf of Donington Park for…
Sertraline are back with big news! The Northern UK progressive tech metallers have found their new singer. After months of searching and many auditions, Sertraline are delighted to announce Ben Mars as their new frontman. Ben steps into the considerable shoes of previous frontwoman Lizzie Parry, who left the band last Autumn on good terms….
Think back to June 2021. The Download Pilot festival took place in front of 10,000 lucky and willing festival going test subjects, as part of the first Government Pilot aimed at getting the UK live music scene back on its feet after the various lockdowns. Those in attendance, and thousands more at home living the…
Download Festival 2022 is nearly upon us but the announcements are still coming with updates to the site itself as well as five names being added to the line-up with some reshuffling. Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes will be filling the Friday second-stage headliner spot after their headline set at last year’s Download Pilot. Also…
