As far as first festival line up announcements go, Bloodstock Open Air Festival have smashed it out of the park with their opening blast of bands for 2025. In their opening 19 band salvo, Bloodstock have revealed all three main stage headliners for next years festival and a viking boat load of other good stuff…
There’s a solid case to be made that Gojira are the heaviest band to ever headline venues like the Cardiff International Arena. Uncompromising and incomparable, the French quartet have earned their status as a band of this size through the consistent quality of their music and their reputation as a water-tight live band. As one…
Continuing with the 2021 Rock Sins End Of Year Awards installments, our latest round comes from Mr Rob Woodhouse. With excellent wide ranging tastes, Rob’s awards are likely to feature a wide array of bands, so without any further waffling from the RS Editorial Team, take it away Rob! Album of The Year: The Wildhearts…
For those of you that missed the meeting, we took a vote and it was carried that Gojira are to be promoted to the Big League of Heavy Metal TM. Sorry if your opinions weren’t heard, but with all the uncertainty amongst the shareholders about the scarcity of future arena and festival headliners, we decided…
The Download Festival team have pulled out all the stops for a mega first announcement of Download 2021! As promised by festival booker Andy Copping, the bulk of the 2020 lineup has re-joined the party for 2021, but with some interesting new additions and replacements for those who couldn’t rejoin from 2020. Headliners KISS (on…
On Años En Infierno, the band successfully toe the line between experimentation and stagnation to make this an interesting and fulfilling listen.
Immediately, Godeater distance themselves from the majority of Gojira’s sound proving they can stand apart from the crowd rather than wallowing in reverence.
The Download Festival powers that be have spoken for the first time on the line up for 2020. *Drumroll Please* Your headliners for Donington next year are KISS, Iron Maiden and System Of A Down! They will be joined on the Download Festival 2020 line up by another 9 bands in the first announcement. With their…
It’s high time we updated our Spotify playlist. Now that the craziness of Slam Dunk and Download is out of the way for another year, we’ve got a fresh bands of tunes old and new for our readers and Spotify subscribers! In terms of new tracks, there’s plenty of great stuff. New singles have arrived…
A few days ago, Slipknot looked like they were up to something. A mysterious countdown appeared on their website, counting down to 5pm (UK time) today (4th March 2019). Now that the countdown has hit zero, we know just what Slipknot were planning! Firstly, there is a target release date for their as yet untitled…
For the first time since starting the Rock Sins End Of Year Awards several years ago, we’re welcoming a few special guest contributors to the awards. Our first special guest is our longtime friend, Metal Hammer, Prog Magazine and WhatCulture scribe Matt Mills. Take it away Matt! Album of the Year: Zeal & Ardor –…
